Related Parties and Strategic Investments (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2012	Jan. 02, 2011	Jan. 03, 2010	Jan. 01, 2012 Flash Ventures [Member]	Jan. 02, 2011 Flash Ventures [Member]	Jan. 03, 2010 Flash Ventures [Member]	Feb. 28, 2010 SIM Business [Member]
Related Parties and Strategic Investments
The Company purchased NAND flash memory wafers from Flash Ventures and made prepayments, investments and loans to Flash Ventures				$ 2,950,000,000	$ 2,000,000,000	$ 2,350,000,000
Repayment of loan from Flash Ventures	416,300,000	59,700,000	387,300,000
Accounts payable balances due to related party	276,275,000	241,744,000		275,800,000	240,500,000
Sale of assets of SIM business							17,800,000
Gain on Sale of assets of SIM business							13,200,000
Undistributed earnings of equity method investments				$ 4,200,000	$ 2,500,000