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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 01, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Income tax expense |  | $ 71,000,000 | $ 8,000,000 | $ (22,000,000)
Effective income tax rate |  | 80.70% | (6.20%) | 12.20%
Federal statutory rate |  | 35.00% | 35.00% | 35.00%
Operating loss carryforwards |  | $ 338,000,000 |  |
Tax credits |  | 30,000,000 |  |
Increase in valuation allowance |  | 134,000,000 | $ 47,000,000 |
Increase in deferred liability related to depreciation and amortization |  | 275,000,000 | 165,000,000 |
Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, incomplete accounting, provisional income tax expense |  | $ 72,000,000 |  |
Deferred tax assets and liabilities rate expected to reverse in the future (as percent) |  | 21.00% |  |
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, incomplete accounting, change in tax rate, deferred tax liability, provisional income tax benefit |  | $ 35,000,000 |  |
Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017, incomplete accounting, transition tax for accumulated foreign earnings, provisional income tax expense |  | 37,000,000 |  |
Transition tax estimated cash liability |  | 26,000,000 |  |
Transition Tax Fiscal Year, Payments Due [Abstract] |  |  |  |
2017 |  | 2,000,000 |  |
2018 |  | 2,000,000 |  |
2019 |  | 2,000,000 |  |
2020 |  | 2,000,000 |  |
2021 |  | 2,000,000 |  |
2022 |  | 4,000,000 |  |
2023 |  | 5,000,000 |  |
2024 |  | 7,000,000 |  |
Deferred income taxes undistributed foreign earnings |  | 2,000,000 |  |
Tax Cuts And Jobs Act OF 2017,incomplete accounting, change in tax rate, deferred tax assets |  | $ 0 |  |
Tax Cuts And Jobs Act OF 2017, nondeductible bonus compensation (as percent) |  | 0.00% |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits that would affect annual effective tax rate |  | $ 47,000,000 | 40,000,000 |
Unrecognized tax benefits that may reverse |  | 20,000,000 |  |
Interest and or penalties related to Income tax matters |  | 2,000,000 |  |
Penalties and interest accrued |  | 6,000,000 | $ 4,000,000 |
Year 2035 |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credits |  | 24,000,000 |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  | 45,000,000 |  |
Year 2021 |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credits |  | 6,000,000 |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  | $ 293,000,000 |  |
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Federal statutory rate |  | 19.00% |  |
Inland Revenue, Singapore (IRAS) |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Federal statutory rate |  | 17.00% |  |
Luxembourg Inland Revenue |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Federal statutory rate |  | 27.00% |  |
Operating loss carryforwards |  | $ 290,000,000 |  |
Increase in valuation allowance |  | 66,000,000 |  |
Increase in deferred liability related to depreciation and amortization |  | $ 224,000,000 |  |
Singapore Economic Development Board |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Federal statutory rate |  | 10.00% |  |
ASU 2016-16 | New Accounting Pronouncement, Early Adoption, Effect |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Income tax expense |  | $ 0 |  |
Deferred tax benefit related to impact of sale of intangible assets | $ 12,000,000 | 12,000,000 |  |
Foreign Tax Authority |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credits |  | $ 10,000,000 |  |

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