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Seagate Technology plc
(NASDAQ:STX) 

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Seagate Technology plc provides data storage technology and solutions in Singapore, the United States, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company offers hard disk and solid state drives, including serial advanced technology attachment, serial attached SCSI, and non-volatile memory express pro...

Founded: 1978
Full Time Employees: 42,000
Sector: Technology
Industry: Computer Hardware

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    Unit: USD2026-04-03 2026-01-02 2025-10-03 2025-06-27 2025-03-28 2024-12-27 2024-09-27 2024-06-28 2024-03-29 2023-12-29 2023-09-29 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-30 2022-09-30 2022-07-01 2022-04-01 2021-12-31 2021-10-01 2021-07-02 2021-04-02 2021-01-01 2020-10-02 2020-07-03 2020-04-03 2020-01-03 2019-10-04 2019-06-28 2019-03-29 2018-12-28 2018-09-28 2018-06-29 2018-03-30 2017-12-29 2017-09-29 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-30 2016-09-30 2016-04-01 2016-01-01 2015-10-02 2015-04-03 2015-01-02 2014-10-03 2014-03-28 2013-12-27 2013-09-27 2013-03-29 2012-12-28 2012-09-28 2012-03-30 2011-12-30 2011-09-30 2011-04-01 2010-12-31 2010-10-01 2010-04-02 2010-01-01 2009-10-02 2009-04-03 2009-01-02 2008-10-03 2008-06-27 2008-03-28 2007-12-28 2007-09-28 2007-06-29 2007-03-30 2006-12-29 2006-09-29 2006-06-30 
                                                                            
