QUALCOMM Incorporated Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segment Information Revenues, EBT, and Assets for Reportable Segments (Details)

Segment Information Revenues, EBT, and Assets for Reportable Segments (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013	Sep. 28, 2014
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 7,099us-gaap_Revenues	$ 6,622us-gaap_Revenues
Asset Impairment Charges	75us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	460us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Assets	48,447us-gaap_Assets		48,574us-gaap_Assets
Earnings before income taxes	2,298	1,757
Nonreportable Segments [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Revenues	43	108
Earnings before income taxes	(148)	(653)
QTL [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Revenues	1,816	1,900
Assets	365		161
Earnings before income taxes	1,579	1,670
QSI [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Revenues	0	0
Assets	588		484
Earnings before income taxes	(1)	4
QCT [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Revenues	5,242	4,616
Assets	3,577		3,639
Revenues from transactions with other operating segments	0	0
Earnings before income taxes	1,146	906
Unallocated cost of equipment and services revenues [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Unallocated acquisition-related expenses	67	61
Earnings before income taxes	(79)	(73)
Unallocated research and development expenses [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Unallocated acquisition-related expenses	4	1
Earnings before income taxes	(210)	(217)
Unallocated selling, general and administrative expenses [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Unallocated acquisition-related expenses	12	7
Earnings before income taxes	(150)	(125)
Unallocated Other Income [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charge	69
Earnings before income taxes	(69)	(12)
Unallocated investment income, net [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes	231	257
Reconciling Items [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Revenues	41	106
Assets	43,917		44,290
Earnings before income taxes	(426)	(823)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Revenues, EBT, and Assets by business segments [Line Items]
Revenues	(2)	(2)
Earnings before income taxes	$ (1)	$ 0