Description of business, including segment and geographic area information - Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2025	Mar. 31, 2024
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,069	$ 3,661
Cost of revenue (COR)	1,756	1,566
Gross profit	2,313	2,095
Research and development (R&D)	517	478
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	472	455
Restructuring charges/other	0	(124)
Operating profit	1,324	1,286
Analog
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	3,210	2,836
Cost of revenue (COR)	1,296	1,154
Gross profit	1,914	1,682
Research and development (R&D)	369	349
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	339	325
Restructuring charges/other		0
Operating profit	1,206	1,008
Embedded Processing
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	647	652
Cost of revenue (COR)	375	335
Gross profit	272	317
Research and development (R&D)	128	114
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	104	98
Restructuring charges/other		0
Operating profit	40	105
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	212	173
Cost of revenue (COR)	85	77
Gross profit	127	96
Research and development (R&D)	20	15
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	29	32
Restructuring charges/other		(124)
Operating profit	$ 78	$ 173