Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill

The carrying amounts of goodwill as of December 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014 were as follows:

	Computing and Graphics			Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom			All Other			Total
	(In millions)
Initial goodwill due to ATI acquisition	$	1,194		$	255		$	745		$	2,194
Initial goodwill due to SeaMicro acquisition	165			65			—			230
	1,359			320			745			2,424
Accumulated impairment losses	(1,126		)	—			(745		)	(1,871		)
Balance as of December 28, 2013	233			320			—			553
Impairment charges	(233		)	—			—			(233		)
Balance as of December 27, 2014	—			320			—			320
Assets held-for-sale	—			(42		)	—			(42		)
Balance as of December 26, 2015	—			278			—			278
Accumulated impairment losses	$	(1,359	)	$	—		$	(745	)	$	(2,104	)

Schedule of Acquired Intangible Assets by Major Class

The balances of acquisition-related intangible assets as of December 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014 were as follows:

	December 26, 2015											December 27, 2014
	Gross		Impairment charges			Accumulated Amortization			Net		Weighted-average amortization period	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Net
	(In millions, except years)
Developed technology	$	258	$	(54	)	$	(204	)	$	—	5.15 years	$	258	$	(201	)	$	57
In-process research and development	6		(6		)	—			—		N/A	6		—			6
Customer relationships	168		(1		)	(167		)	—		1.25 years	168		(167		)	1
Trademark and trade name	37		(1		)	(36		)	—		1.25 years	37		(36		)	1
Total	$	469	$	(62	)	$	(407	)	$	—	4.56 years	$	469	$	(404	)	$	65

Schedule of Amortization Expense associated with Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes amortization expense associated with acquisition-related intangible assets:

	2015		2014		2013
	(In millions)
Developed technology	$	3	$	13	$	13
Customer relationships	—		1		1
Trademark and trade name	—		—		4
Total	$	3	$	14	$	18