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Condensed Quarterly Results (Unaudited) - Quarterly Financial Information (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2014
Mar. 29, 2015
Dec. 28, 2014
Mar. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Schedule Of Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]              
Special charges   $ 5,600,000qlgc_SpecialCharges   $ 56,500,000qlgc_SpecialCharges $ 12,000,000qlgc_SpecialCharges $ 10,520,000qlgc_SpecialCharges $ 74,853,000qlgc_SpecialCharges
Exit costs   3,500,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges   10,600,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 9,600,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 6,946,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 26,491,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges
Asset impairment charges   2,100,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse   4,900,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse 2,400,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse 3,074,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse 7,322,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse
Retroactive reinstatement of the federal research tax credit     3,700,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch        
Patent license agreement, prior periods 41,000,000qlgc_PatentLicenseAgreementPriorPeriods     41,000,000qlgc_PatentLicenseAgreementPriorPeriods     41,040,000qlgc_PatentLicenseAgreementPriorPeriods
Valuation Allowance, State Tax Credits and Net Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]              
Schedule Of Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items]              
Incremental tax charges       $ 14,700,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceByDeferredTaxAssetAxis
= qlgc_ValuationAllowanceStateTaxCreditsAndNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember