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Related Parties and Related Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2022 USD ($) entity	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2022 USD ($) entity	Apr. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2021 USD ($)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Number of legal entities | entity	3						3
Accounts payable to related parties	$ 396,000,000						$ 396,000,000		$ 398,000,000
Investment funding commitments, percentage	50.00%						50.00%
Depreciation prepayments	$ 482,000,000						$ 482,000,000
2022	142,000,000						142,000,000
2023	314,000,000						314,000,000
2024	26,000,000						26,000,000
Insurance recovery recorded in cost of revenue		$ 7,000,000		$ 45,000,000	$ 7,000,000	$ 75,000,000
Costs incurred with unexpected power outage incident	$ 203,000,000						$ 203,000,000
Unis Venture
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	49.00%						49.00%
Revenue from Contract with Customer | Unis Venture | Product Concentration Risk
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	5.00%		3.00%				5.00%	3.00%
Accounts Receivable Benchmark | Product Concentration Risk | Unis Venture
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage							6.00%	5.00%
Unissoft (Wuxi) Group Co Ltd. | Unis Venture
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Partner's ownership in venture business	51.00%						51.00%
Western Digital Corp | Minimum
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Investment funding commitments, percentage	49.90%						49.90%
Western Digital Corp | Maximum
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Investment funding commitments, percentage	50.00%						50.00%
Flash Ventures
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Investments in flash ventures	$ 1,100,000,000		$ 1,100,000,000				$ 3,400,000,000	$ 3,300,000,000
Accounts payable to related parties	$ 396,000,000						$ 396,000,000		$ 398,000,000

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