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Intangible Assets (Intangible Assets) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 10, 2015	Apr. 04, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total		163,613us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill)		198,613	9,537
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross		175,579
Accumulated Amortization		(11,966)
Total		163,613
Intangible Assets, Gross (Excluding Goodwill)		210,579
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill)		198,613
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Developed technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)	4 years 8 months 12 days
Gross		135,700
Accumulated Amortization		(6,873)
Total		128,827
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)	5 years 6 months
Gross		37,258
Accumulated Amortization		(5,032)
Total		32,226
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Licensing Agreements
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)	2 years 6 months
Gross		1,852
Accumulated Amortization		(50)
Total		1,802
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Patents
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)	5 years
Gross		769
Accumulated Amortization		(11)
Total		758
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Minimum \| Developed technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)		3 years
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Minimum \| Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)		4 years
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Minimum \| Licensing Agreements
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)		3 years
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Maximum \| Developed technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)		7 years
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Maximum \| Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)		7 years
SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member] \| Maximum \| Licensing Agreements
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)		5 years
In Process Research and Development [Member] \| SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd. and Silicon Image, Inc [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)		35,000