Share Repurchases	12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2016
Share Repurchases [Abstract]
Treasury Stock	Stock Repurchases The Company’s Board of Directors authorized in October 2011 a program to repurchase up to $500.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. The stock repurchase program was increased by an additional $750.0 million by the Company’s Board of Directors in December 2012 and was fully expended by the end of the third quarter of 2013. In July 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program of $2.50 billion, and in January 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the stock repurchase program by an additional $2.50 billion. As of January 3, 2016, $1.88 billion remained available for stock repurchases; however, due to the pending acquisition of the Company by Western Digital, the Company suspended all stock repurchases under this program effective in the fourth quarter of 2015. See Note 1, “Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies–Pending Acquisition by Western Digital Corporation.” Under the Company’s stock repurchase program, shares repurchased are recorded as a reduction to Capital in excess of par value and Retained earnings in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The repurchases will be made from time to time in privately negotiated or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5‑1 of the Securities Exchange Act, or in structured stock repurchase programs, and may be made in one or more repurchases, in compliance with Rule 10b‑18 of the Securities Exchange Act. Stock repurchases are subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The stock repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of common stock, or any shares at all, and may be suspended at any time at the Company’s discretion. As part of the stock repurchase program, the Company has entered into, and may continue to enter into, structured stock repurchase transactions with financial institutions. These agreements generally require that the Company make an up-front payment in exchange for the right to receive a fixed number of shares of its common stock upon execution of the agreement, with a potential increase or decrease in the number of shares at the end of the term of the agreement. Under the Company’s stock repurchase programs, from the fourth quarter of 2011 through January 3, 2016, the Company spent an aggregate $4.37 billion to repurchase 62.9 million shares at an average stock price of $69.58 per share. Included in the aggregate repurchase activity are 17.5 million shares that were repurchased at an average stock price of $71.31 per share for an aggregate amount of $1.25 billion during 2015. In addition to repurchases under the Company’s stock repurchase program, during 2015, the Company spent $44.7 million to settle employee tax withholding obligations due upon the vesting of restricted stock units and withheld an equivalent value of shares from the shares provided to the employees upon vesting.

Stock Repurchases

The Company’s Board of Directors authorized in October 2011 a program to repurchase up to $500.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. The stock repurchase program was increased by an additional $750.0 million by the Company’s Board of Directors in December 2012 and was fully expended by the end of the third quarter of 2013. In July 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program of $2.50 billion, and in January 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the stock repurchase program by an additional $2.50 billion. As of January 3, 2016, $1.88 billion remained available for stock repurchases; however, due to the pending acquisition of the Company by Western Digital, the Company suspended all stock repurchases under this program effective in the fourth quarter of 2015. See Note 1, “Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies–Pending Acquisition by Western Digital Corporation.”

Under the Company’s stock repurchase program, shares repurchased are recorded as a reduction to Capital in excess of par value and Retained earnings in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The repurchases will be made from time to time in privately negotiated or open market transactions, including under plans complying with Rule 10b5‑1 of the Securities Exchange Act, or in structured stock repurchase programs, and may be made in one or more repurchases, in compliance with Rule 10b‑18 of the Securities Exchange Act. Stock repurchases are subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The stock repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of common stock, or any shares at all, and may be suspended at any time at the Company’s discretion. As part of the stock repurchase program, the Company has entered into, and may continue to enter into, structured stock repurchase transactions with financial institutions. These agreements generally require that the Company make an up-front payment in exchange for the right to receive a fixed number of shares of its common stock upon execution of the agreement, with a potential increase or decrease in the number of shares at the end of the term of the agreement.

Under the Company’s stock repurchase programs, from the fourth quarter of 2011 through January 3, 2016, the Company spent an aggregate $4.37 billion to repurchase 62.9 million shares at an average stock price of $69.58 per share. Included in the aggregate repurchase activity are 17.5 million shares that were repurchased at an average stock price of $71.31 per share for an aggregate amount of $1.25 billion during 2015. In addition to repurchases under the Company’s stock repurchase program, during 2015, the Company spent $44.7 million to settle employee tax withholding obligations due upon the vesting of restricted stock units and withheld an equivalent value of shares from the shares provided to the employees upon vesting.