Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segment Reporting (Details) (Summary of Net Revenue and Operating Income (Loss) by Segment) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue	$ 1,030us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 1,397us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Operating income (loss)	(137)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	49us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Computing and Graphics
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue	532	861
Operating income (loss)	(75)	3
Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenue	498	536
Operating income (loss)	45	85
All Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	$ (107)	$ (39)