Description of business, including segment and geographic area information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of revenue and operating profit, by segment

Segment information

	For Years Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Revenue:
Analog	$	8,104	$	7,194	$	6,998
Embedded Processing	2,740		2,450		2,257
Other	2,201		2,561		3,570
Total revenue	$	13,045	$	12,205	$	12,825
Operating profit:
Analog	$	2,786	$	1,859	$	1,650
Embedded Processing	384		185		158
Other	777		788		165
Total operating profit	$	3,947	$	2,832	$	1,973

Schedule of revenue, by geographic area

The following geographic area information includes revenue, based on product shipment destination and royalty payor location, and property, plant and equipment, based on physical location:

	For Years Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Revenue:
United States	$	1,625	$	1,666	$	1,596
Asia (a)	7,915		7,370		7,808
Europe	2,293		1,926		1,861
Japan	1,032		1,072		1,357
Rest of world	180		171		203
Total revenue	$	13,045	$	12,205	$	12,825

(a) Revenue from products shipped into China, including Hong Kong, was $5.7 billion in 2014, $5.2 billion in 2013 and $5.4 billion in 2012.

Schedule property, plant and equipment, net, by geographic area

	December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Property, plant and equipment, net:
United States	$	1,436	$	1,765	$	1,931
Asia	1,096		1,277		1,547
Europe	162		196		241
Japan	124		144		174
Rest of world	22		17		19
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	2,840	$	3,399	$	3,912