Other receivables (Note 1)

36,229

63,850

65,247

47,380

Other current assets (Notes 1 & 9)

26,264

41,384

1,461,605

1,509,210

Goodwill (Notes 1, 6 & 7)

1,391,932

1,046,888

^[1]

2,173,914

2,135,697

Intangible assets, net (Notes 1, 6 & 7)

1,400,563

1,812,515

Long-term investments (Notes 1 & 3)

35,494

26,050

Other non-current assets (Notes 9 & 12)

58,815

66,459

6,522,323

6,596,819

Current liabilities:

Accrued liabilities (Notes 1, 9, 10, & 11)

216,246

205,364

170,584

137,889

Other current liabilities (Note 12)

31,998

30,548

418,828

373,801

Deferred tax liabilities (Note 12)

989,154

988,130

131,511

152,160

Other long-term liabilities (Notes 9, 10, 11 & 12)

86,108

83,056

Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 10)

1,625,601

1,597,147

Stockholders’ equity:

Preferred stock, $.0001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

Common stock and additional paid-in capital, $.0001 par value; 405,000 shares authorized; 126,464 and 127,386 shares issued and outstanding at April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively

5,357,394

5,442,613

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax

(4,306)

(3,133)

Accumulated deficit

(456,366)

(439,808)

4,896,722

4,999,672

$ 6,522,323

$ 6,596,819

[1]	The Company’s goodwill balance is presented net of accumulated impairment losses and write-offs of $621.6 million.

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Allowance for accounts receivable	$ 58	$ 143
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	405,000,000	405,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	126,464,000	127,386,000
Common stock, shares outstanding	126,464,000	127,386,000

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)
shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Oct. 01, 2016

Jul. 02, 2016

Apr. 02, 2016

Jan. 02, 2016

Oct. 03, 2015

Jun. 27, 2015

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Income Statement [Abstract]

Cost of goods sold (Note 7)

$ 642,992

$ 826,347

$ 864,698

$ 698,537

$ 608,069

$ 620,681

$ 708,335

$ 673,641

$ 3,032,574

$ 2,610,726

$ 1,710,966

1,897,062

1,561,173

1,021,658

Gross profit

231,596

310,642

316,799

276,475

254,200

230,988

284,848

279,517

1,135,512

1,049,553

689,308

Operating expenses:

470,836

448,763

257,494

Other operating expense (Notes 6 & 11)

545,588

534,099

249,886

31,029

54,723

59,462

1,047,453

1,037,585

566,842

Interest expense (Note 8)

88,059

11,968

122,466

(13,100)

(13,800)

(14,900)

(14,500)

(13,900)

(6,700)

(58,879)

(23,316)

(1,421)

1,212

2,068

450

(3,087)

6,418

(254)

Income tax (expense) benefit (Note 12)

27,305

(2,862)

121,241

93,200

(123,200)

(21,500)

(13,800)

(43,863)

(25,983)

75,062

Net (loss) income per share (Note 13):

$ 55,908

^{[1],[2],[3],[4]}

$ (78,638)

^{[1],[3],[4],[5]}

$ 11,847

^[1],[3],[4]

$ (5,675)

^[1],[3],[4]

$ (24,202)

^{[1],[3],[4],[6]}

$ (11,127)

^[1],[3],[4]

$ 4,448

^[3],[4],[7]

$ 2,036

^[3],[4]

$ (16,558)

$ (28,845)

$ 196,303

Basic

$ 0.44

$ (0.62)

$ 0.09

$ (0.04)

$ (0.18)

$ (0.08)

$ 0.03

$ 0.01

$ (0.13)

$ (0.20)

$ 2.17

Diluted

$ 0.43

$ (0.62)

$ 0.09

$ (0.04)

$ (0.18)

$ (0.08)

$ 0.03

$ 0.01

$ (0.13)

$ (0.20)

$ 2.11

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding (Note 13):

Basic

127,121

141,937

90,477

Diluted

127,121

141,937

93,211

[1]	In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2023 and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $14.5 million, $14.9 million, $13.8 million and $13.1 million (net of capitalized interest) in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded interest expense of $6.7 million and $13.9 million (net of capitalized interest), in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively (Note 8).
[2]	Income tax benefit of $93.2 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).
[3]	The Company recorded integration related expenses of $5.3 million, $5.0 million, $3.9 million and $2.7 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively, associated with the Business Combination. The Company recorded integration related expenses of $10.4 million, $5.6 million, $5.0 million, and $5.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively, associated with the Business Combination (Note 6).
[4]	The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $0.8 million, $0.5 million, $0.4 million, and $0.4 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $2.9 million, $3.8 million, $3.0 million, and $0.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016 (Note 11).
[5]	Income tax expense of $123.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).
[6]	Income tax expense of $21.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $16.3 million related to increases in the valuation allowance for state net operating loss and state credit deferred tax assets (Note 12).
[7]	Income tax expense of $13.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $4.6 million related to reductions to state deferred tax assets (Note 12).

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net (loss) income	$ (16,558)	$ (28,845)	$ 196,303
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax	53	742	3,920
Change in pension liability, net of tax	(339)	1,153	(2,894)
Foreign currency translation adjustment, including intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature	(1,014)	(89)	(392)
Reclassification adjustments, net of tax:
Recognized gain on marketable securities	0	(4,994)	0
Amortization of pension actuarial loss	127	179	27
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(1,173)	(3,009)	661
Total comprehensive (loss) income	$ (17,731)	$ (31,854)	$ 196,964

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income	Accumulated Deficit
Beginning Balance at Mar. 29, 2014	$ 676,351	$ 1,284,402	$ (785)	$ (607,266)
Beginning Balance, Shares at Mar. 29, 2014	71,215
Net (loss) income	$ 196,303	0	0	196,303
Other comprehensive income (loss)	661	0	661	0
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	$ 5,167	5,167	0	0
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for employee taxes, Shares	3,199
Issuance of common stock for Business Combination	$ 5,254,367	5,254,367	0	0
Issuance of common stock for Business Combination, Shares	75,306
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan	$ 2,730	2,730	0	0
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan, Shares	98
Tax benefit from exercised stock options	$ 9,834	9,834	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	$ (50,874)	(50,874)	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs, Shares	(759)
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 78,621	78,621	0	0
Ending Balance at Mar. 28, 2015	$ 6,173,160	6,584,247	(124)	(410,963)
Ending Balance, Shares at Mar. 28, 2015	149,059
Net (loss) income	$ (28,845)	0	0	(28,845)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(3,009)	0	(3,009)	0
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	$ 4,406	4,406	0	0
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for employee taxes, Shares	2,156
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan	$ 17,967	17,967	0	0
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan, Shares	429
Tax benefit from exercised stock options	$ 636	636	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	$ (1,300,009)	(1,300,009)	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs, Shares	(24,258)
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 135,366	135,366	0	0
Ending Balance at Apr. 02, 2016	$ 4,999,672	5,442,613	(3,133)	(439,808)
Ending Balance, Shares at Apr. 02, 2016	127,386
Net (loss) income	$ (16,558)	0	0	(16,558)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(1,173)	0	(1,173)	0
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for employee taxes	$ 16,832	16,832	0	0
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for employee taxes, Shares	2,484
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan	$ 25,640	25,640	0	0
Issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock purchase plan, Shares	678
Tax deficiency from exercised stock options	$ (56)	(56)	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	$ (209,357)	(209,357)	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs, Shares	(4,084)
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 81,722	81,722	0	0
Ending Balance at Apr. 01, 2017	$ 4,896,722	$ 5,357,394	$ (4,306)	$ (456,366)
Ending Balance, Shares at Apr. 01, 2017	126,464

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$ (16,558)	$ (28,845)	$ 196,303
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	209,825	180,362	74,239
Intangible assets amortization (Note 7)	494,752	494,589	142,749
Non-cash interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs	1,709	112	843
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	(65)	(935)	(13,993)
Deferred income taxes	(28,027)	(12,189)	(109,970)
Foreign currency adjustments	(36)	1,705	(242)
Loss (income) on investments and other assets, net	5,478	(4,705)	8,986
Stock-based compensation expense	88,845	139,516	64,941
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	(36,873)	36,682	(30,369)
Inventories	(6,442)	(84,116)	10,423
Prepaid expenses and other current and non-current assets	20,285	(28,871)	(26,384)
Accounts payable	(1,035)	(461)	(30,107)
Accrued liabilities	26,866	3,862	(3,884)
Income tax payable/(recoverable)	13,414	4,300	12,704
Other assets and liabilities	4,682	(13,079)	9,385
Net cash provided by operating activities	776,820	687,927	305,624
Investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	(469)	(340,527)	(387,734)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	186,793	390,009	261,185
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired (Note 6)	(118,133)	0	224,324
Purchase of property and equipment	(552,702)	(315,624)	(169,862)
Other investing	(5,976)	(12,572)	8,145
Net cash used in investing activities	(490,487)	(278,714)	(63,942)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from debt issuances	0	1,175,000	0
Payment of debt	0	(175,000)	(87,503)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	65	935	13,993
Debt issuance costs	0	(13,588)	(36)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	59,148	51,875	46,072
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(209,357)	(1,300,009)	(50,874)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(15,516)	(22,168)	(34,250)
Other financing	14	103	(300)
Net cash used in financing activities	(165,646)	(282,852)	(112,898)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(1,105)	(294)	(868)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	119,582	126,067	127,916
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	425,881	299,814	171,898
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	545,463	425,881	299,814
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for interest	71,171	2,164	930
Cash paid during the year for income taxes	52,656	34,942	34,590
Non-cash investing and financing information:
Capital expenditure adjustments included in liabilities	75,340	33,548	9,346
Fair value of equity consideration related to Business Combination (Note 6)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 5,254,367

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies	12 Months Ended
The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies	Apr. 01, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
THE COMPANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES	THE COMPANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES On February 22, 2014, RF Micro Devices, Inc. ("RFMD" and referred to herein as the "Company" prior to January 1, 2015) and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. ("TriQuint") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (as subsequently amended on July 15, 2014, the "Merger Agreement") providing for the business combination of RFMD and TriQuint (the "Business Combination") under a new holding company named Qorvo, Inc. (formerly named Rocky Holding, Inc.) ("Qorvo" and referred to herein as the "Company" as of and following January 1, 2015). The stockholders of both RFMD and TriQuint approved the Merger Agreement at each company's special meeting of stockholders on September 5, 2014. During the third quarter of fiscal 2015, all necessary regulatory approvals were received to complete the Business Combination. The Business Combination closed on January 1, 2015 (fourth quarter of fiscal 2015). For financial reporting and accounting purposes, RFMD was the acquirer of TriQuint. The results presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements reflect those of RFMD prior to the completion of the Business Combination on January 1, 2015 and those of Qorvo subsequent to the completion of the Business Combination. The Company is a product and technology leader at the forefront of the growing global demand for always-on broadband connectivity. The Company combines a broad portfolio of radio frequency (“RF”) solutions, highly differentiated semiconductor technologies, deep systems-level expertise and scale manufacturing to supply a diverse group of customers in expanding markets, including smartphones and other mobile devices, defense and aerospace, WiFi customer premises equipment, cellular base stations, optical networks, automotive connectivity, and smart home applications. Within these markets, the Company's products enable a broad range of leading-edge applications - from very-high-power wired and wireless infrastructure solutions to ultra-low-power smart home solutions. The Company's products and technologies help transform how people around the world access their data, transact commerce, and interact with their communities. The Company’s design and manufacturing expertise covers many semiconductor process technologies, which it sources both internally and through external suppliers. The Company’s primary wafer fabrication facilities are located in Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Oregon and its primary assembly and test facilities are located in China, Costa Rica, Germany and Texas. The Company operates design, sales and manufacturing facilities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain items in the fiscal 2016 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the fiscal 2017 presentation. The results of operations, assets and liabilities associated with the Business Combination have been included in the Company's financial statements from the acquisition date of January 1, 2015 (see Note 6). Accounting Periods The Company uses a 52- or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to March 31 of each year. The most recent three fiscal years ended on April 1, 2017, April 2, 2016, and March 28, 2015. Fiscal years 2017 and 2015 were 52-week years and fiscal year 2016 was a 53-week year. Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The actual results that the Company experiences may differ materially from its estimates. The Company makes estimates for the returns reserve, rebates, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation including reserves, warranty reserves, income tax valuation, current and deferred income taxes, uncertain tax positions, non-marketable equity investments, other-than-temporary impairments of investments, goodwill, long-lived assets and other financial statement amounts on a regular basis and makes adjustments based on historical experiences and expected future conditions. Accounting estimates require difficult and subjective judgments and actual results may differ from the Company’s estimates. Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposit accounts, money market funds, and other temporary, highly-liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased. Investments Investments available-for-sale at April 1, 2017 consisted of auction rate securities ("ARS"). Investments available-for-sale at April 2, 2016 consisted of U.S. government/agency securities, corporate debt and ARS. Available-for-sale investments with an original maturity date greater than approximately three months and less than one year are classified as current investments. Available-for-sale investments with an original maturity date exceeding one year are classified as long-term. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value with the unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reported in “Other comprehensive (loss) income.” The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method and any realized gain or loss is included in “Other (expense) income.” The cost of available-for-sale securities is adjusted for premiums and discounts, with the amortization or accretion of such amounts included as a portion of interest. The Company assesses individual investments for impairment quarterly. Investments are impaired when the fair value is less than the amortized cost. If an investment is impaired, the Company evaluates whether the impairment is other-than-temporary. A debt investment impairment is considered other-than-temporary if (i) the Company intends to sell the security, (ii) it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of the entire amortized cost basis, or (iii) the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security (a credit loss). Other-than-temporary declines in the Company's debt securities are recognized as a loss in the statement of operations if due to credit loss; all other losses on debt securities are recorded in "Other comprehensive (loss) income." The previous amortized cost basis less the other-than-temporary impairment becomes the new cost basis and is not adjusted for subsequent recoveries in fair value. Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market based on standard costs, which approximate actual average costs. The Company’s business is subject to the risk of technological and design changes. The Company evaluates inventory levels quarterly against sales forecasts on a product family basis to evaluate its overall inventory risk. Reserves are adjusted to reflect inventory values in excess of forecasted sales and management's analysis and assessment of overall inventory risk. In the event the Company sells inventory that had been covered by a specific inventory reserve, the sale is recorded at the actual selling price and the related cost of goods sold is recorded at the full inventory cost, net of the reserve. Abnormal production levels are charged to the income statement in the period incurred rather than as a portion of inventory cost. Product Warranty The Company generally sells products with a limited warranty on product quality. The Company accrues for known warranty issues if a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated, and accrues for estimated incurred but unidentified issues based on historical activity. The accrual and the related expense for known product warranty issues were not significant during the periods presented. Due to product testing and the short time typically between product shipment and the detection and correction of product failures and the historical rate of losses, the accrual and related expense for estimated incurred but unidentified issues was not significant during the periods presented. Other Receivables The Company records miscellaneous non-product receivables that are collectible within 12 months in “Other receivables,” such as value-added tax receivables ($55.4 million as of April 1, 2017 and $37.3 million as of April 2, 2016, which are reported on a net basis), precious metal reclaims submitted for payment and other miscellaneous items. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from one year to thirty-nine years. The Company’s assets acquired under capital leases and leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the asset life or lease term (which is reasonably assured) and included in depreciation. The Company performs a review if facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable or that useful lives have changed from the original estimate. The Company assesses the recoverability of the assets held for use by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining estimated useful lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets. If the Company determines that the useful lives have changed from the original estimate, the net book value of the assets is depreciated over the remaining period of the new useful lives. The Company identifies property and equipment as “held for sale” based on the current expectation that, more likely than not, an asset or asset group will be sold or otherwise disposed. Once assets are classified to the held for sale category, depreciation ceases and the assets are recorded at the lesser of their carrying value or their fair market value less costs to sell. The Company capitalizes the portion of the interest expense related to certain assets that are not ready for their intended use and this amount is depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the qualified assets. The Company additionally records capital-related government grants earned as a reduction to property and equipment and depreciates such grants over the estimated useful lives of the associated assets. Goodwill and Intangible Assets Goodwill is recorded when the purchase price paid for a business exceeds the estimated fair value of the net identified tangible and intangible assets acquired. Intangibles are recorded when such assets are acquired by purchase or license. The value of the Company's intangibles, including goodwill, could be impacted by future adverse changes such as: (i) any future declines in the Company's operating results; (ii) a decline in the value of technology company stocks, including the value of the Company's common stock; (iii) a prolonged or more significant slowdown in the worldwide economy or the semiconductor industry; or (iv) failure to meet the performance projections included in the Company's forecasts of future operating results. The Company accounts for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") guidance, which requires annual testing for impairment or whenever events or circumstances make it more likely than not that an impairment may have occurred. The Company performs its annual impairment tests on the first day of the fourth quarter in each fiscal year. Indefinite-lived intangible assets consists of in-process research and development ("IPRD"). The Company has the option to perform a qualitative assessment (commonly referred to as "step zero") to determine whether further quantitative analysis for impairment of goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets is necessary. In performing step zero for its impairment test, the Company is required to make assumptions and judgments, including the following: the evaluation of macroeconomic conditions as related to the Company's business; industry and market trends; and the overall future financial performance of the Company's reporting units and future opportunities in the markets in which they operate. The Company also considers recent fair value calculations of its indefinite-lived intangible assets and reporting units as well as cost factors such as changes in raw materials, labor or other costs. If the step zero analysis indicates that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit or indefinite-lived asset is less than its respective carrying value including goodwill, then the Company would perform an additional quantitative analysis. For goodwill, this involves a two-step process. The first step compares the fair value of the reporting unit, including its goodwill, to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, then the second step of the process is performed to determine the amount of impairment. The second step compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill to the carrying value of the goodwill. An impairment charge is recognized for the amount the carrying value of the reporting unit's goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. For indefinite-lived intangible assets, the quantitative analysis compares the carrying value of the asset to its fair value and an impairment charge is recognized for the amount its carrying value exceeds its fair value. Determining the fair value of reporting units, indefinite-lived intangible assets and implied fair value of a reporting unit's goodwill is reliant upon estimated future revenues, profitability and cash flows and consideration of market factors. Assumptions, judgments and estimates are complex, subjective and can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as changes in the Company's business strategy or its internal forecasts. Although the Company believes the assumptions, judgments and estimates it has made have been reasonable and appropriate, different assumptions, judgments and estimates could materially affect its results of operations. Goodwill Goodwill is allocated to the Company's reporting units based on the expected benefit from the synergies of the business combinations generating the underlying goodwill. As of April 1, 2017, the Company's goodwill balance of $2,173.9 million is allocated between its Mobile Products ("MP") and Infrastructure and Defense Products ("IDP") reporting units. In fiscal 2017, the Company completed a qualitative assessment of the fair value of its reporting units and concluded that goodwill was not impaired. For fiscal 2016, although there were no indicators of impairment, the Company opted to bypass the qualitative assessment and proceeded to perform fair value assessments of its reporting units (the first step of the quantitative impairment analysis) as the fair value of the reporting units had changed (due to the Business Combination) since the last time the Company performed a quantitative analysis. The quantitative assessments performed reaffirmed that there were no indicators of impairment for fiscal 2016. In performing these quantitative assessments, consistent with its historical approach, the Company used both the income and market approaches to estimate the fair value of its reporting units. The income approach involves discounting future estimated cash flows. The sum of the reporting unit cash flow projections was compared to the Company's market capitalization in a discounted cash flow framework to calculate an overall implied internal rate of return (or discount rate) for the Company. The Company's market capitalization was adjusted to a control basis assuming a reasonable control premium, which resulted in an implied discount rate. This implied discount rate serves as a baseline for estimating the specific discount rate for each reporting unit. The discount rate used is the value-weighted average of the Company's estimated cost of equity and debt (“cost of capital”) derived using both known and estimated customary market metrics. The Company's weighted average cost of capital is adjusted for each reporting unit to reflect a risk factor, if necessary, for each reporting unit. The Company performs sensitivity tests with respect to growth rates and discount rates used in the income approach. The Company believes the income approach is appropriate because it provides a fair value estimate based upon the respective reporting unit’s expected long-term operations and cash flow performance. The Company considered historical rates and current market conditions when determining the discount and growth rates used in its analysis. For fiscal 2016, the material assumptions used for the income approach were eight years of projected net cash flows and a long-term growth rate of 3% for both the MP and IDP reporting units. A discount rate of 15% and 16% was used for the MP and IDP reporting units, respectively. In applying the market approach, valuation multiples are derived from historical and projected operating data of selected guideline companies, which are evaluated and adjusted, if necessary, based on the strengths and weaknesses of the reporting unit relative to the selected guideline companies. The valuation multiples are then applied to the appropriate historical and/or projected operating data of the reporting unit to arrive at an indication of fair value. The Company believes the market approach is appropriate because it provides a fair value using multiples from companies with operations and economic characteristics similar to its reporting units. The Company weighted the results of the income approach and the results of the market approach at 50% each and for the MP and IDP reporting units, concluded that the fair value of the reporting units was determined to be substantially in excess of the carrying value, and as such, no further analysis was warranted. Under the income approach described above, the following indicates the sensitivity of key assumptions utilized in the assessment. A one percentage point decrease in the discount rate would have increased the fair value of the MP and IDP reporting units by approximately $660.0 million and $140.0 million, respectively, while a one percentage point increase in the discount rate would have decreased the fair value of the MP and IDP reporting units by approximately $560.0 million and $110.0 million, respectively. A one percentage point decrease in the long-term growth rate would have decreased the fair value of the MP and IDP reporting units by approximately $290.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, while a one percentage point increase in the long-term growth rate would have increased the fair value of the MP and IDP reporting units by approximately $340.0 million and $70.0 million, respectively. In fiscal year 2015, the Company performed a qualitative assessment of its reporting units and as a result of this analysis, determined that there were no indicators of impairment and no further quantitative impairment test was deemed necessary. Intangible Assets with Indefinite Lives In fiscal 2015, as a result of the Business Combination, the Company recorded IPRD of $470.0 million. IPRD was recorded at fair value as of the date of acquisition as an indefinite-lived intangible asset until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development ("R&D") efforts or impairment. The fair value of the acquired IPRD was determined based on an income approach using the "excess earnings method," which estimated the value of the intangible assets by discounting the future projected earnings of the asset to present value as of the valuation date. Upon completion of development, acquired IPRD assets are transferred to finite-lived intangible assets and amortized over their useful lives. During fiscal years 2017 and 2016, the Company completed and transferred into developed technology approximately $220.0 million and $203.0 million, respectively, of IPRD. The Company performed a qualitative assessment of the remaining IPRD during fiscal 2017 and concluded that IPRD was not impaired. Intangible Assets with Definite Lives Intangible assets are recorded when such assets are acquired by purchase or license. Finite-lived intangible assets consist primarily of technology licenses, customer relationships, developed technology, a wafer supply agreement, trade names and backlog resulting from business combinations and are subject to amortization. Technology licenses are recorded at cost and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the estimated useful life of the technology or the term of the license agreement, ranging from approximately five to eight years. The fair value of customer relationships acquired during fiscal years 2013, 2015 and 2017 was determined based on an income approach using the “with and without method," in which the value of the asset is determined by the difference in discounted cash flows of the profitability of the Company "with" the asset and the profitability of the Company "without" the asset. Customer relationships are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, ranging from three to ten years. The fair value of developed technology acquired during fiscal years 2013, 2015 and 2017 was determined based on an income approach using the "excess earnings method," which estimated the value of the intangible assets by discounting the future projected earnings of the asset to present value as of the valuation date. Developed technology is amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, ranging from three to six years. The fair value of the wafer supply agreement was determined using the incremental income method, which is a discounted cash flow method within the income approach. Under this method, the fair value was estimated by discounting to present value the additional savings from expense reductions in operations at a discount rate to reflect the risk inherent in the wafer supply agreement as well as any tax benefits. The wafer supply agreement was amortized on a units of use activity method over its useful life of approximately four years and was fully amortized as of April 2, 2016. The fair value of trade names acquired in fiscal years 2015 and 2017 was determined based on an income approach using the "relief from royalty method," in which the value of the asset is determined by discounting the future projected cash flows generated from the trade name's estimated royalties. Trade names are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of two to three years. The fair value of backlog acquired in fiscal 2015 was determined based on an income approach using the "excess earnings method" and was fully amortized as of April 2, 2016. The Company regularly reviews identified intangible assets to determine if facts and circumstances indicate that the useful lives have changed from the original estimate or that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances exist, the Company assesses the recoverability of identified intangible assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairments, if any, are based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets and occur in the period in which the impairment determination was made. Accrued Liabilities The "Accrued liabilities" balance as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 includes accrued compensation and benefits of $98.7 million and $76.3 million, respectively, and interest payable of $23.2 million and $25.5 million, respectively. Revenue Recognition The Company's net revenue is generated principally from sales of semiconductor products. The Company recognizes revenue from product sales when the fundamental criteria are met, such as the time at which the title and risk and rewards of product ownership are transferred to the customer, price and terms are fixed or determinable, no significant vendor obligation exists and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. Sales of products are generally made through either the Company's sales force, manufacturers' representatives or through a distribution network. Revenue from the majority of the Company's products is recognized upon shipment of the product to the customer from a Company-owned or third-party location. Some revenue is recognized upon receipt of the shipment by the customer. The Company has limited rebate programs offering price protection to certain distributors. These rebates represent less than 7% of net revenue and can be reasonably estimated based on specific criteria included in the rebate agreements and other known factors at the time. The Company reduces revenue and records reserves for product returns and allowances for price protection, stock rotation, and scrap allowance based on historical experience or specific identification depending on the contractual terms of the arrangement. The Company also recognizes a portion of its net revenue through other agreements such as non-recurring engineering fees, contracts for R&D work, royalty income, intellectual property ("IP") revenue, and service revenue. These agreements are collectively less than 1% of consolidated revenue on an annual basis. Revenue from these agreements is recognized when the service is completed or upon certain milestones, as provided for in the agreements. Revenue from certain contracts is recognized on the percentage of completion method based on the costs incurred to date and the total contract amount, plus the contractual fee. If these contracts experience cost overruns, the percentage of completion method is used to determine revenue recognition. Revenue from fixed price contracts is recognized when the required deliverable is satisfied. Royalty income is recognized based on a percentage of sales of the relevant product reported by licensees during the period. The Company additionally licenses or sells its rights to use portions of its IP portfolio, which includes certain patent rights useful in the manufacture and sales of certain products. IP revenue recognition is dependent on the terms of each agreement. The Company will recognize IP revenue (i) upon delivery of the IP and (ii) if the Company has no substantive future obligation to perform under the arrangement. The Company will defer recognition of IP revenue where future performance obligations are required to earn the revenue or the revenue is not guaranteed. Revenue from services is recognized during the period that the service is performed. Accounts receivable are recorded for all revenue items listed above and do not bear interest. The Company evaluates the collectability of accounts receivable based on a combination of factors. In cases where the Company is aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customer’s ability to meet its financial obligations subsequent to the original sale, the Company will record an allowance against amounts due, and thereby reduce the receivable to the amount the Company reasonably believes will be collected. For all other customers, the Company recognizes allowances for doubtful accounts based on the length of time the receivables are past due, industry and geographic concentrations, the current business environment and the Company’s historical experience. The Company's terms and conditions do not give its customers a right of return associated with the original sale of its products. However, the Company will authorize sales returns under certain circumstances, which include perceived quality problems, courtesy returns and like-kind exchanges. The Company evaluates its estimate of returns by analyzing all types of returns and the timing of such returns in relation to the original sale. Reserves are adjusted to reflect changes in the estimated returns versus the original sale of product. Shipping and Handling Cost The Company recognizes amounts billed to a customer in a sale transaction related to shipping and handling as revenue. The costs incurred by the Company for shipping and handling are classified as cost of goods sold in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Research and Development The Company charges all R&D costs to expense as incurred. Precious Metals Reclaim The Company uses historical experience to estimate the amount of reclaim on precious metals used in manufacturing at the end of each period and states the reclaim value at the lower of average cost or market. The estimated value to be received from precious metal reclaim is included in "Other current assets" and reclaims submitted for payment are included in "Other receivables" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Income Taxes The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for tax carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities for each tax jurisdiction are measured using the enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets to the extent the Company determines it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. A minimum recognition threshold is required to be met before the Company recognizes the benefit of an income tax position in its financial statements. The Company’s policy is to recognize accrued interest and penalties, if incurred, on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. It is the Company’s current intent and policy to invest the earnings of foreign subsidiaries indefinitely outside the U.S. Accordingly, the Company does not record a deferred tax liability for U.S. income taxes on unremitted foreign earnings. Stock-Based Compensation Under FASB ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation," stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the estimated fair value of the award using an option pricing model for stock options (Black-Scholes) and market price for restricted stock units, and is recognized as expense over the employee's requisite service period. As of April 1, 2017, total remaining unearned compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units and options was $70.5 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining service period of approximately 1.2 years. Foreign Currency Translation The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries have been translated into U.S. dollars in accordance with FASB ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Matters.” The functional currency for most of the Company’s international operations is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency for the remainder of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rates on the balance sheet dates. Revenues and expenses are translated using the average exchange rates throughout the year. Translation adjustments are shown separately as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” within “Stockholders’ equity” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Foreign currency transaction gains or losses (transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency) are reported in “Other income (expense)” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2017-04, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment." The new guidance simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating the second step from the quantitative goodwill impairment test. The Company will continue to have the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if a quantitative goodwill impairment test is necessary. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in fiscal 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business." The new guidance clarifies the definition of a business and provides further guidance for evaluating whether a transaction will be accounted for as an acquisition of an asset or a business. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. The update should be applied prospectively. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)." The new guidance requires the inclusion of restricted cash along with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, "Income Taxes (Topic 740), Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory," which requires the recognition of the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. The new standard will become effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effects this new guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements. In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force)." The new guidance addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments." The new guidance requires entities to use a current lifetime expected credit loss methodology to measure impairments of certain financial instruments. It also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities and provides for a simplified accounting model for purchased financial assets with credit deterioration since their origination. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting." The new guidance will simplify certain aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions, including income tax consequences, forfeitures, classification of awards on the balance sheet and presentation on the statement of cash flows. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. Upon adoption, the Company expects to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to reduce the Company's accumulated deficit and plans to continue its existing practice of estimating expected forfeitures in determining compensation cost. The Company does not believe adoption will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)." The new guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term longer than 12 months, including those previously described as operating leases. Consistent with current U.S. GAAP, the recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee will primarily depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease. The new guidance will become effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The Company expects the valuation of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, for leases previously described as operating leases, to be the present value of its forecasted future lease commitments. The Company is continuing to assess the overall impacts of the new standard, including the discount rate to be applied in these valuations. In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, "Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This new standard will affect the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities measured under the fair value option and presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. In addition, the FASB clarified guidance related to the assessment of valuation allowances when recognizing deferred tax assets related to unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities. The new standard is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, "Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory." The new guidance changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 defines net realizable value as the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less reasonably predictable costs to completion, transportation, or disposal. The Company will adopt the provisions of this standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and does not believe adoption will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)," with several amendments subsequently issued. This new standard provides an updated framework for revenue recognition, resulting in a single revenue model to be applied by reporting companies under U.S. GAAP. Under the new model, recognition of revenue occurs when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Additional disclosures will be required regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows. The new guidance will become effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and permits the use of either a retrospective approach or a modified retrospective approach, whereby the cumulative effect of adoption is recognized at the date of initial application. The Company has established a cross-functional team to assess the potential impact of the new revenue standard and its assessment will be completed during fiscal 2018. The Company's assessment process consists of reviewing its current accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences that may result from applying the requirements of the new standard to its revenue contracts and identifying appropriate changes to its business processes, systems and controls to support revenue recognition and disclosure requirements under the new standard. The Company currently anticipates adopting the standard using the modified retrospective approach. Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-05, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer's Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement" which provides additional guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. Under this guidance, if a cloud computing arrangement contains a software license, customers should account for the license element of the arrangement in a manner consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If the arrangement does not contain a software license, customers should account for the arrangement as a service contract. The Company adopted the provisions of this standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, and there was no impact on its consolidated financial statements. In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement Period Adjustments." This standard requires an acquirer in a business combination to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization or other income effects, as a result of the change in provisional amounts, are to be included in the same period’s financial statements, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. The amendments in this update became effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2017 and will be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur in the future.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]

CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK

The Company’s principal financial instrument subject to potential concentration of credit risk is accounts receivable, which is unsecured. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts equal to estimated losses expected to be incurred in the collection of accounts receivable. The Company has adopted credit policies and standards intended to accommodate industry growth and inherent risk and it believes that credit risks are moderated by the financial stability of its major customers, conservative payment terms and the Company’s strict credit policies.

Revenue from significant customers, those representing 10% or more of total revenue for the respective periods, are summarized as follows:



	Fiscal Year
	2017	2016	2015
Apple Inc. ("Apple")	34%	37%	32%
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei")	11%	12%	7%
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. ("Samsung")	7%	7%	14%

The Company provided its products to Apple through sales to multiple contract manufacturers.

These customers primarily purchase cellular RF and WiFi solutions offered by the Company's MP segment for a variety of mobile devices, including smartphones, notebook computers, wearables, tablets and cellular-based applications for the IoT. In fiscal 2017, Huawei was the largest customer for the Company's IDP segment.

Accounts receivable related to these customers (which includes multiple contract manufacturers) accounted for 48%, 51%, and 50% of the Company's total net accounts receivable balance as of April 1, 2017, April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015, respectively.

Investments and Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Investments and Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Investments

The following is a summary of cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 (in thousands):



	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
April 1, 2017
Auction rate securities	$	2,150	$	—	$	(429	)	$	1,721
Money market funds	14		—		—			14
	$	2,164	$	—	$	(429	)	$	1,735
April 2, 2016
U.S. government/agency securities	$	149,874	$	19	$	(1	)	$	149,892
Auction rate securities	2,150		—		(350		)	1,800
Corporate debt	45,510		—		—			45,510
Money market funds	146,779		—		—			146,779
	$	344,313	$	19	$	(351	)	$	343,981

The estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities was based on the prevailing market values on April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016. The Company determines the cost of an investment sold based on the specific identification method.

There were no gross realized gains and insignificant gross realized losses recognized on available-for-sale securities for fiscal 2017. There were $10.0 million of gross realized gains and insignificant gross realized losses recognized on available-for-sale securities for fiscal 2016.

There were no unrealized losses on available-for-sale investments in a continuous loss position for fewer than 12 months as of April 1, 2017, and as of April 2, 2016, such unrealized losses were insignificant. Unrealized losses on available-for-sale investments in a continuous loss position for 12 months or greater were $0.4 million as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016.

The aggregate amount of available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position at April 1, 2017 was $1.7 million with $0.4 million in unrealized losses. The aggregate amount of available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position at April 2, 2016 was $55.6 million with $0.4 million in unrealized losses.

The expected maturity distribution of cash equivalents and available-for-sale debt securities is as follows (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017				April 2, 2016
	Cost		Estimated Fair Value		Cost		Estimated Fair Value
Due in less than one year	$	14	$	14	$	342,163	$	342,181
Due after ten years	2,150		1,721		2,150		1,800
Total investments in debt securities	$	2,164	$	1,735	$	344,313	$	343,981

Other Investments

On August 4, 2015, the Company invested $25.0 million to acquire shares of Series F Preferred Stock of Cavendish Kinetics Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales. This investment was accounted for as a cost method investment and classified in "Long-term investments" in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Marketable securities are measured at fair value and recorded in "Cash and cash equivalents," "Short-term investments" and "Long-term investments" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the related unrealized gains and losses are included in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss," a component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The fair value of the financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis was determined using the following levels of inputs as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 (in thousands):



					Total		Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
April 1, 2017
	Assets
		Cash and cash equivalents:
			Money market funds		$	14	$	14	$	—
		Total cash and cash equivalents			14		14		—
		Available-for-sale securities:
			Auction rate securities (1)		1,721		—		1,721
		Total available-for-sale securities			1,721		—		1,721
		Invested funds in deferred compensation plan (3)			10,237		10,237		—
				Total assets measured at fair value	$	11,972	$	10,251	$	1,721
	Liabilities
		Deferred compensation plan obligation (3)			$	10,237	$	10,237	$	—
				Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	10,237	$	10,237	$	—

April 2, 2016
	Assets
		Cash and cash equivalents:
				Money market funds	$	146,779	$	146,779	$	—
		Total cash and cash equivalents			146,779		146,779		—
		Available for-sale securities:
				U.S. government/agency securities	149,892		149,892		—
				Auction rate securities (1)	1,800		—		1,800
				Corporate debt (2)	45,510		—		45,510
		Total available-for-sale securities			197,202		149,892		47,310
		Invested funds in deferred compensation plan (3)			6,468		6,468		—
				Total assets measured at fair value	$	350,449	$	303,139	$	47,310
	Liabilities
		Deferred compensation plan obligation (3)			$	6,468	$	6,468	$	—
				Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	6,468	$	6,468	$	—

(1) ARS are debt instruments with interest rates that reset through periodic short-term auctions. The Company's Level 2 ARS are valued based on quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active.

(2) Corporate debt includes corporate bonds and commercial paper which are valued using observable market prices for identical securities that are traded in less active markets.

(3) The non-qualified deferred compensation plan provides eligible employees and members of the Board of Directors with the opportunity to defer a specified percentage of their cash compensation. The Company includes the asset deferred by the participants in the “Other current assets” and “Other non-current assets” line items of its Consolidated Balance Sheets and the Company's obligation to deliver the deferred compensation in the "Other current liabilities" and “Other long-term liabilities” line items of its Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, the Company did not have any Level 3 assets or liabilities.

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements

The Company's non-financial assets, such as intangible assets and property and equipment, are measured at fair value when there is an indicator of impairment, and recorded at fair value only when an impairment charge is recognized.

Other Fair Value Disclosures

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities approximate fair values because of the relatively short-term maturities of these instruments. See Note 8 for the fair value of the Company's long-term debt.

Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The components of property and equipment, are as follows (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017			April 2, 2016
Land	$	25,025		$	25,255
Building and leasehold improvements	384,784			337,875
Machinery and equipment	1,565,233			1,188,310
Furniture and fixtures	14,482			13,884
Computer equipment and software	79,689			51,641
	2,069,213			1,616,965
Less accumulated depreciation	(981,328		)	(751,898		)
	1,087,885			865,067
Construction in progress	304,047			181,821
Total property and equipment, net	$	1,391,932		$	1,046,888

Business Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

BUSINESS ACQUISITION DISCLOSURE [Abstract]

BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS

Acquisition of GreenPeak Technologies, B.V.

On April 29, 2016, the Company completed the acquisition of GreenPeak Technologies, B.V. ("GreenPeak"), a leader in ultra-low power, short RF communication technology. The acquisition expanded the Company's offerings to include integrated RF solutions and systems-on-a-chip ("SoCs") for the connected home. The Company acquired 100% of the outstanding equity securities of GreenPeak for a purchase price of $118.1 million, net of cash acquired of $0.7 million. The total purchase price was allocated to GreenPeak's assets and liabilities based upon fair values as determined by the Company and resulted in goodwill of $38.2 million. The measurement period (up to one year from the acquisition date pursuant to ASC Topic 805 "Business Combinations") will conclude during the first quarter of fiscal 2018.

Business Combination between RFMD and TriQuint

Effective January 1, 2015, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, RFMD and TriQuint completed a strategic combination of their respective businesses through the “merger of equals” Business Combination.

Based on an evaluation of the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations,” RFMD was determined to be the acquirer for accounting purposes. Under FASB ASC Topic 805, RFMD was treated as having acquired TriQuint in an all-stock transaction for an estimated total purchase price of approximately $5,254.4 million. The calculation of the total purchase price was based on the outstanding shares of TriQuint common stock as of the acquisition date multiplied by the exchange ratio of 1.6749, and the resulting shares were then adjusted by the one-for-four reverse stock split and multiplied by the Qorvo split-adjusted share price of $66.36 on the date of acquisition. The purchase price also included the fair value of replacement equity awards attributable to service prior to the closing of the Business Combination, which was estimated based on the ratio of the service period rendered as of the acquisition date to the total service period.

The initial allocation to goodwill of $2,036.7 million represented the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which amount was allocated to the Company's MP operating segment ($1,745.5 million) and IDP operating segment ($291.2 million). During the measurement period (which was concluded during the third quarter of fiscal 2016), adjustments of $3.8 million and $1.1 million were made to reduce goodwill and increase property and equipment and deferred taxes, respectively. Goodwill recognized from the Business Combination is not deductible for income tax purposes.

TriQuint's results of operations (revenue of $259.5 million and a net loss of $132.5 million) were included in the Company’s fiscal 2015 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the period of January 1, 2015 through March 28, 2015. The net loss includes adjustments for amortization expense of the acquired intangible assets, inventory step-up, stock-based compensation related to the Business Combination and restructuring expenses.

During fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company incurred integration costs of approximately $16.9 million, $26.5 million, and $31.3 million, respectively, associated with the Business Combination. During fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company incurred restructuring costs of approximately $2.0 million, $10.1 million, and $10.9 million, respectively, associated with the Business Combination. In addition, during fiscal 2015, the Company incurred acquisition costs of $12.2 million associated with the Business Combination.

The acquisition, integration and restructuring costs are being expensed as incurred and are presented in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as "Other operating expense." See Note 11 for further information on the restructuring.

Pro forma financial information (unaudited)

The following unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information for fiscal 2015 assumes that the Business Combination was completed as of March 29, 2014 (in thousands, except per share data):



	2015
Revenue	$	2,556,045
Net income	30,447
Basic net income per share	$	0.21
Diluted net income per share	$	0.20

Pro forma revenue includes adjustments for the purchases by RFMD of various products from TriQuint. These results are not intended to be a projection of future results and do not reflect the actual revenue that might have been achieved by Qorvo. Pro forma net income includes adjustments for amortization expense of acquired intangible assets, stock-based compensation, acquisition-related costs, and an adjustment for income taxes. These pro forma results have been prepared for comparative purposes only and do not purport to be indicative of the revenue or operating results that would have been achieved had the acquisition actually taken place as of March 29, 2014.

The entire disclosure for a business combination (or series of individually immaterial business combinations) completed during the period, including background, timing, and recognized assets and liabilities. The disclosure may include leverage buyout transactions (as applicable).

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, are as follows (in thousands):



	Mobile Products			Infrastructure and Defense Products			Total
Balance as of March 28, 2015 (1)	$	1,755,693		384,893			$	2,140,586
Measurement period adjustments from Business Combination (Note 6)	(4,190		)	(699		)	(4,889		)
Balance as of April 2, 2016 (1)	1,751,503			384,194			2,135,697
GreenPeak acquisition (Note 6)	—			38,217			38,217
Balance as of April 1, 2017 (1)	$	1,751,503		$	422,411		$	2,173,914

(1) The Company’s goodwill balance is presented net of accumulated impairment losses and write-offs of $621.6 million.

Goodwill is allocated to the reporting units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combinations generating the underlying goodwill.

The following summarizes information regarding the gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of intangibles assets (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017				April 2, 2016
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Intangible Assets:
Customer relationships	$	1,272,725	$	656,688	$	1,267,103	$	377,357
Developed technology	1,209,335		481,441		915,163		277,736
Backlog	65,000		65,000		65,000		65,000
Trade names	29,353		21,912		29,000		12,083
Wafer supply agreement	20,443		20,443		20,443		20,443
Technology licenses	13,346		11,711		12,446		11,021
Non-compete agreement	1,026		470		—		—
IPRD	47,000		N/A		267,000		N/A
Total	$	2,658,228	$	1,257,665	$	2,576,155	$	763,640

The GreenPeak acquisition resulted in an increase in intangible assets of $82.1 million. The more significant intangible assets acquired were developed technology of $74.2 million (which is being amortized over 7 years) and customer relationships of $5.6 million (which is being amortized over 3 years).

As a result of the Business Combination, intangible assets increased by $2,394.0 million. The following summarizes the related amortization expense recognized and its geography in the Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):



	2017		2016		2015
Cost of goods sold	$	190,792	$	199,257	$	49,583
Selling, general and administrative	283,000		283,000		70,750
Total	$	473,792	$	482,257	$	120,333

The IPRD acquired in the Business Combination of $470.0 million relates to the MP operating segment ($350.0 million) and the IDP operating segment ($120.0 million), and encompasses a broad technology portfolio of product innovations in RF applications for MP and IDP products. These technologies include a variety of semiconductor processes in GaAs and GaN for power and switching applications and surface acoustic wave ("SAW") and bulk acoustic wave ("BAW") structures for filter applications. Included in IPRD are continuous improvements in the process for design and manufacturing as well as innovation in fundamental research areas such as materials, simulation and modeling, circuit design, device packaging and test. During fiscal 2016, $203.0 million of IPRD assets were completed, transferred to finite-lived intangible assets, and are being amortized over their useful lives of 4 to 6 years.

During fiscal 2017, $220.0 million of IPRD assets were completed, transferred to finite-lived intangible assets, and are being amortized over their useful lives of 4 years. As of April 1, 2017, the IPRD remaining for the MP operating segment totaled approximately $37.0 million, all of which was completed and transferred to finite-lived intangible assets in April 2017. As of April 1, 2017, the IPRD remaining for the IDP operating segment totaled approximately $10.0 million and is expected to be completed during fiscal 2019 with remaining costs to complete of approximately $2.0 million to $3.0 million.

The remaining IPRD asset is classified as an indefinite lived intangible asset that is not currently subject to amortization but is reviewed for impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such asset may not be recoverable. The IPRD asset will be subject to amortization upon completion of its respective research and at the start of commercialization. The fair value assigned to the IPRD asset was determined using the income approach based on estimates and judgments regarding risks inherent in the development process, including the likelihood of achieving technological success and market acceptance. If the IPRD is abandoned, the acquired technology attributable to the efforts will be expensed in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Total intangible assets amortization expense was $494.8 million, $494.6 million and $142.7 million in fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The following table provides the Company's estimated amortization expense for intangible assets based on current amortization periods for the periods indicated (in thousands):



Fiscal Year	Estimated Amortization Expense
2018	$	540,954
2019	455,451
2020	206,986
2021	155,525
2022	26,849

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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Debt

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

DEBT

Debt as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017			April 2, 2016
6.75% Senior Notes due 2023	$	450,000		$	450,000
7.00% Senior Notes due 2025	550,000			550,000
Less unamortized issuance costs	(10,846		)	(11,870		)
Total long-term debt	$	989,154		$	988,130

Senior Notes

On November 19, 2015, the Company completed an offering of $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior notes due December 1, 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.00% senior notes due December 1, 2025 (the “2025 Notes” and, together with the 2023 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were sold in the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 19, 2015 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Company’s domestic subsidiaries that guarantee the Company’s obligations under its revolving credit facility, as guarantors (the “Guarantors”), and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as trustee. The Company used the net proceeds of the offering of the Notes for general corporate purposes, including share repurchases and merger and acquisition activity.

Interest is payable on the 2023 Notes at a rate of 6.75% per annum and on the 2025 Notes at a rate of 7.00% per annum. During fiscal 2017, the Company recognized $69.9 million of interest expense related to the Notes which was offset by $13.6 million of interest capitalized to property and equipment. During fiscal 2016, the Company recognized $25.8 million of interest expense related to the Notes, which was offset by $5.2 million of interest capitalized to property and equipment. Interest on both series of Notes is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, and commenced on June 1, 2016. Interest paid on the Notes during fiscal 2017 was $71.2 million.

At any time prior to December 1, 2018, the Company may redeem all or part of the 2023 Notes, at a redemption price equal to their principal amount, plus a “make whole” premium as of the redemption date, and accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, at any time prior to December 1, 2018, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes with the proceeds of one or more equity offerings, at a redemption price equal to 106.75%, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Furthermore, at any time on or after December 1, 2018, the Company may redeem the 2023 Notes, in whole or in part, at once or over time, at the specified redemption prices set forth in the Indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date (subject to the rights of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

At any time prior to December 1, 2020, the Company may redeem all or part of the 2025 Notes, at a redemption price equal to their principal amount, plus a “make whole” premium as of the redemption date, and accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, at any time prior to December 1, 2018, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes with the proceeds of one or more equity offerings, at a redemption price equal to 107.00%, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Furthermore, at any time on or after December 1, 2020, the Company may redeem the 2025 Notes, in whole or in part, at once or over time, at the specified redemption prices set forth in the Indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date (subject to the rights of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

The Indenture contains customary events of default, including payment default, failure to provide certain notices and certain provisions related to bankruptcy events. The Indenture also contains customary negative covenants.

In connection with the offering of the Notes, the Company agreed to provide the holders of the Notes with an opportunity to exchange the Notes for registered notes having terms substantially identical to the Notes. On September 19, 2016, the Company completed an exchange offer, in which all of the 2023 Notes and substantially all of the 2025 Notes were exchanged for new notes that have been registered under the Securities Act.

The 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes are traded over the counter and their fair values as of April 1, 2017 of $489.4 million and $607.8 million, respectively (compared to carrying values of $450.0 million and $550.0 million, respectively) were estimated based upon the values of their last trade at the end of the period. The fair values of the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes were $465.8 million and $581.6 million, respectively, as of April 2, 2016.

Credit Agreement

On April 7, 2015, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a five-year unsecured senior credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), swing line lender, and L/C issuer, and a syndicate of lenders (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement includes a $300.0 million revolving credit facility, which includes a $25.0 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a $10.0 million sublimit for swing line loans. The Company may request, at any time and from time to time, that the revolving credit facility be increased by an amount not to exceed $150.0 million. The revolving credit facility is available to finance working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate purposes. The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are jointly and severally guaranteed by the Guarantors. During fiscal 2017, there were no borrowings under the revolving credit facility. The Company had no outstanding amounts under the Credit Agreement as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016.

At the Company's option, loans under the Credit Agreement will bear interest at (i) the Applicable Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus the Eurodollar Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or (ii) the Applicable Rate plus a rate equal to the highest of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (b) the prime rate of the Administrative Agent, or (c) the Eurodollar Base Rate plus 1.0% (the “Base Rate”). All swing line loans will bear interest at a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus the Base Rate. The Eurodollar Base Rate is the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate, as published by Bloomberg, for dollar deposits for interest periods of one, two, three or six months, as selected by the Company. The Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate loans ranges from 1.50% per annum to 2.00% per annum. The Applicable Rate for Base Rate loans ranges from 0.50% per annum to 1.00% per annum. Interest for Eurodollar Rate loans will be payable at the end of each applicable interest period or at three-month intervals, if such interest period exceeds three months. Interest for Base Rate loans will be payable quarterly in arrears. The Company will pay a letter of credit fee equal to the Applicable Rate multiplied by the daily amount available to be drawn under any letter of credit, a fronting fee, and any customary documentary and processing charges for any letter of credit issued under the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement contains various conditions, covenants and representations with which the Company must be in compliance in order to borrow funds and to avoid an event of default, including financial covenants that the Company must maintain. On November 12, 2015, the Credit Agreement was amended to increase the size of certain of the negative covenant baskets and the threshold for certain negative covenant incurrence-based permissions and to raise the consolidated leverage ratio test from 2.50 to 1.00 to 3.00 to 1.00 as of the end of any fiscal quarter. The Company must also maintain a consolidated interest coverage ratio of not less than 3.00 to 1.00 as of the end of any fiscal quarter. As of April 1, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all of these covenants.

The Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default, and the occurrence of an event of default will increase the applicable rate of interest by 2.00% and could result in the termination of commitments under the revolving credit facility, the declaration that all outstanding loans are due and payable in whole or in part and the requirement of cash collateral deposits in respect of outstanding letters of credit. Outstanding amounts are due in full on the maturity date of April 7, 2020 (with amounts borrowed under the swing line option due in full no later than ten business days after such loan is made).

