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Revenue (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2020	Mar. 30, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Revenue recognized from deferred revenue during the period	$ 153.5	$ 157.9
Remaining performance obligations	3,700.0
Non-cancellable IP access agreements included in remaining performance obligations	$ 189.0
Percent of remaining performance obligations, current	55.00%
Revenue recognized from satisfaction of performance obligations	$ 9.5	$ 8.5

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Percent of remaining performance obligation to be recognized in next twelve months.

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Amount of transaction price for non-cancellable IP access agreements allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (b)
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Amount of revenue recognized from performance obligation satisfied or partially satisfied in previous reporting periods. Includes, but is not limited to, change in transaction price.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12A
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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
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