Auction rate securities, at Fair Value

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Description of the average credit rating indicative of likelihood of repayment of debt instruments given by credit rating agencies (for example, Standard and Poor's, Moody's, Fitch).

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Change in fair value of level 3 investment

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fair value input discounted cash flow term

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Financial Instruments Fair Value Assumptions Weighted Average Discount Rate

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The highest interest rate in the aggregated short-tem debt instruments.

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The lowest interest rate in the aggregated short-tem debt instruments.

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Joint Venture, Ownership Interest Percentage

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Number of Auction Rate Securities With Underlying Loans Which Have No Guarantees

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Percentage of Loans Guaranteed

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Investments which are intended to be sold in the short term (usually less than one year or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) including trading securities, available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, and other short-term investments not otherwise listed in the existing taxonomy.

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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Security	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term investments	$ 2,577			$ 2,726
Foreign debt securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities	$ 2,302			2,323
Average credit rating	A+
Foreign Sovereign Debt Securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Average credit rating	AA+
Percentage of securities	4.00%
Auction rate securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities	$ 23			$ 25
Average credit rating	AA
Change in fair value of level 3 investment	no material changes	no material changes
Number of auction rate securities \| Security	1
Auction rate securities that have partial guarantees by the U.S. government, market value	$ 4
Percentage of loans guaranteed	95.00%
Coupon rate used to estimate fair value of investments - Start Range	1.00%
Coupon rate used to estimate fair value of investments - End Range	3.00%
Discount rate used to estimate fair value of investments	1.00%
The rate used for the discount margin to determine the estimated fair value of investment in auction rate securities	1.00%			1.00%
Fair value input, discounted cash flow, term	5 years
Variable Rate Demand Note
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Short-term investments	$ 34
LenovoEMC [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Change in fair value of level 3 investment	no material changes	no material changes
Discount rate used to estimate fair value of investments			6.00%
Ownership percentage, joint venture	49.00%
Fair value input, discounted cash flow, term			3 years