Note 8 - Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]
           

September 28, 2014

   

December 29, 2013

 
   

Estimated range of lives (in years)

   

Gross Amount (2)

   

Accumulated Amortization

   

Net Amount

   

Gross Amount

   

Accumulated Amortization

   

Net Amount

 
           

(in thousands)

 

Developed technology

    5 to 10     $ 140,976     $ (69,333 )   $ 71,643     $ 140,476     $ (53,661 )   $ 86,815  

Customer relationships

    5 to 10       110,039       (45,945 )     64,094       110,119       (35,976 )     74,143  

Trade names

    0.5 to 7       8,079       (5,287 )     2,792       9,478       (5,545 )     3,933  

Trademarks

    7 to 8       2,700       (394 )     2,306       2,700       (142 )     2,558  

IP R&D (1)

            -       -       -       500       -       500  

Total Intangible Assets

          $ 261,794     $ (120,959 )   $ 140,835     $ 263,273     $ (95,324 )   $ 167,949  
Schedule of Actual Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]
   

Three Months Ended

   

Nine Months Ended

 
   

September 28, 2014

   

September 29, 2013

   

September 28, 2014

   

September 29, 2013

 
   

(in thousands)

 
                                 

Amortization expense

  $ 8,940     $ 9,514     $ 27,034     $ 23,140  
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]
   

Estimated Future Amortization

 
   

(in thousands)

 

Fiscal 2014 (remaining 3 months)

  $ 7,929  

Fiscal 2015

    35,759  

Fiscal 2016

    35,926  

Fiscal 2017

    25,061  

Fiscal 2018

    19,607  

Fiscal 2019 and beyond

    16,553  

Total

  $ 140,835  
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]
   

September 28, 2014

   

December 29, 2013

 
   

(in thousands)

 
                 

Goodwill

  $ 166,334     $ 166,422