Segment Information (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Segment Information

The Company's reportable segments are 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 months ended September 30, 2012 (amounts in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30, 2012				September 30, 2012
	Net Sales		Gross Profit		Net Sales		Gross Profit
Semiconductor products	$	363,177	$	174,074	$	695,029	$	358,589
Technology licensing	20,121		20,121		40,403		40,403
	$	383,298	$	194,195	$	735,432	$	398,992

The following table represents revenues and gross profit for each segment for the three months ended September 30, 2011 (amounts in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	September 30, 2011				September 30, 2011
	Net Sales		Gross Profit		Net Sales		Gross Profit
Semiconductor products	$	318,618	$	175,214	$	672,478	$	376,024
Technology licensing	21,984		21,489		42,631		42,136
	$	340,602	$	196,703	$	715,109	$	418,160