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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Text Block]

INTEL CORPORATION

SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

December 31, 2011, December 25, 2010, and December 26, 2009

(In Millions)

					Additions
		Balance at			Charged			Net
		Beginning of			to Expenses/			(Deductions)			Balance at
		Year			Other Accounts			Recoveries			End of Year
Allowance for doubtful receivables
2011		$	28		$	8		$	—		$	36
2010		$	19		$	9		$	—		$	28
2009		$	17		$	3		$	(1)		$	19
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets
2011		$	252		$	121		$	—		$	373
2010		$	329		$	14		$	(91)		$	252
2009		$	358		$	91		$	(120)		$	329

Deductions in allowance for doubtful receivables represent uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.

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- Definition

The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 09

-Article 12



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690

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