Property, Plant & Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant, & Equipment

PP&E are recorded at cost, with depreciation expense included in cost of licensing, cost of products, cost of services, R&D, S&M, and G&A expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. Depreciation expense was $53.4 million, $52.0 million, and $48.2 million in fiscal 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

As of September 29, 2017 and September 30, 2016, PP&E consisted of the following (in thousands):

Property, Plant, & Equipment	September 29, 2017			September 30, 2016
Land	$	43,364		$	43,325
Buildings and building improvements	281,196			251,700
Leasehold improvements	65,034			60,480
Machinery and equipment	98,437			88,943
Computer equipment and software	173,341			154,291
Furniture and fixtures	28,118			26,900
Equipment provided under operating leases	97,456			35,968
Construction-in-progress	3,673			32,576
Property, plant, and equipment, gross	790,619			694,183
Less: accumulated depreciation	(305,344		)	(250,527		)
Property, plant, & equipment, net	$	485,275		$	443,656