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Significant Accounting Policies - Gross Notional Amounts of Company's Foreign Currency Derivatives by Currency (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Euro
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	$ 532	$ 579
Chinese renminbi
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	150	90
Great British pound
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	34	22
Japanese yen
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	21	29
Malaysian ringgit
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	122	138
Singapore dollar
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	65	49
Swiss franc
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	29	28
Taiwan dollar
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	159	103
Thai baht
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	104	69
Other
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Gross notional amount	$ 48	$ 41

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-SubTopic 10
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