Equity Incentive Plans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The following table presents the details of the Company's share-based compensation expense (amounts in thousands):



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Cost of sales	$	2,614	⁽¹⁾	$	1,608	⁽¹⁾	$	3,924	⁽¹⁾	$	3,007	⁽¹⁾
Research and development	6,358			3,556			10,390			6,969
Selling, general and administrative	11,581			4,320			16,225			8,532
Pre-tax effect of share-based compensation	20,553			9,484			30,539			18,508
Income tax benefit	3,419			1,226			4,741			2,394
Net income effect of share-based compensation	$	17,134		$	8,258		$	25,798		$	16,114

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the allocation of equity-based compensation costs to a given line item on the balance sheet and income statement for the period. This may include the reporting line for the costs and the amount capitalized and expensed.

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