Retirement Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
Retirement Benefit Plans	Apr. 01, 2017
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS	RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS Defined Contribution Plans The Company offers tax-beneficial retirement contribution plans to eligible employees in the U.S and certain other countries. Eligible employees in certain countries outside of the U.S. are eligible to participate in stakeholder or national pension plans with differing eligibility and contributory requirements based on local and national regulations. U.S. employees are eligible to participate in the Company's fully qualified 401(k) plan immediately upon hire. An employee may invest pretax earnings in the 401(k) plan up to the maximum legal limits (as defined by Federal regulations). Employer contributions to the 401(k) plan are made at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. Employees are immediately vested in their own contributions as well as employer matching contributions. In total, the Company contributed $11.5 million, $11.7 million and $6.5 million to its domestic and foreign defined contribution plans during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Defined Benefit Pension Plans As a result of the Business Combination, the Company maintains two qualified defined benefit pension plans for its subsidiaries located in Germany. One of the plans is funded through a self-paid reinsurance program with $3.3 million and $3.4 million of assets valued as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively. Assets of the funded plan are included in "Other non-current assets" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The net periodic benefit obligations of both plans was $11.4 million and $11.3 million as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively, which is included in “Accrued liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The assumptions used in calculating the benefit obligations for the plans are dependent on the local economic conditions and were measured as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016. The net periodic benefit costs were approximately $0.6 million, $0.8 million and $0.4 million for fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan Certain employees and members of the Board of Directors are eligible to participate in the Company's Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the "NDCP"), which was assumed, amended and restated by Qorvo on January 1, 2015 as a result of the Business Combination. The NDCP provides eligible participants the opportunity to defer and invest a specified percentage of their cash compensation. The NDCP is a non-qualified plan that is maintained in a rabbi trust. The amount of compensation to be deferred by each participant is based on their own elections and is adjusted for any investment changes that the participant directs. The deferred compensation obligation and the fair value of the investments held in the rabbi trust were $10.2 million and $6.5 million as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively. The current portion of the deferred compensation obligation and fair value of the assets held in the rabbi trust were $0.7 million and $0.5 million as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively, and are included in "Other current assets" and "Accrued liabilities" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The non-current portion of the deferred compensation obligation and fair value of the assets held in the rabbi trust were $9.5 million and $6.0 million as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively, and are included in "Other non-current assets" and "Other long-term liabilities" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The Company leases certain of its corporate, wafer fabrication and other facilities from multiple third-party real estate developers. The remaining terms of these operating leases range from less than one year to 11 years. Several of these leases have renewal options of up to two, ten-year periods and several also include standard inflation escalation terms. Several of these leases also include rent escalation, rent holidays, and leasehold improvement incentives which are recognized to expense on a straight-line basis. The amortization period of leasehold improvements made either at the inception of the lease or during the lease term is amortized over the lesser of the remaining life of the lease term (including renewals that are reasonably assured) or the useful life of the asset. The Company also leases various machinery and equipment and office equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. The remaining terms of these operating leases range from less than one year to approximately three years. As of April 1, 2017, the total future minimum lease payments related to facility and equipment operating leases is approximately $63.5 million.

Minimum future lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of April 1, 2017, are as follows (in thousands):



Fiscal Year
2018	$	13,720
2019	10,802
2020	8,036
2021	7,439
2022	6,193
Thereafter	17,266
Total minimum payment	$	63,456

Rent expense under operating leases, including facilities and equipment, was approximately $14.8 million, $14.2 million, and $12.1 million for fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Legal Matters

The Company accrues a liability for legal contingencies when it believes that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and that it can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss. The Company reviews these accruals and adjusts them to reflect ongoing negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel and other relevant information. To the extent new information is obtained and the Company's views on the probable outcomes of claims, suits, assessments, investigations or legal proceedings change, changes in the Company's accrued liabilities would be recorded in the period in which such determination is made.

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings and claims that have arisen in the ordinary course of its business that have not been fully adjudicated. These actions, when finally concluded and determined, will not, in the opinion of management, have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Restructuring	12 Months Ended
Restructuring	Apr. 01, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]
RESTRUCTURING	RESTRUCTURING During fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company recorded restructuring expenses (including employee termination benefits, stock-based compensation and ongoing expenses related to exited leased facilities) in "Other operating expense" of approximately $2.1 million, $10.2 million and $12.4 million respectively, primarily as a result of the Business Combination (see Note 6). As of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, restructuring obligations relating to employee termination benefits totaled $1.6 million and are included in “Accrued liabilities” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, restructuring obligations relating to lease obligations totaled $2.1 million and $2.5 million, respectively, and are included in "Other long-term liabilities" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

Income (loss) before income taxes consists of the following components (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017		2016			2015
United States	$	2,439	$	(35,923	)	$	127,281
Foreign	24,866		33,061			(6,040		)
Total	$	27,305	$	(2,862	)	$	121,241

The components of the income tax provision are as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Current (expense) benefit:
Federal	$	(23,835	)	$	(4,285	)	$	(15,862	)
State	(476		)	(541		)	(2,871		)
Foreign	(47,579		)	(33,346		)	(16,175		)
	(71,890		)	(38,172		)	(34,908		)
Deferred benefit (expense):
Federal	$	2,762		$	27,794		$	100,884
State (1)	3,659			(31,229		)	3,928
Foreign	21,606			15,624			5,158
	28,027			12,189			109,970
Total	$	(43,863	)	$	(25,983	)	$	75,062

(1) In fiscal 2016, the state deferred tax expense included a $31.0 million income tax expense related to an increase in the valuation allowance for the deferred tax asset related to state net operating losses and tax credits.

A reconciliation of the (provision for) or benefit from income taxes to income tax (expense) or benefit computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to pre-tax income (loss) for fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015 is as follows (dollars in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017					2016					2015
	Amount			Percentage		Amount			Percentage		Amount			Percentage
Income tax (expense) benefit at statutory federal rate	$	(9,557	)	35.00	%	$	1,002		35.00	%	$	(42,434	)	35.00	%
(Increase) decrease resulting from:
State benefit (provision), net of federal (provision) benefit	(662		)	2.42		(1,320		)	(46.14	)	(6,710		)	5.53
Tax credits	15,352			(56.22	)	15,459			540.21		3,538			(2.92	)
Effect of changes in income tax rate applied to net deferred tax assets	1,163			(4.26	)	(2,716		)	(94.92	)	(20		)	0.02
Foreign tax rate difference	(11,298		)	41.38		4,114			143.77		(13,342		)	11.00
Foreign permanent differences	(8,432		)	30.88		(1,700		)	(59.40	)	—			—
Change in valuation allowance	1,363			(4.99	)	(25,120		)	(877.84	)	135,812			(112.02	)
Stock-based compensation	(3,228		)	11.82		(5,362		)	(187.37	)	(1,309		)	1.08
Tax reserve adjustments	(21,789		)	79.80		(8,699		)	(303.99	)	(3,928		)	3.24
Deemed dividend	(6,989		)	25.60		(3,984		)	(139.21	)	(2,751		)	2.27
Domestic production activities deduction	—			—		—			—		2,620			(2.16	)
Other income tax (expense) benefit	214			(0.79	)	2,343			81.89		3,586			(2.95	)
	$	(43,863	)	160.64	%	$	(25,983	)	(908.00	)%	$	75,062		(61.91	)%

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the basis used for income tax purposes. The deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured in each taxing jurisdiction using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.

Significant components of the Company’s net deferred income taxes are as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016
Deferred income tax assets:
Inventory reserve	$	15,599		$	19,588
Equity compensation	83,333			93,340
Accumulated depreciation/basis difference	—			11,512
Net operating loss carry-forwards	40,575			52,050
Research and other credits	92,793			85,782
Employee benefits	13,247			12,659
Other deferred assets	23,355			19,876
Total deferred income tax assets	268,902			294,807
Valuation allowance	(33,104		)	(34,682		)
Total deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance	$	235,798		$	260,125

Deferred income tax liabilities:
Amortization and purchase accounting basis difference	$	(258,422	)	$	(322,578	)
Accumulated depreciation/basis difference	(91,337		)	(70,140		)
Deferred gain	—			(1,227		)
Total deferred income tax liabilities	(349,759		)	(393,945		)
Net deferred income tax liabilities	$	(113,961	)	$	(133,820	)

Amounts included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Non-current assets	17,550			18,340
Non-current liabilities	(131,511		)	(152,160		)

Net deferred income tax liabilities	$	(113,961	)	$	(133,820	)

The Company has recorded a $33.1 million and a $34.7 million valuation allowance against the U.S. deferred tax assets and deferred tax assets at foreign subsidiaries as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively. These valuation allowances were established based upon management's opinion that it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that the benefit of these deferred tax assets may not be realized. Realization is dependent upon generating future income in the taxing jurisdictions in which the operating loss carryovers, credit carryovers, depreciable tax basis and other tax deferred assets exist. Management reevaluates the ability to realize the benefit of the deferred tax assets of the Company on a quarterly basis.

The valuation allowance against deferred tax assets decreased by $1.6 million in fiscal 2017. The decrease was comprised of a $5.2 million decrease in the valuation allowance for foreign deferred tax assets primarily resulting from the removal of the valuation allowance at a China manufacturing subsidiary as management has determined it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets will be realized. This decrease was offset by a $2.8 million increase in the valuation allowance for federal deferred tax assets for foreign tax credits and state deferred tax assets for net operating losses and tax credits and a $0.8 million increase for deferred tax assets for net operating losses at other foreign subsidiaries. At the end of fiscal 2017, a $0.8 million valuation allowance remained against deferred tax assets at other foreign subsidiaries and a $32.3 million valuation allowance remained against domestic deferred tax assets as management has determined it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets will not be realized.

During fiscal 2017 the China manufacturing subsidiary, which operates as a cost plus manufacturer for another Qorvo subsidiary, exited its start-up operational phase and generated sufficient income to substantially offset the losses earned in prior years. The balance of the cumulative pre-tax book loss is expected to be offset by income in the first half of fiscal 2018 as production at the assembly and test facility continues to increase as the Company continues to reduce its dependence on outside assembly and test subcontractors. After evaluating the positive and negative evidence, management determined that it was more likely than not that the deferred tax assets of this China manufacturing subsidiary would be realized and a valuation allowance would not be provided as of the end of fiscal 2017.

The valuation allowance against deferred tax assets increased by $20.9 million in fiscal 2016. The increase was comprised of a $20.2 million increase in the valuation allowance for state deferred tax assets for net operating losses and tax credits, a $5.0 million increase in the valuation allowance for foreign net operating loss deferred tax assets, and a $4.3 million decrease in the valuation allowance related to a deferred tax asset recorded in the initial purchase price accounting for the Business Combination. The Business Combination adjustment related to a deferred tax asset which was recorded during fiscal 2015 in the initial purchase price accounting with a full valuation allowance, but which deferred tax asset was determined in fiscal 2016 to not exist as of the acquisition date. Accordingly, in fiscal 2016, that deferred tax asset was removed along with the offsetting deferred tax asset valuation allowance. At the end of fiscal 2016, a $5.2 million valuation allowance remained against foreign deferred tax assets and a $29.5 million valuation allowance remained against domestic deferred tax assets as management has determined it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets will not be realized, effectively increasing the domestic net deferred tax liabilities.

During fiscal 2016, North Carolina enacted legislation to reduce the corporate income tax rate from 5% to 4% and phase-in over a three-year period a move to a single sales factor apportionment methodology. In addition, the Company underwent operational changes to leverage existing resources and capabilities of its Singapore subsidiary and consolidate operations and responsibilities associated with its foreign back-end manufacturing operations and foreign customers in that Singapore subsidiary. Together these changes result in a significant decrease in the amount of future taxable income expected to be allocated to North Carolina and other states in which the net operating loss and tax credit carryovers existed. As a result, it was no longer more likely than not that the deferred tax assets related to those state net operating loss and tax credit carryovers for which a valuation allowance was being provided will be used before they expire. The deferred tax asset for foreign net operating losses primarily relates to the China subsidiary which owns the internal assembly and test facility that became operational during fiscal 2016 and had incurred losses since inception.

The valuation allowance against deferred tax assets decreased by $129.5 million in fiscal 2015. The decrease was comprised of $135.7 million related to domestic deferred tax assets for which realization became more likely than not with the increase in domestic deferred tax liabilities related to domestic amortizable intangible assets arising in connection with the Business Combination and other changes in the net deferred tax assets for foreign subsidiaries during the fiscal year, offset by an increase of $6.2 million related to deferred tax assets acquired in the Business Combination that were not more likely than not of being realized. As of the end of fiscal 2015, a $0.2 million valuation allowance remained against foreign deferred tax assets and a $13.6 million valuation allowance remained against domestic deferred tax assets as it was more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets would not be realized, effectively increasing the domestic net deferred tax liabilities.

As of April 1, 2017, the Company had federal loss carryovers of approximately $202.6 million that expire in fiscal years 2020 to 2036 if unused and state losses of approximately $209.3 million that expire in fiscal years 2018 to 2036 if unused. Federal research credits of $104.8 million, federal foreign tax credits of $5.0 million, and state credits of $57.4 million may expire in fiscal years 2018 to 2037, 2018 to 2027, and 2018 to 2032, respectively. Federal alternative minimum tax credits of $3.2 million will carry forward indefinitely. Foreign losses in China of approximately $3.3 million and in the Netherlands of approximately $55.4 million expire in fiscal 2021 and fiscal years 2018 to 2026, respectively. Included in the amounts above are certain net operating losses and other tax attribute assets acquired in conjunction with acquisitions in the current and prior years. The utilization of acquired domestic assets is subject to certain annual limitations as required under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and similar state income tax provisions.

The Company has continued to expand its operations and increase its investments in numerous international jurisdictions. These activities expose the Company to taxation in multiple foreign jurisdictions. It is management's opinion that current and future undistributed foreign earnings will be permanently reinvested. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state income taxes has been made thereon. It is not practical to estimate the additional tax that would be incurred, if any, if the permanently reinvested earnings were repatriated. At April 1, 2017, the Company has not provided U.S. taxes on approximately $993.0 million of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that have been indefinitely reinvested outside the U.S.

In the Business Combination, the Company acquired foreign subsidiaries with tax holiday agreements in Costa Rica and Singapore. These tax holiday agreements have varying rates and expire in March 2024 and December 2021, respectively. In February 2017, Singapore enacted legislation that will exclude from the Company's existing Development and Expansion Incentive grant the benefit of the reduced tax rate for intellectual property income earned after June 30, 2021. Incentives from these countries are subject to the Company meeting certain employment and investment requirements. Income tax expense decreased by $2.7 million (approximately $0.02 per basic and diluted share impact) in fiscal 2017 and $8.3 million (approximately $0.06 per basic and diluted share impact) in fiscal 2016 as a result of these agreements.

The Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits totaled $90.6 million as of April 1, 2017, $69.1 million as of April 2, 2016, and $59.4 million as of March 28, 2015. Of these amounts, $84.4 million (net of federal benefit of state taxes), $64.2 million (net of federal benefit of state taxes), and $55.0 million (net of federal benefit of state taxes) as of April 1, 2017, April 2, 2016, and March 28, 2015, respectively, represent the amounts of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate in each of the fiscal years.

A reconciliation of fiscal 2015 through fiscal 2017 beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Beginning balance	$	69,052		$	59,397		$	39,423
Additions based on positions related to current year	20,036			9,374			1,246
Additions for tax positions in prior years	1,878			2,723			23,986
Reductions for tax positions in prior years	(29		)	(1,973		)	(5,258		)
Expiration of statute of limitations	(322		)	(469		)	—
Ending balance	$	90,615		$	69,052		$	59,397

Of the fiscal 2015 additions to tax positions in prior years, $17.1 million was assumed by the Company in the Business Combination and relates to positions taken on tax returns for pre-acquisition periods.

It is the Company’s policy to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. During fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company recognized $2.1 million, $1.6 million, and $1.2 million, respectively, of interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions. Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits totaled $7.1 million, $5.0 million, and $3.4 million as of April 1, 2017, April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015, respectively.

The unrecognized tax benefits of $90.6 million and accrued interest and penalties of $7.1 million at the end of fiscal 2017 are recorded on the balance sheet as a $16.6 million long-term liability, with the balance reducing the carrying value of the gross deferred tax assets.

Within the next 12 months, the Company believes it is reasonably possible that only a minimal amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits will be reduced as a result of reductions for tax positions taken in prior years where the only uncertainty was related to the timing of the tax deduction.

Income taxes payable of $31.7 million and $29.9 million as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively, are included in "Other current liabilities" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

RFMD's and TriQuint's federal, North Carolina, and California tax returns for fiscal 2014 and calendar 2013, respectively, and subsequent tax years remain open for examination. The federal tax return for the short period ended January 1, 2015 for RFMD is currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service and the Singapore tax return for calendar year 2012 is currently under examination by the Singapore tax authorities. The Company's China subsidiary in Beijing received notice in April 2017 for an audit of its calendar year 2013 through 2015 tax returns. An examination by the German taxing authorities of the returns for calendar years 2013 through 2015 was completed during fiscal 2017 with minimal adjustments and returns for subsequent fiscal tax years remain open for examination. The other material jurisdiction that is subject to examination by tax authorities is the U.K. (fiscal 2016 through present). Tax attributes (including net operating loss and credit carryovers) arising in earlier fiscal years remain open to adjustment.

Net (Loss) Income Per Share

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

NET (LOSS) INCOME PER SHARE

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, effective January 1, 2015, the Company effected a one-for-four reverse stock split of the Company's issued and outstanding shares of common stock. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 4.C, all share and per share information contained in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements, Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation (included in Item 7 of this report) have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split for all periods presented. See Note 6 for a further discussion of the Business Combination.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net (loss) income per share (in thousands, except per share data):



	For Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Numerator:
Numerator for basic and diluted net (loss) income per share — net (loss) income available to common stockholders	$	(16,558	)	$	(28,845	)	$	196,303
Denominator:
Denominator for basic net (loss) income per share — weighted average shares	127,121			141,937			90,477
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock-based awards	—			—			2,734
Denominator for diluted net (loss) income per share — adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions	127,121			141,937			93,211
Basic net (loss) income per share	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.20	)	$	2.17
Diluted net (loss) income per share	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.20	)	$	2.11

In the computation of diluted net loss per share for fiscal years 2017 and 2016, approximately 4.8 million shares and 5.0 million shares, respectively, were excluded because the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. In the computation of diluted net income per share for fiscal 2015, less than 0.1 million shares were excluded because the exercise price of the options was greater than the average market price of the underlying common stock and the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

Stock-Based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Summary of Stock Option Plans

2003 Stock Incentive Plan - RF Micro Devices, Inc.

The 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2003 Plan") was approved by the Company's stockholders on July 22, 2003, and the Company was permitted to grant stock options and other types of equity incentive awards, such as stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, performance shares and performance units, under the 2003 Plan. No further awards can be granted under this plan.

2006 Directors’ Stock Option Plan - RF Micro Devices, Inc.

At the Company’s 2006 annual meeting of stockholders, stockholders of the Company adopted the 2006 Directors’ Stock Option Plan, which replaced the Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan and reserved an additional 0.3 million shares of common stock for issuance to non-employee directors. Under the terms of this plan, non-employee directors were entitled to receive options to acquire shares of common stock. No further awards can be granted under this plan.

1996 Stock Incentive Program - TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

Effective upon the closing of the Business Combination, the Company assumed the TriQuint, Inc. 1996 Stock Incentive Program (the “TriQuint 1996 Stock Incentive Program”), originally adopted by TriQuint. The TriQuint 1996 Stock Incentive Program provided for the grant of incentive and non-qualified stock options to officers, outside directors and other employees of TriQuint or any parent or subsidiary. The TriQuint 1996 Stock Incentive Program was amended in 2002 to provide that options granted thereunder must have an exercise price per share no less than 100% of the fair market value of the share price on the grant date. In 2005, the TriQuint 1996 Stock Incentive Program was further amended to extend the term of the program to 2015 and permit the award of restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares and performance units in addition to the grant of stock options. In addition, the amendment provided specific performance criteria that the plan administrator may use to establish performance objectives. The terms of each grant under the TriQuint 1996 Stock Incentive Program could not exceed ten years. No further awards can be granted under this program.

2008 Inducement Award Plan- TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

Effective upon the closing of the Business Combination, the Company assumed the sponsorship of the TriQuint, Inc. 2008 Inducement Award Plan (the “TriQuint 2008 Inducement Award Plan”), originally adopted by TriQuint. The TriQuint 2008 Inducement Award Plan provided for the grant of nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other stock or cash awards to employees of TriQuint or any parent or subsidiary. The options granted thereunder were required to have an exercise price per share no less than 100% of the fair market value per share on the date of grant. The terms of each grant under the plan could not exceed ten years. No further awards can be granted under this plan.

2009 and 2012 Incentive Plans - TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

Effective upon the closing of the Business Combination, the Company assumed the TriQuint, Inc. 2009 Incentive Plan and TriQuint, Inc. 2012 Incentive Plan (the “TriQuint Incentive Plans”), originally adopted by TriQuint. The TriQuint Incentive Plans provided for the grant of stock options, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other stock or cash awards to employees, officers, directors, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of TriQuint and its subsidiaries and affiliates. The options granted thereunder were required to have an exercise price per share no less than 100% of the fair market value per share on the date of grant. The terms of each grant under the TriQuint Incentive Plans could not exceed ten years. No further awards can be granted under these plans.

2012 Stock Incentive Plan - Qorvo, Inc.

The Company currently grants stock options and restricted stock units to employees and directors under the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2012 Plan"), which was approved by the Company's stockholders on August 16, 2012 and assumed by the Company in connection with the Business Combination. Under the 2012 Plan, the Company is permitted to grant stock options and other types of equity incentive awards, such as stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, performance shares and performance units. The maximum number of shares issuable under the 2012 Plan may not exceed the sum of (a) 4.3 million shares, plus (b) any shares of common stock (i) remaining available for issuance as of the effective date of the 2012 Plan under the Company's prior plans and (ii) subject to an award granted under a prior plan, which awards are forfeited, canceled, terminated, expire or lapse for any reason. As of April 1, 2017, 3.9 million shares were available for issuance under the 2012 Plan. The aggregate number of shares subject to performance-based restricted stock units awarded for fiscal 2017 under the 2012 Plan was 0.2 million shares.

2013 Incentive Plan - Qorvo, Inc.

Effective upon the closing of the Business Combination, the Company assumed the TriQuint, Inc. 2013 Incentive Plan (the “TriQuint 2013 Incentive Plan”), originally adopted by TriQuint, allowing Qorvo to issue awards under this plan. The TriQuint 2013 Incentive Plan replaces the TriQuint 2012 Incentive Plan and provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other stock or cash awards to employees, officers, directors, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of TriQuint and its subsidiaries and affiliates who were such prior to the Business Combination or who become employed by the Company or its affiliates after the closing of the Business Combination. Former employees, officers and directors of RFMD are not eligible for awards under the TriQuint 2013 Incentive Plan. The options granted thereunder must have an exercise price per share no less than 100% of the fair market value per share on the date of grant. The terms of each grant under the TriQuint 2013 Incentive Plan may not exceed ten years. As of April 1, 2017, 2.9 million shares were available for issuance under the TriQuint 2013 Incentive Plan.

2015 Inducement Stock Plan - Qorvo, Inc.

The 2015 Inducement Stock Plan (the "2015 Inducement Plan") provides for the grant of equity awards to persons as a material inducement to become employees of the Company or its affiliates. The plan provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other stock-based awards. The maximum number of shares issuable under the 2015 Inducement Plan may not exceed the sum of (a) 0.3 million shares, plus (b) any shares of common stock (i) remaining available for issuance as of the effective date of the 2015 Inducement Stock Plan under the TriQuint 2008 Inducement Award Plan and (ii) subject to an award granted under the TriQuint 2008 Inducement Award Plan, which awards are forfeited, canceled, terminated, expire or lapse for any reason. No awards were made under the 2015 Inducement Plan in fiscal years 2017, 2016 or 2015.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Qorvo, Inc.

Effective upon closing of the Business Combination, the Company assumed the TriQuint Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"), which is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. All regular full-time employees of the Company (including officers) and all other employees who meet the eligibility requirements of the plan may participate in the ESPP. The ESPP provides eligible employees an opportunity to acquire the Company’s common stock at 85.0% of the lower of the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on the first or last day of each six-month purchase period. At April 1, 2017, 5.1 million shares were available for future issuance under this plan. The Company makes no cash contributions to the ESPP, but bears the expenses of its administration. The Company issued 0.7 million, 0.4 million and 0.1 million shares under the ESPP in fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

For fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, the primary stock-based awards and their general terms and conditions are as follows:

Stock options are granted to employees with an exercise price equal to the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant, generally vest over a four-year period from the grant date, and generally expire 10 years from the grant date. Restricted stock units granted by the Company in fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015 are either service-based, performance and service-based, or based on total stockholder return. Service-based restricted stock units generally vest over a four-year period from the grant date. Performance and service-based restricted stock units are earned based on Company performance of stated metrics generally during the fiscal year and, if earned, vest one-half when earned and the balance over two years. Restricted stock units based on total stockholder return are earned based upon total stockholder return of the Company in comparison to the total stockholder return of a benchmark index and can be earned over one-, two- and three-year performance periods. Under the 2012 Plan for fiscal 2015, stock options granted to non-employee directors (other than initial options, as described below) had an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s stock at the date of grant, vested immediately upon grant and expire 10 years from the grant date. In fiscal 2017, each non-employee director was eligible to receive an annual grant of restricted stock units.

The options and restricted stock units granted to certain officers of the Company generally will, in the event of the officer's termination other than for cause and subject to the officer executing certain agreements in favor of the Company, continue to vest pursuant to the same vesting schedule as if the officer had remained an employee of the Company and as a result, these awards are expensed at grant date. In fiscal 2017, stock-based compensation of $21.0 million was recognized upon the grant of 0.4 million restricted share units to certain officers of the Company.

Stock-Based Compensation

Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award using an option pricing model for stock options (Black-Scholes) and market price for restricted stock units, and is recognized as expense over the employee's requisite service period. ASC 718 covers a wide range of stock-based compensation arrangements including stock options, restricted share plans, performance-based awards, share appreciation rights and employee stock purchase plans.

Total pre-tax stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations was $88.8 million for fiscal 2017, net of expense capitalized into inventory. For fiscal years 2016 and 2015, the total pre-tax stock-based compensation expense recognized was $139.5 million and $64.9 million, respectively, net of expense capitalized into inventory.

