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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Number Of Plans

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Value of equity interests (such as common shares, preferred shares, or partnership interest) issued or issuable to acquire the entity.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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The number of shares converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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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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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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Intrinsic value of equity-based compensation awards not vested. Excludes stock and unit options.

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SHARE INCENTIVE PLANS: (Plans, Acquisition Information) (Details) $ in Millions	Feb. 23, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2016 plan shares	Dec. 31, 2015 shares
Share incentive plans
Number of plans \| plan		10
Common stock, capital shares reserved for future issuance		10,459,118
Business acquisition unvested employee RSU conversion ratio	0.56%
Acquisition-related EZchip [Member]
Share incentive plans
Restricted share units outstanding	1
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share incentive plans
Conversion of stock, shares converted	499,894
Restricted share units outstanding		3,779,296	2,205,083
EZchip [Member]
Share incentive plans
Aggregate intrinsic value, nonvested shares \| $	$ 23.2
EZchip [Member] \| Acquisition-related EZchip [Member]
Share incentive plans
Number of shares	499,894
Aggregate intrinsic value, nonvested shares \| $	$ 23.2
EZchip [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share incentive plans
Conversion of stock, shares converted	891,822
EZchip [Member] \| Equity Issued in Business Combination [Member] \| Acquisition-related EZchip [Member]
Share incentive plans
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, value assigned \| $	$ 1.0
EZchip [Member] \| Stock Compensation Plan [Member] \| Acquisition-related EZchip [Member]
Share incentive plans
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, value assigned \| $	$ 22.2
Award requisite service period (in years)	2 years 2 months 29 days