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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Cash Conversion Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Percentage Of Common Stock Related To Capped Calls

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Period After Consecutive Trading Days

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Ratio of Trading Price Per 1000 Principal Amount

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Payments For Settlement Of Capped Call Related To Convertible Debt

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The number of shares issued in exchange for the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period.

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The carrying amount of the equity component of convertible debt which may be settled in cash upon conversion.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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Minimum percentage of common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion.

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Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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The per share price of the Company's stock at which the contract holder of the freestanding contract has the right to purchase or sell the Company's stock at a future date.

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Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity's stockholders' equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders' equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.

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Debt - Inphi Convertible Notes & Capped Calls (Details)						1 Months Ended
Debt - Inphi Convertible Notes & Capped Calls (Details)	May 01, 2021 USD ($) shares	Apr. 29, 2021 USD ($) shares	Apr. 23, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 20, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2020 $ / shares	Jun. 03, 2021 USD ($) shares	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($) lender $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 30, 2021 USD ($)	May 02, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stockholders' equity	$ 14,855,370,000								$ 8,435,804,000	$ 8,535,622,000	$ 8,678,580,000
Percentage of common stock related to capped calls	100.00%
Convertible Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Shares issued in conversion (in shares) \| shares		7,100,000
Capped call fixed payment			$ 74,100,000
Convertible Debt \| Exchange Agreements
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capped call fixed payment				$ 35,500,000
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2021 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 5,500,000	$ 9,600,000		$ 15,700,000				$ 287,500,000
Stated interest rate				0.75%				0.75%
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 56.34
Redemption price percentage								100.00%
Fair value				$ 48,000,000.0
Conversion ratio				0.0177522	0.0412384			0.0177508
Cash conversion					1.17165
Shares issued in conversion (in shares) \| shares	200,000
Cash issued in conversion	$ 6,400,000
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2021 Convertible Notes \| Maximum \| Call Option \| Capped Call Transaction, Inphi 2021 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capped price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 73.03
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2021 Convertible Notes \| Exchange Agreements
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount				$ 9,600,000
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2025 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 114,000,000.0	$ 199,500,000		$ 506,000,000.0			$ 506,000,000.0
Stated interest rate				0.75%			0.75%
Conversion price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares					$ 567.27		$ 124.91
Redemption price percentage							100.00%
Fair value				$ 750,200,000
Conversion ratio				0.008595	0.0199662		0.0080059
Shares issued in conversion (in shares) \| shares	2,300,000
Cash issued in conversion	$ 64,700,000
Cash payable upon conversion				$ 244,200,000
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2025 Convertible Notes \| Maximum \| Call Option \| Capped Call Transaction, Inphi 2025 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capped price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 188.54
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2025 Convertible Notes \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount						$ 192,500,000
Shares issued in conversion (in shares) \| shares						3,800,000
Cash issued in conversion						$ 109,200,000
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2025 Convertible Notes \| Exchange Agreements
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount				$ 199,500,000
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2025 Convertible Notes \| Conversion One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold trading days \| lender							20
Threshold consecutive trading days \| lender							30
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger							130.00%
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2025 Convertible Notes \| Conversion Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold consecutive trading days \| lender							5
Period after consecutive trading days							5 days
Ratio of trading price per 1000 principal amount							98.00%
Convertible Debt \| Inphi 2025 Convertible Notes \| Conversion Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold trading days \| lender							20
Threshold consecutive trading days \| lender							30
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger							130.00%