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Stock Repurchase Program - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |
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Mar. 29, 2015 | Dec. 28, 2014 | Sep. 28, 2014 | Mar. 29, 2015 | Mar. 30, 2014 | Oct. 09, 2014 | Apr. 29, 2014
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net shares of settlements to cover tax withholding obligations | 115,785 us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation |  |  |  |  |  | 525,203 us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation |  |  |
Amount paid for shares under net share settlements | $ 9,300,000 us-gaap_AdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation |  |  |  |  |  | $ 40,600,000 us-gaap_AdjustmentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation |  |  |
Treasury stock purchases |  |  |  |  |  |  | 498,901,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock | 204,610,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock |  |
Total Number of Shares Repurchased | 1,434,000 us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired |  | 869,000 us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired |  | 3,818,000 us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired |  |  |  |  |
Treasury stock purchases, weighted average share price | $ 78.45 us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare | [1] | $ 77.31 us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare | [1] | $ 70.01 us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare | [1] |  |  |  |
Treasury stock, at cost | 250,000,000 us-gaap_TreasuryStockCarryingBasis |  |  |  |  |  | 250,000,000 us-gaap_TreasuryStockCarryingBasis |  |  |
Repurchase Of Equity | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Authorized repurchase of Company common stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 850,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / lrcx_StockRepurchasesAxis = lrcx_RepurchaseOfEquityUnitsMember
Share Repurchase Program Final Settlement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Treasury stock purchases |  |  |  |  | $ 250,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock / lrcx_ScheduleOfShareRepurchaseProgramsAxis = lrcx_ShareRepurchaseProgramMember |  |  |  |  |
Total Number of Shares Repurchased |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 300,000 us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired / lrcx_ScheduleOfShareRepurchaseProgramsAxis = lrcx_ShareRepurchaseProgramMember |
Treasury stock purchases, weighted average share price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 72.90 us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare / lrcx_ScheduleOfShareRepurchaseProgramsAxis = lrcx_ShareRepurchaseProgramMember |
Share Repurchase Program Final Settlement | Initial delivery |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Number of Shares Repurchased |  |  |  |  | 3,200,000 us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired / lrcx_ScheduleOfShareRepurchaseProgramsAxis = lrcx_ShareRepurchaseProgramMember / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = lrcx_InitialAllocationMember |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Average price paid per share excludes accelerated share repurchases for which cost was incurred during the September 2014 quarter, but that did not settle until the December 2014 quarter. See section below for details regarding average price associated with these transactions.

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