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Schedule of Amortizable Intangible Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 04, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |
Gross Carrying Amount | $ 543,613 | $ 523,052
Accumulated Amortization | 283,319 | 332,452
Net Carrying Amount | $ 260,294 | $ 190,600
Weighted Average Useful Life, years | 6 years 8 months 12 days | 6 years 9 months 18 days
Developed technology |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |
Gross Carrying Amount | $ 381,071 | $ 345,513
Accumulated Amortization | 206,256 | 224,059
Net Carrying Amount | $ 174,815 | $ 121,454
Weighted Average Useful Life, years | 6 years | 6 years 2 months 12 days
Customer Relationships |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |
Gross Carrying Amount | $ 110,464 | $ 146,635
Accumulated Amortization | 59,395 | 93,998
Net Carrying Amount | $ 51,069 | $ 52,637
Weighted Average Useful Life, years | 7 years 10 months 24 days | 7 years 8 months 12 days
Trademarks and tradenames |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |
Gross Carrying Amount | $ 51,588 | $ 30,414
Accumulated Amortization | 17,418 | 14,205
Net Carrying Amount | $ 34,170 | $ 16,209
Weighted Average Useful Life, years | 9 years 6 months | 9 years
Non-compete agreement |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |
Gross Carrying Amount | $ 320 | $ 320
Accumulated Amortization | 80 | 20
Net Carrying Amount | $ 240 | $ 300
Weighted Average Useful Life, years | 4 years | 4 years
Customer order backlog |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |
Gross Carrying Amount | $ 170 | $ 170
Accumulated Amortization | $ 170 | $ 170
Weighted Average Useful Life, years | 3 months 18 days | 3 months 18 days

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