Related Parties and Strategic Investments (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Jan. 01, 2012
Related Parties and Strategic Investments
Accounts payable balances due to related party	$ 146,964,000	$ 214,806,000
Flash Ventures [Member]
Related Parties and Strategic Investments
The Company purchased NAND flash memory wafers from Flash Ventures and made prepayments, investments and loans to Flash Ventures	1,870,000,000	2,710,000,000	2,950,000,000
Repayment of loan from Flash Ventures	124,800,000	511,300,000	416,300,000
Accounts payable balances due to related party	146,000,000	214,500,000
Undistributed earnings (deficit) of equity method investments	$ 8,100,000	$ (600,000)
Flash Ventures [Member] | SanDisk Corporation [Member]
Related Parties and Strategic Investments
Percentage of ownership with Related party	49.90%