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Customer-Funded Research & Development
3 Months Ended
Jul. 27, 2013
Customer-Funded Research & Development  
Customer-Funded Research & Development

7. Customer-Funded Research & Development

 

Customer-funded R&D costs are incurred pursuant to contracts (revenue arrangements) to perform R&D activities according to customer specifications. These costs are direct contract costs and are expensed to cost of sales when the corresponding revenue is recognized, which is generally as the R&D services are performed. Revenue from customer-funded R&D was approximately $10.3 million and $6.6 million for the three months ended July 27, 2013 and July 28, 2012, respectively.