v3.25.3

Identified Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Identified Intangible Assets | Identified intangible assets as of September 28, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, were composed of the following:
| September 28, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
| Gross carrying amount |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Gross carrying amount |  | Accumulated amortization
In-process R&D (IPR&D) 1) | 24 |  |  | — |  |  | 24 |  |  | — |
Customer-related | 845 |  |  | (435) |  |  | 790 |  |  | (400) |
Technology-based | 1,116 |  |  | (411) |  |  | 1,059 |  |  | (637) |
Identified intangible assets | 1,985 |  |  | (846) |  |  | 1,873 |  |  | (1,037) |
1) IPR&D is not subject to amortization until completion or abandonment of the associated research and development effort.
Schedule of Estimated Amortization Expense | The estimated amortization expense for these identified intangible assets for each of the five succeeding years is:
2025 (remaining) | 68 |
2026 | 234 |
2027 | 215 |
2028 | 132 |
2029 | 90 |
Thereafter | 400 |

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