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Insurance Reimbursement Of Claims Potential Maximum Exposure

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Loss Contingency, Insurance Claims, Number of Facilities

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Number of birth defect individuals.

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Amount of costs recognized in the balance sheet for known or estimated future costs arising from requirements to perform activities to remediate one or more sites.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of amounts expected to be recovered under the terms of insurance contracts.

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Number of entity's patents that another entity has allegedly infringed.

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The amount of the provision for expected and allowed claims included in liabilities subject to compromise.

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Amount awarded to other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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Amount of insurance proceeds for an event or transaction that is unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, or both.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Detail)							12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Detail)	Nov. 09, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 14, 2023 USD ($)	May 25, 2021 business	Feb. 28, 2021 business	Jun. 06, 2019 business	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) business individual	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]
Purchase commitments							$ 4,184,000,000
Loss Contingency, Patents Allegedly Infringed, Number \| business				9		26	2
Gain Contingency, Patents Allegedly Infringed upon, Number \| business							9
Number of individuals affected by birth defects \| individual							22
Accrued potential and current legal fees							$ 112,000,000		$ 58,000,000
Insurance reimbursements							67,000,000		43,000,000
Insurance reimbursement of claims potential maximum exposure							70,000,000
Insurance Proceeds								$ 177,000,000
Environmental costs recognized							90,000,000		$ 87,000,000
Loss Contingency, Insurance Claims, Number of Facilities \| business					2
Impinj
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]
Damage Awarded to Other Party	$ 2,000,000	$ 13,000,000	$ 19,000,000
Minimum
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]
Range of possible loss							0
Maximum
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]
Range of possible loss							$ 100,000,000