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Earnings Per Share (Detail)

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Earnings Per Share (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Mar. 29, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]    
Net income available to common stockholders $ 1,992intc_NetIncomeAvailableToCommonStockholders $ 1,930intc_NetIncomeAvailableToCommonStockholders
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding—basic 4,741us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 4,974us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Dilutive effect of employee equity incentive plans (shares) 82us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements 76us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements
Dilutive effect of convertible debt (shares) 91us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToConversionOfDebtSecurities 67us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToConversionOfDebtSecurities
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding—diluted 4,914us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 5,117us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Basic earnings per share of common stock (in dollars per share) $ 0.42us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.39us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted earnings per share of common stock (in dollars per share) $ 0.41us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.38us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (shares) 3us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 33us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount