Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 28, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 18,336	$ 20,562	$ 39,027	$ 40,583
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 6,579	$ 6,940	$ 13,641	$ 13,555
Cost of products sold percent to sales	35.90%	33.80%	35.00%	33.40%
Gross profit	$ 11,757	$ 13,622	$ 25,386	$ 27,028
Gross profit percent to sales	64.10%	66.20%	65.00%	66.60%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 4,993	$ 5,546	$ 10,196	$ 10,765
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	27.20%	27.00%	26.10%	26.50%
Research and development expense	$ 2,707	$ 2,666	$ 5,287	$ 5,524
Research and development expense percent to sales	14.80%	13.00%	13.50%	13.60%
In-process research and development	$ 6	$ 0	$ 6	$ 890
In-process research and development percent to sales	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	2.20%
Interest income	$ (19)	$ (88)	$ (86)	$ (187)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.10%)	(0.40%)	(0.20%)	(0.50%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 45	$ 83	$ 70	$ 185
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	0.30%	0.40%	0.20%	0.50%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 24	$ (1,683)	$ (655)	$ (1,705)
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	0.10%	(8.20%)	(1.70%)	(4.20%)
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 61	$ 57	$ 119	$ 93
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.30%	0.20%	0.30%	0.30%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 3,940	$ 7,041	$ 10,449	$ 11,463
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	21.50%	34.20%	26.80%	28.20%
Provision for taxes on income	$ 314	$ 1,434	$ 1,027	$ 2,107
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	1.70%	6.90%	2.70%	5.10%
NET EARNINGS	$ 3,626	$ 5,607	$ 9,422	$ 9,356
Net earnings percent to sales	19.80%	27.30%	24.10%	23.10%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic (per share)	$ 1.38	$ 2.11	$ 3.58	$ 3.52
Diluted (per share)	$ 1.36	$ 2.08	$ 3.53	$ 3.47
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,632,900	2,652,500	2,633,300	2,656,700
Diluted (shares)	2,665,500	2,691,700	2,671,000	2,697,000
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	20,000		15,000