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Acquisitions and Divestments - Schedule of Total Purchase Price (Parenthetical) (Detail) | Dec. 07, 2015 $ / shares
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Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. [Member] |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Cash consideration payable for each ordinary share of acquiree | $ 6.25

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