Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 03, 2022	Jul. 04, 2021	Jul. 03, 2022	Jul. 04, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 24,020	$ 23,312	$ 47,446	$ 45,633
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 7,919	$ 7,587	$ 15,517	$ 14,650
Cost of products sold percent to sales	33.00%	32.50%	32.70%	32.10%
Gross profit	$ 16,101	$ 15,725	$ 31,929	$ 30,983
Gross Profit Percent To Sales	67.00%	67.50%	67.30%	67.90%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 6,226	$ 6,073	$ 12,164	$ 11,505
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	25.90%	26.10%	25.60%	25.20%
Research and development expense	$ 3,703	$ 3,394	$ 7,165	$ 6,572
Research and development expense percent to sales	15.40%	14.60%	15.10%	14.40%
In-process research and development			$ 610	$ 0
In-process research and development percent to sales			1.30%	0.00%
Interest income	$ (64)	$ (12)	$ (86)	$ (27)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.30%)	(0.10%)	(0.20%)	0.00%
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 38	$ 40	$ 48	$ 103
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	0.20%	0.20%	0.10%	0.20%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 273	$ (488)	$ 171	$ (1,370)
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	1.10%	(2.10%)	0.40%	(3.00%)
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 85	$ 56	$ 155	$ 109
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.40%	0.20%	0.30%	0.20%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 5,840	$ 6,662	$ 11,702	$ 14,091
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	24.30%	28.60%	24.70%	30.90%
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	$ 1,026	$ 384	$ 1,739	$ 1,616
Provision for taxes on income percent to sales	4.30%	1.70%	3.70%	3.60%
Net earnings	$ 4,814	$ 6,278	$ 9,963	$ 12,475
Net earnings percent to sales	20.00%	26.90%	21.00%	27.30%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic (per share)	$ 1.83	$ 2.38	$ 3.79	$ 4.74
Diluted (per share)	$ 1.80	$ 2.35	$ 3.73	$ 4.67
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,629.6	2,632.5	2,629.4	2,632.0
Diluted (shares)	2,667.9	2,671.6	2,669.2	2,674.0