Debt (Details) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended | |
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Mar. 29, 2015
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Sep. 28, 2014
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Short-term Debt [Line Items] | ||
Line of Credit Facility, Initiation Date | Feb. 18, 2015 | |
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity | $ 4,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity | |
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date | Feb. 18, 2020 | |
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period | at the option of the Company, at either LIBOR (determined in accordance with the Revolving Credit Facility) plus a margin of 0.7% per annum or the Base Rate (determined in accordance with the Revolving Credit Facility), plus an initial margin of 0% per annum. | |
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage, per annum | 0.05%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage | |
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms | maintain a ratio of consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to consolidated interest expense, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility, of not less than three to one at the end of each fiscal quarter | |
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance | the Company was in compliance with the financial covenant | |
Short-term debt | 1,096,000,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings | 0us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings |
Commercial Paper [Member] | ||
Short-term Debt [Line Items] | ||
Short-term debt, Maximum Borrowing Capacity |
$ 4,000,000,000qcom_ShortTermDebtMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember |
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Short-term debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate |
0.14%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember |
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Minimum [Member] | Commercial Paper [Member] | ||
Short-term Debt [Line Items] | ||
Short-term debt Instrument, Term | 1 day | |
Maximum [Member] | Commercial Paper [Member] | ||
Short-term Debt [Line Items] | ||
Short-term debt Instrument, Term | 397 days | |
Weighted Average [Member] | Commercial Paper [Member] | ||
Short-term Debt [Line Items] | ||
Short-term debt Instrument, Remaining Term | 58 days |
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Short Term Debt Instrument, Remaining Term No definition available.
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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. No definition available.
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Maximum borrowing capacity under the program without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the program. No definition available.
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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used. No definition available.
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Identification of whether the entity has been in compliance with any credit facility debt covenants during the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Description of the conditions for borrowing under the credit facility including the nature of any restrictions. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Date the credit facility first became available, in CCYY-MM-DD format. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt outstanding. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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