      revenue
    3,112,000,000 2,825,000,000 2,629,000,000 2,444,000,000 2,160,000,000 2,325,000,000 2,168,000,000 1,887,000,000 1,655,000,000 1,555,000,000 1,454,000,000 1,602,000,000 1,860,000,000 1,887,000,000 2,035,000,000 2,628,000,000 2,802,000,000 3,116,000,000 3,115,000,000 3,013,000,000 2,731,000,000 2,623,000,000 2,314,000,000 2,517,000,000 2,718,000,000 2,696,000,000 2,578,000,000 2,371,000,000 2,313,000,000 2,715,000,000 2,991,000,000 2,835,000,000 2,803,000,000 2,914,000,000 2,632,000,000 2,406,000,000 2,674,000,000 2,894,000,000 2,797,000,000 2,595,000,000 2,986,000,000 2,925,000,000 3,330,000,000 3,696,000,000 3,785,000,000 3,406,000,000 3,528,000,000 3,489,000,000 3,526,000,000 3,668,000,000 3,732,000,000 4,450,000,000 3,195,000,000 2,811,000,000 2,695,000,000 2,719,000,000 2,697,000,000 3,049,000,000 3,027,000,000 2,663,000,000 2,150,000,000 2,270,000,000 3,033,000,000 2,899,000,000 3,104,000,000 3,420,000,000 3,285,000,000 2,744,000,000 2,828,000,000 2,996,000,000 2,793,000,000  
      yoy
    44.07% 21.51% 21.26% 29.52% 30.51% 49.52% 49.11% 17.79% -11.02% -17.59% -28.55% -39.04% -33.62% -39.44% -34.67% -12.78% 2.60% 18.80% 34.62% 19.71% 0.48% -2.71% -10.24% 6.16% 17.51% -0.70% -13.81% -16.37% -17.48% -6.83% 13.64% 17.83% 4.82% 0.69% -5.90% -7.28% -10.45% -1.06% -16.01% -29.79% -21.11% -14.12% -5.61% 5.93% 7.35% -7.14% -5.47% -21.60% 10.36% 30.49% 38.48% 63.66% 18.46% -7.81% -10.97% 2.10% 25.44% 34.32% -0.20% -8.14% -30.73% -33.63% -7.67% 5.65% 9.76% 14.15% 17.62%      
      qoq
    10.16% 7.46% 7.57% 13.15% -7.10% 7.24% 14.89% 14.02% 6.43% 6.95% -9.24% -13.87% -1.43% -7.27% -22.56% -6.21% -10.08% 0.03% 3.39% 10.33% 4.12% 13.35% -8.07% -7.40% 0.82% 4.58% 8.73% 2.51% -14.81% -9.23% 5.50% 1.14% -3.81% 10.71% 9.39% -10.02% -7.60% 3.47% 7.78% -13.09% 2.09% -12.16% -9.90% -2.35% 11.13% -3.46% 1.12% -1.05% -3.87% -1.71% -16.13% 39.28% 13.66% 4.30% -0.88% 0.82% -11.54% 0.73% 13.67% 23.86% -5.29% -25.16% 4.62% -6.60% -9.24% 4.11% 19.72% -2.97% -5.61% 7.27%   
      cost of revenue
    1,665,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,592,000,000 1,530,000,000 1,400,000,000 1,513,000,000 1,454,000,000 1,287,000,000 1,230,000,000 1,193,000,000 1,305,000,000 1,298,000,000 1,541,000,000 1,641,000,000 1,553,000,000 1,869,000,000 1,996,000,000 2,168,000,000 2,159,000,000 2,128,000,000 1,991,000,000 1,927,000,000 1,718,000,000 1,850,000,000 1,972,000,000 1,938,000,000 1,907,000,000 1,747,000,000 1,712,000,000 1,921,000,000 2,078,000,000 1,931,000,000 1,956,000,000 2,037,000,000 1,896,000,000 1,740,000,000 1,858,000,000 2,003,000,000 1,996,000,000 2,071,000,000 2,245,000,000 2,236,000,000 2,375,000,000 2,669,000,000 2,734,000,000 2,447,000,000 2,541,000,000 2,514,000,000 2,578,000,000 2,676,000,000 2,671,000,000 2,809,000,000 2,185,000,000 2,262,000,000 2,179,000,000 2,190,000,000 2,147,000,000 2,148,000,000 2,104,000,000 2,010,000,000 1,993,000,000 1,948,000,000 2,508,000,000 2,208,000,000 2,288,000,000 2,531,000,000 2,476,000,000 2,150,000,000 2,225,000,000 2,450,000,000 2,351,000,000  
      product development
    194,000,000 187,000,000 186,000,000 179,000,000 180,000,000 184,000,000 181,000,000 158,000,000 164,000,000 161,000,000 171,000,000 172,000,000 191,000,000 200,000,000 234,000,000 247,000,000 233,000,000 228,000,000 233,000,000 232,000,000 227,000,000 221,000,000 223,000,000 222,000,000 246,000,000 250,000,000 255,000,000 241,000,000 238,000,000 246,000,000 266,000,000 259,000,000 254,000,000 250,000,000 263,000,000 288,000,000 324,000,000 305,000,000 315,000,000 298,000,000 304,000,000 328,000,000 346,000,000 341,000,000 342,000,000 297,000,000 312,000,000 294,000,000 294,000,000 277,000,000 268,000,000 270,000,000 259,000,000 208,000,000 224,000,000 213,000,000 209,000,000 224,000,000 227,000,000 208,000,000 243,000,000 235,000,000 260,000,000 270,000,000 254,000,000 262,000,000 242,000,000 221,000,000 214,000,000 226,000,000 243,000,000  
      marketing and administrative
    143,000,000 143,000,000 144,000,000 154,000,000 139,000,000 139,000,000 129,000,000 131,000,000 116,000,000 108,000,000 105,000,000 114,000,000 123,000,000 125,000,000 129,000,000 149,000,000 141,000,000 136,000,000 133,000,000 136,000,000 126,000,000 122,000,000 118,000,000 112,000,000 119,000,000 120,000,000 122,000,000 108,000,000 110,000,000 120,000,000 115,000,000 140,000,000 135,000,000 142,000,000 145,000,000 149,000,000 150,000,000 155,000,000 155,000,000 150,000,000 160,000,000 182,000,000 219,000,000 218,000,000 216,000,000 190,000,000 190,000,000 181,000,000 168,000,000 139,000,000 150,000,000 142,000,000 141,000,000 105,000,000 110,000,000 102,000,000 105,000,000 105,000,000 110,000,000 106,000,000 134,000,000 142,000,000 148,000,000 175,000,000 164,000,000 167,000,000 153,000,000 143,000,000 126,000,000 141,000,000 180,000,000  
      legal settlement
    105,000,000                                                                        
      restructuring and other
