The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment

	As of
(In thousands)	March 29, 2015			December 28, 2014
Property, plant and equipment, net:
Manufacturing equipment3	$	556,730		$	554,124
Land and buildings	26,138			26,138
Leasehold improvements	237,713			236,867
Solar power systems4	126,350			124,848
Computer equipment	92,636			88,257
Furniture and fixtures	9,384			9,436
Construction-in-process	97,493			75,570
	1,146,444			1,115,240
Less: accumulated depreciation	(551,978		)	(529,896		)
	$	594,466		$	585,344

³  The Company's mortgage loan agreement with International Finance Corporation ("IFC") is collateralized by certain manufacturing equipment with a net book value of $107.7 million and $111.9 million as of March 29, 2015 and December 28, 2014, respectively.

⁴  Includes $95.4 million and $94.4 million of solar power systems associated with sale-leaseback transactions under the financing method as of March 29, 2015 and December 28, 2014, respectively, which are depreciated using the straight-line method to their estimated residual values over the lease terms of up to 20 years (see Note 5).