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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 29, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax savings due to the tax holiday		$ 24.9	$ 12.0
Tax savings due to the tax holiday, per share		$ 0.14	$ 0.07
Accrued interest and penalties	$ 1.4	$ 1.4		$ 1.4
Interest and penalties related to income tax, expense (benefit)		0.0	$ 0.2
Uncertain tax positions	17.6	$ 17.6		$ 21.2
Net decrease in reserves for uncertain tax positions	$ (3.6)

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Income Taxes [Line Items]

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The sum of the amounts of estimated penalties and interest recognized in the period arising from income tax examinations.

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Per share amount effect of the income tax benefit resulting from the income tax holidays granted by taxing jurisdictions.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to income exempt from income tax because of a tax holiday.

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Amount recognized for uncertainty in income taxes classified as current.

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