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Equity (Details 1) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 02, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Repurchases of common stock			$ 115	$ 399
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program - Initial Payment			$ 100
Repurchases of common stock, shares	0.1	0.9	1.0
Shares received in initial delivery, percentage of total shares expected to be delivered under ASR		90.00%
Repurchases of common stock	$ 10	$ 90	$ 100
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share			$ 98.48
General repurchase program [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Repurchases of common stock, shares				3.0
Repurchases of common stock				$ 380
Withholding in satisfaction of taxes on vested equity award [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Repurchases of common stock, shares			0.2	0.2
Repurchases of common stock			$ 15	$ 19

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