BALANCE SHEET DETAILS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of inventories

Inventories are comprised of the following:

	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Raw materials and purchased parts	$	12,633	$	9,547
Work-in-progress	192,206		200,434
Finished goods	73,403		64,986
	$	278,242	$	274,967

Schedule of Components of Prepaids and Other Current Assets

Prepaids and other current assets consist of the following:

	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Deferred income tax assets	$	45,518	$	35,493
Value-added tax receivable	2,375		2,734
Income tax receivable	8,559		8,668
Prepaid income taxes	7,258		2,938
Other	25,391		42,401
	$	89,101	$	92,234

Schedule of Other Assets

Other assets consist of the following:

	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Deferred income tax assets, net of current portion	$	117,278	$	134,365
Investments in privately-held companies	4,466		8,128
Auction-rate securities	1,066		1,066
Other	43,538		34,608
	$	166,348	$	178,167

Schedule of Accrued and Other Liabilities

Accrued and other liabilities consist of the following:

	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Accrued salaries and benefits and other employee related	$	67,556	$	67,486
Accrued restructuring, current portion	14,607		25,441
Royalties and licenses	8,332		8,204
Warranty accruals and accrued returns	5,397		4,406
Income taxes payable	4,346		3,219
Grants to be repaid	571		579
Deferred income tax liability, current portion	182		208
Advance payments from customer	—		4,668
Other	38,705		41,195
	$	139,696	$	155,406

Schedule of Other Long-term Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities consist of the following:

	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Accrued pension liability	$	49,278	$	38,418
Income taxes payable	48,547		50,334
Accrued restructuring, net of current portion	5,118		—
Long-term technology license payable	422		3,568
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less current portion	75,002		7,010
Other	20,303		21,397
	$	198,670	$	120,727