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Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Sep. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Derivatives - currency forward contracts | $ 1,042 | $ 920
Derivatives - currency forward contracts | 88 | 656
Short-term investments | 140,042 | 300,715
Long-term investments | 134,749 | 60,405
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 86,590 | 48,598
Derivatives - currency forward contracts | 1,042 | 920
Total assets | 362,423 | 410,638
Derivatives - currency forward contracts | 88 | 656
Short-term investments | 140,042 | 300,715
Total current assets | 227,674 | 350,233
Long-term investments | 134,749 | 60,405
Other current liabilities | 88 | 656
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 78,268 | 38,166
Derivatives - currency forward contracts |  |
Total assets | 78,268 | 39,166
Derivatives - currency forward contracts |  |
Short-term investments |  | 1,000
Total current assets | 78,268 | 39,166
Long-term investments |  |
Other current liabilities |  |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 8,322 | 10,432
Derivatives - currency forward contracts | 1,042 | 920
Total assets | 284,155 | 371,472
Derivatives - currency forward contracts | 88 | 656
Short-term investments | 140,042 | 299,715
Total current assets | 149,406 | 311,067
Long-term investments | 134,749 | 60,405
Other current liabilities | 88 | 656
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Derivatives - currency forward contracts |  |
Total assets |  |
Derivatives - currency forward contracts |  |
Short-term investments |  |
Total current assets |  |
Long-term investments |  |
Other current liabilities |  |
Money Market Funds [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 78,268 | 38,166
Money Market Funds [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 78,268 | 38,166
Money Market Funds [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Money Market Funds [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Time Deposits and Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 8,239 | 7,050
Available-for-sale securities | 40,722 | 65,043
Time Deposits and Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Time Deposits and Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 8,239 | 7,050
Available-for-sale securities | 40,722 | 65,043
Time Deposits and Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Municipal Bonds [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities | 3,356 |
Municipal Bonds [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Municipal Bonds [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities | 3,356 |
Municipal Bonds [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Bankers' Acceptance Drafts [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 83 | 32
Available-for-sale securities | 765 | 491
Bankers' Acceptance Drafts [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Bankers' Acceptance Drafts [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 83 | 32
Available-for-sale securities | 765 | 491
Bankers' Acceptance Drafts [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Commercial Paper [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 3,350
Available-for-sale securities | 9,691 | 53,434
Commercial Paper [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Commercial Paper [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 3,350
Available-for-sale securities | 9,691 | 53,434
Commercial Paper [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Asset Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities | 63,986 |
Asset Backed Securities [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Asset Backed Securities [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities | 63,986 |
Asset Backed Securities [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Corporate Obligations [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities | 76,336 | 18,351
Corporate Obligations [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Corporate Obligations [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities | 76,336 | 18,351
Corporate Obligations [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
U.S. Agency Obligations [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities | 79,935 | 222,801
U.S. Agency Obligations [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
U.S. Agency Obligations [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities | 79,935 | 222,801
U.S. Agency Obligations [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  |
Mutual Funds [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Mutual funds |  | 1,000
Mutual Funds [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Mutual funds |  | 1,000
Mutual Funds [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Mutual funds |  |
Mutual Funds [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Fair Value Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Mutual funds |  |

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- Definition Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6871852&loc=d3e26626-111562 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Available-for-Sale Securities -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6505594 + Details
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- Definition Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. 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://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Cash -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6506951 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Cash Equivalents -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6507016 + Details
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