Supplementary Financial Data (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2012	Oct. 02, 2011	Jul. 03, 2011	Apr. 03, 2011	Jan. 02, 2011	Oct. 03, 2010	Jul. 04, 2010	Apr. 04, 2010	Jan. 01, 2012	Jan. 02, 2011	Jan. 03, 2010
Revenues
Product	$ 1,473,444	$ 1,321,904	$ 1,281,960	$ 1,210,247	$ 1,240,827	$ 1,137,593	$ 1,091,315	$ 993,195	$ 5,287,555	$ 4,462,930	$ 3,154,314
License and royalty	103,476	94,128	93,033	83,953	86,576	96,080	87,753	93,468	374,590	363,877	412,492
Total revenues	1,576,920	1,416,032	1,374,993	1,294,200	1,327,403	1,233,673	1,179,068	1,086,663	5,662,145	4,826,807	3,566,806
Gross profit	661,741	612,381	613,432	551,592	576,285	639,245	546,382	500,178	2,439,146	2,262,090	1,284,626
Operating income	415,663	386,127	379,016	349,294	357,043	431,724	358,799	314,008	1,530,100	1,461,574	519,390
Net income	$ 281,223	$ 233,253	$ 248,390	$ 224,124	$ 485,465	$ 322,092	$ 257,894	$ 234,691	$ 986,990	$ 1,300,142	$ 415,310
Earnings Per Share
Basic	$ 1.16	$ 0.97	$ 1.04	$ 0.94	$ 2.06	$ 1.38	$ 1.11	$ 1.02	$ 4.12	$ 5.59	$ 1.83
Diluted	$ 1.14	$ 0.96	$ 1.02	$ 0.92	$ 2.01	$ 1.34	$ 1.08	$ 0.99	$ 4.04	$ 5.44	$ 1.79