    7,000,000 3,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 -3,000,000 2,000,000 -31,000,000 2,000,000 -8,000,000 20,000,000 81,000,000 9,000,000 1,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000 7,000,000 -2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 63,000,000 2,000,000  17,000,000 -63,000,000 11,000,000 7,000,000 23,000,000 -6,000,000 11,000,000 33,000,000 51,000,000 14,000,000 48,000,000 33,000,000 82,000,000 20,000,000 17,000,000 59,000,000 14,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 16,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  1,000,000 3,000,000  3,000,000 7,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000  46,000,000 25,000,000 78,000,000  36,000,000 20,000,000 27,000,000       
      total operating expenses
    2,114,000,000 1,982,000,000 1,935,000,000 1,876,000,000 1,729,000,000 1,837,000,000 1,765,000,000 1,573,000,000 1,512,000,000 1,431,000,000 1,583,000,000 1,576,000,000 2,175,000,000 2,047,000,000 1,928,000,000 2,268,000,000 2,373,000,000 2,536,000,000 2,529,000,000 2,506,000,000 2,345,000,000 2,275,000,000 2,063,000,000 2,250,000,000 2,342,000,000 2,312,000,000 2,305,000,000 2,039,000,000 2,077,000,000 2,299,000,000 2,488,000,000 2,330,000,000 2,362,000,000 2,481,000,000 2,377,000,000 2,210,000,000 2,408,000,000 2,524,000,000 2,576,000,000 2,568,000,000 2,757,000,000 2,839,000,000 2,987,000,000 2,643,000,000 3,329,000,000 2,962,000,000 3,084,000,000 3,011,000,000 3,061,000,000 3,113,000,000 3,108,000,000 3,240,000,000 2,590,000,000 2,575,000,000 2,516,000,000 2,513,000,000 2,466,000,000 2,489,000,000 2,449,000,000 2,442,000,000 2,408,000,000 4,707,000,000 2,953,000,000 2,702,000,000 2,741,000,000 3,000,000,000 2,889,000,000 2,556,000,000 2,581,000,000 2,830,000,000 2,781,000,000  
      income from operations
    998,000,000 843,000,000 694,000,000 568,000,000 431,000,000 488,000,000 403,000,000 314,000,000 143,000,000 124,000,000 -129,000,000 26,000,000 -315,000,000 -160,000,000 107,000,000 360,000,000 429,000,000 580,000,000 586,000,000 507,000,000 386,000,000 348,000,000 251,000,000 267,000,000 376,000,000 384,000,000 273,000,000 332,000,000 236,000,000 416,000,000 503,000,000 505,000,000 441,000,000 433,000,000 255,000,000 196,000,000 266,000,000 370,000,000 221,000,000 27,000,000 229,000,000 86,000,000 343,000,000 1,053,000,000 456,000,000 444,000,000 444,000,000 478,000,000 465,000,000 555,000,000 624,000,000 1,210,000,000 605,000,000 236,000,000 179,000,000 206,000,000 231,000,000   221,000,000 -258,000,000 -2,437,000,000 80,000,000 197,000,000 363,000,000 420,000,000 396,000,000 188,000,000 247,000,000 166,000,000 12,000,000  
      yoy
    131.55% 72.75% 72.21% 80.89% 201.40% 293.55% -412.40% 1107.69% -145.40% -177.50% -220.56% -92.78% -173.43% -127.59% -81.74% -28.99% 11.14% 66.67% 133.47% 89.89% 2.66% -9.38% -8.06% -19.58% 59.32% -7.69% -45.73% -34.26% -46.49% -3.93% 97.25% 157.65% 65.79% 17.03% 15.38% 625.93% 16.16% 330.23% -35.57% -97.44% -49.78% -80.63% -22.75% 120.29% -1.94% -20.00% -28.85% -60.50% -23.14% 135.17% 248.60% 487.38% 161.90%   -6.79% -189.53%   12.18% -171.07% -680.24% -79.80% 4.79% 46.96% 153.01% 3200.00%      
      qoq
    18.39% 21.47% 22.18% 31.79% -11.68% 21.09% 28.34% 119.58% 15.32% -196.12% -596.15% -108.25% 96.88% -249.53% -70.28% -16.08% -26.03% -1.02% 15.58% 31.35% 10.92% 38.65% -5.99% -28.99% -2.08% 40.66% -17.77% 40.68% -43.27% -17.30% -0.40% 14.51% 1.85% 69.80% 30.10% -26.32% -28.11% 67.42% 718.52% -88.21% 166.28% -74.93% -67.43% 130.92% 2.70% 0.00% -7.11% 2.80% -16.22% -11.06% -48.43% 100.00% 156.36% 31.84% -13.11% -10.82%    -185.66% -89.41% -3146.25% -59.39% -45.73% -13.57% 6.06% 110.64% -23.89% 48.80% 1283.33%   
      operating margin %
    32.07% 29.84% 26.40% 23.24% 19.95% 20.99% 18.59% 16.64% 8.64% 7.97% -8.87% 1.62% -16.94% -8.48% 5.26% 13.70% 15.31% 18.61% 18.81% 16.83% 14.13% 13.27% 10.85% 10.61% 13.83% 14.24% 10.59% 14.00% 10.20% 15.32% 16.82% 17.81% 15.73% 14.86% 9.69% 8.15% 9.95% 12.79% 7.90% 1.04% 7.67% 2.94% 10.30% 28.49% 12.05% 13.04% 12.59% 13.70% 13.19% 15.13% 16.72% 27.19% 18.94% 8.40% 6.64% 7.58% 8.57% 0% 0% 8.30% -12.00% -107.36% 2.64% 6.80% 11.69% 12.28% 12.05% 6.85% 8.73% 5.54% 0.43%  
      interest income
    6,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  1,000,000   1,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 11,000,000 17,000,000 21,000,000 22,000,000 24,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 16,000,000 19,000,000 16,000,000 14,000,000 15,000,000 25,000,000 19,000,000  
      interest expense
    -68,000,000 -72,000,000 -80,000,000 -75,000,000 -77,000,000 -84,000,000 -85,000,000 -82,000,000 -82,000,000 -84,000,000 -84,000,000 -84,000,000 -81,000,000 -77,000,000 -71,000,000 -65,000,000 -63,000,000 -62,000,000 -59,000,000 -59,000,000 -59,000,000 -52,000,000 -50,000,000 -49,000,000 -49,000,000 -48,000,000 -55,000,000 -55,000,000 -55,000,000 -56,000,000 -58,000,000 -54,000,000 -60,000,000 -61,000,000 -61,000,000 -62,000,000 -60,000,000 -50,000,000 -50,000,000                      -35,000,000 -30,000,000 -30,000,000 -30,000,000 -30,000,000 -34,000,000 -32,000,000 -34,000,000 -33,000,000 -55,000,000 -20,000,000  
      net loss from debt transactions
    -69,000,000 -66,000,000  -1,000,000 -4,000,000                                                                    
      other
