Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 03, 2021	Sep. 27, 2020	Oct. 03, 2021	Sep. 27, 2020
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 23,338	$ 21,082	$ 68,971	$ 60,109
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 7,250	$ 6,972	$ 21,900	$ 20,613
Cost of products sold percent to sales	31.10%	33.10%	31.80%	34.30%
Gross profit	$ 16,088	$ 14,110	$ 47,071	$ 39,496
Gross Profit Percent To Sales	68.90%	66.90%	68.20%	65.70%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 6,000	$ 5,431	$ 17,505	$ 15,627
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	25.70%	25.80%	25.40%	26.00%
Research and development expense	$ 3,422	$ 2,840	$ 9,994	$ 8,127
Research and development expense percent to sales	14.70%	13.50%	14.50%	13.50%
In-process research and development	$ 900	$ 138	$ 900	$ 144
In-process research and development percent to sales	3.90%	0.60%	1.30%	0.30%
Interest income	$ (13)	$ (12)	$ (40)	$ (98)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.10%)	(0.10%)	(0.10%)	(0.20%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 20	$ 44	$ 123	$ 114
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	0.10%	0.20%	0.20%	0.20%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 1,850	$ 1,200	$ 480	$ 545
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	7.90%	5.70%	0.70%	0.90%
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 60	$ 68	$ 169	$ 187
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.20%	0.30%	0.20%	0.30%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 3,849	$ 4,401	$ 17,940	$ 14,850
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	16.50%	20.90%	26.00%	24.70%
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	$ 182	$ 847	$ 1,798	$ 1,874
Provision for taxes on income percent to sales	0.80%	4.00%	2.60%	3.10%
Net earnings	$ 3,667	$ 3,554	$ 16,142	$ 12,976
Net earnings percent to sales	15.70%	16.90%	23.40%	21.60%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic (per share)	$ 1.39	$ 1.35	$ 6.13	$ 4.93
Diluted (per share)	$ 1.37	$ 1.33	$ 6.04	$ 4.86
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,632.6	2,632.5	2,632.2	2,633.0
Diluted (shares)	2,674.9	2,669.3	2,674.6	2,670.8