Income Taxes - Summary of Differences Between U.S. Federal Statutory Tax Rate and Company's Consolidated Effective Tax Rate (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Jan. 02, 2021	Dec. 28, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory tax rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
State income taxes (net of federal benefit)	1.00%	(0.30%)	1.10%
Cessation of operations	0.00%	(0.50%)	(0.80%)
Research and development credit	(2.20%)	(1.20%)	(0.50%)
Tax windfall on share-based awards	(4.30%)	(0.10%)	(8.60%)
Reserves for uncertain tax positions	0.90%	(0.90%)	(1.40%)
Tax rate changes	(1.20%)	0.00%	0.30%
Decrease in valuation adjustment related to foreign tax credits	0.00%	0.00%	(3.50%)
Executive compensation limitation	1.20%	0.50%	0.30%
GILTI	(8.20%)	2.30%	1.50%
FDII	(1.50%)	(3.70%)	(1.90%)
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance due to net operating loss	0.00%	0.40%	(0.70%)
Out-of-period adjustments	2.50%	0.00%	0.00%
Tax return adjustments related to the 2017 Tax Act	0.00%	(0.70%)	(1.10%)
Impact of foreign operations	8.70%	3.40%	3.20%
Other	1.00%	0.70%	(0.50%)
Total effective tax rate	18.90%	20.90%	8.40%

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

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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 income tax rates.

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