A summary of activity of the Company’s director and employee stock option plans follows:



	Shares (in thousands)	Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding as of April 2, 2016	6,134	$	18.93
Granted	0	$	0.00
Exercised	(1,915)	$	16.91
Canceled	(34)	$	33.26
Forfeited	(8)	$	30.26
Outstanding as of April 1, 2017	4,177	$	19.72	4.36	$	204,035
Vested and expected to vest as of April 1, 2017	4,176	$	19.71	4.36	$	204,012
Options exercisable as of April 1, 2017	3,960	$	19.00	4.33	$	196,233

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value, based upon the Company’s closing stock price of $68.56 as of March 31, 2017 (the last business day prior to the fiscal year end on April 1, 2017), that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders with in-the-money options exercised their options as of that date. As of April 1, 2017, total remaining unearned compensation cost related to unvested option awards was $3.2 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining service period of approximately 0.8 years.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the assumptions noted in the following tables:



	Fiscal Year
	2017	2016			2015
Expected volatility	N/A	42.8		%	40.6		%
Expected dividend yield	N/A	0.0		%	0.0		%
Expected term (in years)	N/A	5.7			5.6
Risk-free interest rate	N/A	1.6		%	1.7		%
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the period	N/A	$	32.62		$	22.49

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during fiscal 2017, was $81.0 million. For fiscal years 2016 and 2015, the total intrinsic value of options exercised was $74.9 million and $83.7 million, respectively.

Cash received from the exercise of stock options and from participation in the employee stock purchase plan (excluding accrued unremitted employee funds) was approximately $58.0 million for fiscal 2017 and is reflected in cash flows from financing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The Company settles employee stock options with newly issued shares of the Company's common stock.

The Company used the implied volatility of market-traded options on the Company’s common stock for the expected volatility assumption input to the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, consistent with the guidance in ASC 718. The selection of implied volatility data to estimate expected volatility was based upon the availability of actively-traded options on the Company’s common stock and the Company’s assessment that implied volatility is more representative of future common stock price trends than historical volatility.

The dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s history and expectation of future dividend payouts and may be subject to change in the future. The Company has never paid a dividend.

The expected life of employee stock options represents the weighted-average period that the stock options are expected to remain outstanding. The Company’s method of calculating the expected term of an option is based on the assumption that all outstanding options will be exercised at the midpoint of the current date and full contractual term, combined with the average life of all options that have been exercised or canceled. The Company believes that this method provides a better estimate of the future expected life based on analysis of historical exercise behavioral data.

The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon observed interest rates appropriate for the terms of the Company’s employee stock options.

ASC 718 requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. Based upon historical pre-vesting forfeiture experience, the Company assumed an annualized forfeiture rate of 1.6% for both stock options and restricted stock units.

The following activity has occurred with respect to restricted stock unit awards:



	Shares (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Balance at April 2, 2016	2,095	$	47.09
Granted	1,223	52.80
Vested	(857)	37.59
Forfeited	(86)	53.10
Balance at April 1, 2017	2,375	$	53.00

As of April 1, 2017, total remaining unearned compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units was $67.3 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining service period of approximately 1.3 years.

The total fair value of restricted stock units that vested during fiscal 2017 was $46.1 million, based upon the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the vesting date. For fiscal years 2016 and 2015, the total fair value of restricted stock units that vested was $60.2 million and $93.5 million, respectively.

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Equity [Abstract]

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Stock Repurchase

On February 5, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $200.0 million of the Company's outstanding common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. On August 11, 2015, the Company announced completion of this program.

On August 11, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $400.0 million of the Company's outstanding common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. On September 10, 2015, the Company announced the completion of this program.

On November 5, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of the Company's outstanding common stock through November 4, 2016. On February 16, 2016, as part of the $1.0 billion share repurchase program, the Company entered into variable maturity accelerated share repurchase ("ASR") agreements (a $250.0 million collared agreement and a $250.0 million uncollared agreement) with Bank of America, N.A. For the upfront payment of $500.0 million, the Company received 3.1 million shares of its common stock under the collared agreement (representing 50% of the shares the Company would have repurchased assuming an average share price of $40.78) and 4.9 million shares of the Company's common stock under the uncollared agreement (representing 80% of the shares the Company would have repurchased assuming an average share price of $40.78). On March 10, 2016, the Company received an additional 2.0 million shares of its common stock under the collared agreement. Final settlements of the ASR agreements were completed during the first quarter of fiscal 2017 with 0.4 million shares received resulting in a total of 10.4 million shares of the Company's common stock repurchased under the ASR agreements. The shares were retired in the periods they were delivered, and the upfront payment was accounted for as a reduction to stockholders' equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheet in the period the payment was made. The Company reflected each ASR as a repurchase of common stock in the period delivered for purposes of calculating earnings per share.

On November 3, 2016, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $500.0 million of the Company's outstanding stock. Under this program, share repurchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The extent to which the Company repurchases its shares, the number of shares and the timing of any repurchases will depend on general market conditions, regulatory requirements, alternative investment opportunities and other considerations. The program does not require the Company to repurchase a minimum number of shares and does not have a fixed term, and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice. This new program includes approximately $150.0 million authorized on the $1.0 billion repurchase program that expired November 4, 2016.

The Company repurchased 4.1 million shares (inclusive of the 0.4 million shares received under the ASR agreement), 24.3 million shares (inclusive of 10.0 million shares received under the ASR agreement) and 0.8 million shares of its common stock during fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, at an aggregate cost of $209.4 million, $1,300.0 million and $50.9 million, respectively, in accordance with the share repurchase programs described above. As of April 1, 2017, $382.0 million remains available for future repurchases under our current share repurchase program.

In connection with the Business Combination, each share of RFMD common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.25 of a share of Qorvo common stock plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, and each share of TriQuint common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.4187 of a share of Qorvo common stock plus cash in lieu of fractional shares. Approximately 13,160 fractional shares were repurchased for $0.9 million.

Common Stock Reserved For Future Issuance

At April 1, 2017, the Company had reserved a total of approximately 18.7 million of its authorized 405.0 million shares of common stock for future issuance as follows (in thousands):



Outstanding stock options under formal directors’ and employees’ stock option plans	4,177
Possible future issuance under Company stock incentive plans	6,989
Employee stock purchase plan	5,135
Restricted stock-based units granted	2,375
Total shares reserved	18,676

The entire disclosure for shareholders' equity comprised of portions attributable to the parent entity and noncontrolling interest, including other comprehensive income. Includes, but is not limited to, balances of common stock, preferred stock, additional paid-in capital, other capital and retained earnings, accumulated balance for each classification of other comprehensive income and amount of comprehensive income.

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OPERATING SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Operating Segment and Geographical Information

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

The Company's operating segments as of April 1, 2017 are MP and IDP based on the organizational structure and information reviewed by the Company's Chief Executive Officer, who is the Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), and these segments are managed separately based on the end markets and applications they support. The CODM allocates resources and assesses the performance of each operating segment primarily based on non-GAAP operating income (loss) and non-GAAP operating income (loss) as a percentage of revenue.

MP supplies cellular RF and WiFi solutions into a variety of mobile devices, including smartphones, notebook computers, wearables, tablets, and cellular-based applications for the IoT. Mobile device manufacturers and mobile network operators are adopting new technologies to address the growing demand for data-intensive, increasingly cloud-based, distributed applications and for mobile devices with smaller form factors, improved signal quality, less heat and longer talk and standby times. New wireless communications standards are being deployed to utilize available spectrum more efficiently. Carrier aggregation is being implemented, primarily in the downlink, to support wider bandwidths, increase data rates and improve network performance. These trends increase the complexity of smartphones, require more RF content and place a premium on performance, integration, systems-level expertise, and product and technology portfolio breadth, all of which are MP strengths. MP offers a comprehensive product portfolio of BAW and SAW filters, power amplifiers ("PAs"), low noise amplifiers ("LNAs"), switches, multimode multi-band PAs and transmit modules, RF power management integrated circuits, diversity receive modules, antenna switch modules, antenna tuning and control solutions, modules incorporating PAs and duplexers and modules incorporating switches, PAs and duplexers.

IDP is a leading global supplier of RF solutions with a diverse portfolio of solutions that "connect and protect," spanning communications, network infrastructure and defense applications. These applications include high performance defense systems such as radar, electronic warfare and communication systems, WiFi customer premises equipment for home and work, high speed connectivity in Long-Term Evolution and 5G base stations, cloud connectivity via data center communications and telecom transport, automotive connectivity and smart home solutions. IDP products include high power GaAs and GaN PAs, LNAs, switches, CMOS SoC solutions, premium BAW and SAW filter solutions and various multi-chip and hybrid assemblies.

The “All other” category includes operating expenses such as stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, acquisition and integration related costs, acquired inventory step-up and revaluation, intellectual property rights ("IPR") litigation settlement (costs), restructuring and disposal costs, start-up costs, gain (loss) on assets and other miscellaneous corporate overhead expenses that the Company does not allocate to its reportable segments because these expenses are not included in the segment operating performance measures evaluated by the Company’s CODM. The CODM does not evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information. The Company’s operating segments do not record intercompany revenue. The Company does not allocate gains and losses from equity investments, interest and other income, or taxes to operating segments. Except as discussed above regarding the “All other” category, the Company’s accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole.

The following tables present details of the Company’s reportable segments and a reconciliation of the “All other” category (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Revenue:
MP	$	2,384,041		$	2,083,334		$	1,395,035
IDP	644,653			523,512			313,274
All other (1)	3,880			3,880			2,657
Total revenue	$	3,032,574		$	2,610,726		$	1,710,966
Income from operations:
MP	$	554,001		$	591,751		$	404,382
IDP	152,539			108,370			72,262
All other	(618,481		)	(688,153		)	(354,178		)
Income from operations	$	88,059		$	11,968		$	122,466
Interest expense	$	(58,879	)	$	(23,316	)	$	(1,421	)
Interest income	1,212			2,068			450
Other (expense) income	(3,087		)	6,418			(254		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	27,305		$	(2,862	)	$	121,241

(1) "All other" revenue relates to royalty income that is not allocated to MP or IDP.



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Reconciliation of “All other” category:
Stock-based compensation expense	$	(88,845	)	$	(139,516	)	$	(64,941	)
Amortization of intangible assets	(494,387		)	(494,589		)	(142,749		)
Acquired inventory step-up and revaluation	(1,517		)	—			(72,850		)
Acquisition and integration related costs	(25,391		)	(26,503		)	(41,539		)
Restructuring and disposal costs	(1,696		)	(4,235		)	(14,175		)
IPR litigation settlement (costs)	4,337			(1,205		)	(8,263		)
Start-up costs	(9,694		)	(14,110		)	(1,698		)
Other expenses (including (gain) loss on assets and other miscellaneous corporate overhead)	(1,288		)	(7,995		)	(7,963		)
Loss from operations for “All other”	$	(618,481	)	$	(688,153	)	$	(354,178	)

The consolidated financial statements include revenue to customers by geographic region that are summarized as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017		2016		2015
Revenue:
United States	$	467,031	$	306,328	$	315,775
International	2,565,543		2,304,398		1,395,191



	Fiscal Year
	2017	2016	2015
Revenue:
United States	15%	12%	18%
Asia	81	83	75
Europe	3	4	6
Other	1	1	1

Sales, for geographic disclosure purposes, are based on the “sold to” address of the customer. The “sold to” address is not always an accurate representation of the location of final consumption of the Company’s components. Of the Company’s total revenue for fiscal 2017, approximately 62% ($1,866.0 million) was from customers in China and 13% ($398.4 million) from customers in Taiwan. Of the Company’s total revenue for fiscal years 2016 and 2015, approximately 61% ($1,601.0 million) and 49% ($841.0 million), respectively, was from customers in China and 14% ($365.1 million) and 19% ($332.5 million), respectively, was from customers in Taiwan.

The consolidated financial statements include the following long-lived tangible asset amounts related to operations of the Company by geographic region (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017		April 2, 2016		March 28, 2015
Long-lived tangible assets:
United States	$	1,082,754	$	816,882	$	697,305
China	244,728		183,836		126,509
Other countries	64,450		46,170		59,557

The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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Consolidating Financial Information [Abstract]

Consolidating Financial Information

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Consolidating Financial Information

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION

In accordance with the indenture dated as of November 19, 2015, governing the Company's $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior notes due December 1, 2023 and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.00% senior notes due December 1, 2025, certain of the Company's subsidiaries have guaranteed the Company's obligations under these Notes. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each Guarantor, each of which is 100% owned, directly or indirectly, by Qorvo, Inc. A Guarantor can be released in certain customary circumstances.

The following presents the condensed consolidating financial information separately for:


(i)	Parent Company, the issuer of the guaranteed obligations;


(ii)	Guarantor subsidiaries, on a combined basis, as specified in the indenture;


(iii)	Non-guarantor subsidiaries, on a combined basis;


(iv)	Consolidating entries and eliminations representing adjustments to (a) eliminate intercompany transactions between or among Parent Company, the guarantor subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries, (b) eliminate intercompany profit in inventory, (c) eliminate the investments in the Company’s subsidiaries and (d) record consolidating entries; and


(v)	The Company, on a consolidated basis.

Each entity in the condensed consolidating financial information follows the same accounting policies as described in the consolidated financial statements, except for the use by the Parent Company and guarantor subsidiaries of the equity method of accounting to reflect ownership interests in subsidiaries that are eliminated upon consolidation. The financial information may not necessarily be indicative of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, and cash flows, had the Parent Company, guarantor or non-guarantor subsidiaries operated as independent entities.

The Company has made certain immaterial corrections to the prior period Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. An adjustment to goodwill between the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries of $750.2 million has been presented within the Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet as of April 2, 2016 to properly reflect the pushdown of goodwill to the non-guarantor subsidiaries. An adjustment to investment in subsidiaries for the guarantor subsidiaries of $942.5 million has been presented within the Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet as of April 2, 2016 and an adjustment to income (loss) in subsidiaries and net income (loss)of $13.6 million and $(1.3) million has been presented in the Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the years ended April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015, respectively, to properly reflect the equity method accounting for the guarantor subsidiaries’ ownership interests in non-guarantor subsidiaries.

These immaterial corrections relate solely to presentation between the Company and its subsidiaries and only impact the financial statements included in this footnote. These corrections do not affect the Company’s consolidated financial statements.



	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	April 1, 2017
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—		$	226,186	$	319,277	$	—		$	545,463
Accounts receivable, less allowance	—			57,874		300,074		—			357,948
Intercompany accounts and note receivable	—			392,075		36,603		(428,678		)	—
Inventories	—			131,225		322,559		(23,330		)	430,454
Prepaid expenses	—			29,032		7,197		—			36,229
Other receivables	—			7,239		58,008		—			65,247
Other current assets	—			25,534		730		—			26,264
Total current assets	—			869,165		1,044,448		(452,008		)	1,461,605
Property and equipment, net	—			1,078,761		314,910		(1,739		)	1,391,932
Goodwill	—			1,121,941		1,051,973		—			2,173,914
Intangible assets, net	—			599,618		800,945		—			1,400,563
Long-term investments	—			25,971		9,523		—			35,494
Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable	—			447,613		138,398		(586,011		)	—
Investment in subsidiaries	6,142,568			2,596,172		—		(8,738,740		)	—
Other non-current assets	820			33,249		24,746		—			58,815
Total assets	$	6,143,388		$	6,772,490	$	3,384,943	$	(9,778,498	)	$	6,522,323
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	—		$	111,799	$	104,447	$	—		$	216,246
Intercompany accounts and notes payable	—			36,603		392,075		(428,678		)	—
Accrued liabilities	23,150			111,700		35,734		—			170,584
Other current liabilities	—			55		31,943		—			31,998
Total current liabilities	23,150			260,157		564,199		(428,678		)	418,828
Long-term debt	989,154			—		—		—			989,154
Deferred tax liabilities	(83,333		)	171,284		43,560		—			131,511
Long-term intercompany accounts and notes payable	317,695			138,398		129,918		(586,011		)	—
Other long-term liabilities	—			35,014		51,094		—			86,108
Total liabilities	1,246,666			604,853		788,771		(1,014,689		)	1,625,601
Total stockholders’ equity	4,896,722			6,167,637		2,596,172		(8,763,809		)	4,896,722
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	6,143,388		$	6,772,490	$	3,384,943	$	(9,778,498	)	$	6,522,323



	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	April 2, 2016
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—		$	220,633	$	205,248	$	—		$	425,881
Short-term investments	—			186,808		—		—			186,808
Accounts receivable, less allowance	—			203,488		112,868		—			316,356
Intercompany accounts and notes receivable	—			532,508		404,330		(936,838		)	—
Inventories	—			186,627		325,346		(84,422		)	427,551
Prepaid expenses	—			56,151		7,699		—			63,850
Other receivables	—			37,033		10,347		—			47,380
Other current assets	—			40,866		518		—			41,384
Total current assets	—			1,464,114		1,066,356		(1,021,260		)	1,509,210
Property and equipment, net	—			807,586		239,495		(193		)	1,046,888
Goodwill	—			1,118,642		1,017,055		—			2,135,697
Intangible assets, net	—			786,314		1,026,201		—			1,812,515
Long-term investments	—			26,050		—		—			26,050
Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable	—			564,397		267,823		(832,220		)	—
Investment in subsidiaries	6,151,120			2,588,302		—		(8,739,422		)	—
Other non-current assets	1,091			39,478		25,890		—			66,459
Total assets	$	6,152,211		$	7,394,883	$	3,642,820	$	(10,593,095	)	$	6,596,819
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	—		$	141,792	$	66,508	$	(2,936	)	$	205,364
Intercompany accounts and notes payable	—			404,330		532,508		(936,838		)	—
Accrued liabilities	25,445			93,609		18,835		—			137,889
Other current liabilities	—			20,122		10,426		—			30,548
Total current liabilities	25,445			659,853		628,277		(939,774		)	373,801
Long-term debt	988,130			—		—		—			988,130
Deferred tax liabilities	(93,340		)	195,462		50,038		—			152,160
Long-term intercompany accounts and notes payable	232,303			267,823		332,094		(832,220		)	—
Other long-term liabilities	—			39,288		43,768		—			83,056
Total liabilities	1,152,538			1,162,426		1,054,177		(1,771,994		)	1,597,147
Total stockholders’ equity	4,999,673			6,232,457		2,588,643		(8,821,101		)	4,999,672
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	6,152,211		$	7,394,883	$	3,642,820	$	(10,593,095	)	$	6,596,819



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income
	Fiscal Year 2017
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenue	$	—		$	1,316,576		$	2,918,865		$	(1,202,867	)	3,032,574
Cost of goods sold	—			979,190			2,023,715			(1,105,843		)	1,897,062
Gross profit	—			337,386			895,150			(97,024		)	1,135,512
Operating expenses:
Research and development	35,379			40,918			416,869			(22,330		)	470,836
Selling, general and administrative	53,465			253,531			370,812			(132,220		)	545,588
Other operating expense	—			16,065			8,409			6,555			31,029
Total operating expenses	88,844			310,514			796,090			(147,995		)	1,047,453
Income (loss) from operations	(88,844		)	26,872			99,060			50,971			88,059
Interest expense	(57,344		)	(2,619		)	(3,129		)	4,213			(58,879		)
Interest income	—			4,457			759			(4,004		)	1,212
Other (expense) income	—			426			(1,999		)	(1,514		)	(3,087		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(146,188		)	29,136			94,691			49,666			27,305
Income tax (expense) benefit	46,003			(63,893		)	(25,973		)	—			(43,863		)
Income in subsidiaries	83,627			68,718			—			(152,345		)	—
Net (loss) income	$	(16,558	)	$	33,961		$	68,718		$	(102,679	)	$	(16,558	)

Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(17,731	)	$	34,014		$	67,492		$	(101,506	)	$	(17,731	)



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income
	Fiscal Year 2016
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenue	$	—		$	2,212,062		$	2,762,150		$	(2,363,486	)	2,610,726
Cost of goods sold	—			1,778,336			2,060,702			(2,277,865		)	1,561,173
Gross profit	—			433,726			701,448			(85,621		)	1,049,553
Operating expenses:
Research and development	67,158			106,560			304,219			(29,174		)	448,763
Selling, general and administrative	72,358			151,814			360,593			(50,666		)	534,099
Other operating expense	—			50,928			2,447			1,348			54,723
Total operating expenses	139,516			309,302			667,259			(78,492		)	1,037,585
Income (loss) from operations	(139,516		)	124,424			34,189			(7,129		)	11,968
Interest expense	(21,895		)	(2,419		)	(3,029		)	4,027			(23,316		)
Interest income	—			2,650			3,003			(3,585		)	2,068
Other income (expense)	—			5,467			(298		)	1,249			6,418
(Loss) income before income taxes	(161,411		)	130,122			33,865			(5,438		)	(2,862		)
Income tax (expense) benefit	44,014			(49,751		)	(20,246		)	—			(25,983		)
Income in subsidiaries	88,552			13,619			—			(102,171		)	—
Net (loss) income	$	(28,845	)	$	93,990		$	13,619		$	(107,609	)	$	(28,845	)

Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(31,854	)	$	89,738		$	14,862		$	(104,600	)	$	(31,854	)



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	Fiscal Year 2015
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenue	$	—		$	2,523,495		$	1,408,913		$	(2,221,442	)	1,710,966
Cost of goods sold	—			1,910,297			1,260,814			(2,149,453		)	1,021,658
Gross profit	—			613,198			148,099			(71,989		)	689,308
Operating expenses:
Research and development	18,335			202,337			45,751			(8,929		)	257,494
Selling, general and administrative	23,776			160,538			90,055			(24,483		)	249,886
Other operating expense	—			55,774			3,475			213			59,462
Total operating expenses	42,111			418,649			139,281			(33,199		)	566,842
Income (loss) from operations	(42,111		)	194,549			8,818			(38,790		)	122,466
Interest expense	—			(2,770		)	(1,583		)	2,932			(1,421		)
Interest income	—			1,009			2,281			(2,840		)	450
Other (expense) income	—			(906		)	694			(42		)	(254		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(42,111		)	191,882			10,210			(38,740		)	121,241
Income tax benefit (expense)	13,350			73,268			(11,556		)	—			75,062
Income (loss) in subsidiaries	35,243			(1,346		)	—			(33,894		)	—
Net income (loss)	$	6,482		$	263,804		$	(1,346	)	$	(72,634	)	$	196,303

Comprehensive income (loss)	$	6,482		$	267,724		$	(4,605	)	$	(72,637	)	$	196,964



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
	Fiscal Year 2017
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	165,660		$	175,988		$	435,172		$	—		$	776,820
Investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	—			(469		)	—			—			(469		)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	—			186,793			—			—			186,793
Purchase of a business, net of cash acquired	—			—			(118,133		)	—			(118,133		)
Purchase of property and equipment	—			(424,175		)	(128,527		)	—			(552,702		)
Other investing activities	—			3,924			(9,900		)	—			(5,976		)
Net transactions with related parties	—			61,891			—			(61,891		)	—
Net cash used in investing activities	—			(172,036		)	(256,560		)	(61,891		)	(490,487		)
Financing activities:
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	65			—			—			—			65
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	59,148			—			—			—			59,148
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(209,357		)	—			—			—			(209,357		)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(15,516		)	—			—			—			(15,516		)
Other financing activities	—			14			—			—			14
Net transactions with related parties	—			1,587			(63,478		)	61,891			—
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(165,660		)	1,601			(63,478		)	61,891			(165,646		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(1,105		)	—			(1,105		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	—			5,553			114,029			—			119,582
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	—			220,633			205,248			—			425,881
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	—		$	226,186		$	319,277		$	—		$	545,463



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
	Fiscal Year 2016
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	282,955		$	273,171		$	131,801		$	—	$	687,927
Investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	—			(340,527		)	—			—		(340,527		)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities	—			390,009			—			—		390,009
Purchase of property and equipment	—			(244,817		)	(70,807		)	—		(315,624		)
Other investing activities	—			(12,830		)	258			—		(12,572		)
Net cash used in investing activities	—			(208,165		)	(70,549		)	—		(278,714		)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from debt issuances	1,175,000			—			—			—		1,175,000
Payment of debt	(175,000		)	—			—			—		(175,000		)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	935			—			—			—		935
Debt issuance costs	(13,588		)	—			—			—		(13,588		)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	51,875			—			—			—		51,875
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(1,300,009		)	—			—			—		(1,300,009		)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(22,168		)	—			—			—		(22,168		)
Other financing activities	—			103			—			—		103
Net transactions with related parties	—			1,192			(1,192		)	—		—
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(282,955		)	1,295			(1,192		)	—		(282,852		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(294		)	—		(294		)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			66,301			59,766			—		126,067
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	—			154,332			145,482			—		299,814
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	—		$	220,633		$	205,248		$	—	$	425,881



	Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
	Fiscal Year 2015
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	25,059		$	187,786		$	92,779		$	—	$	305,624
Investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	—			(370,734		)	(17,000		)	—		(387,734		)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	—			234,185			27,000			—		261,185
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired	—			165,665			58,659			—		224,324
Purchase of property and equipment	—			(116,868		)	(52,994		)	—		(169,862		)
Other investing	—			8,489			(344		)	—		8,145
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	—			(79,263		)	15,321			—		(63,942		)
Financing activities:
Payment of debt	—			(87,503		)	—			—		(87,503		)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	13,993			—			—			—		13,993
Debt issuance cost	—			(36		)	—			—		(36		)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	46,072			—			—			—		46,072
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(50,874		)	—			—			—		(50,874		)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(34,250		)	—			—			—		(34,250		)
Other financing	—			(300		)	—			—		(300		)
Net transactions with related parties	—			1,376			(1,376		)	—		—
Net cash used in financing activities	(25,059		)	(86,463		)	(1,376		)	—		(112,898		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(868		)	—		(868		)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			22,060			105,856			—		127,916
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	—			132,272			39,626			—		171,898
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	—		$	154,332		$	145,482		$	—	$	299,814

Quarterly Financial Summary (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL SUMMARY (UNAUDITED):



Fiscal 2017 Quarter
(in thousands, except
per share data)	First				Second			Third				Fourth
Revenue	$	698,537			$	864,698		$	826,347			$	642,992
Gross profit	276,475				316,799			310,642				231,596
Net (loss) income	(5,675		)	^(1),(2),(3)	11,847		^(1),(2),(3)	(78,638		)	^{(1),(2),(3),(4)}	55,908			^{(1),(2),(3),(5)}
Net (loss) income per share:
Basic	$	(0.04	)		$	0.09		$	(0.62	)		$	0.44
Diluted	$	(0.04	)		$	0.09		$	(0.62	)		$	0.43

Fiscal 2016 Quarter
(in thousands, except
per share data)	First				Second			Third				Fourth
Revenue	$	673,641			$	708,335		$	620,681			$	608,069
Gross profit	279,517				284,848			230,988				254,200
Net income (loss)	2,036			^(1),(2)	4,448		^(1),(2),(6)	(11,127		)	^(1),(2),(3)	(24,202		)	^{(1),(2),(3),(7)}
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.01			$	0.03		$	(0.08	)		$	(0.18	)
Diluted	$	0.01			$	0.03		$	(0.08	)		$	(0.18	)

1. The Company recorded integration related expenses of $5.3 million, $5.0 million, $3.9 million and $2.7 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively, associated with the Business Combination. The Company recorded integration related expenses of $10.4 million, $5.6 million, $5.0 million, and $5.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively, associated with the Business Combination (Note 6).

