Note 3 - Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets - Purchased Intangible Assets, Subject to Amortization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 24, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015
Rasco Technology [Member]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 27,513	$ 26,904
Accumulated Amortization	$ 26,868	23,776
Remaining Useful Life	73 days
Ismeca Technology [Member]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 27,492	27,043
Accumulated Amortization	$ 13,049	10,329
Remaining Useful Life	4 years 109 days
Trade Names [Member]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 5,651	5,547
Accumulated Amortization	$ 401	92
Remaining Useful Life	14 years
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 60,656	59,494
Accumulated Amortization	$ 40,318	$ 34,197

Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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

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