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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 27, 2021 | Jun. 28, 2020 | Jun. 27, 2021 | Jun. 28, 2020
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ 8,060 | $ 4,893 | $ 24,230 | $ 15,185
Contract with Customer, Performance Obligation Satisfied in Previous Period |  | 170 | 141 | 258 | 258
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized |  |  |  | 437 | 424
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount |  | 1,100 |  | 1,100 |
QCT |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | 6,472 | 3,807 | 19,287 | 11,526
Handsets | QCT |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | [1] | 3,863 | 2,457 | 12,144 | 7,461
RFFE | QCT |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | [2] | 957 | 447 | 2,921 | 1,509
Automotive | QCT |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | [3] | 253 | 138 | 705 | 456
IoT | QCT |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | [4] | 1,399 | $ 765 | 3,517 | $ 2,100
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-06-28 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount |  | $ 143 |  | $ 143 |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period |  | 3 months |  | 3 months |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-09-27 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount |  | $ 567 |  | $ 567 |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period |  | 1 year |  | 1 year |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-09-26 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount |  | $ 274 |  | $ 274 |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period |  | 1 year |  | 1 year |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-09-25 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount |  | $ 88 |  | $ 88 |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period |  | 1 year |  | 1 year |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2024-09-30 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount |  | $ 31 |  | $ 31 |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period |  | 1 year |  | 1 year |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2025-09-29 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount |  | $ 2 |  | $ 2 |
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Period |  | 1 year |  | 1 year |
[1] | Includes revenues from products sold for use in mobile handsets, excluding RFFE (radio frequency front-end) components.
[2] | Includes all revenues from sales of 4G, 5G sub-6 and 5G millimeter wave RFFE products (a substantial portion of which are sold for use in handsets) and excludes radio frequency transceiver components.
[3] | Includes revenues from products sold for use in automobiles, including telematics, connectivity and infotainment (also known as digital cockpit).
[4] | Primarily includes products sold for use in the following industry segments and applications: consumer (including computing, voice and music and XR), industrial (including handhelds, retail, transportation and logistics, and utilities) and edge networking (including mobile broadband and wireless access points).

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