Non-controlling Interests (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Effect of Changes in Ownership Interest in VMware on Equity

:

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2016			March 31, 2015
Net income attributable to EMC Corporation	$	268		$	252
Transfers (to) from the non-controlling interests:
Increase in EMC Corporation’s additional paid-in-capital for VMware and Pivotal equity issuances	21			30
Decrease in EMC Corporation’s additional paid-in-capital for VMware’s and Pivotal’s other equity activity	(57		)	(331		)
Net transfers (to) from non-controlling interest	(36		)	(301		)
Change from net income attributable to EMC Corporation and transfers from the non-controlling interest in VMware, Inc.	$	232		$	(49	)