Property, Plant & Equipment (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

5. Property, Plant & Equipment

PP&E are recorded at cost, with depreciation expense included in cost of products, cost of services, R&D, S&M and G&A expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. Depreciation expense was $52.0 million, $48.2 million and $38.1 million in fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

As of September 30, 2016 and September 25, 2015, PP&E consisted of the following (in thousands):

Property, Plant And Equipment	September 30, 2016			September 25, 2015
Land	$	43,325		$	43,537
Buildings and building improvements	251,700			248,390
Leasehold improvements	60,480			61,455
Machinery and equipment	88,943			70,143
Computer equipment and software	154,291			136,666
Furniture and fixtures	26,900			25,489
Equipment provided under operating leases	35,968			7,638
Construction-in-progress	32,576			11,448
Property, plant and equipment, gross	694,183			604,766
Less: accumulated depreciation	(250,527		)	(201,675		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	443,656		$	403,091

Purchase Of 1275 Market Commercial Office Building In San Francisco, CA. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, we completed the occupation of our new worldwide headquarters in San Francisco, California following the purchase of commercial office property for $109.8 million in fiscal 2012. As of September 30, 2016, construction-in-progress relates to costs for ongoing construction on ancillary facilities.