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Taxes on Income - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 04, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Unrecognized tax benefits		$ 3,076,000	$ 2,859,000	$ 3,563,000
Accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits		54,000	39,000
Accrue penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits		0	$ 0
Net operating loss carryforwards, federal		$ 7,020,000
Loss carryforwards begin to expire		2030
Excess tax benefits from stock option exercises		$ 5,750,000
Income not eligible for Approved Enterprise benefits
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		26.50%	26.50%	25.00%
Israel | Subsequent Event
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate	26.50%
Reduce in income tax rate	25.00%
Israel | Foreign ownership exceeds 90%
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		10.00%
Israel | Foreign ownership exceeds 49%
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		20.00%
Israel | Minimum
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Tax exemption period, undistributed income		2 years
Israel | Maximum
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		25.00%
Tax exemption period, undistributed income		10 years
Ireland
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		12.50%
Open tax years		Subject to review by the applicable taxing authorities for the Irish subsidiary, are 2010 and subsequent years.
Net operating loss carryforwards, foreign		$ 62,837,000
Ireland | Interest income
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		25.00%
France
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		33.33%
Open tax years		Subject to review by the applicable taxing authorities for the French subsidiaries, are 2013 and subsequent years.
Net operating loss carryforwards, foreign		$ 1,438,000
California state
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Loss carryforwards begin to expire		2016
Net operating loss carryforwards		$ 6,913,000
Excess tax benefits from stock option exercises		$ 4,512,000

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