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Acquisitions Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Acquired (Details) - BRCM [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2016	Oct. 30, 2016
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		$ 411
In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 1,950
Risk premium over discount rate	2.00%
Set-top box solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 90
Percentage of completion	56.00%
Estimated costs to complete	$ 90
Broadband carrier access solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 390
Percentage of completion	34.00%
Estimated costs to complete	$ 376
Carrier switch solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 270
Percentage of completion	51.00%
Estimated costs to complete	$ 255
Compute and connectivity solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 170
Percentage of completion	61.00%
Estimated costs to complete	$ 136
Physical layer product solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 190
Percentage of completion	51.00%
Estimated costs to complete	$ 71
Wireless connectivity combo solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 770
Percentage of completion	57.00%
Estimated costs to complete	$ 364
Touch controllers [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 70
Percentage of completion	39.00%
Estimated costs to complete	$ 21
Wired Infrastructure [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
IPR&D Discount Rate	14.00%
Wireless Communications [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
IPR&D Discount Rate	16.00%
Minimum [Member] | Set-top box solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2016
Minimum [Member] | Broadband carrier access solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2016
Minimum [Member] | Carrier switch solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2016
Minimum [Member] | Compute and connectivity solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2016
Minimum [Member] | Physical layer product solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2016
Minimum [Member] | Wireless connectivity combo solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2016
Minimum [Member] | Touch controllers [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2016
Maximum [Member] | Set-top box solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2017
Maximum [Member] | Broadband carrier access solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2018
Maximum [Member] | Carrier switch solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2019
Maximum [Member] | Compute and connectivity solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2018
Maximum [Member] | Physical layer product solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2019
Maximum [Member] | Wireless connectivity combo solutions [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2018
Maximum [Member] | Touch controllers [Member] | In-process research and development [Member]
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Year of completion	2017
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