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STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
6 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Sep. 09, 2014
Equity [Abstract]    
Amount authorized to be repurchased   $ 100,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
Number of shares repurchased 1.9us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares  
Value of shares repurchased $ 50,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue  
Average price per share of stock repurchased $ 26.11mscc_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodAverageCostPerShare