Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2012 Customer	Sep. 24, 2011 Customer	Sep. 29, 2012 Customer	Sep. 24, 2011 Customer
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of customers accounting for 10 percent or more of total revenue	0	0	0	0
No single customer accounted for benchmark percentage to be considered major customer	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%

Percentage of revenue generated from a single external customer that accounts for 10 percent or more of an entity's revenues.

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Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration