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Segment Reporting (Details) (Summary of Net Revenue and Operating Income (Loss) by Segment)

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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 532us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amd_ComputingandGraphicsMember
861us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amd_ComputingandGraphicsMember
Operating income (loss) (75)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amd_ComputingandGraphicsMember
3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amd_ComputingandGraphicsMember
Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Net revenue 498us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amd_GraphicsandVisualSolutionsMember
536us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amd_GraphicsandVisualSolutionsMember
Operating income (loss) 45us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amd_GraphicsandVisualSolutionsMember
85us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amd_GraphicsandVisualSolutionsMember
All Other    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Operating income (loss) $ (107)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AllOtherSegmentsMember
$ (39)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AllOtherSegmentsMember