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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 9 Months Ended
Jun. 26, 2022
Jun. 27, 2021
Jun. 26, 2022
Jun. 27, 2021
Revenue        
Revenues $ 10,936 $ 8,060 $ 32,805 $ 24,230
Contract with Customer, Performance Obligation Satisfied in Previous Period 260 [1] 170 [2] 578 [1] 258 [2]
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized     482 437
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount 849   849  
QCT        
Revenue        
Revenues 9,378 6,472 27,773 19,287
Handsets | QCT        
Revenue        
Revenues [3] 6,149 3,863 18,457 12,144
RFFE | QCT        
Revenue        
Revenues [4] 1,046 957 3,338 2,921
Automotive | QCT        
Revenue        
Revenues [5] 350 253 945 705
IoT | QCT        
Revenue        
Revenues [6] 1,833 $ 1,399 5,033 $ 3,517
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-06-27        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 210   $ 210  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 3 months   3 months  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-09-26        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 417   $ 417  
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 $ 157   $ 157  
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 $ 55   $ 55  
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 $ 6   $ 6  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year   1 year  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2026-09-28        
Revenue        
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 4   $ 4  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year   1 year  
[1] Primarily related to certain QCT sales-based royalty revenues related to system software, certain QCT customer incentives and 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).
[2] Primarily related to QCT customer incentives, the release of a variable constraint against revenues not previously allocated to our segment results and 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).
[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).