Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 29, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 21,082	$ 20,729	$ 60,109	$ 61,312
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 6,972	$ 6,867	$ 20,613	$ 20,422
Cost of products sold percent to sales	33.10%	33.10%	34.30%	33.30%
Gross profit	$ 14,110	$ 13,862	$ 39,496	$ 40,890
Gross profit percent to sales	66.90%	66.90%	65.70%	66.70%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,431	$ 5,374	$ 15,627	$ 16,139
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	25.80%	26.00%	26.00%	26.30%
Research and development expense	$ 2,840	$ 2,599	$ 8,127	$ 8,123
Research and development expense percent to sales	13.50%	12.50%	13.50%	13.30%
In-process research and development	$ 138	$ 0	$ 144	$ 890
In-process research and development percent to sales	0.60%	0.00%	0.30%	1.40%
Interest income	$ (12)	$ (89)	$ (98)	$ (276)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.10%)	(0.40%)	(0.20%)	(0.50%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 44	$ 48	$ 114	$ 233
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	0.20%	0.20%	0.20%	0.40%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 1,200	$ 4,214	$ 545	$ 2,509
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	5.70%	20.30%	0.90%	4.10%
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 68	$ 69	$ 187	$ 162
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.30%	0.40%	0.30%	0.30%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 4,401	$ 1,647	$ 14,850	$ 13,110
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	20.90%	7.90%	24.70%	21.40%
Provision for taxes on income	$ 847	$ (106)	$ 1,874	$ 2,001
Provision for (benefit from) taxes on income (Note 5)	4.00%	(0.60%)	3.10%	3.30%
NET EARNINGS	$ 3,554	$ 1,753	$ 12,976	$ 11,109
Net earnings percent to sales	16.90%	8.50%	21.60%	18.10%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic (per share)	$ 1.35	$ 0.67	$ 4.93	$ 4.19
Diluted (per share)	$ 1.33	$ 0.66	$ 4.86	$ 4.13
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,632,500	2,635,200	2,633,000	2,649,500
Diluted (shares)	2,669,300	2,669,900	2,670,800	2,688,100
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	20,000	19,000	17,000