Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)	$ 2,394,000
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	2,576,155	181,715
Accumulated Amortization	268,926	126,725
Technology licenses [Member]
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	12,446	12,006
Accumulated Amortization	10,701	10,418
Customer relationships [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)	1,220,000
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	1,267,103	47,103
Accumulated Amortization	99,471	26,391
Developed Technology [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)	610,000
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	712,163	102,163
Accumulated Amortization	124,028	78,540
Wafer supply agreement [Member]
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	20,443	20,443
Accumulated Amortization	16,059	11,376
Trade Names [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)	29,000
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	29,000	0
Accumulated Amortization	2,417	0
Backlog [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)	65,000
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount	65,000	0
Accumulated Amortization	16,250	0
In-process research and development [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)	470,000
Gross carrying amounts and amortization of intangibles
Gross Carrying Amount		0
TriQuint Merger [Member] \| In-process research and development [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)	$ 470,000

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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