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Commitments and Contingencies (Details)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Dec. 25, 2011
Sep. 25, 2011
Apr. 26, 2009
Legal Proceedings [Abstract]      
Expiration date of subject patents Sep. 24, 2010    
Payment in noncurrent other assets $ 928,000,000 $ 994,000,000  
Noncontrolling Interest, Description two Indian companies each acquired 13% of each subsidiary    
Provisional assesment of unpaid dues of subsidiary partner in India 28,000,000    
Litigation Settlement Patent License And Other Related Items [Abstract]      
Broadcom settlement     891,000,000
Paid portion of Broadcom settlement 632,000,000    
Last payment date of the remaining payments of the Broadcom settlement April 2013    
Carrying value and fair value (net of imputed interest) of the settlement liability 253,000,000    
Loans Payable Related to India BWA Spectrum [Abstract]      
Interest rate spread percentage 0.25%    
India BWA spectrum loans interest rate percentage 10.25%    
India BWA spectrum loan demanded for prepayment payment date Feb. 28, 2012    
India BWA spectrum loans demanded for prepayment 142,000,000    
India BWA spectrum loans not subject to prepayment 786,000,000    
India BWA spectrum loans not subject to prepayment payment date December 2012    
Carrying value of refinanced loans 928,000,000 994,000,000  
Purchase Obligations [Abstract]      
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for remainder of fiscal 2012 2,100,000,000    
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2013 75,000,000    
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2014 39,000,000    
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2015 36,000,000    
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations for fiscal 2016 25,000,000    
Unrecorded noncancelable obligations thereafter 8,000,000    
Inventory purchase commitments for remainder of fiscal 2012 1,700,000,000    
Inventory purchase commitments for fiscal 2013 3,000,000    
Leases [Abstract]      
Low range of noncancelable operating lease terms less than one year    
High range of noncancelable operating lease terms 35 years    
Low range of initial capital lease terms (in years) 5    
High range of initial capital lease terms (in years) 7    
Maximum number of capital lease renewal options 5    
Total capital lease asset expected to be written off due to restructuring plan at the end of the contractual lease term 130,000,000    
Total capital lease obligation expected to be written off due to restructuring plan at the end of the contractual lease term $ 149,000,000