Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Commitments and Contingencies (Details)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2011
Sep. 26, 2010
Sep. 27, 2009
Apr. 26, 2009
Legal Proceedings [Abstract]        
Expiration date of subject patents Sep. 24, 2010
Advance payment deposit $ 994,000,000 $ 1,100,000,000    
Noncontrolling Interest, Description two Indian companies each acquired 13% of each subsidiary      
Charge recorded as a result of KFTC levied fine     230,000,000  
Litigation Settlement, Patent License and Other Related Items [Abstract]        
Broadcom settlement       891,000,000
Paid portion of Broadcom settlement 589,000,000      
Last payment date of the remaining payments of the Broadcom settlement April 2013      
Pretax charge of Broadcom settlement     783,000,000  
Carrying value and fair value of the settlement liability 294,000,000      
Loans Payable Related to India BWA Spectrum [Abstract]        
Interest rate spread percentage 0.25%      
Refinanced loans interest rate percentage 10.00%      
Refinanced loans payment date December 2012      
Lender prepayment demand period 12/15/2011      
Amount of loan subject to prepayment demand 152,000,000      
Carrying value of refinanced loans 994,000,000      
Interest paid 94,000,000 15,000,000    
Purchase Obligations [Abstract]        
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2012 1,900,000,000      
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2013 62,000,000      
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2014 40,000,000      
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2015 37,000,000      
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2016 27,000,000      
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations thereafter 9,000,000      
Inventory purchase commitments for fiscal 2012 1,400,000,000      
Inventory purchase commitments for fiscal 2013 2,000,000      
Leases [Abstract]        
Low range of noncancelable operating lease terms less than one year      
High range of noncancelable operating lease terms 35 years      
Rental expense 87,000,000 85,000,000 80,000,000  
Low range of initial capital lease terms 5      
High range of initial capital lease terms 7      
Maximum number of capital lease renewal options 5      
Total capital lease asset expected to be written off due to restructuring plan at the end of the contractual lease term 149,000,000      
Total capital lease obligation expected to be written off due to restructuring plan at the end of the contractual lease term $ 170,000,000