    -3,000,000 -5,000,000 -7,000,000 -12,000,000 1,000,000 -62,000,000 -9,000,000 -14,000,000 -6,000,000 -47,000,000 -11,000,000 -16,000,000 -9,000,000 -6,000,000 -10,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -5,000,000 6,000,000 49,000,000 11,000,000 -5,000,000 19,000,000 -59,000,000 7,000,000 -4,000,000 -31,000,000 -3,000,000 13,000,000 16,000,000 -1,000,000  2,000,000 -7,000,000 -13,000,000 -19,000,000 1,000,000 -11,000,000 1,000,000 28,000,000   8,000,000 122,000,000   46,000,000 1,000,000 16,000,000  29,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000   13,000,000  1,000,000  3,000,000 1,000,000 -14,000,000 -13,000,000 9,000,000  18,000,000 -5,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 9,000,000 3,000,000  
      other expense
    -134,000,000 -136,000,000 -80,000,000 -76,000,000 -76,000,000 -138,000,000 -87,000,000 224,000,000 -85,000,000  -18,000,000 -111,000,000 -85,000,000  -80,000,000 -79,000,000 -78,000,000 -66,000,000 -53,000,000 -10,000,000 -47,000,000 -57,000,000 -30,000,000 -107,000,000 -38,000,000 -48,000,000 -75,000,000 -41,000,000 -21,000,000 -18,000,000 -35,000,000 -39,000,000 -48,000,000 -62,000,000 -67,000,000 -76,000,000 -54,000,000 -60,000,000                                   
      income before income taxes
    864,000,000 707,000,000 614,000,000 492,000,000 355,000,000 350,000,000 316,000,000 538,000,000 58,000,000 -4,000,000 -147,000,000 -85,000,000 -400,000,000 -38,000,000 27,000,000 281,000,000 351,000,000 514,000,000 533,000,000 497,000,000 339,000,000 291,000,000 221,000,000 160,000,000 338,000,000 336,000,000 198,000,000 291,000,000 215,000,000 398,000,000 468,000,000 466,000,000 393,000,000 371,000,000 188,000,000 120,000,000 212,000,000 310,000,000 173,000,000 9,000,000 180,000,000 31,000,000 304,000,000 1,126,000,000 392,000,000 390,000,000 442,000,000 440,000,000 430,000,000 499,000,000 600,000,000 1,159,000,000 558,000,000 152,000,000 122,000,000 175,000,000 153,000,000   180,000,000 -289,000,000 -2,476,000,000 44,000,000 182,000,000 349,000,000 423,000,000 375,000,000 172,000,000 230,000,000 145,000,000 14,000,000  
      provision for income taxes
    116,000,000 114,000,000 65,000,000 4,000,000 15,000,000 14,000,000 11,000,000 25,000,000 33,000,000 15,000,000 37,000,000 7,000,000 33,000,000 -5,000,000 -2,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 13,000,000 7,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000  -6,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 -2,000,000 -692,000,000 20,000,000 14,000,000 18,000,000 5,000,000 12,000,000 212,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 18,000,000 13,000,000 6,000,000 30,000,000 15,000,000  13,000,000 193,000,000 11,000,000  14,000,000 13,000,000 14,000,000 7,000,000 18,000,000 13,000,000  12,000,000 29,000,000 25,000,000 4,000,000    -16,000,000 316,000,000  22,000,000 5,000,000 20,000,000  -370,000,000 18,000,000 5,000,000   
      net income
    748,000,000 593,000,000 549,000,000 488,000,000 340,000,000 336,000,000 305,000,000 513,000,000 25,000,000 -19,000,000 -184,000,000 -92,000,000 -433,000,000 -33,000,000 29,000,000 276,000,000 346,000,000 501,000,000 526,000,000 482,000,000 329,000,000 280,000,000 223,000,000 166,000,000 320,000,000 318,000,000 200,000,000 983,000,000 195,000,000 384,000,000 450,000,000 461,000,000 381,000,000 159,000,000 181,000,000 114,000,000 194,000,000 297,000,000 167,000,000 -21,000,000 165,000,000 34,000,000 291,000,000 933,000,000 381,000,000 395,000,000 428,000,000 427,000,000 416,000,000 492,000,000 582,000,000 1,146,000,000 563,000,000 140,000,000 93,000,000 150,000,000 149,000,000 518,000,000 533,000,000 179,000,000 -273,000,000 -2,792,000,000 60,000,000 160,000,000 344,000,000 403,000,000 355,000,000 542,000,000 212,000,000 140,000,000 19,000,000  
      yoy
    120.00% 76.49% 80.00% -4.87% 1260.00% -1868.42% -265.76% -657.61% -105.77% -42.42% -734.48% -133.33% -225.14% -106.59% -94.49% -42.74% 5.17% 78.93% 135.87% 190.36% 2.81% -11.95% 11.50% -83.11% 64.10% -17.19% -55.56% 113.23% -48.82% 141.51% 148.62% 304.39% 96.39% -46.46% 8.38% -642.86% 17.58% 773.53% -42.61% -102.25% -56.69% -91.39% -32.01% 118.50% -8.41% -19.72% -26.46% -62.74% -26.11% 251.43% 525.81% 664.00% 277.85% -72.97% -82.55% -16.20% -154.58% -118.55% 788.33% 11.87% -179.36% -792.80% -83.10% -70.48% 62.26% 187.86% 1768.42%      
      qoq
    26.14% 8.01% 12.50% 43.53% 1.19% 10.16% -40.55% 1952.00% -231.58% -89.67% 100.00% -78.75% 1212.12% -213.79% -89.49% -20.23% -30.94% -4.75% 9.13% 46.50% 17.50% 25.56% 34.34% -48.12% 0.63% 59.00% -79.65% 404.10% -49.22% -14.67% -2.39% 21.00% 139.62% -12.15% 58.77% -41.24% -34.68% 77.84% -895.24% -112.73% 385.29% -88.32% -68.81% 144.88% -3.54% -7.71% 0.23% 2.64% -15.45% -15.46% -49.21% 103.55% 302.14% 50.54% -38.00% 0.67% -71.24% -2.81% 197.77% -165.57% -90.22% -4753.33% -62.50% -53.49% -14.64% 13.52% -34.50% 155.66% 51.43% 636.84%   
      net income margin %
    24.04% 20.99% 20.88% 19.97% 15.74% 14.45% 14.07% 27.19% 1.51% -1.22% -12.65% -5.74% -23.28% -1.75% 1.43% 10.50% 12.35% 16.08% 16.89% 16.00% 12.05% 10.67% 9.64% 6.60% 11.77% 11.80% 7.76% 41.46% 8.43% 14.14% 15.05% 16.26% 13.59% 5.46% 6.88% 4.74% 7.26% 10.26% 5.97% -0.81% 5.53% 1.16% 8.74% 25.24% 10.07% 11.60% 12.13% 12.24% 11.80% 13.41% 15.59% 25.75% 17.62% 4.98% 3.45% 5.52% 5.52% 16.99% 17.61% 6.72% -12.70% -123.00% 1.98% 5.52% 11.08% 11.78% 10.81% 19.75% 7.50% 4.67% 0.68%  
      net income per share
                                                                            
