Business Combination (Details Textuals) (Tokyo Electron Limited [Member], USD $)	0 Months Ended
	Sep. 24, 2013
Business Combination (Textuals) [Abstract]
Expected stock repurchase of resulting entity in the next fiscal year	$ 3,000,000,000.0
Termination fee	$ 400,000,000
Former Applied Materials Shareholders [Member]
Business Combination (Textuals) [Abstract]
Shares to be received as part of combination, conversion ratio	1
Percentage of voting interests acquired	68.00%
Former TEL Shareholders [Member]
Business Combination (Textuals) [Abstract]
Shares to be issued as part of combination, conversion ratio	3.25
Percentage of voting interests acquired	32.00%