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Sunpower Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/12 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 11/2/12, at 5:22pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/12   ·   Accession #:  867773-12-60   ·   File #:  1-34166

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/02/12  Sunpower Corp                     10-Q        9/30/12   76:27M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    963K 
 2: EX-10.1     Amendment No. 1 to Compensation and Funding         HTML     30K 
                Agreement                                                        
 3: EX-10.2     Amendment No. 4 to Affiliation Agreement            HTML     28K 
 4: EX-10.3     Engineering, Procurement and Construction           HTML   1.40M 
                Agreement                                                        
 5: EX-31.1     Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     29K 
                to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A).                                     
 6: EX-31.2     Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     29K 
                to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A).                                     
 7: EX-32.1     Certification Furnished Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.       HTML     26K 
                Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of               
                the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                  
52: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     49K 
40: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    165K 
50: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     47K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
54: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    105K 
70: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     66K 
                Loss                                                             
43: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    245K 
49: R7          The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     43K 
                Policies                                                         
36: R8          Transactions with Total and Total S.A.              HTML     77K 
27: R9          Transfer of Entities Under Common Control           HTML    134K 
71: R10         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     95K 
56: R11         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML    186K 
55: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    121K 
61: R13         Restructuring                                       HTML    129K 
62: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    122K 
59: R15         Equity Method Investments                           HTML     62K 
63: R16         Debt and Credit Sources                             HTML    194K 
51: R17         Foreign Currency Derivatives                        HTML    138K 
53: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     30K 
58: R19         Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock         HTML     72K 
76: R20         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     69K 
66: R21         Segment and Geographical Information                HTML    220K 
46: R22         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
57: R23         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     64K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
48: R24         Transfer of Entities Under Common Control (Tables)  HTML    131K 
21: R25         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     87K 
67: R26         Balance Sheet Components (Tables)                   HTML    208K 
73: R27         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements     HTML    115K 
                (Tables)                                                         
31: R28         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML    126K 
30: R29         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     93K 
34: R30         Equity Method Investments (Tables)                  HTML     38K 
35: R31         Debt and Credit Sources (Tables)                    HTML    148K 
37: R32         Foreign Currency Derivatives (Tables)               HTML    119K 
19: R33         Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock         HTML     61K 
                (Tables)                                                         
64: R34         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     72K 
45: R35         Segment and Geographical Information (Tables)       HTML    216K 
47: R36         The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting   HTML     28K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
24: R37         Transactions with Total (Details)                   HTML    120K 
75: R38         Transfer of Entities Under Common Control           HTML    274K 
                (Details)                                                        
14: R39         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R40         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Intangible   HTML     67K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
69: R41         Balance Sheet Components (Details)                  HTML    262K 
23: R42         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     45K 
29: R43         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements -   HTML     35K 
                Debt Derivatives (Details)                                       
33: R44         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     31K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis                  
                (Details)                                                        
41: R45         Restructuring (Details)                             HTML    104K 
18: R46         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    151K 
26: R47         Commitments and Contingencies - Advances to         HTML     42K 
                Suppliers (Details)                                              
16: R48         Commitments and Contingencies - Future Financing    HTML     28K 
                Commitments (Details)                                            
68: R49         Equity Method Investments (Details)                 HTML     84K 
22: R50         Debt and Credit Sources (Details)                   HTML    244K 
65: R51         Debt and Credit Sources - Convertible Debenture     HTML     74K 
                and Related Transactions (Details)                               
25: R52         Foreign Currency Derivatives (Details)              HTML     47K 
39: R53         Foreign Currency Derivatives - Net Gain (Loss)      HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
15: R54         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     29K 
17: R55         Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock         HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
32: R56         Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock -       HTML     43K 
                Anti-Dilutive Securities (Details)                               
20: R57         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     45K 
72: R58         Segment and Geographical Information (Details)      HTML     77K 
44: R59         Segment and Geographical Information - Major        HTML     24K 
                Customer (Details)                                               
60: R60         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     32K 
74: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    115K 
28: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   3.15M 
 8: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- spwr-20120930                       XML   4.36M 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- spwr-20120930_cal               XML    299K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- spwr-20120930_def                XML   1.10M 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- spwr-20120930_lab                     XML   2.38M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- spwr-20120930_pre              XML   1.32M 
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42: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000867773-12-000060-xbrl      Zip    378K

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