2. The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $0.8 million, $0.5 million, $0.4 million, and $0.4 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $2.9 million, $3.8 million, $3.0 million, and $0.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016 (Note 11).

3. In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2023 and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $14.5 million, $14.9 million, $13.8 million and $13.1 million (net of capitalized interest) in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded interest expense of $6.7 million and $13.9 million (net of capitalized interest), in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively (Note 8).

4. Income tax expense of $123.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).

5. Income tax benefit of $93.2 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).

6. Income tax expense of $13.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $4.6 million related to reductions to state deferred tax assets (Note 12).

7. Income tax expense of $21.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $16.3 million related to increases in the valuation allowance for state net operating loss and state credit deferred tax assets (Note 12).

The Company uses a 52- or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to March 31 of each year. The first fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to June 30, the second fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to September 30 and the third fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to December 31. Each quarter of fiscal 2017 contained a comparable number of weeks (13 weeks). Fiscal year 2016 was a 53-week fiscal year, with the second quarter of fiscal 2016 having an extra week (14 weeks).

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Accrued Liabilities [Policy Text Block]	Accrued Liabilities The "Accrued liabilities" balance as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 includes accrued compensation and benefits of $98.7 million and $76.3 million, respectively, and interest payable of $23.2 million and $25.5 million, respectively.
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation	Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain items in the fiscal 2016 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the fiscal 2017 presentation. The results of operations, assets and liabilities associated with the Business Combination have been included in the Company's financial statements from the acquisition date of January 1, 2015 (see Note 6).
Accounting Periods	Accounting Periods The Company uses a 52- or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to March 31 of each year. The most recent three fiscal years ended on April 1, 2017, April 2, 2016, and March 28, 2015. Fiscal years 2017 and 2015 were 52-week years and fiscal year 2016 was a 53-week year.
Use of Estimates	Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The actual results that the Company experiences may differ materially from its estimates. The Company makes estimates for the returns reserve, rebates, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation including reserves, warranty reserves, income tax valuation, current and deferred income taxes, uncertain tax positions, non-marketable equity investments, other-than-temporary impairments of investments, goodwill, long-lived assets and other financial statement amounts on a regular basis and makes adjustments based on historical experiences and expected future conditions. Accounting estimates require difficult and subjective judgments and actual results may differ from the Company’s estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents	Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposit accounts, money market funds, and other temporary, highly-liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased.
Investments	Investments Investments available-for-sale at April 1, 2017 consisted of auction rate securities ("ARS"). Investments available-for-sale at April 2, 2016 consisted of U.S. government/agency securities, corporate debt and ARS. Available-for-sale investments with an original maturity date greater than approximately three months and less than one year are classified as current investments. Available-for-sale investments with an original maturity date exceeding one year are classified as long-term. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value with the unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reported in “Other comprehensive (loss) income.” The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method and any realized gain or loss is included in “Other (expense) income.” The cost of available-for-sale securities is adjusted for premiums and discounts, with the amortization or accretion of such amounts included as a portion of interest. The Company assesses individual investments for impairment quarterly. Investments are impaired when the fair value is less than the amortized cost. If an investment is impaired, the Company evaluates whether the impairment is other-than-temporary. A debt investment impairment is considered other-than-temporary if (i) the Company intends to sell the security, (ii) it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of the entire amortized cost basis, or (iii) the Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security (a credit loss). Other-than-temporary declines in the Company's debt securities are recognized as a loss in the statement of operations if due to credit loss; all other losses on debt securities are recorded in "Other comprehensive (loss) income." The previous amortized cost basis less the other-than-temporary impairment becomes the new cost basis and is not adjusted for subsequent recoveries in fair value.
Inventories	Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market based on standard costs, which approximate actual average costs. The Company’s business is subject to the risk of technological and design changes. The Company evaluates inventory levels quarterly against sales forecasts on a product family basis to evaluate its overall inventory risk. Reserves are adjusted to reflect inventory values in excess of forecasted sales and management's analysis and assessment of overall inventory risk. In the event the Company sells inventory that had been covered by a specific inventory reserve, the sale is recorded at the actual selling price and the related cost of goods sold is recorded at the full inventory cost, net of the reserve. Abnormal production levels are charged to the income statement in the period incurred rather than as a portion of inventory cost.
Product Warranty	Product Warranty The Company generally sells products with a limited warranty on product quality. The Company accrues for known warranty issues if a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated, and accrues for estimated incurred but unidentified issues based on historical activity. The accrual and the related expense for known product warranty issues were not significant during the periods presented. Due to product testing and the short time typically between product shipment and the detection and correction of product failures and the historical rate of losses, the accrual and related expense for estimated incurred but unidentified issues was not significant during the periods presented.
Property and Equipment	Property and Equipment Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from one year to thirty-nine years. The Company’s assets acquired under capital leases and leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the asset life or lease term (which is reasonably assured) and included in depreciation. The Company performs a review if facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable or that useful lives have changed from the original estimate. The Company assesses the recoverability of the assets held for use by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining estimated useful lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets. If the Company determines that the useful lives have changed from the original estimate, the net book value of the assets is depreciated over the remaining period of the new useful lives. The Company identifies property and equipment as “held for sale” based on the current expectation that, more likely than not, an asset or asset group will be sold or otherwise disposed. Once assets are classified to the held for sale category, depreciation ceases and the assets are recorded at the lesser of their carrying value or their fair market value less costs to sell. The Company capitalizes the portion of the interest expense related to certain assets that are not ready for their intended use and this amount is depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the qualified assets. The Company additionally records capital-related government grants earned as a reduction to property and equipment and depreciates such grants over the estimated useful lives of the associated assets.
Other Receivables	Other Receivables The Company records miscellaneous non-product receivables that are collectible within 12 months in “Other receivables,” such as value-added tax receivables ($55.4 million as of April 1, 2017 and $37.3 million as of April 2, 2016, which are reported on a net basis), precious metal reclaims submitted for payment and other miscellaneous items.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets	Goodwill and Intangible Assets Goodwill is recorded when the purchase price paid for a business exceeds the estimated fair value of the net identified tangible and intangible assets acquired. Intangibles are recorded when such assets are acquired by purchase or license. The value of the Company's intangibles, including goodwill, could be impacted by future adverse changes such as: (i) any future declines in the Company's operating results; (ii) a decline in the value of technology company stocks, including the value of the Company's common stock; (iii) a prolonged or more significant slowdown in the worldwide economy or the semiconductor industry; or (iv) failure to meet the performance projections included in the Company's forecasts of future operating results. The Company accounts for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") guidance, which requires annual testing for impairment or whenever events or circumstances make it more likely than not that an impairment may have occurred. The Company performs its annual impairment tests on the first day of the fourth quarter in each fiscal year. Indefinite-lived intangible assets consists of in-process research and development ("IPRD"). The Company has the option to perform a qualitative assessment (commonly referred to as "step zero") to determine whether further quantitative analysis for impairment of goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets is necessary. In performing step zero for its impairment test, the Company is required to make assumptions and judgments, including the following: the evaluation of macroeconomic conditions as related to the Company's business; industry and market trends; and the overall future financial performance of the Company's reporting units and future opportunities in the markets in which they operate. The Company also considers recent fair value calculations of its indefinite-lived intangible assets and reporting units as well as cost factors such as changes in raw materials, labor or other costs. If the step zero analysis indicates that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit or indefinite-lived asset is less than its respective carrying value including goodwill, then the Company would perform an additional quantitative analysis. For goodwill, this involves a two-step process. The first step compares the fair value of the reporting unit, including its goodwill, to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, then the second step of the process is performed to determine the amount of impairment. The second step compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill to the carrying value of the goodwill. An impairment charge is recognized for the amount the carrying value of the reporting unit's goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. For indefinite-lived intangible assets, the quantitative analysis compares the carrying value of the asset to its fair value and an impairment charge is recognized for the amount its carrying value exceeds its fair value. Determining the fair value of reporting units, indefinite-lived intangible assets and implied fair value of a reporting unit's goodwill is reliant upon estimated future revenues, profitability and cash flows and consideration of market factors. Assumptions, judgments and estimates are complex, subjective and can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as changes in the Company's business strategy or its internal forecasts. Although the Company believes the assumptions, judgments and estimates it has made have been reasonable and appropriate, different assumptions, judgments and estimates could materially affect its results of operations. Goodwill Goodwill is allocated to the Company's reporting units based on the expected benefit from the synergies of the business combinations generating the underlying goodwill. As of April 1, 2017, the Company's goodwill balance of $2,173.9 million is allocated between its Mobile Products ("MP") and Infrastructure and Defense Products ("IDP") reporting units. In fiscal 2017, the Company completed a qualitative assessment of the fair value of its reporting units and concluded that goodwill was not impaired. For fiscal 2016, although there were no indicators of impairment, the Company opted to bypass the qualitative assessment and proceeded to perform fair value assessments of its reporting units (the first step of the quantitative impairment analysis) as the fair value of the reporting units had changed (due to the Business Combination) since the last time the Company performed a quantitative analysis. The quantitative assessments performed reaffirmed that there were no indicators of impairment for fiscal 2016. In performing these quantitative assessments, consistent with its historical approach, the Company used both the income and market approaches to estimate the fair value of its reporting units. The income approach involves discounting future estimated cash flows. The sum of the reporting unit cash flow projections was compared to the Company's market capitalization in a discounted cash flow framework to calculate an overall implied internal rate of return (or discount rate) for the Company. The Company's market capitalization was adjusted to a control basis assuming a reasonable control premium, which resulted in an implied discount rate. This implied discount rate serves as a baseline for estimating the specific discount rate for each reporting unit. The discount rate used is the value-weighted average of the Company's estimated cost of equity and debt (“cost of capital”) derived using both known and estimated customary market metrics. The Company's weighted average cost of capital is adjusted for each reporting unit to reflect a risk factor, if necessary, for each reporting unit. The Company performs sensitivity tests with respect to growth rates and discount rates used in the income approach. The Company believes the income approach is appropriate because it provides a fair value estimate based upon the respective reporting unit’s expected long-term operations and cash flow performance. The Company considered historical rates and current market conditions when determining the discount and growth rates used in its analysis. For fiscal 2016, the material assumptions used for the income approach were eight years of projected net cash flows and a long-term growth rate of 3% for both the MP and IDP reporting units. A discount rate of 15% and 16% was used for the MP and IDP reporting units, respectively. In applying the market approach, valuation multiples are derived from historical and projected operating data of selected guideline companies, which are evaluated and adjusted, if necessary, based on the strengths and weaknesses of the reporting unit relative to the selected guideline companies. The valuation multiples are then applied to the appropriate historical and/or projected operating data of the reporting unit to arrive at an indication of fair value. The Company believes the market approach is appropriate because it provides a fair value using multiples from companies with operations and economic characteristics similar to its reporting units. The Company weighted the results of the income approach and the results of the market approach at 50% each and for the MP and IDP reporting units, concluded that the fair value of the reporting units was determined to be substantially in excess of the carrying value, and as such, no further analysis was warranted. Under the income approach described above, the following indicates the sensitivity of key assumptions utilized in the assessment. A one percentage point decrease in the discount rate would have increased the fair value of the MP and IDP reporting units by approximately $660.0 million and $140.0 million, respectively, while a one percentage point increase in the discount rate would have decreased the fair value of the MP and IDP reporting units by approximately $560.0 million and $110.0 million, respectively. A one percentage point decrease in the long-term growth rate would have decreased the fair value of the MP and IDP reporting units by approximately $290.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, while a one percentage point increase in the long-term growth rate would have increased the fair value of the MP and IDP reporting units by approximately $340.0 million and $70.0 million, respectively. In fiscal year 2015, the Company performed a qualitative assessment of its reporting units and as a result of this analysis, determined that there were no indicators of impairment and no further quantitative impairment test was deemed necessary. Intangible Assets with Indefinite Lives In fiscal 2015, as a result of the Business Combination, the Company recorded IPRD of $470.0 million. IPRD was recorded at fair value as of the date of acquisition as an indefinite-lived intangible asset until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development ("R&D") efforts or impairment. The fair value of the acquired IPRD was determined based on an income approach using the "excess earnings method," which estimated the value of the intangible assets by discounting the future projected earnings of the asset to present value as of the valuation date. Upon completion of development, acquired IPRD assets are transferred to finite-lived intangible assets and amortized over their useful lives. During fiscal years 2017 and 2016, the Company completed and transferred into developed technology approximately $220.0 million and $203.0 million, respectively, of IPRD. The Company performed a qualitative assessment of the remaining IPRD during fiscal 2017 and concluded that IPRD was not impaired. Intangible Assets with Definite Lives Intangible assets are recorded when such assets are acquired by purchase or license. Finite-lived intangible assets consist primarily of technology licenses, customer relationships, developed technology, a wafer supply agreement, trade names and backlog resulting from business combinations and are subject to amortization. Technology licenses are recorded at cost and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the estimated useful life of the technology or the term of the license agreement, ranging from approximately five to eight years. The fair value of customer relationships acquired during fiscal years 2013, 2015 and 2017 was determined based on an income approach using the “with and without method," in which the value of the asset is determined by the difference in discounted cash flows of the profitability of the Company "with" the asset and the profitability of the Company "without" the asset. Customer relationships are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, ranging from three to ten years. The fair value of developed technology acquired during fiscal years 2013, 2015 and 2017 was determined based on an income approach using the "excess earnings method," which estimated the value of the intangible assets by discounting the future projected earnings of the asset to present value as of the valuation date. Developed technology is amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, ranging from three to six years. The fair value of the wafer supply agreement was determined using the incremental income method, which is a discounted cash flow method within the income approach. Under this method, the fair value was estimated by discounting to present value the additional savings from expense reductions in operations at a discount rate to reflect the risk inherent in the wafer supply agreement as well as any tax benefits. The wafer supply agreement was amortized on a units of use activity method over its useful life of approximately four years and was fully amortized as of April 2, 2016. The fair value of trade names acquired in fiscal years 2015 and 2017 was determined based on an income approach using the "relief from royalty method," in which the value of the asset is determined by discounting the future projected cash flows generated from the trade name's estimated royalties. Trade names are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of two to three years. The fair value of backlog acquired in fiscal 2015 was determined based on an income approach using the "excess earnings method" and was fully amortized as of April 2, 2016. The Company regularly reviews identified intangible assets to determine if facts and circumstances indicate that the useful lives have changed from the original estimate or that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If such facts and circumstances exist, the Company assesses the recoverability of identified intangible assets by comparing the projected undiscounted net cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their remaining lives against their respective carrying amounts. Impairments, if any, are based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets and occur in the period in which the impairment determination was made.
Revenue Recognition	Revenue Recognition The Company's net revenue is generated principally from sales of semiconductor products. The Company recognizes revenue from product sales when the fundamental criteria are met, such as the time at which the title and risk and rewards of product ownership are transferred to the customer, price and terms are fixed or determinable, no significant vendor obligation exists and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. Sales of products are generally made through either the Company's sales force, manufacturers' representatives or through a distribution network. Revenue from the majority of the Company's products is recognized upon shipment of the product to the customer from a Company-owned or third-party location. Some revenue is recognized upon receipt of the shipment by the customer. The Company has limited rebate programs offering price protection to certain distributors. These rebates represent less than 7% of net revenue and can be reasonably estimated based on specific criteria included in the rebate agreements and other known factors at the time. The Company reduces revenue and records reserves for product returns and allowances for price protection, stock rotation, and scrap allowance based on historical experience or specific identification depending on the contractual terms of the arrangement. The Company also recognizes a portion of its net revenue through other agreements such as non-recurring engineering fees, contracts for R&D work, royalty income, intellectual property ("IP") revenue, and service revenue. These agreements are collectively less than 1% of consolidated revenue on an annual basis. Revenue from these agreements is recognized when the service is completed or upon certain milestones, as provided for in the agreements. Revenue from certain contracts is recognized on the percentage of completion method based on the costs incurred to date and the total contract amount, plus the contractual fee. If these contracts experience cost overruns, the percentage of completion method is used to determine revenue recognition. Revenue from fixed price contracts is recognized when the required deliverable is satisfied. Royalty income is recognized based on a percentage of sales of the relevant product reported by licensees during the period. The Company additionally licenses or sells its rights to use portions of its IP portfolio, which includes certain patent rights useful in the manufacture and sales of certain products. IP revenue recognition is dependent on the terms of each agreement. The Company will recognize IP revenue (i) upon delivery of the IP and (ii) if the Company has no substantive future obligation to perform under the arrangement. The Company will defer recognition of IP revenue where future performance obligations are required to earn the revenue or the revenue is not guaranteed. Revenue from services is recognized during the period that the service is performed. Accounts receivable are recorded for all revenue items listed above and do not bear interest. The Company evaluates the collectability of accounts receivable based on a combination of factors. In cases where the Company is aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customer’s ability to meet its financial obligations subsequent to the original sale, the Company will record an allowance against amounts due, and thereby reduce the receivable to the amount the Company reasonably believes will be collected. For all other customers, the Company recognizes allowances for doubtful accounts based on the length of time the receivables are past due, industry and geographic concentrations, the current business environment and the Company’s historical experience. The Company's terms and conditions do not give its customers a right of return associated with the original sale of its products. However, the Company will authorize sales returns under certain circumstances, which include perceived quality problems, courtesy returns and like-kind exchanges. The Company evaluates its estimate of returns by analyzing all types of returns and the timing of such returns in relation to the original sale. Reserves are adjusted to reflect changes in the estimated returns versus the original sale of product.
Shipping and Handling Cost	Shipping and Handling Cost The Company recognizes amounts billed to a customer in a sale transaction related to shipping and handling as revenue. The costs incurred by the Company for shipping and handling are classified as cost of goods sold in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Research and Development	Research and Development The Company charges all R&D costs to expense as incurred.
Precious Metals Reclaim	Precious Metals Reclaim The Company uses historical experience to estimate the amount of reclaim on precious metals used in manufacturing at the end of each period and states the reclaim value at the lower of average cost or market. The estimated value to be received from precious metal reclaim is included in "Other current assets" and reclaims submitted for payment are included in "Other receivables" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for tax carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities for each tax jurisdiction are measured using the enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets to the extent the Company determines it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. A minimum recognition threshold is required to be met before the Company recognizes the benefit of an income tax position in its financial statements. The Company’s policy is to recognize accrued interest and penalties, if incurred, on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. It is the Company’s current intent and policy to invest the earnings of foreign subsidiaries indefinitely outside the U.S. Accordingly, the Company does not record a deferred tax liability for U.S. income taxes on unremitted foreign earnings.
Stock-Based Compensation	Stock-Based Compensation Under FASB ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation," stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the estimated fair value of the award using an option pricing model for stock options (Black-Scholes) and market price for restricted stock units, and is recognized as expense over the employee's requisite service period. As of April 1, 2017, total remaining unearned compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units and options was $70.5 million, which will be amortized over the weighted-average remaining service period of approximately 1.2 years.
Foreign Currency Translation	Foreign Currency Translation The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries have been translated into U.S. dollars in accordance with FASB ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Matters.” The functional currency for most of the Company’s international operations is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency for the remainder of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rates on the balance sheet dates. Revenues and expenses are translated using the average exchange rates throughout the year. Translation adjustments are shown separately as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” within “Stockholders’ equity” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Foreign currency transaction gains or losses (transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency) are reported in “Other income (expense)” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	Recent Accounting Pronouncements Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2017-04, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment." The new guidance simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating the second step from the quantitative goodwill impairment test. The Company will continue to have the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if a quantitative goodwill impairment test is necessary. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in fiscal 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business." The new guidance clarifies the definition of a business and provides further guidance for evaluating whether a transaction will be accounted for as an acquisition of an asset or a business. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. The update should be applied prospectively. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)." The new guidance requires the inclusion of restricted cash along with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, "Income Taxes (Topic 740), Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory," which requires the recognition of the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. The new standard will become effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effects this new guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements. In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force)." The new guidance addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments." The new guidance requires entities to use a current lifetime expected credit loss methodology to measure impairments of certain financial instruments. It also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities and provides for a simplified accounting model for purchased financial assets with credit deterioration since their origination. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting." The new guidance will simplify certain aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions, including income tax consequences, forfeitures, classification of awards on the balance sheet and presentation on the statement of cash flows. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. Upon adoption, the Company expects to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to reduce the Company's accumulated deficit and plans to continue its existing practice of estimating expected forfeitures in determining compensation cost. The Company does not believe adoption will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)." The new guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term longer than 12 months, including those previously described as operating leases. Consistent with current U.S. GAAP, the recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee will primarily depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease. The new guidance will become effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The Company expects the valuation of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, for leases previously described as operating leases, to be the present value of its forecasted future lease commitments. The Company is continuing to assess the overall impacts of the new standard, including the discount rate to be applied in these valuations. In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, "Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This new standard will affect the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities measured under the fair value option and presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. In addition, the FASB clarified guidance related to the assessment of valuation allowances when recognizing deferred tax assets related to unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities. The new standard is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The Company does not believe it will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, "Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory." The new guidance changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 defines net realizable value as the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less reasonably predictable costs to completion, transportation, or disposal. The Company will adopt the provisions of this standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and does not believe adoption will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)," with several amendments subsequently issued. This new standard provides an updated framework for revenue recognition, resulting in a single revenue model to be applied by reporting companies under U.S. GAAP. Under the new model, recognition of revenue occurs when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Additional disclosures will be required regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows. The new guidance will become effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and permits the use of either a retrospective approach or a modified retrospective approach, whereby the cumulative effect of adoption is recognized at the date of initial application. The Company has established a cross-functional team to assess the potential impact of the new revenue standard and its assessment will be completed during fiscal 2018. The Company's assessment process consists of reviewing its current accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences that may result from applying the requirements of the new standard to its revenue contracts and identifying appropriate changes to its business processes, systems and controls to support revenue recognition and disclosure requirements under the new standard. The Company currently anticipates adopting the standard using the modified retrospective approach. Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-05, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer's Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement" which provides additional guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. Under this guidance, if a cloud computing arrangement contains a software license, customers should account for the license element of the arrangement in a manner consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If the arrangement does not contain a software license, customers should account for the arrangement as a service contract. The Company adopted the provisions of this standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, and there was no impact on its consolidated financial statements. In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement Period Adjustments." This standard requires an acquirer in a business combination to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization or other income effects, as a result of the change in provisional amounts, are to be included in the same period’s financial statements, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. The amendments in this update became effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2017 and will be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur in the future.

Concentrations of Credit Risk (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]

Revenue from significant customers

Revenue from significant customers, those representing 10% or more of total revenue for the respective periods, are summarized as follows:



	Fiscal Year
	2017	2016	2015
Apple Inc. ("Apple")	34%	37%	32%
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei")	11%	12%	7%
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. ("Samsung")	7%	7%	14%

Investments and Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities

Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities

The following is a summary of cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 (in thousands):



	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
April 1, 2017
Auction rate securities	$	2,150	$	—	$	(429	)	$	1,721
Money market funds	14		—		—			14
	$	2,164	$	—	$	(429	)	$	1,735
April 2, 2016
U.S. government/agency securities	$	149,874	$	19	$	(1	)	$	149,892
Auction rate securities	2,150		—		(350		)	1,800
Corporate debt	45,510		—		—			45,510
Money market funds	146,779		—		—			146,779
	$	344,313	$	19	$	(351	)	$	343,981

Expected maturity distribution of cash equivalents and available-for-sale debt securities

The expected maturity distribution of cash equivalents and available-for-sale debt securities is as follows (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017				April 2, 2016
	Cost		Estimated Fair Value		Cost		Estimated Fair Value
Due in less than one year	$	14	$	14	$	342,163	$	342,181
Due after ten years	2,150		1,721		2,150		1,800
Total investments in debt securities	$	2,164	$	1,735	$	344,313	$	343,981

Fair value of the financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis

The fair value of the financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis was determined using the following levels of inputs as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 (in thousands):



					Total		Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
April 1, 2017
	Assets
		Cash and cash equivalents:
			Money market funds		$	14	$	14	$	—
		Total cash and cash equivalents			14		14		—
		Available-for-sale securities:
			Auction rate securities (1)		1,721		—		1,721
		Total available-for-sale securities			1,721		—		1,721
		Invested funds in deferred compensation plan (3)			10,237		10,237		—
				Total assets measured at fair value	$	11,972	$	10,251	$	1,721
	Liabilities
		Deferred compensation plan obligation (3)			$	10,237	$	10,237	$	—
				Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	10,237	$	10,237	$	—

April 2, 2016
	Assets
		Cash and cash equivalents:
				Money market funds	$	146,779	$	146,779	$	—
		Total cash and cash equivalents			146,779		146,779		—
		Available for-sale securities:
				U.S. government/agency securities	149,892		149,892		—
				Auction rate securities (1)	1,800		—		1,800
				Corporate debt (2)	45,510		—		45,510
		Total available-for-sale securities			197,202		149,892		47,310
		Invested funds in deferred compensation plan (3)			6,468		6,468		—
				Total assets measured at fair value	$	350,449	$	303,139	$	47,310
	Liabilities
		Deferred compensation plan obligation (3)			$	6,468	$	6,468	$	—
				Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	6,468	$	6,468	$	—

(2) Corporate debt includes corporate bonds and commercial paper which are valued using observable market prices for identical securities that are traded in less active markets.

