Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

GLOBALFOUNDRIES (Details)

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GLOBALFOUNDRIES (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Mar. 29, 2014
Mar. 26, 2016
Dec. 26, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]        
Purchases from GF related to wafer manufacturing and research and development activities $ 170us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty $ 260us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty    
Fourth Amendment to the WSA        
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]        
Date of amendment to the WSA Mar. 30, 2014      
Fifth Amendment to the WSA        
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]        
Date of amendment to the WSA Apr. 16, 2015      
Estimate | Globalfoundries        
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]        
Purchase obligations from GF     $ 70us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentAmount
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= amd_GlobalfoundriesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember 		$ 1,100us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentAmount
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= amd_GlobalfoundriesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember