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Income Taxes (Details) (Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities)

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Income Taxes (Details) (Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Deferred tax assets:    
Net operating loss carryovers $ 1,978us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards $ 1,701us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
Deferred distributor income 28us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome 49us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome
Inventory valuation 22us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory 32us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory
Accrued expenses not currently deductible 107us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAccruedLiabilities 113us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAccruedLiabilities
Acquired intangibles 248amd_DeferredTaxAssetsIntangibleAssets 343amd_DeferredTaxAssetsIntangibleAssets
Tax deductible goodwill 295amd_DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwill 271amd_DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwill
Federal and state tax credit carryovers 391us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards 321us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwards
Foreign capitalized research and development costs 41amd_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalizedResearchAndDevelopmentCosts 22amd_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalizedResearchAndDevelopmentCosts
Foreign research and development ITC credits 282us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsResearch 305us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsResearch
Discount of convertible notes 11amd_DeferredTaxAssetsDiscountOnNotesPayable 65amd_DeferredTaxAssetsDiscountOnNotesPayable
Other 167us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther 217us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther
Total deferred tax assets 3,570us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 3,439us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
Valuation allowance (3,495)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (3,375)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance 75us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet 64us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet
Deferred tax liabilities:    
Acquired intangibles (37)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets (28)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
Other (19)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther (17)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther
Total deferred tax liabilities (56)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities (45)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities
Deferred tax assets, net    
Net deferred tax assets $ 19us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet $ 19us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet