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Long-Lived Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Sep. 26, 2015 | Sep. 27, 2014
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Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-lived assets |  | $ 23,784 | $ 21,502
U.S. |  |  |
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-lived assets |  | 12,022 | 9,108
CHINA |  |  |
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-lived assets | [1] | 8,722 | 9,477
Other countries |  |  |
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Long-lived assets |  | $ 3,040 | $ 2,917
[1] | China includes Hong Kong. Long-lived assets located in China consist primarily of product tooling and manufacturing process equipment and assets related to retail stores and related infrastructure.

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