      basic
    3.38 2.75 2.58 2.28 1.6 1.58 1.45 2.45 0.12 -0.09 -0.88 -0.45 -2.09 -0.16 0.14 1.32 1.59 2.27 2.33 2.05 1.41 1.12 0.87 0.64 1.23 1.21 0.75 3.51 0.69 1.35 1.57 1.6 1.33 0.55 0.62 0.39 0.66 0.56  0.55 0.11 0.9 2.84 1.17 1.21 1.27 1.2 1.16 1.33 1.48 2.57 1.32 0.33 0.21 0.32 0.32 1.05 1.07 0.36 -0.56 -5.73 0.12 0.35 0.68 0.77 0.67 0.98 0.39 0.25 0.03  
      diluted
    3.27 2.6 2.43 2.25 1.57 1.55 1.41 2.43 0.12 -0.09 -0.88 -0.45 -2.09 -0.16 0.14 1.28 1.56 2.23 2.28 2.02 1.39 1.12 0.86 0.64 1.22 1.2 0.74 3.49 0.69 1.34 1.54 1.57 1.31 0.55 0.62 0.38 0.65 0.55  0.55 0.11 0.88 2.78 1.13 1.17 1.24 1.16 1.13 1.3 1.42 2.48 1.28 0.32 0.21 0.31 0.31 1.03 0.35 -0.56 -5.73 0.12 0.34 0.65 0.73 0.64 0.94 0.37 0.23 0.03  
      number of shares used in per share calculations:
                                                                            
