Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2012

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

The following table represents a summary of the Company's stock options for the year ended September 28, 2012:

	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted average exercise price		Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years)	Aggregate intrinsic value (in thousands)
Balance outstanding at September 30, 2011	12,403		$	13.45
Granted	2,609		$	18.91
Options assumed (1)	1,122		$	21.00
Exercised	(3,574	)	$	10.90
Canceled/forfeited	(676	)	$	23.44
Balance outstanding at September 28, 2012	11,884		$	15.57	4.6	$	100,504
Exercisable at September 28, 2012	5,009		$	11.63	3.8	$	62,098

(1) Includes stock options assumed in the acquisition of AATI, see Note 3.

Schedule of Other Share-based Compensation, Activity [Table Text Block]

The following table represents a summary of the Company's restricted stock awards, RSUs and performance award transactions:

	Shares (In thousands)		Weighted average grant date fair value
Non-vested awards outstanding at September 30, 2011	4,673		$	17.67
Granted	3,560		$	19.31
RSUs assumed (1)	372		$	11.82
Vested	(2,502	)	$	15.11
Canceled/forfeited	(182	)	$	18.91
Non-vested awards outstanding at September 28, 2012	5,921		$	19.79

(1) Includes RSUs assumed in the acquisition of AATI, see Note 3.

Schedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Grant Date Intrinsic Value [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the total intrinsic value for stock options exercised and awards vested (i.e., the difference between the market price at the exercise and the price paid by the employees to exercise the awards) (in thousands):

	Fiscal Years Ended
	September 28 2012		September 30 2011		October 1 2010
Options	$	54,460	$	90,062	$	40,837
Awards	$	53,759	$	53,569	$	15,030

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes pre-tax share-based compensation expense by financial statement line (in thousands):

	Fiscal Years Ended
	September 28, 2012		September 30, 2011		October 1, 2010
Cost of sales	$	9,419	$	7,557	$	3,857
Research and development	27,982		18,100		7,419
Selling, general and administrative	34,771		32,681		29,465
Share-based compensation expense included in operating expenses	$	72,172	$	58,338	$	40,741

Schedule of Unrecognized Compensation Cost, Nonvested Awards [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes total compensation costs related to unvested awards not yet recognized and the weighted average period over which it is expected to be recognized at September 28, 2012:

	Unrecognized compensation cost for unvested awards (in thousands)		Weighted average remaining recognition period (in years)
Options	$	36,767	2.1
Awards	$	51,951	1.5

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The fair value of each stock option is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions. The fair value of the restricted and performance awards is equal to the closing market price of the Company's common stock on the date of grant.

	Fiscal Years Ended
	September 28, 2012		September 30, 2011		October 1, 2010
Expected volatility	59.21	%	49.26	%	56.19	%
Risk free interest rate (7 year contractual life options)	0.52	%	0.63	%	1.12	%
Dividend yield	0.00		0.00		0.00
Expected option life (7 year contractual life options)	4.09		4.10		4.23