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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2011
Y
Mar. 30, 2012
Dec. 19, 2011
Y
Jul. 01, 2011
Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed        
Goodwill adjustment   $ 4    
Samsung's Hard Disk Drive (HDD) operations
        
Business acquisition information        
Acquisition-date fair value of the consideration transferred     1,140  
Cash paid for consideration     571  
Cash paid as a deposit       10
Ordinary shares included in consideration 45.2      
Fair value of ordinary shares included in consideration     569  
Percentage of discount on market price for lack of marketability     16.50%  
Restriction period on trading of shares issued as consideration (in years) 1      
Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed        
Inventories     141  
Equipment     76  
Intangible assets     580  
Other Assets     28  
Total identifiable assets acquired     825  
Warranty liability     (72)  
Other liabilities     (46)  
Total liabilities assumed     (118)  
Net identifiable assets acquired     707  
Goodwill     433  
Total purchase price     1,140  
Goodwill adjustment   4    
Fair value adjustment - Equipment   3    
Fair value adjustment - Other Assets   7    
Fair value adjustment - Warranty liability   3    
Fair value adjustment - Other liabilities   $ 3    
Product warranty term on products sold by the acquiree prior to acquisition (in years)     3  
Period of time to adjust provisional amounts in a business combination (in years) 1