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	Mar. 29, 2015	Mar. 30, 2014	Mar. 29, 2015	Mar. 30, 2014	Sep. 28, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets	$ 305,619us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet		$ 305,619us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet		$ 351,893us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Goodwill	886,865us-gaap_Goodwill		886,865us-gaap_Goodwill		885,610us-gaap_Goodwill
Amortization of intangible assets	22,713us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	24,309us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	46,273us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	46,272us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Completed technology
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets	178,470		178,470		201,333
Amortization of intangible assets			22,864	22,227
Customer relationships
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets	126,893		126,893		149,328
Amortization of intangible assets			22,433	22,337
Backlog, Trade Name and Other [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets	256		256		1,232
Amortization of intangible assets			$ 976	$ 1,708