Concentration of Risk and Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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,
	2014			2013			2012			2014			2013
Apple, Inc.		18	%		20	%		14	%		12	%		22	%
BlackBerry Limited		*			12	%		11	%		*			*
Cisco Systems, Inc.		*			*			11	%		*			*

* 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,
	2014			2013			2012
Net revenue
DMS	$	6,935,896		$	7,088,026		$	6,458,952
E&I		5,300,872			5,535,083			5,086,959
HVS		3,525,378			4,626,384			4,594,794
	$	15,762,146		$	17,249,493		$	16,140,705
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax
DMS	$	175,843		$	377,004		$	384,020
E&I		128,216			140,758			102,455
HVS		41,310			124,332			166,952
Total segment income	$	345,369		$	642,094		$	653,427
Reconciling items:
Amortization of intangibles		(23,857	)		(10,954	)		(12,899	)
Stock-based compensation expense and related charges		(8,994	)		(62,574	)		(74,944	)
Restructuring and related charges		(85,369	)		(80,513	)		—
Distressed customer charges		(15,113	)		—			(16,014	)
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries		(7,962	)		—			—
Impairment of notes receivable and related charges		—			(25,597	)		—
Acquisition costs and certain purchase accounting adjustments		—			(10,037	)		—

	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Other expense		(7,637	)		(6,095	)		(8,935	)
Interest income		3,741			1,813			2,002
Interest expense		(128,055	)		(121,023	)		(106,088	)
Income from continuing operations before tax	$	72,123		$	327,114		$	436,549

	August 31,
	2014		2013
Total assets
DMS	$	3,793,005	$	3,580,133
E&I		996,136		1,118,347
HVS		943,912		1,031,911
Other non-allocated assets		2,727,024		2,879,439
Assets of discontinued operations		19,669		543,951
	$	8,479,746	$	9,153,781

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,
	2014		2013		2012
External net revenue:
China	$	3,614,174		3,263,400		3,418,906
Singapore		2,935,212		3,296,705		2,030,104
Mexico		2,475,393		3,686,540	$	3,194,275
U.S.		2,444,305		2,281,907		2,239,026
Malaysia		1,299,543		1,207,010		1,126,221
Hungary		902,058		1,145,433		1,259,037
Brazil		308,515		539,349		654,488
Other		1,782,946		1,829,149		2,218,648
	$	15,762,146	$	17,249,493	$	16,140,705

	August 31,
	2014		2013
Long-lived assets:
China	$	1,210,113	$	1,105,828
U.S.		922,286		954,431
Mexico		143,790		200,707
Taiwan		137,237		122,547
Malaysia		73,129		85,851
Poland		70,739		72,730
Singapore		59,335		101,943
Hungary		58,824		59,369
Other		223,952		215,359
	$	2,899,405	$	2,918,765