Segment Information (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Segment Information

The Company's reporting segments include semiconductor products and technology licensing.  The Company does not allocate operating expenses, interest income, interest expense, other income or expense, or provision for or benefit from income taxes to these segments for internal reporting purposes, as the Company does not believe that allocating these expenses is beneficial in evaluating segment performance.  Additionally, the Company does not allocate assets to segments for internal reporting purposes as it does not manage its segments by such metrics.

The following table represents revenues and gross profit for each segment for the three and nine months endedDecember 31, 2011 (amounts in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31, 2011				December 31, 2011
	Net Sales		Gross Profit		Net Sales		Gross Profit
Semiconductor products	$	306,099	$	161,696	$	978,577	$	536,230
Technology licensing	23,057		22,083		65,688		62,291
	$	329,156	$	183,779	$	1,044,265	$	598,521

The following table represents revenues and gross profit for each segment for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2010 (amounts in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31, 2010				December 31, 2010
	Net Sales		Gross Profit		Net Sales		Gross Profit
Semiconductor products	$	348,766	$	198,347	$	1,055,532	$	600,179
Technology licensing	19,058		18,050		51,688		48,666
	$	367,824	$	216,397	$	1,107,220	$	648,845