Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions Other Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $) In Millions	Sep. 25, 2011	Sep. 26, 2010
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount	$ 3,991	$ 3,584
Accumulated amortization	(892)	(562)
Spectrum Licenses [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount	20	766
Accumulated amortization	(2)	(2)
Marketing-related [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount	72	21
Accumulated amortization	(18)	(13)
Technology-based [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount	3,767	2,785
Accumulated amortization	(802)	(537)
Customer-related [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying amount	132	12
Accumulated amortization	$ (70)	$ (10)

The accumulated amount of amortization of a major finite-lived intangible asset class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 142

-Paragraph 45

-Subparagraph a(1)

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6905858&loc=d3e16323-109275

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