Note 14 - Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements
Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 14 - Contingencies Legal Proceedings On or about December 19, 2018, Steven A.W. De Jaray, Perienne De Jaray and Darrell R. Oswald (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) commenced an action against the Company and several unnamed defendants in the Multnomah County Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, in connection with the sale of certain products by the Company to the Plaintiffs in or around 2008. The Plaintiffs alleged that we violated the Lanham Act, engaged in negligence, fraud, and breach of contract by failing to disclose to the Plaintiffs the export-controlled status of the subject parts. In January 2019, we removed the action to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon (the “Court”). On May 24, 2023, the Plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint, which added Apex-Micro Manufacturing Corporation as a plaintiff and removed the violation of the Lanham Act claim. The Plaintiffs sought damages of $180 million, punitive damages, and other remedies. On January 18, 2024, the court dismissed the claims against the Company by Perienne De Jaray and Darrell R. Oswald. The trial for the remainder of the claims was held from January 30, 2024 to February 15, 2024. On February 13, 2024, after both parties rested their cases and prior to the submission of the case to the jury, the Company filed a Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law as to all remaining claims due to insufficient evidence to support the claims. The Court granted the Company’s Rule 50 motion in part and entered judgment in the Company’s favor as to all of Steven De Jaray’s claims and Apex-Micro Manufacturing Corporation’s negligence claims. On February 15, 2023, the jury found that the Company was not liable for all outstanding claims and the presiding judge stated he would enter the judgment in favor of the Company. From time to time, we are exposed to certain additional asserted and unasserted potential claims. We review the status of each significant matter and assess its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable and a range of possible losses can be estimated, we then accrue a liability for the estimated loss. Legal proceedings are subject to uncertainties, and the outcomes are difficult to predict. Because of such uncertainties, accruals are based only on the best information available at the time. As additional information becomes available, we reassess the potential liability related to pending claims and litigation and may revise estimates.

Note 14 - Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2023

Note 14 - Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

On or about December 19, 2018, Steven A.W. De Jaray, Perienne De Jaray and Darrell R. Oswald (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) commenced an action against the Company and several unnamed defendants in the Multnomah County Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, in connection with the sale of certain products by the Company to the Plaintiffs in or around 2008. The Plaintiffs alleged that we violated the Lanham Act, engaged in negligence, fraud, and breach of contract by failing to disclose to the Plaintiffs the export-controlled status of the subject parts. In January 2019, we removed the action to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon (the “Court”). On May 24, 2023, the Plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint, which added Apex-Micro Manufacturing Corporation as a plaintiff and removed the violation of the Lanham Act claim. The Plaintiffs sought damages of $180 million, punitive damages, and other remedies. On January 18, 2024, the court dismissed the claims against the Company by Perienne De Jaray and Darrell R. Oswald. The trial for the remainder of the claims was held from January 30, 2024 to February 15, 2024. On February 13, 2024, after both parties rested their cases and prior to the submission of the case to the jury, the Company filed a Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law as to all remaining claims due to insufficient evidence to support the claims. The Court granted the Company’s Rule 50 motion in part and entered judgment in the Company’s favor as to all of Steven De Jaray’s claims and Apex-Micro Manufacturing Corporation’s negligence claims. On February 15, 2023, the jury found that the Company was not liable for all outstanding claims and the presiding judge stated he would enter the judgment in favor of the Company.

From time to time, we are exposed to certain additional asserted and unasserted potential claims. We review the status of each significant matter and assess its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable and a range of possible losses can be estimated, we then accrue a liability for the estimated loss. Legal proceedings are subject to uncertainties, and the outcomes are difficult to predict. Because of such uncertainties, accruals are based only on the best information available at the time. As additional information becomes available, we reassess the potential liability related to pending claims and litigation and may revise estimates.

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The entire disclosure for loss and gain contingencies. Describes any existing condition, situation, or set of circumstances involving uncertainty as of the balance sheet date (or prior to issuance of the financial statements) as to a probable or reasonably possible loss incurred by an entity that will ultimately be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur, and typically discloses the amount of loss recorded or a range of possible loss, or an assertion that no reasonable estimate can be made.

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