Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies - Advances From Customers (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013		Dec. 30, 2012
Schedule of Estimated Utilization of Advances From Customers [Line Items]
Customer Advances, Current	$ 54,743,000	[1]	$ 59,648,000	[1]
Customer Advances, Noncurrent	218,313,000	[1]	236,082,000	[1]
2013	31,786,000
2014	33,988,000
2015	26,386,000
2016	30,713,000
2017	35,039,000
Thereafter	115,144,000
Total	273,056,000
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	17,000,000		32,000,000
Receivables, Net, Current	17,300,000		7,600,000
Customer, Polysilicon Purchaser [Member]
Schedule of Estimated Utilization of Advances From Customers [Line Items]
Customer Advances and Deposits	52,400,000		56,100,000
Customer Advances, Current	8,400,000		8,100,000
Customer, AUOSP [Member]
Schedule of Estimated Utilization of Advances From Customers [Line Items]
Customer Advances and Deposits	185,300,000		190,100,000
Customer Advances, Current	11,000,000		8,800,000
Equipment [Member]
Schedule of Estimated Utilization of Advances From Customers [Line Items]
Collateralized equipment	$ 18,100,000		$ 16,500,000

[1] The Company has related party balances in connection with transactions made with unconsolidated entities in which the Company has a direct equity investment. These related party balances are recorded within the "Prepaid expenses and other current assets," "Other long-term assets," "Accounts payable," "Customer advances, current portion," "Convertible debt, net of current portion," and "Customer advances, net of current portion" financial statement line items in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (see Note 2, Note 4, Note 5, Note 7, and Note 8).