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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Globalfoundries (Details)

v3.5.0.2

Globalfoundries (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 30, 2016	Sep. 24, 2016	Sep. 26, 2015	Sep. 24, 2016	Sep. 26, 2015	Sep. 23, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payable to GLOBALFOUNDRIES		$ 284		$ 284			$ 245
Share price (in usd per share)						$ 6.55
Related Party
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Charge related to the Sixth Amendment to the WSA with GF		340		340
Related Party \| WCH
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Charge related to the Sixth Amendment to the WSA with GF		240		240
Related Party \| WCH \| Fair Value of Warrant
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fair value assumptions, implied volatility rate	47.10%
Fair value assumptions, risk-free rate	0.99%
Fair value assumptions, warrant term	3 years 6 months
Share price (in usd per share)	$ 7.49
Fair value assumptions, exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 5.98
Related Party \| WCH \| WCH Warrant
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants (in shares)	75,000,000
Exercise price of warrants (in usd per share)	$ 5.98
Number of securities called by warrants, maximum exercisable within one year of grant (in shares)	50,000,000
Related Party \| Mubadala \| WCH Warrant
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum allowed percent of capital stock owned	19.99%
Related Party \| GF
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases from related party		186	$ 288	479	$ 704
Currently expected purchases		257		257
Related Party \| GF \| Limited waiver
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payable to GLOBALFOUNDRIES		100		100
Charge related to the Sixth Amendment to the WSA with GF		$ 100		$ 100
Related Party \| GF \| Wafers
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Long-term purchase commitment, period	5 years

- Definition

Class of Warrant or Right, Maximum Allowed Percent of Capital Stock Owned

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	amd_ClassofWarrantorRightMaximumAllowedPercentofCapitalStockOwned
Namespace Prefix:	amd_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights, Maximum Exercisable Within One Year of Grant

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	amd_ClassofWarrantorRightNumberofSecuritiesCalledbyWarrantsorRightsMaximumExercisableWithinOneYearofGrant
Namespace Prefix:	amd_
Data Type:	xbrli:sharesItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

+ References

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:perShareItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

+ References

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:sharesItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties. For classified balance sheets, represents the current portion of such liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesCurrent
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Agreed upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (bbb)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExercisePrice
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:perShareItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

+ References

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

+ References

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Period covered by the long-term purchase commitment, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_LongtermPurchaseCommitmentPeriod
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Amount of other expense (income) that is infrequent in occurrence or unusual in nature.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64828382&loc=d3e15138-107781

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_OtherNonrecurringIncomeExpense
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Purchases during the period (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_SharePrice
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:perShareItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the remainder of the fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationDueInRemainderOfFiscalYear
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis=us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ShareBasedGoodsAndNonemployeeServicesTransactionBySupplierAxis=amd_WestCoastHitechL.P.Member
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ShareholdersEquityClassAxis=us-gaap_WarrantsNotSettleableInCashMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightAxis=amd_WCHWarrantMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis=amd_MubadalaDevelopmentCompanyPJSCMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis=amd_GlobalfoundfriesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_OtherCommitmentsAxis=amd_LimitedWaiverMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis=us-gaap_InventoriesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: