Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 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
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2022
Sep. 26, 2021
Sep. 27, 2020
Revenues      
Revenues $ 44,200 $ 33,566 $ 23,531
Contract with Customer, Performance Obligation Satisfied in Previous Period 788 [1] 283 [2] 1,480 [3]
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized 609 557  
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 690    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-09-27      
Revenues      
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-09-26      
Revenues      
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 451    
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      
Revenues      
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 173    
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      
Revenues      
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 57    
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      
Revenues      
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 5    
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      
Revenues      
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 1    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2027-09-27      
Revenues      
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount $ 3    
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period 1 year    
QCT      
Revenues      
Revenues $ 37,677 27,019 16,493
QCT | Handsets      
Revenues      
Revenues [4] 25,027 16,830 10,461
QCT | RFFE      
Revenues      
Revenues [5] 4,330 4,158 2,362
QCT | Automotive      
Revenues      
Revenues [6] 1,372 975 644
QCT | IoT (internet of things)      
Revenues      
Revenues [7] $ 6,948 $ 5,056 $ 3,026
[1] Primarily related to certain QCT sales-based royalty revenues related to system software, certain QCT customer incentives and, to a lesser extent, 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 certain QCT customer incentives, QTL 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 the release of a variable constraint against revenues not previously allocated to our segment results (Note 8).
[3] Primarily related to licensing revenues recognized in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 (a portion of which was attributable to fiscal 2020) resulting from the settlement with Huawei and, to a lesser extent, QTL royalties 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
[4] Includes revenues from products sold for use in mobile handsets, excluding RFFE (radio frequency front-end) components.
[5] 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.
[6] Includes revenues from products sold for use in automobiles, including connectivity, digital cockpit and advanced driver assistance and automated driving.
[7] 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).