Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 25, 2011	Sep. 26, 2010	Sep. 27, 2009
Revenues:
Equipment and services	$ 9,223	$ 6,971	$ 6,437
Licensing	5,734	4,011	3,950
Total revenues	14,957	10,982	10,387
Operating expenses:
Cost of equipment and services revenues	4,877	3,301	3,025
Research and development	2,995	2,451	2,345
Selling, general and administrative	1,945	1,503	1,462
Other (Notes 4 and 9)	114	0	1,013
Total operating expenses	9,931	7,255	7,845
Operating income	5,026	3,727	2,542
Investment income (loss), net (Note 5)	661	766	(139)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	5,687	4,493	2,403
Income tax expense	(1,132)	(973)	(611)
Income from continuing operations	4,555	3,520	1,792
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes (Note 11)	(313)	(273)	(200)
Net income	4,242	3,247	1,592
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (Note 7)	18	0	0
Net income attributable to Qualcomm	$ 4,260	$ 3,247	$ 1,592
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to Qualcomm:
Continuing operations	$ 2.76	$ 2.15	$ 1.08
Discontinued operations	$ (0.19)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.12)
Net income	$ 2.57	$ 1.98	$ 0.96
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Qualcomm:
Continuing operations	$ 2.70	$ 2.12	$ 1.07
Discontinued operations	$ (0.18)	$ (0.16)	$ (0.12)
Net income	$ 2.52	$ 1.96	$ 0.95
Shares used in per share calculations:
Basic	1,658	1,643	1,656
Diluted	1,691	1,658	1,673
Dividends per share announced	$ 0.81	$ 0.72	$ 0.66