Non-controlling Interests (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Effect of Changes in Ownership Interest in VMware on Equity

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	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2016			June 30, 2015
Net income attributable to EMC Corporation	$	849		$	739
Transfers (to) from the non-controlling interests:
Increase in EMC Corporation’s additional paid-in-capital for VMware and Pivotal equity issuances	21			29
Decrease in EMC Corporation’s additional paid-in-capital for VMware’s and Pivotal’s other equity activity	(166		)	(711		)
Net transfers to non-controlling interest	(145		)	(682		)
Change from net income attributable to EMC Corporation and transfers from the non-controlling interests	$	704		$	57