Measurement Period To Determine Fair Value Of Assets And Liabilities

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Number of customers with accounts receivable greater than ten percent.

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- Definition

Products Warranty Period

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Duration of a fiscal period, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but not limited to, weeks in a year or quarter.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2016	Jun. 26, 2015	Jun. 24, 2016 Customer Segment	Jun. 26, 2015	Dec. 25, 2015 Customer
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| Segment			1
Minimum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Fiscal year duration			364 days
Useful lives range			3 years
Maximum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Fiscal year duration			371 days
Useful lives range			15 years
Product warranty period (in years)			2 years
Measurement period to determine fair value of assets and liabilities			12 months
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Lam Research Corporation and Applied Materials, Inc. [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of customers with accounts receivable greater than 10% \| Customer			2		3
Sales [Member] \| International Sales [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration percentage	45.10%	32.60%	44.50%	32.20%
Sales [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration percentage	82.40%	81.20%	81.20%	78.30%
Accounts Receivable \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Lam Research Corporation, Applied Materials, Inc. and ASM International, Inc. [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration percentage			84.30%		84.60%