Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Commitments (Detail)

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Commitments (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Oct. 31, 2010
Jan. 31, 2015
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net [Abstract]          
Operating Leases, Rent Expense $ 257,000,000us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense $ 270,000,000us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense $ 214,000,000us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense    
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]          
Minimum rental commitments payable, 2015 205,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent        
Minimum rental commitments payable, 2016 179,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears        
Minimum rental commitments payable, 2017 152,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears        
Minimum rental commitments payable, 2018 118,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears        
Minimum rental commitments payable, 2019 101,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears        
Minimum rental commitments payable, 2020 and thereafter 315,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter        
Minimum rental commitments payable, Total 1,070,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue        
Capital Addition Purchase Commitments [Member]          
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Abstract]          
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation 3,500,000,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_CapitalAdditionsMember
5,500,000,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= us-gaap_CapitalAdditionsMember
     
Other Purchase Obligations And Commitments [Member]          
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Abstract]          
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation 2,500,000,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= intc_OtherPurchaseObligationsAndCommitmentsMember
1,900,000,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount
/ us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= intc_OtherPurchaseObligationsAndCommitmentsMember
     
Lehman Matter [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]          
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]          
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value       312,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= intc_LehmanMatterMember
 
Subsequent Event [Member] | Lehman Matter [Member] | Pending Litigation [Member]          
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]          
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value         $ 129,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= intc_LehmanMatterMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember