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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 15, 2022 | Aug. 16, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2020
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total (benefit) provision for income taxes |  |  |  | $ 76,820 | $ 124,884 | $ 146,366 |  |
Effective tax rate |  |  |  | 14.60% | 14.90% | 12.60% |  |
Tax savings due to the tax holiday |  |  |  | $ 1,400 | $ 16,000 | $ 33,300 |  |
Tax savings due to the tax holiday, per share |  |  |  | $ 0.01 | $ 0.09 | $ 0.18 |  |
Tax holiday expiration date |  |  |  | December 31, 2025 |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance includes net deferred tax assets |  |  |  | $ 109,251 | $ 103,807 |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards, approximately |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 147,100 |
Tax credits carryforwards |  |  |  | 112,571 | 105,503 |  |  |
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | $ 14,465 | 18,606 | 15,608 | $ 14,465 |  | $ 17,903
Unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized would impact effective tax rate |  |  |  | 12,900 |  |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized would impact deferred taxes |  |  |  | 5,700 |  |  |  |
Decrease in unrecognised tax benefit due to lapse in statute of limitation |  |  |  | 0 | 212 | 3,246 |  |
Reasonably possible decrease of unrecognized tax benefit |  |  |  | 2,800 |  |  |  |
Accrued interest and penalties |  |  |  | 1,300 | 400 |  |  |
Interest and penalties related to income tax, expense (benefit) |  |  |  | 900 | $ 100 | $ 900 |  |
Expected future payments related transition tax in 2024 |  |  |  | 14,800 |  |  |  |
Expense related to remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities |  |  |  | 59,100 |  |  |  |
Expected future payments related transition tax in one to three years |  |  |  | 44,300 |  |  |  |
Percentage of alternative minimum tax |  | 15.00% |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum effective tax rate | 15.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
InterCompany Cost Sharing Arrangement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total (benefit) provision for income taxes |  |  | $ (2,500) |  |  |  |  |
United States |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credits carryforwards, business |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,400 |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration date |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2028 |
State and Local Jurisdiction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credits carryforwards |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 143,800 |
Reduction in unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |  | $ 18,600 |  |  |  |
State and Local Jurisdiction | Earliest Tax Year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration date |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2023 |
State and Local Jurisdiction | Latest Tax Year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration date |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2043 |
State and Local Jurisdiction | Do Not Expire |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax credits carryforwards |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 76,500 |

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