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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items Other intangible assets (Details)

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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items Other intangible assets (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2016
Sep. 27, 2015
Sep. 28, 2014
Other intangible assets [Line Items]      
Gross Carrying Amount $ 6,042 $ 5,941  
Accumulated Amortization $ (2,542) $ (2,199)  
Weighted-average amortization period 10 years 10 years  
Carrying value of acquired in-process research and development $ 83 $ 196  
Amortization of intangible assets 804 591 $ 543
Amortization expense, Fiscal 2017 674    
Amortization expense, Fiscal 2018 635    
Amortization expense, Fiscal 2019 597    
Amortization expense, Fiscal 2020 494    
Amortization expense, Fiscal 2021 374    
Amortization expense, thereafter 726    
Wireless spectrum [Member]      
Other intangible assets [Line Items]      
Gross Carrying Amount 2 2  
Accumulated Amortization $ (2) $ (2)  
Weighted-average amortization period 5 years 5 years  
Marketing-related [Member]      
Other intangible assets [Line Items]      
Gross Carrying Amount $ 119 $ 93  
Accumulated Amortization $ (77) $ (59)  
Weighted-average amortization period 8 years 8 years  
Technology-based [Member]      
Other intangible assets [Line Items]      
Gross Carrying Amount $ 5,900 $ 5,735  
Accumulated Amortization $ (2,459) $ (2,078)  
Weighted-average amortization period 10 years 10 years  
Customer-related [Member]      
Other intangible assets [Line Items]      
Gross Carrying Amount $ 21 $ 111  
Accumulated Amortization $ (4) $ (60)  
Weighted-average amortization period 7 years 4 years