Taxes - Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Jan. 02, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory tax rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
State income taxes (net of federal benefit)	3.80%	(1.80%)	1.00%
Research and development credit	0.40%	(1.80%)	(2.20%)
Tax windfall/shortfall on share-based awards	(0.50%)	(4.60%)	(4.30%)
Reserves for uncertain tax positions	0.00%	0.20%	0.90%
Tax rate changes	0.30%	(8.20%)	(1.20%)
Executive compensation limitation	(0.20%)	1.80%	1.20%
GILTI	0.00%	0.00%	(8.20%)
FDII	1.20%	0.00%	(1.50%)
Change in valuation allowance	(7.10%)	(2.00%)	0.00%
Out-of-period adjustments	0.60%	0.00%	2.50%
Impact of foreign operations	(1.60%)	9.00%	8.70%
Reversal of certain deferred tax liabilities	13.20%	0.00%	0.00%
Other	0.20%	(0.90%)	1.00%
Total effective tax rate	31.30%	12.70%	18.90%

Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.

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