5. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Fair value measurements
Short-term investments	$ 22,201,000	$ 39,412,000
Long-term investments	21,740,000	28,819,000
Money market funds
Fair value measurements
Money market funds included in cash and cash equivalents	4,400,000	3,900,000
Level 2 \| Marketable securities
Fair value measurements
Short-term investments	22,201,000
Long-term investments	21,740,000
Recurring \| Estimate Of Fair Value Fair Value Disclosure
Fair value measurements
Assets	48,350,000	72,083,000
Recurring \| Estimate Of Fair Value Fair Value Disclosure \| Money market funds
Fair value measurements
Money market funds included in cash and cash equivalents	4,409,000	3,852,000
Recurring \| Estimate Of Fair Value Fair Value Disclosure \| Marketable securities
Fair value measurements
Marketable securities	43,941,000	68,231,000
Recurring \| Level 1
Fair value measurements
Assets	4,409,000	3,852,000
Recurring \| Level 1 \| Money market funds
Fair value measurements
Money market funds included in cash and cash equivalents	4,409,000	3,852,000
Recurring \| Level 2
Fair value measurements
Assets	43,941,000	68,231,000
Recurring \| Level 2 \| Marketable securities
Fair value measurements
Marketable securities	43,941,000	68,231,000
Recurring \| Level 3
Fair value measurements
Assets	$ 0

- Definition

Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income.

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