Components of inventories

Tabular disclosure of available-for-sale securities which includes, but is not limited to, changes in the cost basis and fair value, fair value and gross unrealized gain (loss), fair values by type of security, contractual maturity and classification, amortized cost basis, contracts to acquire securities to be accounted for as available-for-sale, debt maturities, transfers to trading, change in net unrealized holding gain (loss) net of tax, continuous unrealized loss position fair value, aggregate losses qualitative disclosures, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses or other disclosures related to available for sale securities.

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Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

The components of inventories, net of reserves, are as follows (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017		April 2, 2016
Raw materials	$	92,282	$	89,928
Work in process	198,339		228,626
Finished goods	139,833		108,997
Total inventories	$	430,454	$	427,551

Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

The components of property and equipment, are as follows (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017			April 2, 2016
Land	$	25,025		$	25,255
Building and leasehold improvements	384,784			337,875
Machinery and equipment	1,565,233			1,188,310
Furniture and fixtures	14,482			13,884
Computer equipment and software	79,689			51,641
	2,069,213			1,616,965
Less accumulated depreciation	(981,328		)	(751,898		)
	1,087,885			865,067
Construction in progress	304,047			181,821
Total property and equipment, net	$	1,391,932		$	1,046,888

Business Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

The following unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information for fiscal 2015 assumes that the Business Combination was completed as of March 29, 2014 (in thousands, except per share data):



	2015
Revenue	$	2,556,045
Net income	30,447
Basic net income per share	$	0.21
Diluted net income per share	$	0.20

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Schedule of increases in amortization expense due to business combination [Table Text Block]



	2017		2016		2015
Cost of goods sold	$	190,792	$	199,257	$	49,583
Selling, general and administrative	283,000		283,000		70,750
Total	$	473,792	$	482,257	$	120,333

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, are as follows (in thousands):



	Mobile Products			Infrastructure and Defense Products			Total
Balance as of March 28, 2015 (1)	$	1,755,693		384,893			$	2,140,586
Measurement period adjustments from Business Combination (Note 6)	(4,190		)	(699		)	(4,889		)
Balance as of April 2, 2016 (1)	1,751,503			384,194			2,135,697
GreenPeak acquisition (Note 6)	—			38,217			38,217
Balance as of April 1, 2017 (1)	$	1,751,503		$	422,411		$	2,173,914

Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

The following summarizes information regarding the gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of intangibles assets (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017				April 2, 2016
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Intangible Assets:
Customer relationships	$	1,272,725	$	656,688	$	1,267,103	$	377,357
Developed technology	1,209,335		481,441		915,163		277,736
Backlog	65,000		65,000		65,000		65,000
Trade names	29,353		21,912		29,000		12,083
Wafer supply agreement	20,443		20,443		20,443		20,443
Technology licenses	13,346		11,711		12,446		11,021
Non-compete agreement	1,026		470		—		—
IPRD	47,000		N/A		267,000		N/A
Total	$	2,658,228	$	1,257,665	$	2,576,155	$	763,640

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

The following table provides the Company's estimated amortization expense for intangible assets based on current amortization periods for the periods indicated (in thousands):



Fiscal Year	Estimated Amortization Expense
2018	$	540,954
2019	455,451
2020	206,986
2021	155,525
2022	26,849

Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

Debt as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017			April 2, 2016
6.75% Senior Notes due 2023	$	450,000		$	450,000
7.00% Senior Notes due 2025	550,000			550,000
Less unamortized issuance costs	(10,846		)	(11,870		)
Total long-term debt	$	989,154		$	988,130

Tabular disclosure of long-debt instruments or arrangements, including identification, terms, features, collateral requirements and other information necessary to a fair presentation. These are debt arrangements that originally required repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the entity, if longer.

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Income before income taxes

Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income (loss) before income taxes consists of the following components (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017		2016			2015
United States	$	2,439	$	(35,923	)	$	127,281
Foreign	24,866		33,061			(6,040		)
Total	$	27,305	$	(2,862	)	$	121,241

Components of the income tax (provision) benefit

The components of the income tax provision are as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Current (expense) benefit:
Federal	$	(23,835	)	$	(4,285	)	$	(15,862	)
State	(476		)	(541		)	(2,871		)
Foreign	(47,579		)	(33,346		)	(16,175		)
	(71,890		)	(38,172		)	(34,908		)
Deferred benefit (expense):
Federal	$	2,762		$	27,794		$	100,884
State (1)	3,659			(31,229		)	3,928
Foreign	21,606			15,624			5,158
	28,027			12,189			109,970
Total	$	(43,863	)	$	(25,983	)	$	75,062

Reconciliation of the (provision for) or benefit from income taxes to income tax(expense) or benefit computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to pre-tax income.



	Fiscal Year
	2017					2016					2015
	Amount			Percentage		Amount			Percentage		Amount			Percentage
Income tax (expense) benefit at statutory federal rate	$	(9,557	)	35.00	%	$	1,002		35.00	%	$	(42,434	)	35.00	%
(Increase) decrease resulting from:
State benefit (provision), net of federal (provision) benefit	(662		)	2.42		(1,320		)	(46.14	)	(6,710		)	5.53
Tax credits	15,352			(56.22	)	15,459			540.21		3,538			(2.92	)
Effect of changes in income tax rate applied to net deferred tax assets	1,163			(4.26	)	(2,716		)	(94.92	)	(20		)	0.02
Foreign tax rate difference	(11,298		)	41.38		4,114			143.77		(13,342		)	11.00
Foreign permanent differences	(8,432		)	30.88		(1,700		)	(59.40	)	—			—
Change in valuation allowance	1,363			(4.99	)	(25,120		)	(877.84	)	135,812			(112.02	)
Stock-based compensation	(3,228		)	11.82		(5,362		)	(187.37	)	(1,309		)	1.08
Tax reserve adjustments	(21,789		)	79.80		(8,699		)	(303.99	)	(3,928		)	3.24
Deemed dividend	(6,989		)	25.60		(3,984		)	(139.21	)	(2,751		)	2.27
Domestic production activities deduction	—			—		—			—		2,620			(2.16	)
Other income tax (expense) benefit	214			(0.79	)	2,343			81.89		3,586			(2.95	)
	$	(43,863	)	160.64	%	$	(25,983	)	(908.00	)%	$	75,062		(61.91	)%

Significant components of net deferred income taxes

Significant components of the Company’s net deferred income taxes are as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016
Deferred income tax assets:
Inventory reserve	$	15,599		$	19,588
Equity compensation	83,333			93,340
Accumulated depreciation/basis difference	—			11,512
Net operating loss carry-forwards	40,575			52,050
Research and other credits	92,793			85,782
Employee benefits	13,247			12,659
Other deferred assets	23,355			19,876
Total deferred income tax assets	268,902			294,807
Valuation allowance	(33,104		)	(34,682		)
Total deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance	$	235,798		$	260,125

Deferred income tax liabilities:
Amortization and purchase accounting basis difference	$	(258,422	)	$	(322,578	)
Accumulated depreciation/basis difference	(91,337		)	(70,140		)
Deferred gain	—			(1,227		)
Total deferred income tax liabilities	(349,759		)	(393,945		)
Net deferred income tax liabilities	$	(113,961	)	$	(133,820	)

Amounts included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Non-current assets	17,550			18,340
Non-current liabilities	(131,511		)	(152,160		)

Net deferred income tax liabilities	$	(113,961	)	$	(133,820	)

Reconciliation of gross unrecognized tax benefits

A reconciliation of fiscal 2015 through fiscal 2017 beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Beginning balance	$	69,052		$	59,397		$	39,423
Additions based on positions related to current year	20,036			9,374			1,246
Additions for tax positions in prior years	1,878			2,723			23,986
Reductions for tax positions in prior years	(29		)	(1,973		)	(5,258		)
Expiration of statute of limitations	(322		)	(469		)	—
Ending balance	$	90,615		$	69,052		$	59,397

Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of the numerators and denominators in the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net (loss) income per share (in thousands, except per share data):



	For Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Numerator:
Numerator for basic and diluted net (loss) income per share — net (loss) income available to common stockholders	$	(16,558	)	$	(28,845	)	$	196,303
Denominator:
Denominator for basic net (loss) income per share — weighted average shares	127,121			141,937			90,477
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock-based awards	—			—			2,734
Denominator for diluted net (loss) income per share — adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions	127,121			141,937			93,211
Basic net (loss) income per share	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.20	)	$	2.17
Diluted net (loss) income per share	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.20	)	$	2.11

Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Summary of activity of the Company's director and employee stock option plans

A summary of activity of the Company’s director and employee stock option plans follows:



	Shares (in thousands)	Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding as of April 2, 2016	6,134	$	18.93
Granted	0	$	0.00
Exercised	(1,915)	$	16.91
Canceled	(34)	$	33.26
Forfeited	(8)	$	30.26
Outstanding as of April 1, 2017	4,177	$	19.72	4.36	$	204,035
Vested and expected to vest as of April 1, 2017	4,176	$	19.71	4.36	$	204,012
Options exercisable as of April 1, 2017	3,960	$	19.00	4.33	$	196,233

Assumptions used for stock option plans

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the assumptions noted in the following tables:



	Fiscal Year
	2017	2016			2015
Expected volatility	N/A	42.8		%	40.6		%
Expected dividend yield	N/A	0.0		%	0.0		%
Expected term (in years)	N/A	5.7			5.6
Risk-free interest rate	N/A	1.6		%	1.7		%
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the period	N/A	$	32.62		$	22.49

Restricted share plans

The following activity has occurred with respect to restricted stock unit awards:



	Shares (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Balance at April 2, 2016	2,095	$	47.09
Granted	1,223	52.80
Vested	(857)	37.59
Forfeited	(86)	53.10
Balance at April 1, 2017	2,375	$	53.00

Operating Segment and Geographical Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of details of reportable segments

The following tables present details of the Company’s reportable segments and a reconciliation of the “All other” category (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Revenue:
MP	$	2,384,041		$	2,083,334		$	1,395,035
IDP	644,653			523,512			313,274
All other (1)	3,880			3,880			2,657
Total revenue	$	3,032,574		$	2,610,726		$	1,710,966
Income from operations:
MP	$	554,001		$	591,751		$	404,382
IDP	152,539			108,370			72,262
All other	(618,481		)	(688,153		)	(354,178		)
Income from operations	$	88,059		$	11,968		$	122,466
Interest expense	$	(58,879	)	$	(23,316	)	$	(1,421	)
Interest income	1,212			2,068			450
Other (expense) income	(3,087		)	6,418			(254		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	27,305		$	(2,862	)	$	121,241

(1) "All other" revenue relates to royalty income that is not allocated to MP or IDP.

Summary of reconciliation of All other category



	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
Reconciliation of “All other” category:
Stock-based compensation expense	$	(88,845	)	$	(139,516	)	$	(64,941	)
Amortization of intangible assets	(494,387		)	(494,589		)	(142,749		)
Acquired inventory step-up and revaluation	(1,517		)	—			(72,850		)
Acquisition and integration related costs	(25,391		)	(26,503		)	(41,539		)
Restructuring and disposal costs	(1,696		)	(4,235		)	(14,175		)
IPR litigation settlement (costs)	4,337			(1,205		)	(8,263		)
Start-up costs	(9,694		)	(14,110		)	(1,698		)
Other expenses (including (gain) loss on assets and other miscellaneous corporate overhead)	(1,288		)	(7,995		)	(7,963		)
Loss from operations for “All other”	$	(618,481	)	$	(688,153	)	$	(354,178	)

Sales to customers by geographic region

The consolidated financial statements include revenue to customers by geographic region that are summarized as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year
	2017		2016		2015
Revenue:
United States	$	467,031	$	306,328	$	315,775
International	2,565,543		2,304,398		1,395,191



	Fiscal Year
	2017	2016	2015
Revenue:
United States	15%	12%	18%
Asia	81	83	75
Europe	3	4	6
Other	1	1	1

Long-lived assets by geographic region

The consolidated financial statements include the following long-lived tangible asset amounts related to operations of the Company by geographic region (in thousands):



	April 1, 2017		April 2, 2016		March 28, 2015
Long-lived tangible assets:
United States	$	1,082,754	$	816,882	$	697,305
China	244,728		183,836		126,509
Other countries	64,450		46,170		59,557

Consolidating Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Consolidating Financial Information [Abstract]

Condensed consolidating balance sheets



	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	April 1, 2017
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—		$	226,186	$	319,277	$	—		$	545,463
Accounts receivable, less allowance	—			57,874		300,074		—			357,948
Intercompany accounts and note receivable	—			392,075		36,603		(428,678		)	—
Inventories	—			131,225		322,559		(23,330		)	430,454
Prepaid expenses	—			29,032		7,197		—			36,229
Other receivables	—			7,239		58,008		—			65,247
Other current assets	—			25,534		730		—			26,264
Total current assets	—			869,165		1,044,448		(452,008		)	1,461,605
Property and equipment, net	—			1,078,761		314,910		(1,739		)	1,391,932
Goodwill	—			1,121,941		1,051,973		—			2,173,914
Intangible assets, net	—			599,618		800,945		—			1,400,563
Long-term investments	—			25,971		9,523		—			35,494
Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable	—			447,613		138,398		(586,011		)	—
Investment in subsidiaries	6,142,568			2,596,172		—		(8,738,740		)	—
Other non-current assets	820			33,249		24,746		—			58,815
Total assets	$	6,143,388		$	6,772,490	$	3,384,943	$	(9,778,498	)	$	6,522,323
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	—		$	111,799	$	104,447	$	—		$	216,246
Intercompany accounts and notes payable	—			36,603		392,075		(428,678		)	—
Accrued liabilities	23,150			111,700		35,734		—			170,584
Other current liabilities	—			55		31,943		—			31,998
Total current liabilities	23,150			260,157		564,199		(428,678		)	418,828
Long-term debt	989,154			—		—		—			989,154
Deferred tax liabilities	(83,333		)	171,284		43,560		—			131,511
Long-term intercompany accounts and notes payable	317,695			138,398		129,918		(586,011		)	—
Other long-term liabilities	—			35,014		51,094		—			86,108
Total liabilities	1,246,666			604,853		788,771		(1,014,689		)	1,625,601
Total stockholders’ equity	4,896,722			6,167,637		2,596,172		(8,763,809		)	4,896,722
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	6,143,388		$	6,772,490	$	3,384,943	$	(9,778,498	)	$	6,522,323



	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	April 2, 2016
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—		$	220,633	$	205,248	$	—		$	425,881
Short-term investments	—			186,808		—		—			186,808
Accounts receivable, less allowance	—			203,488		112,868		—			316,356
Intercompany accounts and notes receivable	—			532,508		404,330		(936,838		)	—
Inventories	—			186,627		325,346		(84,422		)	427,551
Prepaid expenses	—			56,151		7,699		—			63,850
Other receivables	—			37,033		10,347		—			47,380
Other current assets	—			40,866		518		—			41,384
Total current assets	—			1,464,114		1,066,356		(1,021,260		)	1,509,210
Property and equipment, net	—			807,586		239,495		(193		)	1,046,888
Goodwill	—			1,118,642		1,017,055		—			2,135,697
Intangible assets, net	—			786,314		1,026,201		—			1,812,515
Long-term investments	—			26,050		—		—			26,050
Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable	—			564,397		267,823		(832,220		)	—
Investment in subsidiaries	6,151,120			2,588,302		—		(8,739,422		)	—
Other non-current assets	1,091			39,478		25,890		—			66,459
Total assets	$	6,152,211		$	7,394,883	$	3,642,820	$	(10,593,095	)	$	6,596,819
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	—		$	141,792	$	66,508	$	(2,936	)	$	205,364
Intercompany accounts and notes payable	—			404,330		532,508		(936,838		)	—
Accrued liabilities	25,445			93,609		18,835		—			137,889
Other current liabilities	—			20,122		10,426		—			30,548
Total current liabilities	25,445			659,853		628,277		(939,774		)	373,801
Long-term debt	988,130			—		—		—			988,130
Deferred tax liabilities	(93,340		)	195,462		50,038		—			152,160
Long-term intercompany accounts and notes payable	232,303			267,823		332,094		(832,220		)	—
Other long-term liabilities	—			39,288		43,768		—			83,056
Total liabilities	1,152,538			1,162,426		1,054,177		(1,771,994		)	1,597,147
Total stockholders’ equity	4,999,673			6,232,457		2,588,643		(8,821,101		)	4,999,672
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	6,152,211		$	7,394,883	$	3,642,820	$	(10,593,095	)	$	6,596,819

Condensed consolidating statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss)



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income
	Fiscal Year 2017
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenue	$	—		$	1,316,576		$	2,918,865		$	(1,202,867	)	3,032,574
Cost of goods sold	—			979,190			2,023,715			(1,105,843		)	1,897,062
Gross profit	—			337,386			895,150			(97,024		)	1,135,512
Operating expenses:
Research and development	35,379			40,918			416,869			(22,330		)	470,836
Selling, general and administrative	53,465			253,531			370,812			(132,220		)	545,588
Other operating expense	—			16,065			8,409			6,555			31,029
Total operating expenses	88,844			310,514			796,090			(147,995		)	1,047,453
Income (loss) from operations	(88,844		)	26,872			99,060			50,971			88,059
Interest expense	(57,344		)	(2,619		)	(3,129		)	4,213			(58,879		)
Interest income	—			4,457			759			(4,004		)	1,212
Other (expense) income	—			426			(1,999		)	(1,514		)	(3,087		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(146,188		)	29,136			94,691			49,666			27,305
Income tax (expense) benefit	46,003			(63,893		)	(25,973		)	—			(43,863		)
Income in subsidiaries	83,627			68,718			—			(152,345		)	—
Net (loss) income	$	(16,558	)	$	33,961		$	68,718		$	(102,679	)	$	(16,558	)

Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(17,731	)	$	34,014		$	67,492		$	(101,506	)	$	(17,731	)



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income
	Fiscal Year 2016
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenue	$	—		$	2,212,062		$	2,762,150		$	(2,363,486	)	2,610,726
Cost of goods sold	—			1,778,336			2,060,702			(2,277,865		)	1,561,173
Gross profit	—			433,726			701,448			(85,621		)	1,049,553
Operating expenses:
Research and development	67,158			106,560			304,219			(29,174		)	448,763
Selling, general and administrative	72,358			151,814			360,593			(50,666		)	534,099
Other operating expense	—			50,928			2,447			1,348			54,723
Total operating expenses	139,516			309,302			667,259			(78,492		)	1,037,585
Income (loss) from operations	(139,516		)	124,424			34,189			(7,129		)	11,968
Interest expense	(21,895		)	(2,419		)	(3,029		)	4,027			(23,316		)
Interest income	—			2,650			3,003			(3,585		)	2,068
Other income (expense)	—			5,467			(298		)	1,249			6,418
(Loss) income before income taxes	(161,411		)	130,122			33,865			(5,438		)	(2,862		)
Income tax (expense) benefit	44,014			(49,751		)	(20,246		)	—			(25,983		)
Income in subsidiaries	88,552			13,619			—			(102,171		)	—
Net (loss) income	$	(28,845	)	$	93,990		$	13,619		$	(107,609	)	$	(28,845	)

Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(31,854	)	$	89,738		$	14,862		$	(104,600	)	$	(31,854	)



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	Fiscal Year 2015
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Revenue	$	—		$	2,523,495		$	1,408,913		$	(2,221,442	)	1,710,966
Cost of goods sold	—			1,910,297			1,260,814			(2,149,453		)	1,021,658
Gross profit	—			613,198			148,099			(71,989		)	689,308
Operating expenses:
Research and development	18,335			202,337			45,751			(8,929		)	257,494
Selling, general and administrative	23,776			160,538			90,055			(24,483		)	249,886
Other operating expense	—			55,774			3,475			213			59,462
Total operating expenses	42,111			418,649			139,281			(33,199		)	566,842
Income (loss) from operations	(42,111		)	194,549			8,818			(38,790		)	122,466
Interest expense	—			(2,770		)	(1,583		)	2,932			(1,421		)
Interest income	—			1,009			2,281			(2,840		)	450
Other (expense) income	—			(906		)	694			(42		)	(254		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(42,111		)	191,882			10,210			(38,740		)	121,241
Income tax benefit (expense)	13,350			73,268			(11,556		)	—			75,062
Income (loss) in subsidiaries	35,243			(1,346		)	—			(33,894		)	—
Net income (loss)	$	6,482		$	263,804		$	(1,346	)	$	(72,634	)	$	196,303

Comprehensive income (loss)	$	6,482		$	267,724		$	(4,605	)	$	(72,637	)	$	196,964

Condensed consolidating statements of cash flows



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
	Fiscal Year 2017
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	165,660		$	175,988		$	435,172		$	—		$	776,820
Investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	—			(469		)	—			—			(469		)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	—			186,793			—			—			186,793
Purchase of a business, net of cash acquired	—			—			(118,133		)	—			(118,133		)
Purchase of property and equipment	—			(424,175		)	(128,527		)	—			(552,702		)
Other investing activities	—			3,924			(9,900		)	—			(5,976		)
Net transactions with related parties	—			61,891			—			(61,891		)	—
Net cash used in investing activities	—			(172,036		)	(256,560		)	(61,891		)	(490,487		)
Financing activities:
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	65			—			—			—			65
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	59,148			—			—			—			59,148
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(209,357		)	—			—			—			(209,357		)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(15,516		)	—			—			—			(15,516		)
Other financing activities	—			14			—			—			14
Net transactions with related parties	—			1,587			(63,478		)	61,891			—
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(165,660		)	1,601			(63,478		)	61,891			(165,646		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(1,105		)	—			(1,105		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	—			5,553			114,029			—			119,582
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	—			220,633			205,248			—			425,881
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	—		$	226,186		$	319,277		$	—		$	545,463



	Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
	Fiscal Year 2016
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	282,955		$	273,171		$	131,801		$	—	$	687,927
Investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	—			(340,527		)	—			—		(340,527		)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities	—			390,009			—			—		390,009
Purchase of property and equipment	—			(244,817		)	(70,807		)	—		(315,624		)
Other investing activities	—			(12,830		)	258			—		(12,572		)
Net cash used in investing activities	—			(208,165		)	(70,549		)	—		(278,714		)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from debt issuances	1,175,000			—			—			—		1,175,000
Payment of debt	(175,000		)	—			—			—		(175,000		)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	935			—			—			—		935
Debt issuance costs	(13,588		)	—			—			—		(13,588		)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	51,875			—			—			—		51,875
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(1,300,009		)	—			—			—		(1,300,009		)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(22,168		)	—			—			—		(22,168		)
Other financing activities	—			103			—			—		103
Net transactions with related parties	—			1,192			(1,192		)	—		—
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(282,955		)	1,295			(1,192		)	—		(282,852		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(294		)	—		(294		)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			66,301			59,766			—		126,067
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	—			154,332			145,482			—		299,814
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	—		$	220,633		$	205,248		$	—	$	425,881



	Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
	Fiscal Year 2015
(in thousands)	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	25,059		$	187,786		$	92,779		$	—	$	305,624
Investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	—			(370,734		)	(17,000		)	—		(387,734		)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	—			234,185			27,000			—		261,185
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired	—			165,665			58,659			—		224,324
Purchase of property and equipment	—			(116,868		)	(52,994		)	—		(169,862		)
Other investing	—			8,489			(344		)	—		8,145
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	—			(79,263		)	15,321			—		(63,942		)
Financing activities:
Payment of debt	—			(87,503		)	—			—		(87,503		)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	13,993			—			—			—		13,993
Debt issuance cost	—			(36		)	—			—		(36		)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	46,072			—			—			—		46,072
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(50,874		)	—			—			—		(50,874		)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(34,250		)	—			—			—		(34,250		)
Other financing	—			(300		)	—			—		(300		)
Net transactions with related parties	—			1,376			(1,376		)	—		—
Net cash used in financing activities	(25,059		)	(86,463		)	(1,376		)	—		(112,898		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(868		)	—		(868		)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			22,060			105,856			—		127,916
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	—			132,272			39,626			—		171,898
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	—		$	154,332		$	145,482		$	—	$	299,814

Quarterly Financial Summary (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Summary (Unaudited)

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL SUMMARY (UNAUDITED):



Fiscal 2017 Quarter
(in thousands, except
per share data)	First				Second			Third				Fourth
Revenue	$	698,537			$	864,698		$	826,347			$	642,992
Gross profit	276,475				316,799			310,642				231,596
Net (loss) income	(5,675		)	^(1),(2),(3)	11,847		^(1),(2),(3)	(78,638		)	^{(1),(2),(3),(4)}	55,908			^{(1),(2),(3),(5)}
Net (loss) income per share:
Basic	$	(0.04	)		$	0.09		$	(0.62	)		$	0.44
Diluted	$	(0.04	)		$	0.09		$	(0.62	)		$	0.43

Fiscal 2016 Quarter
(in thousands, except
per share data)	First				Second			Third				Fourth
Revenue	$	673,641			$	708,335		$	620,681			$	608,069
Gross profit	279,517				284,848			230,988				254,200
Net income (loss)	2,036			^(1),(2)	4,448		^(1),(2),(6)	(11,127		)	^(1),(2),(3)	(24,202		)	^{(1),(2),(3),(7)}
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.01			$	0.03		$	(0.08	)		$	(0.18	)
Diluted	$	0.01			$	0.03		$	(0.08	)		$	(0.18	)

6. Income tax expense of $13.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $4.6 million related to reductions to state deferred tax assets (Note 12).

