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Acquisitions (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2023 | Oct. 01, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Oct. 01, 2022 | May 04, 2023
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid in business combinations, net of cash acquired |  |  | $ 163,963 | $ 586,163 |
Transaction costs associated with acquisitions | $ 4,300 | $ 3,600 | 10,300 | $ 10,100 |
Pulsic. Ltd. |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash acquired |  |  |  |  | $ 3,800
Cash paid in business combinations, net of cash acquired |  |  | 56,100 |  |
Rambus |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid in business combinations, net of cash acquired |  |  | $ 108,600 |  |

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- Definition Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479907/805-20-50-1 + Details
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