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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items Revenues (Details)

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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items Revenues (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2020
Dec. 29, 2019
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenues $ 8,235 $ 5,077
Contract with Customer, Performance Obligation Satisfied in Previous Period 110 92
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized 185 178
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount 1,200  
QCT [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenues 6,533 3,618
Mobile handsets [Member] | QCT [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenues [1] 4,216 2,352
RFFE [Member] | QCT [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenues [2] 1,061 413
Automotive [Member] | QCT [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenues [3] 212 147
IoT [Member] | QCT [Member]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenues [4] 1,044 $ 706
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-12-28    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 403  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 9 months  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-09-27    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 496  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-09-26    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 238  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-09-25    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 65  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-09-30    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 26  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2025-09-29    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 0  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year  
[1] (1) Includes revenues from products sold for use in mobile handsets, excluding RFFE (radio frequency front-end) components.
[2] (2) Includes all revenues from sales of 4G, 5G sub-6 and 5G millimeter wave RFFE products (a substantial portion of which are sold for use in handsets).
[3] (3) Includes revenues from products sold for use in automobiles, including telematics, connectivity and digital cockpit.
[4] (4) Internet of things (IoT) revenues primarily include products sold for use in cellular and non-cellular connected devices within the following industry segments or applications: consumer, computing, industrial, fixed wireless broadband, voice and music and wireless networking.