SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting, Measurement Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information by operating segment

Selected financial information by segment is as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2016			2015			2014
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	8,841,642		$	9,191,211		$	9,688,023
Consumer Technologies Group	6,997,526			8,940,043			9,357,635
Industrial & Emerging Industries	4,680,718			4,459,351			3,787,838
High Reliability Solutions	3,898,999			3,557,311			3,275,111
	$	24,418,885		$	26,147,916		$	26,108,607
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	265,076		$	257,323		$	259,329
Consumer Technologies Group	163,677			218,251			125,171
Industrial & Emerging Industries	157,588			131,956			127,085
High Reliability Solutions	294,635			227,595			221,402
Corporate and Other	(89,219		)	(83,988		)	(68,475		)
Total income	791,757			751,137			664,512
Reconciling items:
Intangible amortization	65,965			32,035			28,892
Stock-based compensation	77,580			50,270			40,439
Restructuring charges (2)	—			—			75,311
Bad debt charge (1)	61,006			—			—
Other charges (income), net	47,738			(53,233		)	57,512
Interest and other, net	84,793			51,410			61,904
Income before income taxes	$	454,675		$	670,655		$	400,454

(1) During fiscal year 2016, the Company incurred a charge of $61.0 million related to SunEdison which had declared bankruptcy. This charge is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations but is excluded from the measurement of the Company's operating segment's performance. Refer to note 2 for additional information regarding this charge.

(2) During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, the Company recognized restructuring charges of approximately $75.3 million. The costs associated with these restructuring activities include employee severance, other personnel costs, non-cash impairment charges on equipment no longer in use and to be disposed of, and other exit related costs due to facility closures or rationalizations. Refer to note 14 for additional information regarding this charge.

During fiscal year 2016, 2015 and 2014, depreciation expense included in the segment's measure of operating performance above is as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2016		2015		2014
	(In thousands)
Depreciation expense
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	117,710	$	130,311	$	131,807
Consumer Technologies Group	123,139		203,808		160,684
Industrial & Emerging Industries	72,415		64,541		55,692
High Reliability Solutions	80,935		62,831		50,296
Corporate and Other	31,530		35,334		26,359
Total depreciation expense	$	425,729	$	496,825	$	424,838

Schedule of geographic information by segment net sales

Geographic information is as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2016				2015				2014
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Asia	$	11,788,992	48	%	$	12,953,004	50	%	$	13,714,187	53	%
Americas	8,347,514		34	%	8,897,868		34	%	8,189,414		31	%
Europe	4,282,379		18	%	4,297,044		16	%	4,205,006		16	%
	$	24,418,885			$	26,147,916			$	26,108,607

Schedule of geographic information by segment long-lived assets

	As of March 31,
	2016				2015
	(In thousands)
Property and equipment, net:
Asia	$	1,013,317	45	%	$	997,806	48	%
Americas	886,305		39	%	782,839		37	%
Europe	358,011		16	%	311,522		15	%
	$	2,257,633			$	2,092,167