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2015

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Current Fiscal Year End Date

--04-01

Maturity Period For Available For Sale Investments Classification As Current Investments Minimum [greater than]

3 months

Maturity Period For Available For Sale Investments Classification As Current Investments Maximum [less than]

1 year

Maturity Period for Available for Sale Investments Classification As Long Term Investments Minimum [exceeding]

1 year

Value Added Tax Receivable

$ 55,400,000

$ 37,300,000

Period of Projected Net Cash Flows

^[1]

$ 2,140,586,000

$ 2,173,914,000

2,135,697,000

$ 2,140,586,000

8 years

Goodwill, Impairment Loss

$ 0

Completed and transferred acquired in-process research and development during period

220,000,000

203,000,000

Accrued compensation and benefits

98,700,000

76,300,000

Interest Payable

$ 23,200,000

25,500,000

Rebates As Percentage Of Sales [Less Than]

7.00%

Percentage Of Net Revenue Other Agreements [Less Than]

1.00%

Valuation Allowance, Methodologies and Assumptions

.50

Total remaining unearned compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock units and options

$ 70,500,000

Weighted-average remaining service period of unearned compensation costs related to nonvested restricted stock units and options

1 year 2 months 12 days

Minimum [Member]

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life

1 year

Maximum [Member]

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life

39 years

Technology licenses [Member] | Minimum [Member]

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Technology licenses [Member] | Maximum [Member]

5 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Customer Relationships | Minimum [Member]

8 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Customer Relationships | Maximum [Member]

3 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Developed Technology | Minimum [Member]

10 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Developed Technology | Maximum [Member]

3 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Wafer Supply Agreement [Member]

6 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Trade Names [Member] | Minimum [Member]

4 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Trade Names [Member] | Maximum [Member]

2 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

3 years

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)

$ 2,036,700,000

2,394,000,000

TriQuint Merger [Member] | In-process research and development

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)

470,000,000

Infrastructure and Defense Products [Member]

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Effect of one percent decrease in discount rate

384,893,000

$ 422,411,000

384,194,000

384,893,000

Discount rate

16.00%

$ 140,000,000

Effect of a one percent increase in discount rate

110,000,000

Effect of one point decrease in long-term growth rate

50,000,000

Effect of a one percent increase in the long-term growth rate

70,000,000

Mobile Products [Member]

The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

Effect of one percent decrease in discount rate

$ 1,755,693,000

$ 1,751,503,000

$ 1,755,693,000

Long term growth rate

3.00%

Discount rate

15.00%

$ 660,000,000

Effect of a one percent increase in discount rate

560,000,000

Effect of one point decrease in long-term growth rate

290,000,000

Effect of a one percent increase in the long-term growth rate

$ 340,000,000

[1]	The Company’s goodwill balance is presented net of accumulated impairment losses and write-offs of $621.6 million.

Concentrations of Credit Risk (Details) - Sales Revenue, Net [Member] - Customer Concentration Risk [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Apple [Member]
Revenue from significant customers
Percentage	34.00%	37.00%	32.00%
Huawei [Member]
Revenue from significant customers
Percentage	11.00%	12.00%	7.00%
Samsung [Member]
Revenue from significant customers
Percentage	7.00%	7.00%	14.00%

Concentrations of Credit Risk (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Details Textual)	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Textual)
Percentage	48.00%	51.00%	50.00%

Investments and Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Cost	$ 2,164	$ 344,313
Gross unrealized gains		19
Gross unrealized losses	(429)	(351)
Estimated fair value	1,735	343,981
U.S. government/agency securities
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Cost		149,874
Gross unrealized gains		19
Gross unrealized losses		(1)
Estimated fair value		149,892
Auction rate securities
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Cost	2,150	2,150
Gross unrealized losses	(429)	(350)
Estimated fair value	1,721	1,800
Corporate Debt
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Cost		45,510
Estimated fair value		45,510
Money market funds
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Cost	14	146,779
Estimated fair value	$ 14	$ 146,779

Investments and Fair Value Measurements (Details 1) - Debt Securities [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Cost of investments in cash equivalents and debt securities due in less than one year	$ 14	$ 342,163
Cost of investments in cash equivalents and debt securities due after ten years	2,150	2,150
Total cost of investments in cash equivalents and debt securities	2,164	344,313
Estimated fair value of cash equivalents and investments in debt securities due in less than one year	14	342,181
Estimated fair value of cash equivalents and investments in debt securities due after ten years	1,721	1,800
Estimated fair value	$ 1,735	$ 343,981

Investments and Fair Value Measurements (Details 2) - Recurring [Member] - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

Deferred compensation plan assets

$ 1,721

$ 197,202

^[1]

10,237

6,468

Total assets measured at fair value

11,972

350,449

Deferred compensation plan liability

^[1]

10,237

6,468

Total liabilities measured at fair value

10,237

6,468

Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

Deferred compensation plan assets

149,892

^[1]

10,237

6,468

Total assets measured at fair value

10,251

303,139

Deferred compensation plan liability

^[1]

10,237

6,468

Total liabilities measured at fair value

10,237

6,468

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

Total assets measured at fair value

1,721

47,310

1,721

47,310

U.S. government/agency securities

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

U.S. government/agency securities | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]

149,892

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

149,892

Auction rate securities

Auction rate securities | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]

^[2]

1,721

1,800

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

^[2]

1,721

1,800

Corporate Debt

Corporate Debt | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]

^[3]

45,510

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

^[3]

45,510

Money market funds

Money market funds | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]

146,779

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]

146,779

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]

146,779

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Line Items]

$ 14

$ 146,779

[1]	(3) The non-qualified deferred compensation plan provides eligible employees and members of the Board of Directors with the opportunity to defer a specified percentage of their cash compensation. The Company includes the asset deferred by the participants in the “Other current assets” and “Other non-current assets” line items of its Consolidated Balance Sheets and the Company's obligation to deliver the deferred compensation in the "Other current liabilities" and “Other long-term liabilities” line items of its Consolidated Balance Sheets.
[2]	(1) ARS are debt instruments with interest rates that reset through periodic short-term auctions. The Company's Level 2 ARS are valued based on quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active.
[3]	(2) Corporate debt includes corporate bonds and commercial paper which are valued using observable market prices for identical securities that are traded in less active markets.

Investments and Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Aug. 04, 2015
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss	$ 0	$ 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gains	0	10,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value	400	400
Fair value of available-for-sale securities in a continuous unrealized loss position	1,700	55,600
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities in a continuous unrealized loss position	400	400
Estimated fair value	1,735	343,981
U.S. government/agency securities
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Estimated fair value		149,892
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Estimated fair value	$ 0	$ 0
Cavendish [Member]
Schedule of Cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities
Equity Method Investments			$ 25,000

Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Components of inventories
Raw materials	$ 92,282	$ 89,928
Work in process	198,339	228,626
Finished goods	139,833	108,997
Total inventories	$ 430,454	$ 427,551

Property and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Land	$ 25,025	$ 25,255
Building and leasehold improvements	384,784	337,875
Machinery and equipment	1,565,233	1,188,310
Furniture and fixtures	14,482	13,884
Computer equipment and software	79,689	51,641
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	2,069,213	1,616,965
Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment	981,328	751,898
Property And Equipment Net Excluding Construction In Progress	1,087,885	865,067
Construction in progress	304,047	181,821
Property and equipment, net	$ 1,391,932	$ 1,046,888

Business Acquisitions (Details) - Pro Forma [Member] - TriQuint Merger [Member] $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Line Items]
Revenue \| $	$ 2,556,045
Net income (loss) \| $	$ 30,447
Basic net income (loss) per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.21
Diluted net income (loss) per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.20

Business Acquisitions (Details Textual)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Apr. 29, 2016

USD ($)

Jan. 01, 2015

USD ($)

$ / shares

Apr. 01, 2017

USD ($)

$ / shares

Dec. 31, 2016

USD ($)

Oct. 01, 2016

USD ($)

Jul. 02, 2016

USD ($)

Apr. 02, 2016

USD ($)

Jan. 02, 2016

USD ($)

Oct. 03, 2015

USD ($)

Jun. 27, 2015

USD ($)

Mar. 28, 2015

USD ($)

Apr. 01, 2017

USD ($)

$ / shares

Apr. 02, 2016

USD ($)

Mar. 28, 2015

USD ($)

Business combination, Cash acquired

Share Price | $ / shares

$ 66.36

$ 68.56

$ 700

Share exchange ratio (before giving effect to the reverse stock split)

1.6749

Reverse stock split

one-for-four

^[1]

$ 2,173,914

$ 2,135,697

$ 2,140,586

$ 2,173,914

$ 2,135,697

$ 2,140,586

4,889

Net loss

55,908

^{[2],[3],[4],[5]}

$ (78,638)

^{[2],[4],[5],[6]}

$ 11,847

^[2],[4],[5]

$ (5,675)

^[2],[4],[5]

(24,202)

^{[2],[4],[5],[7]}

$ (11,127)

^[2],[4],[5]

$ 4,448

^[4],[5],[8]

$ 2,036

^[4],[5]

(16,558)

(28,845)

196,303

Acquisition-related costs

88,059

11,968

122,466

12,200

Restructuring costs

400

500

800

500

3,000

3,800

2,900

Integration related costs

$ 2,700

$ 3,900

$ 5,000

$ 5,300

$ 5,500

$ 5,000

$ 5,600

$ 10,400

16,900

26,500

31,300

GreenPeak [Member]

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred

(118,100)

$ 38,200

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred

$ (5,254,400)

2,036,700

259,500

$ 132,500

2,000

$ 10,100

$ 10,900

MP [Member] | TriQuint Merger [Member]

IDP [Member] | TriQuint Merger [Member]

1,745,500

Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] | TriQuint Merger [Member]

$ 291,200

Deferred Taxes [Member] | TriQuint Merger [Member]

3,800

$ 1,100

[1]	The Company’s goodwill balance is presented net of accumulated impairment losses and write-offs of $621.6 million.
[2]	In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2023 and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $14.5 million, $14.9 million, $13.8 million and $13.1 million (net of capitalized interest) in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded interest expense of $6.7 million and $13.9 million (net of capitalized interest), in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively (Note 8).
[3]	Income tax benefit of $93.2 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).
[4]	The Company recorded integration related expenses of $5.3 million, $5.0 million, $3.9 million and $2.7 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively, associated with the Business Combination. The Company recorded integration related expenses of $10.4 million, $5.6 million, $5.0 million, and $5.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively, associated with the Business Combination (Note 6).
[5]	The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $0.8 million, $0.5 million, $0.4 million, and $0.4 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $2.9 million, $3.8 million, $3.0 million, and $0.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016 (Note 11).
[6]	Income tax expense of $123.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).
[7]	Income tax expense of $21.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $16.3 million related to increases in the valuation allowance for state net operating loss and state credit deferred tax assets (Note 12).
[8]	Income tax expense of $13.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $4.6 million related to reductions to state deferred tax assets (Note 12).

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Goodwill, Beginning Balance

^[1]

$ 2,135,697

$ 2,140,586

Goodwill, accumulated impairment losses and write-offs

(4,889)

Goodwill, Ending Balance

^[1]

2,173,914

2,135,697

621,600

$ 621,600

Mobile Products [Member]

Goodwill, Beginning Balance

1,751,503

1,755,693

Infrastructure and Defense Products [Member]

(4,190)

Goodwill, Ending Balance

1,751,503

Goodwill, Beginning Balance

384,194

384,893

(699)

Goodwill, Ending Balance

422,411

$ 384,194

GreenPeak [Member]

Goodwill, Acquired During Period

38,217

GreenPeak [Member] | Mobile Products [Member]

Goodwill, Acquired During Period

GreenPeak [Member] | Infrastructure and Defense Products [Member]

Goodwill, Acquired During Period

$ 38,217

[1]	The Company’s goodwill balance is presented net of accumulated impairment losses and write-offs of $621.6 million.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Accumulated Amortization	$ 1,257,665	$ 763,640
Gross Carrying Amount	2,658,228	2,576,155
Technology licenses [Member]
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	13,346	12,446
Accumulated Amortization	11,711	11,021
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	1,026	0
Accumulated Amortization	470	0
Customer Relationships
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	1,272,725	1,267,103
Accumulated Amortization	656,688	377,357
Developed Technology
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	1,209,335	915,163
Accumulated Amortization	481,441	277,736
Wafer supply agreement [Member]
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	20,443	20,443
Accumulated Amortization	20,443	20,443
Trade Names [Member]
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	29,353	29,000
Accumulated Amortization	21,912	12,083
Backlog [Member]
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	65,000	65,000
Accumulated Amortization	65,000	65,000
In-process research and development
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 47,000	$ 267,000

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 2) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Estimated Amortization Expense
2018	$ 540,954
2019	455,451
2020	206,986
2021	155,525
2022	$ 26,849

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets amortization (Note 7)		$ 494,752	$ 494,589	$ 142,749
TriQuint Merger [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets amortization (Note 7)	$ 120,333	473,792	482,257
TriQuint Merger [Member] \| Cost of goods sold
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets amortization (Note 7)	49,583	190,792	199,257
TriQuint Merger [Member] \| Selling, general and administrative
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets amortization (Note 7)	$ 70,750	$ 283,000	$ 283,000

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details Textual) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Apr. 29, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Jan. 01, 2015

Intangible assets amortization (Note 6)

^[1]

$ 2,140,586

$ 2,173,914

$ 2,135,697

$ 2,140,586

494,752

494,589

142,749

In-process research and development placed in service

220,000

203,000

In-process research and development

Transferred and in service in-process research and development

Intangible assets

$ 47,000

267,000

4 years

GreenPeak [Member]

$ 82,100

GreenPeak [Member] | Developed Technology

38,200

Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life

$ 74,200

7 years

GreenPeak [Member] | Customer Relationships

Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life

$ 5,600

3 years

Intangible assets amortization (Note 6)

$ 2,036,700

120,333

$ 473,792

482,257

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)

2,394,000

TriQuint Merger [Member] | In-process research and development

Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)

470,000

470,000

Mobile Products [Member]

Mobile Products [Member] | TriQuint Merger [Member] | In-process research and development

1,755,693

1,751,503

1,755,693

Infrastructure and Defense Products [Member]

350,000

Intangible assets

37,000

Infrastructure and Defense Products [Member] | TriQuint Merger [Member] | In-process research and development

384,893

422,411

$ 384,194

$ 384,893

Minimum [Member] | Developed Technology

$ 120,000

Intangible assets

$ 10,000

Minimum [Member] | Customer Relationships

3 years

Minimum [Member] | Transferred and in service in-process research and development

3 years

Minimum [Member] | Infrastructure and Defense Products [Member]

4 years

Remaining research and development costs

$ 2,000

Maximum [Member] | Developed Technology

Maximum [Member] | Customer Relationships

6 years

Maximum [Member] | Transferred and in service in-process research and development

10 years

Maximum [Member] | Infrastructure and Defense Products [Member]

6 years

Remaining research and development costs

$ 3,000

[1]	The Company’s goodwill balance is presented net of accumulated impairment losses and write-offs of $621.6 million.

Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt (Note 8)	$ 989,154	$ 988,130
Unamortized Debt Issuance Expense	10,846	11,870
6.75% Senior Notes due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt (Note 8)	450,000	450,000
7.00% Senior Notes due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt (Note 8)	$ 550,000	$ 550,000

Debt (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Debt (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 19, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 12, 2015	Apr. 07, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest paid	$ 71,171	$ 2,164	$ 930
Net carrying amount of debt	989,154	988,130
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Expense, Borrowings	69,900	25,800
Interest Costs Capitalized	13,600	5,200
Interest paid	$ 71,200
6.75% Senior Notes due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 450,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.75%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount Redeemed	35.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	106.75%
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 489,400	465,800
Net carrying amount of debt	$ 450,000	450,000
7.00% Senior Notes due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 550,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount Redeemed	35.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	107.00%
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 607,800	581,600
Net carrying amount of debt	$ 550,000	$ 550,000
Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity						$ 300,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum amount of increase that may be requested						150,000
Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Standby Letters of Credit [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity						25,000
Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Swingline Loan [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity						$ 10,000
Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Allowed	3.00				2.50
Line of Credit Facility, Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio Required	3.00
Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Federal Funds Rate [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	0.50%
Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Eurodollar [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.00%
Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Default rate increase [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	2.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Eurodollar [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	2.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	1.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Eurodollar [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	1.50%
Minimum [Member] \| Bank of America Syndicate [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	0.50%

Retirement Benefit Plans (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Retirement Benefit Plans (Details) $ in Millions	Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 USD ($)
U. S. Defined Contribution Plan [Member]
Retirement Benefit Plan (Textual)
Defined Contribution Plan, Company Contribution Amount	$ 11.5	$ 11.7	$ 6.5
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan [Member]
Retirement Benefit Plan (Textual)
Assets held in rabbi trust	10.2	6.5
Assets held in rabbi trust, current	0.7	0.5
Assets held in rabbi trust, noncurrent	9.5	6.0
Germany Defined Pension Plan [Member]
Retirement Benefit Plan (Textual)
Defined benefit plan insurance receivable	3.3	3.4
Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Benefit Obligation	11.4	11.3
Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$ 0.6	$ 0.8	$ 0.4
Number of retirement benefit plans offered by the Company	2

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Schedule of Operating Lease Future Minimum Lease Payments [Line Items]
2017	$ 13,720
2018	10,802
2019	8,036
2020	7,439
2021	6,193
Thereafter	17,266
Total minimum payment	$ 63,456

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details Textual) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($) period	Apr. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 USD ($)
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Textual)
Total future minimum lease payments	$ 63,456
Rent expense under operating leases	$ 14,800	$ 14,200	$ 12,100
Facility [Member]
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Textual)
Number of renewal periods for operating leases \| period	2
Operating lease renewal period	10 years
Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Textual)
Operating Leases, remaining terms	1 year
Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Textual)
Operating Leases, remaining terms	11 years
Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Textual)
Operating Leases, remaining terms	1 year
Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Textual)
Operating Leases, remaining terms	3 years

Restructuring (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Restructuring (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 02, 2016	Apr. 02, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Jun. 27, 2015	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs	$ 0.4	$ 0.4	$ 0.5	$ 0.8	$ 0.5	$ 3.0	$ 3.8	$ 2.9
Accrued Liabilities [Member] \| Employee termination benefits
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring obligations	1.6				1.6				$ 1.6	$ 1.6
Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member] \| Lease obligations
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring obligations	$ 2.1				$ 2.5				2.1	2.5
Other operating expense
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs									$ 2.1	$ 10.2	$ 12.4

Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Income (loss) before income taxes
United States	$ 2,439	$ (35,923)	$ 127,281
Foreign	24,866	33,061	(6,040)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$ 27,305	$ (2,862)	$ 121,241

Income Taxes (Details 1) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Apr. 02, 2016

Oct. 03, 2015

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Current (expense) benefit:

Federal

$ (23,835)

$ (4,285)

$ (15,862)

State

(476)

(541)

(2,871)

Foreign

(47,579)

(33,346)

(16,175)

Total current (expense) benefit

(71,890)

(38,172)

(34,908)

Deferred (expense) benefit:

Federal

2,762

27,794

100,884

State

3,659

(31,229)

^[1]

3,928

Foreign

21,606

15,624

5,158

Total deferred (expense) benefit

28,027

12,189

109,970

Total

$ 93,200

$ (123,200)

$ (21,500)

$ (13,800)

$ (43,863)

$ (25,983)

$ 75,062

[1]	(1) In fiscal 2016, the state deferred tax expense included a $31.0 million income tax expense related to an increase in the valuation allowance for the deferred tax asset related to state net operating losses and tax credits.

Income Taxes (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Apr. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
ReconciliationOfProvisionOfIncomeTaxes [Line Items]
Income tax expense at statutory federal rate					$ (9,557)	$ 1,002	$ (42,434)
Income tax expense at statutory federal rate, Percentage					35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Decrease (increase) resulting from:
State benefit (provision), net of federal (provision) benefit					$ (662)	$ (1,320)	$ (6,710)
State benefit (provision), net of federal (provision) benefit, Percentage					2.42%	(46.14%)	5.53%
Research and development credits					$ 15,352	$ 15,459	$ 3,538
Research and development credits, Percentage					(56.22%)	540.21%	(2.92%)
Effect of changes in income tax rate applied to net deferred tax assets					$ 1,163	$ (2,716)	$ (20)
Effect of changes in income tax rate applied to net deferred tax assets, Percentage					(4.26%)	(94.92%)	0.02%
Foreign tax rate difference					$ (11,298)	$ 4,114	$ (13,342)
Foreign tax rate difference, Percentage					41.38%	143.77%	11.00%
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, foreign permanent differences, amount					$ (8,432)	$ (1,700)	$ 0
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, foreign permanent differences, percent					30.88%	(59.40%)	0.00%
Change in valuation allowance					$ 1,363	$ (25,120)	$ 135,812
Change in valuation allowance, Percentage					(4.99%)	(877.84%)	(112.02%)
Stock-based compensation					$ (3,228)	$ (5,362)	$ (1,309)
Share-based compensation, Percentage					11.82%	(187.37%)	1.08%
Tax reserve adjustments					$ (21,789)	$ (8,699)	$ (3,928)
Tax reserve adjustments, Percentage					79.80%	(303.99%)	3.24%
Deemed dividend					$ (6,989)	$ (3,984)	$ (2,751)
Deemed Dividend, Percentage					25.60%	(139.21%)	2.27%
Domestic production activities deduction					$ 0	$ 0	$ 2,620
Domestic production activities deduction, Percent					(0.00%)	(0.00%)	(2.16%)
Other income tax benefit (expense)					$ 214	$ 2,343	$ 3,586
Other income tax benefit (expense), Percentage					(0.79%)	81.89%	(2.95%)
Total	$ 93,200	$ (123,200)	$ (21,500)	$ (13,800)	$ (43,863)	$ (25,983)	$ 75,062
Total, Percentage					160.64%	(908.00%)	(61.91%)

Income Taxes (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Deferred income tax assets:
Inventory reserve	$ 15,599	$ 19,588
Equity compensation	83,333	93,340
Accumulated depreciation/basis difference	0	11,512
Net operating loss carry-forwards	40,575	52,050
Research and other credits	92,793	85,782
Employee benefits	13,247	12,659
Other deferred assets	23,355	19,876
Total deferred income tax assets	268,902	294,807
Valuation allowance	(33,104)	(34,682)
Total deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance	235,798	260,125
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Amortization and purchase accounting basis difference	(258,422)	(322,578)
Accumulated depreciation/basis difference	(91,337)	(70,140)
Deferred gain	0	(1,227)
Total deferred tax liabilities	349,759	393,945
Amounts included in consolidated balance sheets:
Non-current assets	17,550	18,340
Non-current liabilities	(131,511)	(152,160)
Total deferred income tax liabilities	$ (113,961)	$ (133,820)

Income Taxes (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Reconciliation of gross unrecognized tax benefits
Beginning balance	$ 69,052	$ 59,397	$ 39,423
Additions based on positions related to current year	20,036	9,374	1,246
Additions for tax positions in prior years	1,878	2,723	23,986
Reductions for tax positions in prior years	(29)	(1,973)	(5,258)
Expiration of statute of limitations	(322)	(469)	0
Ending balance	$ 90,615	$ 69,052	$ 59,397

Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance		$ 33,104	$ 34,682
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount		(1,600)	$ 20,900	$ (129,500)
North Carolina State Corporate Tax Rate				5.00%
New North Carolina State Corporate Tax Rate			4.00%
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries		993,000
Foreign jurisdiction exemption reduction, Dollar Amount		$ 2,700	$ 8,300
Foreign jurisdiction exemption reduction, per share amount		$ 0.02	$ 0.06
Gross unrecognized tax benefits	$ 59,397	$ 90,615	$ 69,052	$ 59,397	$ 39,423
Unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate	55,000	84,400	64,200	55,000
Additions for tax positions in prior years		1,878	2,723	23,986
Interest and penalties expense (benefit) recognized related to uncertain tax positions		2,100	1,600	1,200
Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits	3,400	7,100	5,000	3,400
Long-term Tax Liability		$ 16,600
Period gross unrecognized tax benefits may be reduced		12 months
Taxes Payable, Current		$ 31,700	29,900
State Deferred Tax Assets [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount			31,000
Domestic and foreign deferred tax assets [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount				(135,700)
Domestic deferred tax assets [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance	13,600	32,300	29,500	13,600
Foreign [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance	200	800	5,200	200
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount		(5,200)	5,000
TriQuint merger deferred tax asset [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount			(4,300)
Amalfi acquisition deferred tax asset [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount				$ 6,200
State net operating losses and credits [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount		2,800	$ 20,200
Foreign net operating losses [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount		800
U.S. Federal [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Loss carryovers		202,600
State [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Loss carryovers		209,300
Research Tax Credit Carryforward [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Income tax credits		104,800
Foreign [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Income tax credits		5,000
State [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Income tax credits		57,400
Alternative mininmum tax [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Income tax credits		3,200
TriQuint Merger [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Additions for tax positions in prior years	$ 17,100
CHINA \| Foreign [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Loss carryovers		3,300
NETHERLANDS \| Foreign [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual)
Loss carryovers		$ 55,400

Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Oct. 01, 2016

Jul. 02, 2016

Apr. 02, 2016

Jan. 02, 2016

Oct. 03, 2015

Jun. 27, 2015

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Numerator:

Numerator for basic and diluted net (loss) income per share - net (loss) income available to common stockholders

$ 55,908

^{[1],[2],[3],[4]}

$ (78,638)

^{[1],[3],[4],[5]}

$ 11,847

^[1],[3],[4]

$ (5,675)

^[1],[3],[4]

$ (24,202)

^{[1],[3],[4],[6]}

$ (11,127)

^[1],[3],[4]

$ 4,448

^[3],[4],[7]

$ 2,036

^[3],[4]

$ (16,558)

$ (28,845)

$ 196,303

Denominator:

Denominator for basic net (loss) income per share — weighted average shares

127,121

141,937

90,477

Effect of dilutive securities:

Stock-based awards

2,734

Denominator for diluted net (loss) income per share — adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions

127,121

141,937

93,211

Basic net (loss) income per share

$ 0.44

$ (0.62)

$ 0.09

$ (0.04)

$ (0.18)

$ (0.08)

$ 0.03

$ 0.01

$ (0.13)

$ (0.20)

$ 2.17

Diluted net (loss) income per share

$ 0.43

$ (0.62)

$ 0.09

$ (0.04)

$ (0.18)

$ (0.08)

$ 0.03

$ 0.01

$ (0.13)

$ (0.20)

$ 2.11

[1]	In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2023 and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $14.5 million, $14.9 million, $13.8 million and $13.1 million (net of capitalized interest) in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded interest expense of $6.7 million and $13.9 million (net of capitalized interest), in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively (Note 8).
[2]	Income tax benefit of $93.2 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).
[3]	The Company recorded integration related expenses of $5.3 million, $5.0 million, $3.9 million and $2.7 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively, associated with the Business Combination. The Company recorded integration related expenses of $10.4 million, $5.6 million, $5.0 million, and $5.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively, associated with the Business Combination (Note 6).
[4]	The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $0.8 million, $0.5 million, $0.4 million, and $0.4 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $2.9 million, $3.8 million, $3.0 million, and $0.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016 (Note 11).
[5]	Income tax expense of $123.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).
[6]	Income tax expense of $21.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $16.3 million related to increases in the valuation allowance for state net operating loss and state credit deferred tax assets (Note 12).
[7]	Income tax expense of $13.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $4.6 million related to reductions to state deferred tax assets (Note 12).

