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Common Shares Reserved For Issuance Upon Exercise Of Outstanding Options Assumed From Acquisitions Shares

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Range Of Shares Issued Upon Restated Stock Option And Incentive Plan

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Increase In Number of Shares Authorized

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Annual Purchases Per Employee, Amount

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The highest percentage of annual salary that an employee is permitted to utilize with respect to the plan.

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The highest quantity of shares an employee can purchase under the plan per period.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)	May 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	Mar. 28, 2020 USD ($) shares	Mar. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2020 $ / shares	Dec. 28, 2019 shares	Sep. 27, 2019 $ / shares	May 31, 2018 shares	Feb. 28, 2007 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options, granted (in shares)		0
Closing price of common stock (in usd per share) \| $ / shares				$ 5.14		$ 5.14
Stock options outstanding
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options to purchase shares, outstanding (in shares)		605,000			730,000
Stock options, granted (in shares)		0
Closing price of common stock (in usd per share) \| $ / shares				5.14
RSUs and PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Closing price of common stock (in usd per share) \| $ / shares				$ 5.14
Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of RSUs outstanding (in shares)		17,213,000			11,600,000
Number of units granted (in shares)		5,978,000
Amortization of stock-based compensation \| $		$ 8,300,000	$ 6,000,000.0
PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of RSUs outstanding (in shares)		4,057,000			2,505,000
Number of units granted (in shares)		1,628,000
Performance stock unit grants
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Amortization of stock-based compensation \| $		$ 1,600,000	$ 1,700,000
2007 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reserved common stock for issuance of options (in shares)								46,800,000
Duration of ESPP	20 years
Payroll deduction price as a percentage of market value	85.00%
Maximum employee subscription rate	15.00%
Maximum number of shares per employee (in shares)	3,000
Maximum annual purchases per employee, amount \| $	$ 25,000
Number of shares authorized to be issued (in shares)	31,600,000
2007 Equity Incentive Plan \| Stock options outstanding
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options to purchase shares, outstanding (in shares)		600,000
2007 Equity Incentive Plan \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of RSUs outstanding (in shares)		200,000
2016 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reserved common stock for issuance of options (in shares)		22,700,000
Increase in number of shares authorized (in shares)	7,300,000						1,500,000
Plan maximum term		10 years
2016 Equity Incentive Plan \| PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance period		3 years
2016 Equity Incentive Plan \| PSUs \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Ranges of number of shares issued on vesting of PSUs		0
2016 Equity Incentive Plan \| PSUs \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Ranges of number of shares issued on vesting of PSUs		2
2016 Equity Incentive Plan \| PSUs \| Existing employees \| Vesting 1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Duration of grants based on shareholder return of common stock price versus designated index		1 year
2016 Equity Incentive Plan \| PSUs \| Existing employees \| Vesting 2
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Duration of grants based on shareholder return of common stock price versus designated index		2 years
2016 Equity Incentive Plan \| PSUs \| Existing employees \| Vesting 3
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Duration of grants based on shareholder return of common stock price versus designated index		3 years