Goodwill - Schedule of Changes in Goodwill (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
12 Months Ended | |
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Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
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| Goodwill [Line Items] | ||
| Beginning balance, Cost | $ 9,414 | $ 2,328 |
| Accumulated impairment at January 1, 2016 | (186) | (207) |
| Beginning balance, Book value | 9,228 | 2,121 |
| Changes in book value: | ||
| Acquisitions | 14 | 7,464 |
| Transfer to assets held for sale | (349) | (179) |
| Translation differences | (25) | (178) |
| Total changes | (385) | 7,107 |
| Ending balance, Cost | 9,029 | 9,414 |
| Accumulated impairment at December 31, 2016 | (186) | (186) |
| Ending balance, Book value | 8,843 | $ 9,228 |
| Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. [Member] | ||
| Changes in book value: | ||
| Purchase accounting adjustments related to Freescale acquisition | $ (25) | |
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- Definition Changes In Net Book Value [Abstract] No definition available.
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- Definition Goodwill Transfer to Assets Held for Sale No definition available.
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- Definition Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) which increases (decreases) an asset representing future economic benefits from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of accumulated impairment loss for an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) from adjustments after acquisition date under purchase accounting of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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