      basic
    221 216 213 212 212 211  210 209 208  207 206 208 -2 218 221 226 -4 233 249 257 -1 261 262 266 -2 281 285 287  286 288 290 -1 296 296 299 298 299 302 323 328 327 327 336 357 358 369 394 446 427 421 437 469 471 493 498 494 489 487 485 -10 507 526 531 -6 546 571 576  
      diluted
    229 228 226  216 217 216 213 209 208  207 206 210 -2 222 225 231 -4 237 251 259 -1 263 265 270 -3 284 287 292 291 291 292  300 298 301 298 301 308 330 336 337 338 346 368 369 379 409 463 439 433 453 486 487 520 520 512 489 487 494 -11 530 556 560 -8 577 598 602  
      net gain from termination of interest rate swap
                                                                            
      net loss from early redemption of debt
                                                                            
      amortization of intangibles
                  3,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 19,000,000 22,000,000 19,000,000 28,000,000 28,000,000 28,000,000 29,000,000 31,000,000 34,000,000 33,000,000 32,000,000 31,000,000 26,000,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 19,000,000 18,000,000 2,000,000   1,000,000 1,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 13,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 13,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 12,000,000 11,000,000  
      bis settlement penalty
                300,000,000                                                            
      net gain recognized from termination of interest rate swap
           26,000,000   104,000,000                                                              
      net gain recognized from early redemption of debt
           -7,250,000    -17,000,000 3,000,000 204,000,000                                                           
      other income
             -128,000,000    122,000,000                         -48,000,000     73,000,000                 -31,000,000 -39,000,000 -36,000,000 -15,000,000 -14,000,000 3,000,000 -21,000,000 -16,000,000 -17,000,000 -21,000,000 2,000,000  
      net loss recognized from early redemption of debt
              -29,000,000                                                              
      cash dividends declared per ordinary share
                       0.498 0.67 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.54                               
      benefit for income taxes
                          -2,000,000                                                  
      gain on arbitration award
                                                                            
      other (expense) income
                                                                            
      net income (loss) per share:
                                                                            
      basic
                                           -0.07                                 
      diluted
                                                                            
      other income (expense)
                                                                            
      (benefit from) provision for income taxes
                                                                            
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                                            
      net income attributable to seagate technology plc
                                              291,000,000 933,000,000 381,000,000 395,000,000 428,000,000 427,000,000 416,000,000 492,000,000 582,000,000                      
      cash dividends declared per seagate technology plc ordinary share
                                              0.54 0.54 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.38  0.7 0.32                      
      cash dividends declared per share
                                                       0.25 0.18 0.18         0.12    0.1    0.08  
      impairment of long-lived assets
                                                               64,000,000             
      impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
                                                                 2,290,000,000           
      income (loss) from operations
                                                             560,000,000 578,000,000              
      income (loss) before income taxes
                                                             522,000,000 527,000,000              
      provision for (benefit from) income taxes
                                                             4,000,000               
      dividends declared per share
                                                                0.03 0.12  0.075 0.1 0.1  0.07 0.1 0.1   
      provision for (benefit from) for income taxes
                                                               1,000,000             
      impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets
                                                                            
      restructuring
                                                                  23,000,000    5,000,000  3,000,000 1,000,000 -4,000,000  
      provision for for income taxes
                                                                  -16,000,000    20,000,000      
      benefit from income taxes
                                                                          -5,000,000  
    Balance Sheets:
    Quarterly
    Annual
      Unit: USD2026-04-03 2026-01-02 2025-10-03 2025-06-27 2025-03-28 2024-12-27 2024-09-27 2024-06-28 2024-03-29 2023-12-29 2023-09-29 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-30 2022-09-30 2022-07-01 2022-04-01 2021-12-31 2021-10-01 2021-07-02 2021-04-02 2021-01-01 2020-10-02 2020-07-03 2020-04-03 2020-01-03 2019-10-04 2019-06-28 2019-03-29 2018-12-28 2018-09-28 2018-06-29 2018-03-30 2017-12-29 2017-09-29 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-30 2016-09-30 2016-04-01 2016-01-01 2015-10-02 2015-04-03 2015-01-02 2014-10-03 2014-03-28 2013-12-27 2013-09-27 2013-03-29 2012-12-28 2012-09-28 2012-03-30 2011-12-30 2011-09-30 2011-04-01 2010-12-31 2010-10-01 2010-04-02 2010-01-01 2009-10-02 2009-04-03 2009-01-02 2008-10-03 2008-06-27 2008-03-28 2007-12-28 2007-09-28 2007-06-29 2007-03-30 2006-12-29 2006-09-29 2006-06-30 
                                                                              
        assets
                                                                              
        current assets:
                                                                              
