Income and Other Taxes (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2013	Feb. 03, 2012	Jan. 28, 2011
Income and Other Taxes
Tax Credit Carryforward, Valuation Allowance	$ 52,000,000	$ 44,000,000
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Valuation Allowance	98,000,000	29,000,000
Other Tax Carryforward, Valuation Allowance	13,000,000	0
Deferred Tax Assets Related To Acquired Net Operating Loss And Credit Carryforwards	86,000,000	124,000,000
Basis difference primarily related to undistributed foreign earnings	19,000,000,000
Residual income tax related to undistributed foreign earnings	6,200,000,000
Income tax benefits attributable to the tax holidays, amount	410,000,000	474,000,000	321,000,000
Income tax benefits attributable to the tax holidays, per share	$ 0.23	$ 0.26	$ 0.17
Unrecognized tax benefits, net that would affect tax rate	2,908,000,000	2,563,000,000
Gross accrued interest and penalties	767,000,000	664,000,000	552,000,000
Amounts of offsetting tax benefits associated with estimated transfer pricing, the benefit of interest deductions, and state income tax benefits.	305,000,000	295,000,000	242,000,000
Interest and penalties included in income tax expense	104,000,000	112,000,000	45,000,000
Acquired Net Operating Loss and Credit Carryforwards
Income and Other Taxes
Offset For Recording The Acquired Net Operating Loss And Credit Carryforwards To Apic	$ 5,000,000	$ 10,000,000