Fair Value (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following types of instruments as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

		March 31, 2012								December 31, 2011
		Fair Value Measured and								Fair Value Measured and
		Recorded at Reporting Date Using								Recorded at Reporting Date Using
(In Millions)		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3			Total	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Cash equivalents:
	Commercial paper	$	—	$	2,203	$	—	$	2,203	$	—	$	2,408	$	—	$	2,408
	Bank deposits		—		880		—		880		—		795		—		795
	Money market fund deposits		471		—		—		471		546		—		—		546
	Government bonds		—		100		—		100		650		—		—		650
Short-term investments:
	Government bonds		2,850		398		—		3,248		2,690		310		—		3,000
	Commercial paper		—		958		—		958		—		1,409		—		1,409
	Corporate bonds		78		375		35		488		120		428		28		576
	Bank deposits		—		318		—		318		—		196		—		196
Trading assets:
	Government bonds		1,729		1,338		—		3,067		1,698		1,317		—		3,015
	Corporate bonds		216		383		—		599		202		486		—		688
	Municipal bonds		—		260		—		260		—		284		—		284
	Bank deposits		—		140		—		140		—		135		—		135
	Commercial paper		—		124		—		124		—		305		—		305
	Asset-backed securities		—		—		101		101		—		—		115		115
	Money market fund deposits		21		—		—		21		49		—		—		49
Other current assets:
	Derivative assets		—		108		5		113		—		159		7		166
	Loans receivable		—		33		—		33		—		33		—		33
Marketable equity securities			694		125		—		819		522		40		—		562
Other long-term investments:
	Corporate bonds		—		237		30		267		—		282		39		321
	Government bonds		—		161		—		161		177		300		—		477
	Bank deposits		—		55		—		55		—		55		—		55
	Asset-backed securities		—		—		15		15		—		—		36		36
Other long-term assets:
	Loans receivable		—		747		—		747		—		715		—		715
	Derivative assets		—		24		28		52		—		34		29		63
Total assets measured and
	recorded at fair value	$	6,059	$	8,967	$	214	$	15,240	$	6,654	$	9,691	$	254	$	16,599

Liabilities
Other accrued liabilities:
	Derivative liabilities	$	—	$	275	$	9	$	284	$	—	$	280	$	8	$	288
Long-term debt			—		—		128		128		—		—		131		131
Other long-term liabilities:
	Derivative liabilities		—		40		—		40		—		27		—		27
Total liabilities measured and
	recorded at fair value	$	—	$	315	$	137	$	452	$	—	$	307	$	139	$	446

Financial Instruments Not Recorded At Fair Value On Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The carrying amounts and fair values of financial instruments not recorded at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows:

	March 31, 2012
	Carrying		Fair Value Measured Using						Total
(In Millions)	Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Fair Value
Non-marketable cost method investments	$	1,116	$	—	$	—	$	1,697	$	1,697
Long-term debt	$	6,960	$	5,190	$	2,653	$	—	$	7,843
Short-term debt	$	273	$	—	$	273	$	—	$	273
NVIDIA Corporation cross-license agreement liability	$	861	$	—	$	881	$	—	$	881

	December 31, 2011
	Carrying		Fair Value Measured Using						Total
(In Millions)	Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Fair Value
Non-marketable cost method investments	$	1,129	$	—	$	—	$	1,861	$	1,861
Loans receivable	$	132	$	—	$	132	$	—	$	132
Long-term debt	$	6,953	$	5,287	$	2,448	$	—	$	7,735
Short-term debt	$	200	$	—	$	200	$	—	$	200
NVIDIA Corporation cross-license agreement liability	$	1,156	$	—	$	1,174	$	—	$	1,174