Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2024	Oct. 01, 2023	Sep. 29, 2024	Oct. 01, 2023
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers (Note 9)	$ 22,471	$ 21,351	$ 66,301	$ 63,764
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 6,963	$ 6,606	$ 20,343	$ 19,755
Cost of products sold percent to sales	31.00%	30.90%	30.70%	31.00%
Gross profit	$ 15,508	$ 14,745	$ 45,958	$ 44,009
Gross Profit Percent To Sales	69.00%	69.10%	69.30%	69.00%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,478	$ 5,400	$ 16,416	$ 15,702
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	24.30%	25.30%	24.80%	24.60%
Research and development expense	$ 4,952	$ 3,447	$ 11,934	$ 10,605
Research and development expense percent to sales	22.00%	16.20%	18.00%	16.60%
In-process research and development impairments	$ 0	$ 206	$ 194	$ 255
In-process research and development percent to sales	0.00%	1.00%	0.30%	0.40%
Interest income	$ (292)	$ (374)	$ (1,051)	$ (898)
Interest income percent to sales	(1.30%)	(1.70%)	(1.60%)	(1.40%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 193	$ 192	$ 618	$ 621
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	0.90%	0.90%	0.90%	1.00%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 1,798	$ 499	$ 4,855	$ 7,055
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	8.00%	2.30%	7.30%	11.10%
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 41	$ 158	$ 192	$ 433
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.20%	0.70%	0.30%	0.60%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 3,338	$ 5,217	$ 12,800	$ 10,236
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	14.90%	24.40%	19.30%	16.10%
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	$ 644	$ 908	$ 2,165	$ 1,042
Provision for taxes on income percent to sales	2.90%	4.20%	3.30%	1.70%
Net earnings from continuing operations	$ 2,694	$ 4,309	$ 10,635	$ 9,194
Net earnings from continuing operations percent of sales	12.00%	20.20%	16.00%	14.40%
Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 13)	$ 0	$ 21,719	$ 0	$ 21,910
Net earnings	$ 2,694	$ 26,028	$ 10,635	$ 31,104
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Continuing operations - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.12	$ 1.71	$ 4.42	$ 3.57
Discontinued operations - basic (in dollars per share)	0	8.61	0	8.51
Total net earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)	1.12	10.32	4.42	12.08
Continuing operations - diluted (in dollars per share)	1.11	1.69	4.38	3.53
Discontinued operations - diluted (in dollars per share)	0	8.52	0	8.42
Total net earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.11	$ 10.21	$ 4.38	$ 11.95
Avg. shares outstanding
Basic (shares)	2,407.2	2,522.9	2,407.4	2,575.6
Diluted (shares)	2,427.9	2,549.7	2,429.5	2,603.4