Income Taxes Income Tax Holiday Statutory Rate (Details) - Singapore [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2017	Apr. 02, 2016	Mar. 28, 2015
Income Tax Holiday [Line Items]
Income Tax Holiday Statutory Tax Rate	17.00%
Income Tax Holiday Pioneer Status Tax Rate	0.00%
Benefit from income tax holiday	$ 55.9	$ 51.3	$ 66.0
Benefit from income tax holiday, per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.21	$ 0.19	$ 0.24

The amount of income taxes from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 11.C)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34349781&loc=d3e330215-122817

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
-Number Topic 11
-Section C

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Per share amount effect of the income tax benefit resulting from the income tax holidays granted by taxing jurisdictions.

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The tax rate applicable under the Pioneer Status.

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The statutory tax rate that would apply if no tax holiday were in place.

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