Acquired Intangibles and Goodwill - Summary of Life, Gross Carrying Value and Related Accumulated Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 445.5	$ 456.1
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization	(246.3)	(236.9)
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value	$ 199.2	219.2
Weighted Average Life in Years	5 years
Display Driver Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 164.0	164.0
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization	(124.4)	(116.5)
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value	$ 39.6	47.5
Weighted Average Life in Years	5 years 3 months 18 days
Audio and Video Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 133.9	133.9
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization	(29.4)	(22.8)
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value	$ 104.5	111.1
Weighted Average Life in Years	5 years 6 months
Fingerprint Authentication Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 47.2	55.7
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization	$ (47.2)	(53.7)
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value		2.0
Weighted Average Life in Years	4 years 8 months 12 days
Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 81.8	81.8
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization	(41.3)	(38.5)
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value	$ 40.5	43.3
Weighted Average Life in Years	4 years 1 month 6 days
Licensed Technology and Other [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 7.7	9.0
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization	(2.1)	(3.0)
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value	$ 5.6	6.0
Weighted Average Life in Years	4 years 2 months 12 days
Tradename [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 1.8	1.9
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization	(0.2)	(0.2)
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value	$ 1.6	1.7
Weighted Average Life in Years	7 years
Patents [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 4.4	4.6
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization	(1.7)	(1.7)
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value	$ 2.7	2.9
Weighted Average Life in Years	8 years 1 month 6 days
Backlog [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value		0.5
Acquired intangibles, Accumulated Amortization		(0.5)
In-Process Research and Development [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired intangibles, Gross Carrying Value	$ 4.7	4.7
Acquired intangibles, Net Carrying Value	$ 4.7	$ 4.7

Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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