Percentage of value used for fair value of non-controlling interest estimates.

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Purchase obligation maturity period.

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
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-Section 50
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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2020	Aug. 27, 2018
Cinos Co., Ltd [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding shares purchased		35.00%
Quantum Global Technologies, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Stock purchase obligation, fair value	$ 8.0
Purchase obligation maturity period	2022-12
Cinos Korea and Cinos China [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of value used for fair value of non-controlling interest estimates		100.00%
Quantum Global Technologies, LLC [Member] \| Cinos Co., Ltd [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding shares purchased		51.00%
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent		86.00%
Quantum Global Technologies, LLC [Member] \| Cinos Xian Clean Technology, Ltd [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding shares purchased		35.00%
Cinos China [Member] \| Cinos Co., Ltd [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent		60.00%
Cinos Co., Ltd [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent	86.00%
Percentage of non-controlling interest		14.00%
Cinos Joint Venture [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of non-controlling interest		40.00%