Net (Loss) Income Per Share (Details Textual) - shares shares in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Shares excluded from the computation of diluted shares outstanding	4.8	5.0	0.1

Stock-Based Compensation (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Summary of activity of the Company's director and employee stock option plans
Outstanding beginning balance, Shares \| shares	6,134
Outstanding beginning balance, Weighted-Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	$ 18.93
Granted, Shares \| shares	0
Granted, Weighted-Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	$ 0.00
Exercised, Shares \| shares	(1,915)
Exercised, Weighted-Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	$ 16.91
Canceled, Shares \| shares	(34)
Canceled, Weighted-Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	$ 33.26
Forfeited, Shares \| shares	(8)
Forfeited, Weighted-Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	$ 30.26
Outstanding ending balance, Shares \| shares	4,177
Outstanding ending balance, Weighted-Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	$ 19.72
Outstanding ending balance, Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term	4 years 4 months 10 days
Outstanding ending balance, Aggregate Intrinsic Value \| $	$ 204,035
Vested and expected to vest, Shares \| shares	4,176
Vested and expected to vest, Weighted-Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	$ 19.71
Vested and expected to vest, Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term	4 years 4 months 10 days
Vested and expected to vest, Aggregate Intrinsic Value \| $	$ 204,012
Options exercisable, Shares \| shares	3,960
Options exercisable, Weighted-Average Exercise Price Ending Balance \| $ / shares	$ 19.00
Options exercisable, Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term Ending Balance	4 years 3 months 29 days
Options exercisable, Aggregate Intrinsic Value \| $	$ 196,233

Stock-Based Compensation (Details 1) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details 1) - $ / shares	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Assumptions used for stock option plans
Expected volatility	42.80%	40.60%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected term (in years)	5 years 8 months 23 days	5 years 7 months 6 days
Risk-free interest rate	1.60%	1.70%
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the period	$ 32.62	$ 22.49

Stock-Based Compensation (Details 2) shares in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details 2) shares in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017 $ / shares shares
Restricted share plans
Balance at beginning balance, Shares \| shares	2,095
Balance at beginning balance, Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value \| $ / shares	$ 47.09
Granted, Shares \| shares	1,223
Granted, Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value \| $ / shares	$ 52.80
Vested, Shares \| shares	(857)
Vested, Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value \| $ / shares	$ 37.59
Forfeited, Shares \| shares	(86)
Forfeited, Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value \| $ / shares	$ 53.10
Balance at ending balance, Shares \| shares	2,375
Balance at ending balance, Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value \| $ / shares	$ 53.00

Stock-Based Compensation (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015	Apr. 01, 2006
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	6,989,000
Shares granted	0
Expected term (in years)		5 years 8 months 23 days	5 years 7 months 6 days
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 88,845	$ 139,516	$ 64,941
Closing stock price	$ 68.56			$ 66.36
Total intrinsic value of options exercised	$ 81,000	74,900	83,700
Cash received from the exercise of stock options (excluding accrued unremitted employee funds)	$ 58,000
Annual forfeiture rate	1.60%
Total remaining unearned compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock unit	$ 70,500
Weighted-average remaining service period of unearned compensation costs related to nonvested restricted stock units	1 year 2 months 12 days
Total fair value of vested restricted stock units	$ 46,100	$ 60,200	$ 93,500
Certain officers of the Company (Section 16 Officers) [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Shares granted	400,000
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 21,000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	5,100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent of Market Price	85.00%
Period employees can acquire common stock	6 months
Shares issued under plan	700,000	400,000	100,000
2006 Directors' Stock Option Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	0
Reserved additional shares of common stock					300,000
1996 Stock Incentive Program - TriQuint [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent of Market Price	100.00%
Expected term (in years)	10 years
2008 Inducement Award Plan - TriQuint [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent of Market Price	100.00%
Expected term (in years)	10 years
2009 Incentive Plan - TriQuint [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent of Market Price	100.00%
Expected term (in years)	10 years
2013 Incentive Plan - TriQuint [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	2,900,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent of Market Price	100.00%
Expected term (in years)	10 years
2015 Inducement Stock Plan - Qorvo [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Maximum number of shares of common stock to be issued under plan	300,000
Maximum available options under the plan, description	The maximum number of shares issuable under the 2015 Inducement Plan may not exceed the sum of (a) 0.3 million shares, plus (b) any shares of common stock (i) remaining available for issuance as of the effective date of the 2015 Inducement Stock Plan under the TriQuint 2008 Inducement Award Plan and (ii) subject to an award granted under the TriQuint 2008 Inducement Award Plan, which awards are forfeited, canceled, terminated, expire or lapse for any reason.
Shares granted	0	0	0
2012 Stock Incentive Plan - RF Micro Devices [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	3,900,000
Maximum number of shares of common stock to be issued under plan	4,300,000
Expiration period	10 years
2003 Stock Incentive Plan - RF Micro Devices [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Number of shares available for grant or issuance	0
Performance-based restricted stock [Member] \| 2012 Stock Incentive Plan - RF Micro Devices [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Shares granted	200,000
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Vesting period	4 years
Total remaining unearned compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock unit	$ 67,300
Weighted-average remaining service period of unearned compensation costs related to nonvested restricted stock units	1 year 3 months 10 days
Stock Options [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Expiration period	10 years
Vesting period	4 years
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Not yet Recognized, Stock Options	$ 3,200
Weighted-average remaining service period of unearned compensation costs related to nonvested restricted stock units	9 months 18 days
Performance and service-based restricted stock units [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Vesting percentage when earned	50.00%
Vesting period	2 years
Performance period 1 [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Vesting period	1 year
Performance period 2 [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Vesting period	2 years
Performance period 3 [Member]
Share-Based Compensation (Textual)
Vesting period	3 years

Stockholders' Equity (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016
Common stock reserved for future issuance
Outstanding stock options under formal directors’ and employees’ stock option plans	4,177	6,134
Possible future issuance under Company stock incentive plans	6,989
Employee stock purchase plan	5,135
Restricted stock-based units granted	2,375	2,095
Total shares reserved	18,676

Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 10, 2016	Feb. 16, 2016	Jan. 01, 2015	Jul. 02, 2016	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015	Nov. 03, 2016	Nov. 05, 2015	Aug. 11, 2015	Feb. 05, 2015
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares					4,084,000	24,258,000	759,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value					$ 209,357	$ 1,300,009	$ 50,874
Common stock reserved for future issuance					18,676,000
Common stock, shares authorized					405,000,000	405,000,000
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Shares Received					400,000	10,000,000
Fractional shares repurchased during the period, shares			13,160,000
Fractional shares repurchased during the period, value			$ 900
RFMD [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Each Warrant or Right			0.25
TriQuint [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Each Warrant or Right			0.4187
November 2016 Program [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Share repurchase program, authorized amount								$ 500,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount rolled into new plan								$ 150,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount					$ 382,000
August 2015 Program [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Share repurchase program, authorized amount										$ 400,000
February 2015 Program [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Share repurchase program, authorized amount											$ 200,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares							800,000
November 2015 Program [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Share repurchase program, authorized amount									$ 1,000,000
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Settlement (Payment) or Receipt		$ 500,000
Accelerated share repurchase, total shares received				10,400,000
November 2015 Program [Member] \| Collared Agreement [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Share repurchase program, authorized amount		$ 250,000
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Shares Received	2,000,000	3,100,000
Accelerated Share Repurchases, percent		50.00%
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Initial Price Paid Per Share		$ 40.78
November 2015 Program [Member] \| Uncollared Agreement [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Share repurchase program, authorized amount		$ 250,000
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Shares Received		4,900,000
Accelerated Share Repurchases, percent		80.00%
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Initial Price Paid Per Share		$ 40.78

Operating Segment and Geographical Information (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Oct. 01, 2016

Jul. 02, 2016

Apr. 02, 2016

Jan. 02, 2016

Oct. 03, 2015

Jun. 27, 2015

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Revenue:

$ 642,992

$ 826,347

$ 864,698

$ 698,537

$ 608,069

$ 620,681

$ 708,335

$ 673,641

$ 3,032,574

$ 2,610,726

$ 1,710,966

88,059

11,968

122,466

$ (13,100)

$ (13,800)

$ (14,900)

$ (14,500)

$ (13,900)

$ (6,700)

(58,879)

(23,316)

(1,421)

1,212

2,068

450

(Loss) income before income taxes

(3,087)

6,418

(254)

27,305

(2,862)

121,241

Operating Segments [Member] | MP [Member]

Revenue:

2,384,041

2,083,334

1,395,035

Operating Segments [Member] | IDP [Member]

554,001

591,751

404,382

Revenue:

644,653

523,512

313,274

152,539

108,370

72,262

All other [Member]

Revenue:

^[1]

3,880

2,657

Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]

$ (618,481)

$ (688,153)

$ (354,178)

[1]	(1) "All other" revenue relates to royalty income that is not allocated to MP or IDP.

Operating Segment and Geographical Information (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Reconciliation of "All other" category:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ (88,845)	$ (139,516)	$ (64,941)
Amortization of intangible assets	(494,752)	(494,589)	(142,749)
Income from operations	88,059	11,968	122,466
All other [Member]
Reconciliation of "All other" category:
Stock-based compensation expense	(88,845)	(139,516)	(64,941)
Amortization of intangible assets	(494,387)	(494,589)	(142,749)
Acquired inventory step-up and revaluation	(1,517)	0	(72,850)
Acquisition and integration related costs	(25,391)	(26,503)	(41,539)
Restructuring and disposal costs	(1,696)	(4,235)	(14,175)
IPR litigation costs	4,337	(1,205)	(8,263)
Start-up costs	(9,694)	(14,110)	(1,698)
Other expenses (including (gain) loss on assets and other miscellaneous corporate overhead)	(1,288)	(7,995)	(7,963)
Income from operations	$ (618,481)	$ (688,153)	$ (354,178)

Operating Segment and Geographical Information (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 02, 2016	Apr. 02, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Jun. 27, 2015	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Revenues from External Customers [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 642,992	$ 826,347	$ 864,698	$ 698,537	$ 608,069	$ 620,681	$ 708,335	$ 673,641	$ 3,032,574	$ 2,610,726	$ 1,710,966
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| United States
Revenues from External Customers [Line Items]
Revenue									$ 467,031	$ 306,328	$ 315,775
Percentage									15.00%	12.00%	18.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| International
Revenues from External Customers [Line Items]
Revenue									$ 2,565,543	$ 2,304,398	$ 1,395,191
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| Asia
Revenues from External Customers [Line Items]
Percentage									81.00%	83.00%	75.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| Europe
Revenues from External Customers [Line Items]
Percentage									3.00%	4.00%	6.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| Other
Revenues from External Customers [Line Items]
Percentage									1.00%	1.00%	1.00%

Operating Segment and Geographical Information (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived tangible assets	$ 1,391,932	$ 1,046,888
CHINA
Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived tangible assets	244,728	183,836	$ 126,509
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] \| United States
Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived tangible assets	1,082,754	816,882	697,305
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] \| Other Countries
Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived tangible assets	$ 64,450	$ 46,170	$ 59,557

Operating Segment and Geographical Information (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 02, 2016	Apr. 02, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Jun. 27, 2015	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Operating Segment and Geographic Information (Textual)
Revenue	$ 642,992	$ 826,347	$ 864,698	$ 698,537	$ 608,069	$ 620,681	$ 708,335	$ 673,641	$ 3,032,574	$ 2,610,726	$ 1,710,966
Long-lived tangible assets	1,391,932				1,046,888				1,391,932	1,046,888
China [Member]
Operating Segment and Geographic Information (Textual)
Long-lived tangible assets	$ 244,728				$ 183,836				$ 244,728	$ 183,836	$ 126,509
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| China [Member]
Operating Segment and Geographic Information (Textual)
Percentage									62.00%	61.00%	49.00%
Revenue									$ 1,866,000	$ 1,601,000	$ 841,000
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales [Member] \| Taiwan [Member]
Operating Segment and Geographic Information (Textual)
Percentage									13.00%	14.00%	19.00%
Revenue									$ 398,400	$ 365,100	$ 332,500

Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Mar. 29, 2014

$ 545,463

$ 425,881

$ 299,814

$ 171,898

186,808

357,948

316,356

430,454

427,551

36,229

63,850

Other receivables

65,247

47,380

Other current assets

26,264

41,384

1,461,605

1,509,210

1,391,932

1,046,888

^[1]

2,173,914

2,135,697

2,140,586

1,400,563

1,812,515

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable

35,494

26,050

Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures

58,815

66,459

6,522,323

6,596,819

216,246

205,364

170,584

137,889

31,998

30,548

418,828

373,801

989,154

988,130

131,511

152,160

86,108

83,056

1,625,601

1,597,147

4,896,722

4,999,672

6,173,160

676,351

Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]

6,522,323

6,596,819

Parent Company [Member]

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable

Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures

6,142,568

6,151,120

820

1,091

6,143,388

6,152,211

23,150

25,445

23,150

25,445

989,154

988,130

(83,333)

(93,340)

317,695

232,303

1,246,666

1,152,538

4,896,722

4,999,673

Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]

6,143,388

6,152,211

Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]

226,186

220,633

154,332

132,272

186,808

57,874

203,488

392,075

532,508

131,225

186,627

29,032

56,151

Other receivables

7,239

37,033

Other current assets

25,534

40,866

869,165

1,464,114

1,078,761

807,586

1,121,941

1,118,642

599,618

786,314

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable

25,971

26,050

447,613

564,397

Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures

2,596,172

2,588,302

33,249

39,478

6,772,490

7,394,883

111,799

141,792

36,603

404,330

111,700

93,609

20,122

260,157

659,853

171,284

195,462

138,398

267,823

35,014

39,288

604,853

1,162,426

6,167,637

6,232,457

Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]

6,772,490

7,394,883

Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]

319,277

205,248

145,482

39,626

300,074

112,868

36,603

404,330

322,559

325,346

7,197

7,699

Other receivables

58,008

10,347

Other current assets

730

518

1,044,448

1,066,356

314,910

239,495

1,051,973

1,017,055

800,945

1,026,201

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable

9,523

138,398

267,823

Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures

24,746

25,890

3,384,943

3,642,820

104,447

66,508

392,075

532,508

35,734

18,835

31,943

10,426

564,199

628,277

43,560

50,038

129,918

332,094

51,094

43,768

788,771

1,054,177

2,596,172

2,588,643

Consolidating Entries and Eliminations [Member]

3,384,943

3,642,820

Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]

$ 0

(428,678)

(936,838)

(23,330)

(84,422)

(452,008)

(1,021,260)

(1,739)

(193)

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable

(586,011)

(832,220)

Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures

(8,738,740)

(8,739,422)

(9,778,498)

(10,593,095)

(2,936)

(428,678)

(936,838)

(428,678)

(939,774)

(586,011)

(832,220)

(1,014,689)

(1,771,994)

(8,763,809)

(8,821,101)

$ (9,778,498)

$ (10,593,095)

[1]	The Company’s goodwill balance is presented net of accumulated impairment losses and write-offs of $621.6 million.

Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Oct. 01, 2016

Jul. 02, 2016

Apr. 02, 2016

Jan. 02, 2016

Oct. 03, 2015

Jun. 27, 2015

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

$ 642,992

$ 826,347

$ 864,698

$ 698,537

$ 608,069

$ 620,681

$ 708,335

$ 673,641

$ 3,032,574

$ 2,610,726

$ 1,710,966

1,897,062

1,561,173

1,021,658

231,596

310,642

316,799

276,475

254,200

230,988

284,848

279,517

1,135,512

1,049,553

689,308

470,836

448,763

257,494

545,588

534,099

249,886

31,029

54,723

59,462

1,047,453

1,037,585

566,842

88,059

11,968

122,466

(13,100)

(13,800)

(14,900)

(14,500)

(13,900)

(6,700)

(58,879)

(23,316)

(1,421)

1,212

2,068

450

(3,087)

6,418

(254)

27,305

(2,862)

121,241

93,200

(123,200)

(21,500)

(13,800)

(43,863)

(25,983)

75,062

$ 55,908

^{[1],[2],[3],[4]}

$ (78,638)

^{[1],[3],[4],[5]}

$ 11,847

^[1],[3],[4]

$ (5,675)

^[1],[3],[4]

$ (24,202)

^{[1],[3],[4],[6]}

$ (11,127)

^[1],[3],[4]

$ 4,448

^[3],[4],[7]

$ 2,036

^[3],[4]

(16,558)

(28,845)

196,303

(17,731)

(31,854)

196,964

Parent Company [Member]

35,379

67,158

18,335

53,465

72,358

23,776

88,844

139,516

42,111

(88,844)

(139,516)

(42,111)

(57,344)

(21,895)

(146,188)

(161,411)

(42,111)

46,003

44,014

13,350

83,627

88,552

35,243

(16,558)

(28,845)

6,482

Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]

(17,731)

(31,854)

6,482

1,316,576

2,212,062

2,523,495

979,190

1,778,336

1,910,297

337,386

433,726

613,198

40,918

106,560

202,337

253,531

151,814

160,538

16,065

50,928

55,774

310,514

309,302

418,649

26,872

124,424

194,549

(2,619)

(2,419)

(2,770)

4,457

2,650

1,009

426

5,467

(906)

29,136

130,122

191,882

(63,893)

(49,751)

73,268

68,718

13,619

(1,346)

33,961

93,990

263,804

Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]

34,014

89,738

267,724

2,918,865

2,762,150

1,408,913

2,023,715

2,060,702

1,260,814

895,150

701,448

148,099

416,869

304,219

45,751

370,812

360,593

90,055

8,409

2,447

3,475

796,090

667,259

139,281

99,060

34,189

8,818

(3,129)

(3,029)

(1,583)

759

3,003

2,281

(1,999)

(298)

694

94,691

33,865

10,210

(25,973)

(20,246)

(11,556)

68,718

13,619

(1,346)

Consolidating Entries and Eliminations [Member]

67,492

14,862

(4,605)

(1,202,867)

(2,363,486)

(2,221,442)

(1,105,843)

(2,277,865)

(2,149,453)

(97,024)

(85,621)

(71,989)

(22,330)

(29,174)

(8,929)

(132,220)

(50,666)

(24,483)

6,555

1,348

213

(147,995)

(78,492)

(33,199)

50,971

(7,129)

(38,790)

4,213

4,027

2,932

(4,004)

(3,585)

(2,840)

(1,514)

1,249

(42)

49,666

(5,438)

(38,740)

(152,345)

(102,171)

(33,894)

(102,679)

(107,609)

(72,634)

Integration related costs

$ (101,506)

$ (104,600)

$ (72,637)

[1]	In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2023 and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $14.5 million, $14.9 million, $13.8 million and $13.1 million (net of capitalized interest) in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded interest expense of $6.7 million and $13.9 million (net of capitalized interest), in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively (Note 8).
[2]	Income tax benefit of $93.2 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).
[3]	The Company recorded integration related expenses of $5.3 million, $5.0 million, $3.9 million and $2.7 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively, associated with the Business Combination. The Company recorded integration related expenses of $10.4 million, $5.6 million, $5.0 million, and $5.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, respectively, associated with the Business Combination (Note 6).
[4]	The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $0.8 million, $0.5 million, $0.4 million, and $0.4 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, respectively. The Company recorded restructuring expenses of $2.9 million, $3.8 million, $3.0 million, and $0.5 million in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016 (Note 11).
[5]	Income tax expense of $123.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2017, relates primarily to the timing of income and loss recognition in the various tax jurisdictions for the quarter (Note 12).
[6]	Income tax expense of $21.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $16.3 million related to increases in the valuation allowance for state net operating loss and state credit deferred tax assets (Note 12).
[7]	Income tax expense of $13.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, includes a discrete period expense of $4.6 million related to reductions to state deferred tax assets (Note 12).

Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities	$ 776,820	$ 687,927	$ 305,624
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	(469)	(340,527)	(387,734)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	186,793	390,009	261,185
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired (Note 6)	(118,133)	0	224,324
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	(552,702)	(315,624)	(169,862)
Other investing	(5,976)	(12,572)	8,145
Net transactions with related parties, investing	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(490,487)	(278,714)	(63,942)
Proceeds from debt issuances	0	1,175,000	0
Repayments of Long-term Debt	0	(175,000)	(87,503)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	65	935	13,993
Debt issuance costs	0	(13,588)	(36)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	59,148	51,875	46,072
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(209,357)	(1,300,009)	(50,874)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(15,516)	(22,168)	(34,250)
Other financing	14	103	(300)
Net transactions with related parties	0	0	0
Net cash used in financing activities	(165,646)	(282,852)	(112,898)
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash and Cash Equivalents	(1,105)	(294)	(868)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	119,582	126,067	127,916
Cash and cash equivalents	545,463	425,881	299,814	$ 171,898
Parent Company [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities	165,660	282,955	25,059
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	0	0	0
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	0	0	0
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired (Note 6)	0		0
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	0	0	0
Other investing	0	0	0
Net transactions with related parties, investing	0
Net cash used in investing activities	0	0	0
Proceeds from debt issuances		1,175,000	0
Repayments of Long-term Debt		(175,000)	0
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	65	935	13,993
Debt issuance costs		(13,588)	0
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	59,148	51,875	46,072
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	(209,357)	(1,300,009)	(50,874)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	(15,516)	(22,168)	(34,250)
Other financing	0	0	0
Net transactions with related parties	0	0	0
Net cash used in financing activities	(165,660)	(282,955)	(25,059)
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash and Cash Equivalents	0	0	0
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities	175,988	273,171	187,786
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	(469)	(340,527)	(370,734)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	186,793	390,009	234,185
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired (Note 6)	0		165,665
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	(424,175)	(244,817)	(116,868)
Other investing	3,924	(12,830)	8,489
Net transactions with related parties, investing	61,891
Net cash used in investing activities	(172,036)	(208,165)	(79,263)
Proceeds from debt issuances		0	0
Repayments of Long-term Debt		0	(87,503)
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	0	0	0
Debt issuance costs		0	(36)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	0	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	0	0	0
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	0	0	0
Other financing	14	103	(300)
Net transactions with related parties	1,587	1,192	1,376
Net cash used in financing activities	1,601	1,295	(86,463)
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash and Cash Equivalents	0	0	0
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	5,553	66,301	22,060
Cash and cash equivalents	226,186	220,633	154,332	132,272
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities	435,172	131,801	92,779
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	0	0	(17,000)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	0	0	27,000
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired (Note 6)	(118,133)		58,659
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	(128,527)	(70,807)	(52,994)
Other investing	(9,900)	258	(344)
Net transactions with related parties, investing	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(256,560)	(70,549)	15,321
Proceeds from debt issuances		0	0
Repayments of Long-term Debt		0	0
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	0	0	0
Debt issuance costs		0	0
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	0	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	0	0	0
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	0	0	0
Other financing	0	0	0
Net transactions with related parties	(63,478)	(1,192)	(1,376)
Net cash used in financing activities	(63,478)	(1,192)	(1,376)
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash and Cash Equivalents	(1,105)	(294)	(868)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	114,029	59,766	105,856
Cash and cash equivalents	319,277	205,248	145,482	39,626
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities	0	0	0
Purchase of available-for-sale securities	0	0	0
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities	0	0	0
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired (Note 6)	0		0
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	0	0	0
Other investing	0	0	0
Net transactions with related parties, investing	(61,891)
Net cash used in investing activities	(61,891)	0	0
Proceeds from debt issuances		0	0
Repayments of Long-term Debt		0	0
Excess tax benefit from exercises of stock options	0	0	0
Debt issuance costs		0	0
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock	0	0	0
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs	0	0	0
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units	0	0	0
Other financing	0	0	0
Net transactions with related parties	61,891	0	0
Net cash used in financing activities	61,891	0	0
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash and Cash Equivalents	0	0	0
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Details textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015	Apr. 01, 2017	Nov. 19, 2015
6.75% Senior Notes due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 450,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			6.75%
7.00% Senior Notes due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 550,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			7.00%
Income (loss) in subsidiaries [Member]
Immaterial corrections	$ 13,619
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] \| Goodwill [Member]
Immaterial corrections	750,174
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] \| Goodwill [Member]
Immaterial corrections	(750,174)
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] \| Investment in subsidiaries [Member]
Immaterial corrections	942,456
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] \| Net income [Member]
Immaterial corrections	$ 13,619	$ (1,348)
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] \| Income (loss) in subsidiaries [Member]
Immaterial corrections		$ (1,348)

Quarterly Financial Summary (Unaudited) (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Oct. 01, 2016

Jul. 02, 2016

Apr. 02, 2016

Jan. 02, 2016

Oct. 03, 2015

Jun. 27, 2015

Apr. 01, 2017

Apr. 02, 2016

Mar. 28, 2015

Nov. 19, 2015

$ 2,700

$ 3,900

$ 5,000

$ 5,300

$ 5,500

$ 5,000

$ 5,600

$ 10,400

$ 16,900

$ 26,500

$ 31,300

Restructuring costs

400

500

800

500

3,000

3,800

2,900

Interest Expense

13,100

13,800

14,900

14,500

13,900

6,700

58,879

23,316

1,421

Income tax expense (benefit)

(93,200)

123,200

21,500

13,800

43,863

25,983

(75,062)

Quarterly Financial Summary (Unaudited)

642,992

826,347

864,698

698,537

608,069

620,681

708,335

673,641

3,032,574

2,610,726

1,710,966

Gross profit

231,596

310,642

316,799

276,475

254,200

230,988

284,848

279,517

1,135,512

1,049,553

689,308