Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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 6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2021
Mar. 29, 2020
Mar. 28, 2021
Mar. 29, 2020
Revenue        
Revenues $ 7,935 $ 5,216 $ 16,170 $ 10,292
Contract with Customer, Performance Obligation Satisfied in Previous Period 122 150 176 178
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized     314 307
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount 1,200   1,200  
QCT [Member]        
Revenue        
Revenues 6,281 4,100 12,814 7,719
Mobile handsets [Member] | QCT [Member]        
Revenue        
Revenues [1] 4,065 2,652 8,281 5,004
RFFE [Member] | QCT [Member]        
Revenue        
Revenues [2] 903 650 1,964 1,063
Automotive [Member] | QCT [Member]        
Revenue        
Revenues [3] 240 171 452 318
IoT [Member] | QCT [Member]        
Revenue        
Revenues [4] 1,073 $ 627 2,117 $ 1,334
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-03-29        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 272   $ 272  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 6 months   6 months  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-09-27        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 535   $ 535  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year   1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-09-26        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 258   $ 258  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year   1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-09-25        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 75   $ 75  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year   1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-09-30        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 26   $ 26  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year   1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2025-09-29        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 0   $ 0  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year   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) Primarily includes products sold for use in cellular and non-cellular connected devices within the following industry segments and applications: consumer, computing, industrial, fixed wireless broadband, voice and music and wireless networking.