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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2012
Segment Information |
Schedule of revenue attributed to geographic area based on the end customer's shipped-to location |
|  | Year Ended |
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|  | December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011 |  | January 1, 2011 |
United States |  | $ | 64,856 |  | $ | 67,432 |  | $ | 69,753 |
China |  |  | 219,400 |  |  | 152,533 |  |  | 137,703 |
Taiwan |  |  | 64,150 |  |  | 59,208 |  |  | 76,991 |
South Korea |  |  | 57,910 |  |  | 70,252 |  |  | 65,409 |
Japan |  |  | 31,315 |  |  | 50,270 |  |  | 34,031 |
Rest of world |  |  | 125,663 |  |  | 91,930 |  |  | 109,454 |
Total |  | $ | 563,294 |  | $ | 491,625 |  | $ | 493,341 |
Schedule of property and equipment, net by geographic area |
|  | December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011 |
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United States |  | $ | 127,716 |  | $ | 17,293 |
Singapore |  |  | 6,097 |  |  | 6,220 |
Rest of world |  |  | 1,458 |  |  | 1,628 |
Total |  | $ | 135,271 |  | $ | 25,141 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries. + References No definition available. + Details
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