Description of Business, Including Segment and Geographic Area Information - Schedule of Revenue and Operating Profit by Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||||||||
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Dec. 31, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2015 |
Jun. 30, 2015 |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Sep. 30, 2014 |
Jun. 30, 2014 |
Mar. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
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| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ 3,189 | $ 3,429 | $ 3,232 | $ 3,150 | $ 3,269 | $ 3,501 | $ 3,292 | $ 2,983 | $ 13,000 | $ 13,045 | $ 12,205 |
| Operating profit | $ 1,142 | $ 1,164 | $ 1,010 | $ 958 | $ 1,100 | $ 1,175 | $ 982 | $ 690 | 4,274 | 3,947 | 2,832 |
| Analog | |||||||||||
| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Revenue | 8,339 | 8,104 | 7,194 | ||||||||
| Operating profit | 3,048 | 2,786 | 1,859 | ||||||||
| Embedded Processing | |||||||||||
| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Revenue | 2,787 | 2,740 | 2,450 | ||||||||
| Operating profit | 596 | 384 | 185 | ||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||
| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Revenue | 1,874 | 2,201 | 2,561 | ||||||||
| Operating profit | $ 630 | $ 777 | $ 788 | ||||||||