GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Schedule of Intangible Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 25, 2016	Jun. 26, 2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross	$ 1,331,121	$ 1,330,872
Accumulated Amortization	(804,528)	(765,951)
Net	526,593	564,921
Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross	615,193	615,272
Accumulated Amortization	(317,130)	(300,711)
Net	298,063	314,561
Existing technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross	643,261	643,433
Accumulated Amortization	(422,518)	(401,036)
Net	220,743	242,397
Patents
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross	36,553	36,053
Accumulated Amortization	(29,335)	(28,701)
Net	7,218	7,352
Other intangible assets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross	36,114	36,114
Accumulated Amortization	(35,545)	(35,503)
Net	$ 569	$ 611

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275

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