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Long-Term Debt - Long-Term Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Total long-term debt | $ 1,612 | $ 1,801
Less current portion | (191) | (202)
Total long-term debt, less current portion | 1,421 | 1,599
0.30% due 2015, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.026% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank |  | 9
0.38% due 2016, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.052% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank | 19 | 39
1.08% due 2016, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.477% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank | 26 | 52
0.71% due 2016, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.373% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank | 29 | 57
1.52% due 2020, floating interest rate at Libor + 1.199% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank | 63 | 75
1.51% due 2020, floating interest rate at Libor + 1.056% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank | 138 | 165
0.86% due 2020, floating interest rate at Euribor + 0.917% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank | 68 | 91
1.06% due 2021, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.525% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank | 180 | 210
1.22% due 2021, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.572% [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Funding program loans from European Investment Bank | 173 | 202
Zero Coupon due 2019 (Tranche A) [Member] | Senior Unsecured Convertible Bonds [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior unsecured convertible bonds | 550 | 537
1.0% due 2021 (Tranche B) [Member] | Senior Unsecured Convertible Bonds [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Senior unsecured convertible bonds | 354 | 347
0.41% (weighted average), due 2015-2023, fixed interest rate [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Other Loans Payable | 4 | 6
1.95% (weighted average), due 2017, fixed interest rate [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Other Loans Payable | 4 | 6
0.75% (weighted average), due 2018, fixed interest rate [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Other Loans Payable | 1 | 1
0.87% (weighted average), due 2020, fixed interest rate [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Other Loans Payable | 2 | 3
6.04% (weighted average), due 2015-2017, fixed interest rate [Member] |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Capital Lease | $ 1 | $ 1

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