$ 486,814

$ 490,794

$ 1,466,832

$ 1,467,241

Revenues

475,504

469,769

1,421,137

1,383,036

Corporate expenses and other, net

139,826

171,948

422,650

512,882

(25,292)

(40,361)

(86,624)

(96,670)

(10,450)

(19,334)

(42,319)

(77,439)

Stock-based compensation

(55,382)

(39,195)

(147,541)

(114,108)

Amortization of intangible assets

(42,293)

(42,490)

(126,872)

(126,837)

Acquisition-related (costs) income, net

(9,110)

8,458

(18,710)

(22,723)

Restructuring and other charges, net

(8,622)

(7,940)

(17,178)

(14,669)

Costs associated with IP collaboration agreements

(4,937)

(14,811)

(15,645)

Other expense, net

(31,028)

(34,133)

(101,151)

(108,606)

Loss before income taxes

(47,288)

(7,984)

(132,556)

(63,815)

Healthcare

240,099

238,168

704,382

684,939

84,916

94,779

254,853

273,540

Mobile and Consumer

109,161

110,991

334,205

358,895

20,522

32,153

51,812

108,634

Enterprise

85,103

78,866

261,505

237,048

17,501

20,026

55,714

55,094

Imaging

52,451

62,769

166,740

186,359

16,887

24,990

60,271

75,614

Acquisition-related revenues

Revenues

$ (11,310)

$ (21,025)

$ (45,695)

$ (84,205)

Revenue and costs related to acquisitions that would otherwise have been recognized but for the purchase accounting treatment of these transactions. Also includes revenue that the Company would have otherwise recognized had the Company not acquired intellectual property and other assets from the same customer during the same quarter.

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