Segment Information Specified Items Included in Segment EBT (Details) (USD $) In Millions |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 25, 2011 |
Sep. 26, 2010 |
Sep. 27, 2009 |
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| Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] | |||
| Interest expense | $ (114) | $ (43) | $ (13) |
QCT [Member] |
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| Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] | |||
| Revenue from external customers | 8,856 | 6,686 | 6,125 |
| Intersegment revenues | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| Interest income | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Interest expense | 1 | 1 | 0 |
QTL [Member] |
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| Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] | |||
| Revenue from external customers | 5,422 | 3,659 | 3,603 |
| Intersegment revenues | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Interest income | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Interest expense | 0 | 0 | 1 |
QWI [Member] |
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| Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] | |||
| Revenue from external customers | 656 | 628 | 638 |
| Intersegment revenues | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Interest income | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Interest expense | 0 | (4) | 1 |
QSI [Member] |
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| Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] | |||
| Revenue from external customers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intersegment revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interest income | 20 | 8 | 3 |
| Interest expense | $ 99 | $ 27 | $ 0 |
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- Definition Amount of revenue from external customers for the reportable segment. Such disclosure is presented if the amount is: (a) included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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