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Debt - Summary of Outstanding Long-Term Debt (Detail) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Aug. 11, 2016 | May 23, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 9,361,000,000 |  |  | $ 9,343,000,000
Liabilities arising from capital lease transactions |  | 15,000,000 |  |  | 31,000,000
Unamortized discounts, premiums and debt issuance costs |  | (61,000,000) |  |  | (82,000,000)
Fair value of embedded cash conversion option |  | (128,000,000) |  |  | (167,000,000)
Purchase accounting fair value adjustment Freescale Senior Secured Notes |  | 0 |  |  | 81,000,000
Total debt, including unamortized discounts, premiums, debt issuance costs and fair value adjustments |  | 9,187,000,000 |  |  | 9,206,000,000
Long-term debt |  |  |  |  |
Total debt, including unamortized discounts, premiums, debt issuance costs and fair value adjustments |  | 9,187,000,000 |  |  | 9,206,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt | [1] | (421,000,000) |  |  | (550,000,000)
Long-term debt |  | $ 8,766,000,000 |  |  | 8,656,000,000
Floating-Rate Term Loan Maturing in March 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2017-03 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 388,000,000 |  |  | $ 392,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 2.77% |  |  | 2.75%
Floating-Rate Term Loan Maturing in January 2020 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2020-01 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 387,000,000 |  |  | $ 391,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 3.27% |  |  | 3.25%
Floating-Rate Term Loan Maturing in December 2020 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2020-12 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 1,436,000,000 |  |  | $ 2,700,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 3.27% |  |  | 3.75%
Fixed-Rate 3.5% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in September 2016 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2016-09 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 0 |  |  | $ 500,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 0.00% |  |  | 3.50%
Fixed-Rate 3.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in June 2018 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2018-06 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 750,000,000 |  |  | $ 750,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 3.75% |  |  | 3.75%
Fixed-Rate 4.125% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in June 2020 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2020-06 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 600,000,000 |  |  | $ 600,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 4.125% |  |  | 4.125%
Fixed-Rate 4.125% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in June 2021 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2021-06 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 1,350,000,000 |  | $ 850,000,000 | $ 0
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 4.125% |  |  | 0.00%
Fixed-Rate 5.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in February 2021 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2021-02 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 500,000,000 |  |  | $ 500,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 5.75% |  |  | 5.75%
Fixed-Rate 5% Senior Secured Notes Maturing in May 2021 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2021-05 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 0 |  |  | $ 500,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 0.00% |  |  | 5.00%
Fixed-Rate 3.875% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in September 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2022-09 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 1,000,000,000 | $ 1,000,000,000 |  | $ 0
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 3.875% |  |  | 0.00%
Fixed-Rate 6% Senior Secured Notes Maturing in January 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2022-01 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 0 |  |  | $ 960,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 0.00% |  |  | 6.00%
Fixed-Rate 4.625% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in June 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2022-06 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 400,000,000 |  |  | $ 400,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 4.625% |  |  | 4.625%
Fixed-Rate 5.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in March 2023 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2023-03 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 500,000,000 |  |  | $ 500,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 5.75% |  |  | 5.75%
Fixed-Rate 4.625% Senior Unsecured Notes Maturing in June 2023 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2023-06 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 900,000,000 |  | $ 900,000,000 | $ 0
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 4.625% |  |  | 0.00%
Fixed-Rate 1% Cash Convertible Notes Maturing in December 2019 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2019-12 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 1,150,000,000 |  |  | $ 1,150,000,000
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 1.00% |  |  | 1.00%
Floating-Rate Revolving Credit Facility Maturing in December 2020 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | 2020-12 |  |  |
Debt instrument principal amount |  | $ 0 |  |  | $ 0
Debt instrument interest rate effective percentage |  | 0.00% |  |  | 0.00%
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