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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions					9 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 31, 2020	Aug. 07, 2019	Apr. 02, 2019	Jan. 25, 2019	Sep. 26, 2020	Sep. 28, 2019	Dec. 28, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill					$ 938.5		$ 913.8
Payment to acquire business, net of cash acquired					6.1	$ 38.9
Sigmavision
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price of acquisition	$ 5.9
Goodwill					5.6
Cognitran Limited
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price of acquisition		$ 30.6
Goodwill					14.5
Payment to acquire business, net of cash acquired		$ 29.6
Power Hawk Technologies Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price of acquisition			$ 7.9
Goodwill					$ 6.4
TMB GeoMarketing Limited
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price of acquisition				$ 1.3