GAIN ON SALE OF ASSETS GAIN ON SALE OF ASSETS (Notes)	3 Months Ended
GAIN ON SALE OF ASSETS GAIN ON SALE OF ASSETS (Notes)	Mar. 31, 2013
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]	GAIN ON SALE OF ASSETS On September 28, 2012, the Company sold its serial flash product line. Under the terms of the sale agreement, the Company transferred assets to the buyer, which assumed certain liabilities, in return for cash consideration of $25.0 million. As part of the sale transaction, the Company granted the buyer an exclusive option to purchase the Company's remaining $7.0 million of serial flash inventory, which the buyer fully exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2013. As a result of the sale of that $7.0 million of remaining inventory, the Company recorded a gain of $4.4 million in its condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 to reflect receipt of payment upon exercise of the related purchase option and the completion of the sale of the serial flash product line.

Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal.

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