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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">(11)  ASSET
IMPAIRMENT</font>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">When
indicators of impairment exist and assets are held for use,
we estimate future undiscounted cash flows attributable to
the assets. In the event such cash flows are not expected to
be sufficient to recover the recorded value of the assets,
the assets are written down to their estimated fair values
based on the expected discounted future cash flows
attributable to the assets or based on appraisals. Factors
affecting impairment of assets held for use include the
ability of the specific assets to generate positive cash
flows. Changes in any of these factors or changes in our
forecast model estimates could necessitate impairment
recognition in future periods for other assets held for
use.</font>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">During
the first quarter of 2012, flooding in Thailand required us
to suspend our Thailand assembly operations and constrained
the disk drive manufacturing supply chain, which affected
demand for our products. We believe that the flooding,
together with our continued operating losses, was a
triggering event that required an impairment analysis. Based
on our forecast model and impairment analysis for our first
quarter of 2012, the expected undiscounted cash flows
exceeded the carrying value of our assets. However,
impairments were recognized on specific identification of
assets that were destroyed by the floodwaters (see Note 12
regarding the Thailand flood).</font>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Late
in December 2012, we decided to further consolidate and
streamline our U.S. operations. In connection with this
consolidation of our operations, we have initiated the
marketing of two of our facilities for sale or lease,
including the portion of our Eau Claire, Wisconsin facility
used for assembly operations and the Development Center
building on our Hutchinson, Minnesota campus. We plan to
vacate our assembly operations building in Eau Claire,
Wisconsin by moving the equipment to other available space
and as we shift more assembly production to our Thailand
operation. In Hutchinson, we are consolidating our
Development Center into our headquarters building, taking
advantage of the space made available by moving component
manufacturing from Hutchinson to Eau Claire in 2011. We
believe that the decision to consolidate operations was a
triggering event that required us to perform an impairment
analysis to evaluate the recoverability of the carrying value
of our long-lived assets. Our impairment analysis for the
first quarter of 2013 indicated that no charge for impairment
was required. Based on our forecast model, the expected
undiscounted cash flows exceeded the carrying value of our
assets. We determined the long-lived assets did not meet the
criteria to be classified as assets held for sale.</font>
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