Related Parties and Strategic Investments (Details Textual) (USD $)			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 03, 2011	Jan. 02, 2011	Jul. 03, 2011 Flash Ventures [Member]	Apr. 04, 2010 Flash Ventures [Member]	Jul. 03, 2011 Flash Ventures [Member]	Jul. 04, 2010 Flash Ventures [Member]	Jan. 02, 2011 Flash Ventures [Member]	Feb. 28, 2010 SIM Business [Member]
Related Parties and Strategic Investments (Textuals) [Abstract]
The Company purchased NAND flash memory wafers from Flash Ventures and made prepayments, investments and loans to Flash Ventures			$ 746,800,000	$ 417,800,000	$ 1,560,000,000	$ 931,200,000
Repayment of loan from flash Ventures					85,100,000
Accounts receivable from Flash Ventures			9,200,000		9,200,000		0
Percentage of ownership with Related party			49.90%		49.90%
Accounts payable balances due to related party	275,611,000	241,744,000	274,600,000		274,600,000		240,500,000
Sale of assets of SIM business								17,800,000
Gain on Sale of assets of SIM business								$ 13,200,000