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Derivative Instruments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2013
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Outstanding Forward Contracts | As of September 29, 2013, the Company had the following outstanding forward contracts that were entered into to mitigate foreign currency exchange rate risk (in thousands):
Currency |  | Notional Value |  |  | USD Equivalent |
Chinese Renminbi |  |  | 20,000 |  |  | $ | 3,213 |
Japanese Yen |  |  | 235,400 |  |  |  | 2,395 |
Singapore Dollar |  |  | 3,025 |  |  |  | 2,379 |
Euro |  |  | 1,035 |  |  |  | 1,400 |
British Pound |  |  | 650 |  |  |  | 1,036 |
Korean Won |  |  | 1,121,500 |  |  |  | 1,029 |
Taiwanese Dollar |  |  | 28,450 |  |  |  | 952 |
Swedish Krona |  |  | 5,800 |  |  |  | 891 |
Hungarian Forint |  |  | 135,000 |  |  |  | 603 |
Information Regarding Fair Value of Forward Contracts Outstanding | Information regarding the fair value of the forward contracts outstanding as of September 29, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was as follows (in thousands):
|  | Asset Derivatives |  |  | Liability Derivatives |
|  | Balance |  | Fair Value |  |  | Balance |  | Fair Value |
|  | Sheet Location |  | September 29, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |  |  | Sheet Location |  | September 29, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
Currency forward contracts |  | Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 81 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | Accrued expenses |  | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 14 |
Information Regarding Effect of Forward Contracts, Net of Underlying Exposure, on Consolidated Statements of Operations | Information regarding the effect of the forward contracts, net of the underlying exposure, on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 29, 2013 and September 30, 2012 was as follows (in thousands):
|  |  |  | Amount of Loss Recognized |  |  |  |  | Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized |
|  | Location of |  | Three-months ended |  |  | Location of |  | Nine-months ended |
|  | Loss Recognized |  | September 29, 2013 |  |  | September 30, 2012 |  |  | Gain (Loss) Recognized |  | September 29, 2013 |  |  | September 30, 2012 |
Currency forward contracts |  | Foreign currency loss |  | $ | (186 | ) |  | $ | (546 | ) |  | Foreign currency gain (loss) |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | (637 | )

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