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Investments (Details Textual 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 01, 2022	Jan. 02, 2021
Other Investment Not Readily Marketable [Line Items]
Non-marketable investments	$ 127,501	$ 132,226
Other equity investments not readily marketable [Member]
Other Investment Not Readily Marketable [Line Items]
Non-marketable investments	$ 1,600	$ 1,600

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Amount of investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123583765&loc=SL75117539-209714

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