Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013 Customer	Apr. 01, 2012 Customer
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of customers that accounted for 10% or more of accounts receivable	4	3
Maximum original maturity of highly liquid investments to be consider cash equivalents	3 months
Maximum period for Company's product warranty	Five years
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Accounts receivable concentration risk percentage	74.00%	68.00%
Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Accounts receivable concentration risk percentage	10.00%	10.00%
Minimum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Recognition threshold for uncertain tax positions	Greater than 50%
Estimated useful lives of purchased intangible assets	3 years
Maximum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of purchased intangible assets	7 years

Maximum original maturity of highly liquid investments to be consider cash equivalents.

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Number of customers that individually accounted for 10% or more of the Company's accounts receivable.

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Percentage of recognition threshold for likelihood of uncertain tax positions to be realized upon settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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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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Describes the nature of the product warranty, including the approximate term of the product warranty, how the product warranty arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the warrantor to perform under the product warranty.

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