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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. 26, 2021
Dec. 27, 2020
Revenue    
Revenues $ 10,705 $ 8,235
Contract with Customer, Performance Obligation Satisfied in Previous Period 242 [1] 110 [2]
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized 187 185
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount 969  
QCT    
Revenue    
Revenues 8,847 6,533
Handsets | QCT    
Revenue    
Revenues [3] 5,983 4,216
RFFE | QCT    
Revenue    
Revenues [4] 1,132 1,061
Automotive | QCT    
Revenue    
Revenues [5] 256 212
IoT | QCT    
Revenue    
Revenues [6] 1,476 $ 1,044
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-12-27    
Revenue    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 508  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 9 months  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-09-26    
Revenue    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 332  
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    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 94  
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    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 33  
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    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 2  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2026-09-28    
Revenue    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 0  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year  
[1] Primarily related to certain QCT sales-based royalty revenues related to system software, QTL royalty revenues recognized related to devices sold in prior periods (including adjustments to prior period royalty estimates, which includes the impact of the reporting by our licensees of actual royalties due) and certain QCT customer incentives.
[2] Primarily related to QTL royalty revenues recognized related to devices sold in prior periods (including adjustments to prior period royalty estimates, which includes the impact of the reporting by our licensees of actual royalties due) and certain QCT customer incentives.
[3] Includes revenues from products sold for use in mobile handsets, excluding RFFE (radio frequency front-end) components.
[4] 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 mobile handsets) and excludes radio frequency transceiver components.
[5] Includes revenues from products sold for use in automobiles, including telematics, connectivity and digital cockpit.
[6] Primarily includes products sold for use in the following industries and applications: consumer (including computing, voice and music and XR), edge networking (including mobile broadband and wireless access points) and industrial (including handhelds, retail, transportation and logistics and utilities).