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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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Tabular disclosure of receivable, contract asset, and contract liability from contract with customer. Includes, but is not limited to, change in contract asset and contract liability.

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-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
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Tabular disclosure of disaggregation of revenue into categories depicting how nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factor.

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