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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 26, 2021
Condensed Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |
Inventories |
Inventories (in millions) |  |  |
| December 26, 2021 |  | September 26, 2021
Raw materials | $ | 243 |  |  | $ | 267 |
Work-in-process | 2,125 |  |  | 1,475 |
Finished goods | 1,493 |  |  | 1,486 |
| $ | 3,861 |  |  | $ | 3,228 |
QCT Revenues Disaggregated | QCT revenue streams were as follows (in millions):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  |
|  |  |  |  | December 26, 2021 |  | December 27, 2020 |  |  |  |
Handsets (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,983 |  |  | $ | 4,216 |  |  |  |  |
RFFE (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,132 |  |  | 1,061 |  |  |  |  |
Automotive (3) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 256 |  |  | 212 |  |  |  |  |
IoT (internet of things) (4) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,476 |  |  | 1,044 |  |  |  |  |
Total QCT revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 8,847 |  |  | $ | 6,533 |  |  |  |  |
(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 mobile handsets) and excludes radio frequency transceiver components. (3) Includes revenues from products sold for use in automobiles, including telematics, connectivity and digital cockpit. (4) Primarily includes products sold for use in the following industries and applications: consumer (including computing, voice and music and XR), edge networking (including mobile broadband and wireless access points) and industrial (including handhelds, retail, transportation and logistics and utilities).
Revenue recognized from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods | Revenues recognized from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods were as follows (in millions):
| Three Months Ended
| December 26, 2021 (1) |  | December 27, 2020 (2)
Revenues recognized from previously satisfied performance obligations | $ | 242 |  |  | $ | 110 |
(1) Primarily related to certain QCT sales-based royalty revenues related to system software, QTL royalty revenues recognized related to devices sold in prior periods (including adjustments to prior period royalty estimates, which includes the impact of the reporting by our licensees of actual royalties due) and certain QCT customer incentives. (2) Primarily related to QTL royalty revenues recognized related to devices sold in prior periods (including adjustments to prior period royalty estimates, which includes the impact of the reporting by our licensees of actual royalties due) and certain QCT customer incentives.
Customer Concentrations - Revenues | Revenues from each customer/licensee that were 10% or greater of total revenues were as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| December 26, 2021 |  | December 27, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer/licensee (x) | 26 | % |  | 34 | % |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer/licensee (y) | 19 |  |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer/licensee (z) | * |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment and Other Income, Net |
Investment and Other Income, Net (in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
| Three Months Ended |  |
| December 26, 2021 |  | December 27, 2020 |  |  |  |
Interest and dividend income | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  |  |  |
Net gains on marketable securities | 17 |  |  | 118 |  |  |  |  |
Net gains on other investments | 93 |  |  | 34 |  |  |  |  |
Net gains on deferred compensation plan assets | 13 |  |  | 54 |  |  |  |  |
Impairment losses on other investments | (1) |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  |
Net (losses) gains on derivative investments | (13) |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  |
Equity in net earnings (losses) of investees | 7 |  |  | (2) |  |  |  |  |
Net gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions | 7 |  |  | (14) |  |  |  |  |
| $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 219 |  |  |  |  |

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