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

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Information

Segment information

	For Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
Revenue:
Analog	$	2,460	$	2,518
Embedded Processing	653		796
Other	216		280
Total revenue	$	3,329	$	3,594
Operating profit:
Analog	$	1,025	$	1,088
Embedded Processing	182		249
Other	37		42
Total operating profit	$	1,244	$	1,379

Schedule of Geographic Area Information

Geographic area information

The following geographic area information includes revenue, based on product shipment destination. The geographic revenue information does not necessarily reflect end demand by geography because our products tend to be shipped to the locations where our customers manufacture their products.

	For Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2020		2019
Revenue:
United States	$	390	$	477
Asia (a)	2,027		2,092
Europe, Middle East and Africa	619		743
Japan	190		191
Rest of world	103		91
Total revenue	$	3,329	$	3,594

(a)Revenue from products shipped into China was $1.7 billion in the first quarters of both 2020 and 2019, which includes shipments to customers that manufacture in China and then export end products to their customers around the world, as well as distributors that transship inventory through China to service other countries.