QUALCOMM Incorporated Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Subsequent Event (Details)

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Subsequent Event (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Oct. 27, 2016	Sep. 25, 2016
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Committed Financing, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 4,000
NXP [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Announcement	Oct. 27, 2016
Business Acquisition, Agreed Share Price	$ 110
Estimated Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 38,000
Committed Financing, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	13,600
Business Combination, Termination Fee, Specified Circumstances, Payable to Acquirer	1,250
Business Combination, Termination Fee, Specified Circumstances, Payable to Target	$ 2,000
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Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Estimated Percentage of Voting Interests upon Acquisition	70.00%
Maximum [Member] \| NXP [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Estimated Percentage of Voting Interests upon Acquisition	95.00%

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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.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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