SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS [Abstract]

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 20—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On January 21, 2012, the Company entered into an agreement to settle the purported class action litigation brought against the Company by holders of the Company’s 3.50% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2038 (the “Notes”) in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. As part of the settlement, on February 3, 2012, the Company commenced a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) for the entire remaining aggregate outstanding principal amount of $95.5 million of its Notes. The Company offered to purchase the Notes at par plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the date of settlement.

The Company will fund the purchases of the Notes tendered in the Offer with cash on hand.