Business Combinations

6 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2016

Business Combinations [Abstract]

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

On October 29, 2015, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with PMC-Sierra Inc. (“PMC”), providing for, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the cash acquisition of PMC by the Company. On November 23, 2015, PMC notified the Company that it had terminated the Merger Agreement. As a result, on November 24, 2015, PMC paid the Company a termination fee of $88.5 million pursuant to the Merger Agreement.