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Stockholders' Equity, Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation (Details Textual) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 05, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Jan. 25, 2015
employee_stock_purchase_plans
Jan. 26, 2014
Equity [Line Items]        
Amount authorized by Board of directors to repurchase shares $ 3,000,000,000.0us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount      
Period of stock repurchase program 3 years      
Number of shares repurchased     0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares 0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
Remaining amount authorized to be repurchased     1,600,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount  
Cash dividend declared (in dollars per share)   $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared    
Dividend declared, amount     123,000,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash 121,000,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash
Number of employee stock purchase plans     2amat_SharebasedCompensationNumberofEmployeeStockPurchasePlans  
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]        
Equity [Line Items]        
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)     34,000,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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= amat_EmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember
 
Employee Stock [Member]        
Equity [Line Items]        
Total unrecognized compensation expense     $ 350,000,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
 
Weighted average period for unrecognized compensation expense to be recognized (in years)     2 years 10 months 29 days  
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)     167,000,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
 
Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Performance Shares and Performance Units [Member] | Certain Executive Officers [Member]        
Equity [Line Items]        
Measurement period for achieving TSR goals     2 years  
Minimum [Member] | Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Performance Shares and Performance Units [Member] | Certain Executive Officers [Member]        
Equity [Line Items]        
Vesting period for performance-based awards     3 years  
Maximum [Member] | Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Performance Shares and Performance Units [Member] | Certain Executive Officers [Member]        
Equity [Line Items]        
Vesting period for performance-based awards     4 years  
United States [Member]        
Equity [Line Items]        
Number of employee stock purchase plans     1amat_SharebasedCompensationNumberofEmployeeStockPurchasePlans
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= country_US