Income Taxes - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase, Amount	$ 37	$ 45
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Subject to Expiration	9
Income (loss) before income taxes	1	291	$ 2,375
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	$ 83	$ (20)	$ (176)
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, percent	(8300.00%)	6.90%	7.40%
Netherlands tax incentives	$ (48)	$ (68)	$ (252)
Sale of non-deductible goodwill	10	0	0
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Withholding Taxes, Difference	36
Changes in estimates of prior years' income taxes	(13)	(3)	(83)
Tax benefit on liquidation of former investment			45
Foreign income taxes decreases due to impact of tax holiday	$ 11	$ 12	$ 21
Benefit of tax holiday on net income per share (diluted)	$ 0.04	$ 0.04	$ 0.06
Increase in valuation allowance	$ 35
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Decrease Due To Change In Tax Rates, Amount	6
Tax loss carryforwards	737
Tax credit carryforwards	468
Net income tax payable (receivable) excluding liability for unrecognized tax benefits	117	$ 2
Deferred tax liability recognized in undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	54	99
Undistributed earnings indefinitely reinvested	114
Tax on repatriation of undistributed earnings not recognized as deferred tax liability	11
Total unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate	140
Underpayment of tax benefits relates to interest and penalties	4	3	$ 3
Liability for related interest and penalties	13	11	14
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Withholding Taxes	(31)	5	(12)
United States
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Tax loss carryforwards	162
Dutch Tax Authorities
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Netherlands tax incentives	20
Additional income tax benefit of recognized			$ 67
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Additional income tax benefit of recognized	$ 20
Qualcomm \| Dutch Tax Authorities
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Break-up fee received		$ 2,000

Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the unpaid sum of the known and estimated amounts payable to satisfy all domestic and foreign income tax obligations due, net of income taxes receivable. This amount is the total of current and noncurrent accrued income taxes and income taxes receivable.

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