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Significant Accounting Policies - Fiscal Year, Basis of Presentation, Cash Equivalents and Concentration of Credit Risk (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2019 USD ($) months weeks	Sep. 29, 2018 weeks	Sep. 30, 2017 weeks
Product Information [Line Items]
Fiscal period, number of weeks \| weeks	52	52	52
Cash and cash equivalents held outside of U.S.	$ 240.3
Cash and cash equivalents, foreign operations in foreign currency	$ 228.4
Accounts receivable
Product Information [Line Items]
Segment Reporting, Disclosure of Major Customers	2	2
Accounts receivable \| Customer one
Product Information [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	28.60%	16.40%
Accounts receivable \| Customer two
Product Information [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage		16.70%
Maximum
Product Information [Line Items]
Highly liquid investments maturities (in months) \| months	3