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Schedule of Reported Financial Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 29, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | $ 1,040,154 | $ 1,204,658
Liabilities | 18,569 | 71,057
Other Current Liabilities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Liabilities | 489 | 514
Cash and Cash Equivalents |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 593,939 | 926,752
Marketable securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 342,538 | 190,096
Long-term marketable securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 103,558 | 87,731
Prepayments |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 119 | 79
Contingent Consideration |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Liabilities | 6,297 | 34,865
Long Term Contingent Consideration |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Liabilities | 11,783 | 35,678
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 485,723 | 590,415
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1) | Cash and Cash Equivalents |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 455,754 | 566,037
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Instruments (Level 1) | Long-term marketable securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 29,969 | 24,378
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 554,431 | 614,243
Liabilities | 489 | 514
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Other Current Liabilities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Liabilities | 489 | 514
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Cash and Cash Equivalents |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 138,185 | 360,715
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Marketable securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 342,538 | 190,096
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Long-term marketable securities |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 73,589 | 63,353
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Prepayments |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets | 119 | 79
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Liabilities | 18,080 | 70,543
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Contingent Consideration |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Liabilities | 6,297 | 34,865
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Long Term Contingent Consideration |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Liabilities | $ 11,783 | $ 35,678

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