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,146,000,000 1,046,000,000 1,112,000,000 891,000,000 814,000,000 1,238,000,000 1,239,000,000 1,358,000,000 795,000,000 787,000,000 795,000,000 786,000,000 766,000,000 770,000,000 761,000,000 615,000,000 1,138,000,000 1,535,000,000 991,000,000 1,209,000,000 1,212,000,000 1,799,000,000 1,664,000,000 1,722,000,000 1,612,000,000 1,744,000,000 1,784,000,000 2,220,000,000 1,388,000,000 1,357,000,000 1,942,000,000 1,853,000,000 2,926,000,000 2,556,000,000 2,285,000,000 2,539,000,000 3,026,000,000 1,716,000,000 1,489,000,000 1,193,000,000 1,258,000,000 1,915,000,000 2,604,000,000 3,296,000,000 2,190,000,000 2,259,000,000 2,293,000,000 1,924,000,000 1,433,000,000 1,383,000,000 1,894,000,000 1,638,000,000 1,825,000,000 2,474,000,000 2,201,000,000 2,528,000,000 1,783,000,000 2,062,000,000 1,891,000,000 1,530,000,000 1,352,000,000 1,161,000,000 1,005,000,000 990,000,000 1,143,000,000 1,433,000,000 1,263,000,000 988,000,000 909,000,000 1,096,000,000 1,856,000,000 910,000,000 
        accounts receivable
      1,197,000,000 1,246,000,000 1,073,000,000 959,000,000 622,000,000 587,000,000 628,000,000 429,000,000 332,000,000 471,000,000 521,000,000 621,000,000 994,000,000 840,000,000 1,098,000,000 1,532,000,000 1,344,000,000 1,399,000,000 1,301,000,000 1,158,000,000 978,000,000 801,000,000 866,000,000 1,115,000,000 1,160,000,000 1,112,000,000 1,065,000,000 989,000,000 897,000,000 1,058,000,000 1,202,000,000 1,184,000,000 1,076,000,000 1,055,000,000 1,209,000,000 1,199,000,000 1,156,000,000 1,211,000,000 1,307,000,000 1,250,000,000 1,398,000,000 1,522,000,000 1,769,000,000 1,829,000,000 1,909,000,000 1,633,000,000 1,615,000,000 1,618,000,000 1,562,000,000 1,648,000,000 1,684,000,000 2,478,000,000 1,627,000,000 1,449,000,000 1,394,000,000 1,392,000,000 1,511,000,000 1,451,000,000 1,333,000,000 1,242,000,000 872,000,000 1,040,000,000 1,393,000,000 1,410,000,000 1,351,000,000 1,593,000,000 1,519,000,000 1,383,000,000 1,367,000,000 1,251,000,000 1,331,000,000 1,445,000,000 
        inventories
      1,530,000,000 1,498,000,000 1,496,000,000 1,440,000,000 1,472,000,000 1,473,000,000 1,383,000,000 1,239,000,000 1,191,000,000 1,053,000,000 1,052,000,000 1,140,000,000 1,200,000,000 1,194,000,000 1,606,000,000 1,565,000,000 1,479,000,000 1,287,000,000 1,188,000,000 1,204,000,000 1,281,000,000 1,318,000,000 1,323,000,000 1,142,000,000 1,102,000,000 1,148,000,000 1,041,000,000 970,000,000 1,001,000,000 1,097,000,000 1,116,000,000 1,053,000,000 1,002,000,000 1,014,000,000 1,014,000,000 982,000,000 1,038,000,000 1,008,000,000 914,000,000 928,000,000 1,046,000,000 1,098,000,000 1,083,000,000 1,129,000,000 1,071,000,000 846,000,000 948,000,000 871,000,000 833,000,000 800,000,000 845,000,000 841,000,000 827,000,000 825,000,000 834,000,000 808,000,000 743,000,000 685,000,000 645,000,000 622,000,000 577,000,000 796,000,000 909,000,000 945,000,000 1,073,000,000 830,000,000 763,000,000 794,000,000 832,000,000 771,000,000 939,000,000 891,000,000 
        other current assets
      426,000,000 419,000,000 351,000,000 363,000,000 374,000,000 364,000,000 358,000,000 306,000,000 297,000,000 317,000,000 268,000,000 358,000,000 637,000,000 277,000,000 275,000,000 321,000,000 298,000,000 229,000,000 188,000,000 208,000,000 221,000,000 163,000,000 141,000,000 135,000,000 141,000,000 148,000,000 141,000,000 184,000,000 201,000,000 164,000,000 263,000,000 220,000,000 243,000,000 285,000,000 316,000,000 321,000,000 240,000,000 205,000,000 213,000,000 223,000,000 223,000,000 221,000,000 244,000,000 245,000,000 273,000,000 246,000,000 267,000,000 501,000,000 471,000,000 487,000,000 638,000,000 808,000,000 522,000,000 639,000,000 586,000,000 603,000,000 609,000,000 560,000,000 594,000,000 552,000,000 464,000,000 486,000,000 640,000,000 502,000,000 675,000,000 469,000,000 354,000,000 284,000,000 400,000,000 410,000,000 315,000,000 264,000,000 
        total current assets
      4,299,000,000 4,209,000,000 4,032,000,000 3,653,000,000 3,282,000,000 3,662,000,000 3,608,000,000 3,332,000,000 2,615,000,000 2,628,000,000 2,636,000,000 2,905,000,000 3,597,000,000 3,081,000,000 3,740,000,000 4,033,000,000 4,259,000,000 4,450,000,000 3,668,000,000 3,779,000,000 3,692,000,000 4,081,000,000 3,994,000,000 4,114,000,000 4,015,000,000 4,152,000,000 4,031,000,000 4,363,000,000 3,487,000,000 3,676,000,000 4,523,000,000 4,310,000,000 5,247,000,000 4,910,000,000 4,824,000,000 5,041,000,000 5,460,000,000 4,140,000,000 3,928,000,000 3,600,000,000 3,931,000,000 4,882,000,000 5,831,000,000 6,632,000,000 5,583,000,000 5,151,000,000 5,289,000,000 5,625,000,000 4,987,000,000 5,017,000,000 5,749,000,000 6,368,000,000 5,400,000,000 5,998,000,000 5,504,000,000 5,826,000,000 5,156,000,000 5,156,000,000 4,881,000,000 4,307,000,000 3,544,000,000 3,788,000,000 4,367,000,000 4,272,000,000 4,607,000,000 4,857,000,000 4,349,000,000 3,801,000,000 3,809,000,000 3,992,000,000 5,238,000,000 4,333,000,000 
        property, equipment and leasehold improvements
      1,852,000,000 1,771,000,000 1,688,000,000 1,657,000,000 1,613,000,000 1,595,000,000 1,599,000,000 1,614,000,000 1,639,000,000 1,642,000,000 1,652,000,000 1,706,000,000 1,753,000,000 2,122,000,000 2,196,000,000 2,239,000,000 2,197,000,000 2,216,000,000 2,213,000,000 2,181,000,000 2,215,000,000 2,218,000,000 2,167,000,000 2,129,000,000 2,093,000,000 2,049,000,000 1,991,000,000 1,869,000,000 1,822,000,000 1,823,000,000 1,789,000,000 1,792,000,000 1,720,000,000 1,762,000,000 1,817,000,000 1,875,000,000 1,911,000,000 2,012,000,000 2,093,000,000 2,165,000,000 2,230,000,000 2,247,000,000 2,182,000,000 2,155,000,000 2,156,000,000 2,065,000,000 2,128,000,000 2,187,000,000 2,256,000,000 2,228,000,000 2,243,000,000 2,179,000,000 2,210,000,000 2,190,000,000 2,208,000,000 2,262,000,000 2,275,000,000 2,054,000,000 1,983,000,000 2,039,000,000 2,355,000,000 2,510,000,000 2,509,000,000 2,464,000,000 2,357,000,000 2,267,000,000 2,246,000,000 2,278,000,000 2,279,000,000 2,240,000,000 2,179,000,000 2,106,000,000 
        goodwill
      1,221,000,000 1,221,000,000 1,221,000,000 1,221,000,000 1,219,000,000 1,219,000,000 1,219,000,000 1,219,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,238,000,000 1,238,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,238,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,237,000,000 1,238,000,000 1,238,000,000 874,000,000 871,000,000 872,000,000 873,000,000 477,000,000 477,000,000 477,000,000 476,000,000 476,000,000 475,000,000 464,000,000 468,000,000        31,000,000 31,000,000 2,349,000,000 2,352,000,000 2,366,000,000 2,385,000,000 2,327,000,000 2,300,000,000 2,440,000,000 2,317,000,000 2,488,000,000 2,475,000,000 
        deferred income taxes
      1,099,000,000 1,088,000,000 1,091,000,000 1,066,000,000 1,026,000,000 1,032,000,000 1,038,000,000 1,037,000,000 1,052,000,000 1,074,000,000 1,087,000,000 1,117,000,000 1,127,000,000 1,135,000,000 1,137,000,000 1,132,000,000 1,121,000,000 1,126,000,000 1,128,000,000 1,117,000,000 1,118,000,000 1,120,000,000 1,125,000,000 1,120,000,000 1,112,000,000 1,119,000,000 1,128,000,000 1,114,000,000 416,000,000 416,000,000 416,000,000 417,000,000 398,000,000 402,000,000 609,000,000 609,000,000 605,000,000 614,000,000 615,000,000   120,000,000 121,000,000 123,000,000 125,000,000 116,000,000 116,000,000 114,000,000 111,000,000 112,000,000 112,000,000 97,000,000 99,000,000 97,000,000 107,000,000 112,000,000 125,000,000 81,000,000 99,000,000 99,000,000 150,000,000 157,000,000 272,000,000 274,000,000 225,000,000 215,000,000 215,000,000 196,000,000     
        other assets
      421,000,000 419,000,000 410,000,000 426,000,000 424,000,000 451,000,000 508,000,000 537,000,000 553,000,000 568,000,000 584,000,000 591,000,000 252,000,000 289,000,000 296,000,000 294,000,000 317,000,000 327,000,000 343,000,000 332,000,000 307,000,000 290,000,000 294,000,000 272,000,000 302,000,000 292,000,000 254,000,000 191,000,000 187,000,000 188,000,000 185,000,000 191,000,000 205,000,000 216,000,000 214,000,000 224,000,000 203,000,000 194,000,000 216,000,000 260,000,000 245,000,000 250,000,000 243,000,000 208,000,000 186,000,000 195,000,000 202,000,000 230,000,000 169,000,000 132,000,000 135,000,000 134,000,000 141,000,000 170,000,000 195,000,000 194,000,000 178,000,000 153,000,000 160,000,000 184,000,000 181,000,000 217,000,000 234,000,000 305,000,000 292,000,000 276,000,000 296,000,000 331,000,000 517,000,000 498,000,000 343,000,000 323,000,000 
        total assets
      8,892,000,000 8,708,000,000 8,442,000,000 8,023,000,000 7,564,000,000 7,959,000,000 7,972,000,000 7,739,000,000 7,096,000,000 7,149,000,000 7,196,000,000 7,556,000,000 7,967,000,000 7,867,000,000 8,611,000,000 8,944,000,000 9,145,000,000 9,375,000,000 8,613,000,000 8,675,000,000 8,604,000,000 8,986,000,000 8,862,000,000 8,930,000,000 8,829,000,000 8,932,000,000 8,738,000,000 8,885,000,000 8,596,000,000 8,789,000,000 9,578,000,000 9,410,000,000 9,012,000,000 8,750,000,000 8,956,000,000 9,268,000,000 9,739,000,000 8,561,000,000 8,495,000,000 8,374,000,000 8,796,000,000 9,079,000,000 10,036,000,000 10,814,000,000 9,765,000,000 8,659,000,000 8,890,000,000 9,345,000,000 8,743,000,000 8,742,000,000 9,522,000,000 10,064,000,000 9,171,000,000 8,732,000,000 8,280,000,000 8,658,000,000 7,988,000,000 7,747,000,000 7,388,000,000 6,899,000,000 6,626,000,000 7,060,000,000 10,169,000,000 10,120,000,000 10,413,000,000 10,616,000,000 10,065,000,000 9,472,000,000 9,264,000,000 9,278,000,000 10,520,000,000 9,544,000,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                              
        current liabilities:
                                                                              
