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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 26, 2025
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue | The following table presents a summary of the composition of our revenue for all periods presented (in thousands, except percentage amounts):
|  |  | Fiscal Year Ended
Revenue |  |  |  |  | September 26, 2025 |  | September 27, 2024 |  | September 29, 2023
Licensing |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,248,017 |  | 93 | % |  | $ | 1,181,794 |  | 93 | % |  | $ | 1,197,930 |  | 92 | %
Products and services |  |  |  |  |  |  | 101,113 |  | 7 | % |  | 91,927 |  | 7 | % |  | 101,814 |  | 8 | %
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,349,130 |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 1,273,721 |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 1,299,744 |  | 100 | %
The following table presents the composition of our licensing revenue for all periods presented (in thousands, except percentage amounts):
|  |  | Fiscal Year Ended
Market |  |  |  |  | September 26, 2025 |  | September 27, 2024 |  | September 29, 2023
Broadcast |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 428,471 |  | 34 | % |  | $ | 409,105 |  | 35 | % |  | $ | 451,719 |  | 38 | %
Mobile |  |  |  |  |  |  | 268,568 |  | 22 | % |  | 235,774 |  | 20 | % |  | 243,897 |  | 20 | %
CE |  |  |  |  |  |  | 150,704 |  | 12 | % |  | 165,817 |  | 14 | % |  | 170,197 |  | 14 | %
PC |  |  |  |  |  |  | 151,894 |  | 12 | % |  | 141,300 |  | 12 | % |  | 124,362 |  | 10 | %
Other |  |  |  |  |  |  | 248,380 |  | 20 | % |  | 229,798 |  | 19 | % |  | 207,755 |  | 18 | %
Total licensing revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,248,017 |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 1,181,794 |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 1,197,930 |  | 100 | %
|  |  | Fiscal Year Ended
Geographic Location |  |  |  |  | September 26, 2025 |  | September 27, 2024 |  | September 29, 2023
United States |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 496,990 |  | 37 | % |  | $ | 450,265 |  | 35 | % |  | $ | 466,030 |  | 36 | %
International |  |  |  |  |  |  | 852,140 |  | 63 | % |  | 823,456 |  | 65 | % |  | 833,714 |  | 64 | %
Total revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,349,130 |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 1,273,721 |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 1,299,744 |  | 100 | %
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability | The following table presents a summary of the balances to which contract assets and liabilities related to revenue are recorded for all periods presented (in thousands, except percentage amounts):
| September 26, 2025 | September 27, 2024 |  | Change ($) | Change (%)
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 331,096 |  | $ | 315,465 |  |  | $ | 15,631 |  | 5 | %
Contract assets, net | 180,804 |  | 197,478 |  |  | (16,674) |  | (8) | %
Contract liabilities - current | 31,382 |  | 31,644 |  |  | (262) |  | (1) | %
Contract liabilities - non-current | 29,687 |  | 34,593 |  |  | (4,906) |  | (14) | %

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