Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Financial Instruments (Details) (Schedule of Available-For-Sale Securities and Fair Value Measurements)

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Financial Instruments (Details) (Schedule of Available-For-Sale Securities and Fair Value Measurements) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents, at fair value $ 805us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure $ 869us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
Current marketable securities, at fair value 235amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure 228amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure
Noncurrent marketable securities, at fair value 0amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure 90amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value 1,040amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure 1,187amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
Fair value, inputs, level 1    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents, at fair value 4us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
19us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Noncurrent marketable securities, at fair value 0amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
2amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
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Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value 4amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
21amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
Fair value, inputs, level 2    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents, at fair value 410us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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421us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Current marketable securities, at fair value 235amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
228amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure
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Noncurrent marketable securities, at fair value 0amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
88amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
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Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value 645amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
737amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
Contracts Designated as Cash Flow Hedging Instruments    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Derivative, at fair value (6)us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet
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(3)us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet
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Contracts not Designated as Hedging Instruments    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Derivative, at fair value (1)us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet
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(1)us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet
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Contracts Designated as Fair Value Hedging Instruments    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Derivative, at fair value 3us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet
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= us-gaap_FairValueHedgingMember
0us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeNet
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Cash    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents, at fair value 391us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_CashMember
429us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value 391amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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429amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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Money market funds    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents, at fair value 4us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsMember
19us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Noncurrent marketable securities, at fair value 0amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
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2amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
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Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value 4amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsMember
21amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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Available-for-sale securities pledged as collateral 10us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral
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18us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral
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Money market funds | Fair value, inputs, level 1    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Other assets, at fair value 16us-gaap_OtherAssetsFairValueDisclosure
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14us-gaap_OtherAssetsFairValueDisclosure
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Commercial paper    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Cash and cash equivalents, at fair value 410us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
421us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure
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Current marketable securities, at fair value 208amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
178amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure
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Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value 618amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
599amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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Time deposits    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Current marketable securities, at fair value   50amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure
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Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value   50amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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Corporate bond    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Current marketable securities, at fair value 27amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_CorporateBondSecuritiesMember
0amd_MarketableSecuritiesCurrentFairValueDisclosure
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Noncurrent marketable securities, at fair value 0amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
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= us-gaap_CorporateBondSecuritiesMember
88amd_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrentFairValueDisclosure
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Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value 27amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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88amd_CashCashEquivalentsandMarketableSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure
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Mutual funds | Fair value, inputs, level 1    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Other assets, at fair value $ 10us-gaap_OtherAssetsFairValueDisclosure
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$ 18us-gaap_OtherAssetsFairValueDisclosure
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