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, 2016 |
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Jun. 30, 2016 |
Mar. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2015 |
Jun. 30, 2015 |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
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| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ 3,414 | $ 3,675 | $ 3,273 | $ 3,008 | $ 3,189 | $ 3,429 | $ 3,232 | $ 3,150 | $ 13,370 | $ 13,000 | $ 13,045 |
| Operating profit | $ 1,319 | $ 1,395 | $ 1,117 | $ 968 | $ 1,142 | $ 1,164 | $ 1,010 | $ 958 | 4,799 | 4,274 | 3,947 |
| Analog | |||||||||||
| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Revenue | 8,536 | 8,339 | 8,104 | ||||||||
| Operating profit | 3,380 | 3,048 | 2,786 | ||||||||
| Embedded Processing | |||||||||||
| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Revenue | 3,023 | 2,787 | 2,740 | ||||||||
| Operating profit | 801 | 596 | 384 | ||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||
| Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | |||||||||||
| Revenue | 1,811 | 1,874 | 2,201 | ||||||||
| Operating profit | $ 618 | $ 630 | $ 777 | ||||||||