Equity Method Investments (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified |
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Oct. 01, 2011 |
Sep. 25, 2010 |
Dec. 25, 2010 |
Oct. 01, 2011
IM Flash Technologies, LLC [Member]
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Oct. 01, 2011
SMART Technologies, Inc. [Member]
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Dec. 25, 2010
SMART Technologies, Inc. [Member]
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Oct. 01, 2011
IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Sep. 25, 2010
IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Oct. 01, 2011
IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Sep. 25, 2010
IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Dec. 25, 2010
IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Oct. 01, 2011
IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Sep. 25, 2010
IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Dec. 25, 2010
IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Oct. 01, 2011
IM Flash Singapore, LLP [Member]
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Apr. 02, 2011
Intel-GE Care Innovations, LLC [Member]
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Oct. 01, 2011
Intel-GE Care Innovations, LLC [Member]
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Oct. 01, 2011
Intel-GE Care Innovations, LLC [Member]
Future Funding Required Upon Equity Investee Meeting Established Milestones [Member]
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| Ownership Percentage | 49.00% | 18.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Investments in non-marketable equity investments | $ 569 | $ 242 | $ 131 | |||||||||||||||
| Carrying Value | 1,772 | 1,791 | 37 | 31 | 1,400 | 1,500 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Return of equity method investments | 172 | 151 | 172 | 151 | ||||||||||||||
| Percentage of purchase commitment of production output and production-related services | 49.00% | 29.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal | 164 | 0 | 164 | |||||||||||||||
| Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Maximum | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Related Party Transactions [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction | 255 | 200 | 725 | 580 | ||||||||||||||
| Due to Related Parties | $ 155 | $ 155 | $ 105 | |||||||||||||||
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- Definition Investments In Non-Marketable Equity Investments
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- Definition Return of equity method investment
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- Definition The gain (loss) resulting from the sale of a disposal group that is not a discontinued operation. It is included in income from continuing operations before income taxes in the income statement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The estimated maximum amount of possible loss from the contingency. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
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