Description of business, including segment and geographic area information - Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,742	$ 4,151	$ 13,259	$ 11,634
Cost of revenue (COR)	2,019	1,677	5,648	4,854
Gross profit	2,723	2,474	7,611	6,780
Research and development (R&D)	518	492	1,562	1,468
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	457	428	1,414	1,348
Restructuring charges/other	85	0	85	(124)
Operating profit	1,663	1,554	4,550	4,088
Analog
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	3,729	3,223	10,391	8,987
Cost of revenue (COR)	1,543	1,253	4,234	3,600
Gross profit	2,186	1,970	6,157	5,387
Research and development (R&D)	371	350	1,123	1,059
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	329	304	1,017	957
Restructuring charges/other	0	0	0	0
Operating profit	1,486	1,316	4,017	3,371
Embedded Processing
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	709	653	2,035	1,920
Cost of revenue (COR)	373	328	1,113	981
Gross profit	336	325	922	939
Research and development (R&D)	127	124	380	355
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	101	92	309	290
Restructuring charges/other	0	0	0	0
Operating profit	108	109	233	294
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	304	275	833	727
Cost of revenue (COR)	103	96	301	273
Gross profit	201	179	532	454
Research and development (R&D)	20	18	59	54
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)	27	32	88	101
Restructuring charges/other	85	0	85	(124)
Operating profit	$ 69	$ 129	$ 300	$ 423