Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Borrowings, Short-term Debt (Detail)

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Borrowings, Short-term Debt (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]    
Drafts payable $ 16,000,000us-gaap_BankOverdrafts $ 257,000,000us-gaap_BankOverdrafts
Notes payable 0us-gaap_ShortTermBankLoansAndNotesPayable 24,000,000us-gaap_ShortTermBankLoansAndNotesPayable
Commercial paper 500,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper 0us-gaap_CommercialPaper
Current portion of long-term debt 1,088,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent 0us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Short-term debt 1,604,000,000us-gaap_DebtCurrent 281,000,000us-gaap_DebtCurrent
Board Of Directors Maximum Borrowing Capacity Authorization 3,000,000,000intc_BoardOfDirectorsMaximumBorrowingCapacityAuthorization  
Maximum Borrowings, Commercial Paper Program $ 2,400,000,000intc_MaximumBorrowingsCommercialPaperProgram $ 300,000,000intc_MaximumBorrowingsCommercialPaperProgram