Concentration of Risk and Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2012

Sales to Customers Who Accounted for 10 Percent or More of Company's Net Revenues, Expressed as Percentage of Consolidated Net Revenue and Accounts Receivable for Each Customer

Sales to the following customers who accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s net revenues, expressed as a percentage of consolidated net revenue, and the percentage of accounts receivable for each customer, were as follows:

	Percentage of Net Revenue Fiscal Year Ended August 31,									Percentage of Accounts Receivable August 31,
	2012			2011			2010			2012			2011
Apple, Inc.		13	%		*			*			17	%		*
Cisco Systems, Inc		10	%		13	%		15	%		*			*
Research in Motion Limited		10	%		15	%		15	%		*			10	%

* Amount was less than 10% of total

Operating Segment Information

The following table sets forth operating segment information (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Net revenue
DMS	$	7,476,730		$	6,018,332		$	4,223,955
E&I		5,080,417			5,180,011			4,407,013
HVS		4,594,794			5,320,484			4,778,443
	$	17,151,941		$	16,518,827		$	13,409,411
	2012			2011			2010
Segment income and reconciliation of income before income tax
DMS	$	455,596		$	389,188		$	248,967
E&I		105,583			199,731			186,335
HVS		175,000			126,275			55,628
Total segment income	$	736,179		$	715,194		$	490,930
Reconciling items:
Distressed customer charges		(16,014	)		—			—
Stock-based compensation expense and related charges		(81,409	)		(76,230	)		(104,609	)
Amortization of intangibles		(16,825	)		(22,051	)		(25,934	)
Restructuring and impairment charges		—			(628	)		(8,217	)
Settlement of receivables and related charges		—			(13,607	)		—
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries		—			(23,944	)		(24,604	)
Other expense		(8,943	)		(2,986	)		(4,087	)
Interest income		2,041			3,132			2,956
Interest expense		(106,129	)		(97,693	)		(79,168	)
Income before income tax	$	508,900		$	481,187		$	247,267

	August 31,
	2012		2011
Total assets
DMS	$	3,002,982	$	2,417,256
E&I		1,157,464		1,194,774
HVS		970,819		1,232,378
Other non-allocated assets		2,671,876		2,213,532
	$	7,803,141	$	7,057,940

External Net Revenue, Net of Intercompany Eliminations, and Long-Lived Asset Information

The following tables set forth external net revenue, net of intercompany eliminations, and long-lived asset information where individual countries represent a material portion of the total (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2012		2011		2010
External net revenue:
Mexico	$	3,658,873	$	3,876,239	$	3,438,436
China		3,425,641		3,343,669		2,410,590
U.S.		2,466,079		2,314,098		2,049,700
Singapore		2,030,492		938,381		122,280
Hungary		1,430,180		1,794,869		1,230,788
Malaysia		1,148,899		1,167,594		1,164,255
Brazil		661,676		710,863		609,198
Other		2,330,101		2,373,114		2,384,164
	$	17,151,941	$	16,518,827	$	13,409,411

	August 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Long-lived assets:
China	$	718,970	$	574,583	$	483,181
U.S.		339,409		266,171		255,108
Mexico		191,388		198,868		212,409
Malaysia		132,027		114,819		102,700
Singapore		121,291		98,569		74,538
Taiwan		110,610		116,121		110,237
Poland		83,978		117,090		98,395
Hungary		78,841		89,995		90,091
Other		216,712		190,424		157,301
	$	1,993,226	$	1,766,640	$	1,583,960