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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

NOTE 7-PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consists of the following as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	2011			2010
Property and equipment:
Construction-in-progress	$	837		$	1,013
Equipment and furniture		113,690			147,493
Building and leasehold improvements		96,390			99,206
Land		1,310			1,310
		212,227			249,022
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(172,645	)		(194,845	)
Net property and equipment (1)	$	39,582		$	54,177

(1) Included in the balance as of December 31, 2011 was the Company's West Sacramento facility that was reclassified to held-for-sale on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. The facility had an estimated fair value of

$9.0 million at December 31, 2011.

For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded depreciation expense of $19.0 million, $22.2 million and $29.6 million, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company recognized $1.7 million of impairment charges on its facility in West Sacramento, California.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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