Description of business, including segment and geographic area information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Information

	For Three Months Ended				For Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Revenue:
Analog	$	2,865	$	2,674	$	7,759	$	7,726
Embedded Processing	651		724		1,850		2,310
Other	301		373		776		997
Total revenue	$	3,817	$	3,771	$	10,385	$	11,033
Operating profit:
Analog	$	1,320	$	1,231	$	3,398	$	3,427
Embedded Processing	187		233		494		747
Other (a)	102		125		189		300
Total operating profit	$	1,609	$	1,589	$	4,081	$	4,474

(a)Includes acquisition charges and restructuring charges/other

Schedule of Geographic Area Information

Geographic area information

The following geographic area information includes revenue, based on product shipment destination. The geographic revenue information does not necessarily reflect end demand by geography because our products tend to be shipped to the locations where our customers manufacture their products.

	For Three Months Ended				For Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Revenue:
United States	$	440	$	504	$	1,179	$	1,468
Asia (a)	2,555		2,263		6,756		6,512
Europe, Middle East and Africa	578		699		1,648		2,151
Japan	140		198		523		607
Rest of world	104		107		279		295
Total revenue	$	3,817	$	3,771	$	10,385	$	11,033

(a)Revenue from products shipped into China was $2.2 billion and $1.9 billion in the third quarters of 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $5.7 billion and $5.4 billion in the first nine months of 2020 and 2019, respectively, which includes shipments to customers that manufacture in China and then export end products to their customers around the world, as well as distributors that transship inventory through China to service other countries.