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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 27, 2021 USD ($) Customer Vendor | Mar. 28, 2020 USD ($) | Mar. 27, 2021 USD ($) Customer Vendor | Mar. 28, 2020 USD ($) | Sep. 26, 2020 USD ($) Customer Vendor
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Non-marketable equity securities, carrying value | $ 2,700 |  | $ 2,700 |  | $ 2,800
Hedged interest rate transactions, expected recognition period |  |  | 7 years |  |
Amounts excluded from the effectiveness assessment of fair value hedges and recognized in OI&E, gains/(losses) | 60 | $ 126 | $ 142 | $ 254 |
Amounts excluded from the effectiveness assessment of the Company’s hedges and recognized in OCI, gains/(losses) | 41 | $ 258 | (97) | $ 169 |
Net cash collateral received, derivative instruments | 935 |  | 935 |  | 875
Potential reduction to derivative assets resulting from rights of set-off under master netting arrangements | 2,400 |  | 2,400 |  | 2,800
Potential reduction to derivative liabilities resulting from rights of set-off under master netting arrangements | 2,400 |  | 2,400 |  | 2,800
Net derivative assets/(liabilities) after potential reductions under master netting arrangements | $ (233) |  | $ (233) |  | $ (312)
Trade receivables | Credit concentration risk |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of customers that individually represented 10% or more of total trade receivables | Customer | 1 |  | 1 |  | 0
Trade receivables | Credit concentration risk | Customer one |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  | 13.00% |  |
Trade receivables | Credit concentration risk | Cellular network carriers |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  | 35.00% |  |
Non-trade receivables | Credit concentration risk |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of vendors that individually represented 10% or more of total vendor non-trade receivables | Vendor | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2
Non-trade receivables | Credit concentration risk | Vendor one |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  | 65.00% |  | 57.00%
Non-trade receivables | Credit concentration risk | Vendor two |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  | 11.00%
Hedges of foreign currency exposure associated with revenue and inventory purchases |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Hedged foreign currency transactions, expected recognition period |  |  | 12 months |  |
Hedges of foreign currency exposure associated with term debt and marketable securities |  |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Hedged foreign currency transactions, expected recognition period |  |  | 21 years |  |

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