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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jul. 03, 2022	Apr. 03, 2022	Jul. 04, 2021	Jul. 03, 2022	Jul. 04, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Effective tax rate	9.00%		17.00%	17.00%	14.00%
Discrete tax expense (benefit)	$ (4,792)		$ (896)	$ 1,546	$ (6,103)
Decrease in tax expense related to loss from fire				2,440
Increase in tax expense arising from tax settlement	2,519	$ 1,417
Increase in tax expense related to valuation allowance	1,734
Increase in tax expense related to transfer pricing and return-to-provision adjustments	$ 3,353
Decrease in tax expense related to stock-based compensation			$ 1,431	$ 6,638
Effective tax rate excluding discrete items (as a percent)	16.00%		18.00%	16.00%	18.00%
Liability for uncertain tax positions	$ 13,444			$ 13,444
Reserve for income taxes classified as a noncurrent iability	12,876			12,876		$ 14,780
Increase to non-current deferred tax liability				$ 568
Tax years open to examination by Internal Revenue Service				2019 through 2020
Tax years open to examination by various taxing authorities for other entities				2016 through 2021
Unrecognized tax benefits, increase resulting from settlements with taxing authorities	$ 2,519
Foreign Tax Authority | Revenue Commissioners, Ireland
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate				12.50%
Foreign Tax Authority | State Administration of Taxation, China
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate				25.00%
Foreign Tax Authority | KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate				22.00%
Domestic Tax Authority
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate				21.00%

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