        accounts payable
      1,694,000,000 1,771,000,000 1,673,000,000 1,604,000,000 1,467,000,000 1,567,000,000 1,778,000,000 1,786,000,000 1,672,000,000 1,619,000,000 1,511,000,000 1,603,000,000 1,697,000,000 1,085,000,000 1,712,000,000 2,058,000,000 1,948,000,000 1,812,000,000 1,766,000,000 1,725,000,000 1,861,000,000 1,730,000,000 1,795,000,000 1,808,000,000 1,830,000,000 1,870,000,000 1,750,000,000 1,420,000,000 1,310,000,000 1,442,000,000 1,776,000,000 1,728,000,000 1,645,000,000 1,620,000,000 1,539,000,000 1,626,000,000 1,591,000,000 1,631,000,000 1,568,000,000 1,504,000,000 1,759,000,000 1,890,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,736,000,000 1,740,000,000 1,345,000,000 1,577,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,698,000,000 1,685,000,000 1,808,000,000 2,172,000,000 1,461,000,000 1,674,000,000 1,778,000,000 1,832,000,000 1,776,000,000 1,895,000,000 1,810,000,000 1,674,000,000 1,389,000,000 1,370,000,000 1,930,000,000 1,652,000,000 1,915,000,000 1,776,000,000 1,551,000,000 1,301,000,000 1,397,000,000 1,425,000,000 1,448,000,000 1,692,000,000 
        accrued employee compensation
      308,000,000 253,000,000 212,000,000 352,000,000 242,000,000 204,000,000 148,000,000 106,000,000 75,000,000 86,000,000 88,000,000 100,000,000 84,000,000 107,000,000 106,000,000 252,000,000 194,000,000 228,000,000 190,000,000 282,000,000 178,000,000 206,000,000 157,000,000 224,000,000 155,000,000 191,000,000 149,000,000 169,000,000 145,000,000 164,000,000 174,000,000 253,000,000 188,000,000 183,000,000 150,000,000 237,000,000 245,000,000 254,000,000 216,000,000 170,000,000 175,000,000 196,000,000 256,000,000 272,000,000 245,000,000 212,000,000 267,000,000 220,000,000 264,000,000 287,000,000 217,000,000 262,000,000 255,000,000 142,000,000 136,000,000 129,000,000 127,000,000 214,000,000 207,000,000 142,000,000 117,000,000 156,000,000 153,000,000 440,000,000 380,000,000 297,000,000 232,000,000 157,000,000 156,000,000 188,000,000 237,000,000 385,000,000 
        accrued warranty
      70,000,000 66,000,000 63,000,000 60,000,000 61,000,000 63,000,000 71,000,000 74,000,000 78,000,000 81,000,000 84,000,000 78,000,000 73,000,000 68,000,000 66,000,000 65,000,000 64,000,000 62,000,000 62,000,000 61,000,000 60,000,000 61,000,000 64,000,000 69,000,000 76,000,000 80,000,000 86,000,000 91,000,000 100,000,000 105,000,000 110,000,000 112,000,000 110,000,000 111,000,000 111,000,000 113,000,000 112,000,000 114,000,000 111,000,000 108,000,000 119,000,000 124,000,000 147,000,000 153,000,000 145,000,000 152,000,000 158,000,000 171,000,000 184,000,000 195,000,000 209,000,000 221,000,000 218,000,000 182,000,000 198,000,000 194,000,000 181,000,000 193,000,000 200,000,000 206,000,000 216,000,000 212,000,000 214,000,000 226,000,000    233,000,000    249,000,000 
        current portion of long-term debt
      398,000,000 998,000,000 1,496,000,000   479,000,000 479,000,000 479,000,000 479,000,000   63,000,000 1,118,000,000 636,000,000 636,000,000 584,000,000 30,000,000 235,000,000 245,000,000 245,000,000 245,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 19,000,000 12,000,000 6,000,000     499,000,000 499,000,000 503,000,000 560,000,000   158,000,000      474,000,000     1,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000   560,000,000 560,000,000 560,000,000 560,000,000 377,000,000 81,000,000 107,000,000 320,000,000 320,000,000 660,000,000 360,000,000 345,000,000 330,000,000 330,000,000 330,000,000 330,000,000 330,000,000 731,000,000 330,000,000 
        accrued expenses
      771,000,000 673,000,000 673,000,000 632,000,000 642,000,000 656,000,000 685,000,000 654,000,000 758,000,000 743,000,000 790,000,000 748,000,000 667,000,000 829,000,000 618,000,000 596,000,000 645,000,000 655,000,000 626,000,000 608,000,000 649,000,000 599,000,000 603,000,000 602,000,000 617,000,000 553,000,000 564,000,000 552,000,000 591,000,000 589,000,000 616,000,000 598,000,000 609,000,000 639,000,000 658,000,000 650,000,000 683,000,000 682,000,000 713,000,000 477,000,000 486,000,000 508,000,000 483,000,000 658,000,000 466,000,000 453,000,000 455,000,000 439,000,000 451,000,000 473,000,000 516,000,000 499,000,000 438,000,000 469,000,000 419,000,000 453,000,000 466,000,000 445,000,000 467,000,000 440,000,000 448,000,000 586,000,000 624,000,000 519,000,000 803,000,000 782,000,000 739,000,000 532,000,000    399,000,000 
        total current liabilities
      3,241,000,000 3,761,000,000 4,117,000,000 2,648,000,000 2,412,000,000 2,969,000,000 3,161,000,000 3,099,000,000 3,062,000,000 2,529,000,000 2,473,000,000 2,592,000,000 3,639,000,000 2,725,000,000 3,138,000,000 3,555,000,000 2,881,000,000 2,992,000,000 2,889,000,000 2,921,000,000 2,993,000,000 2,621,000,000 2,644,000,000 2,722,000,000 2,690,000,000 2,700,000,000 2,549,000,000 2,232,000,000 2,146,000,000 2,300,000,000 3,175,000,000 3,190,000,000 3,055,000,000 3,113,000,000 2,458,000,000 2,626,000,000 2,789,000,000 2,681,000,000 2,608,000,000 2,259,000,000 2,539,000,000 2,718,000,000 3,043,000,000 2,819,000,000 2,596,000,000 2,162,000,000 2,457,000,000 2,514,000,000 2,601,000,000 2,643,000,000 2,753,000,000 3,154,000,000 2,372,000,000 3,039,000,000 3,105,000,000 3,178,000,000 3,116,000,000 3,136,000,000 2,793,000,000 2,797,000,000 2,849,000,000 3,007,000,000 3,587,000,000 3,287,000,000 3,454,000,000 3,187,000,000 2,863,000,000 2,649,000,000 2,748,000,000 2,815,000,000 3,304,000,000 3,337,000,000 
        long-term accrued warranty
      109,000,000 94,000,000 83,000,000 77,000,000 73,000,000 73,000,000 70,000,000 75,000,000 78,000,000 86,000,000 92,000,000 90,000,000 88,000,000 85,000,000 83,000,000 83,000,000 84,000,000 82,000,000 78,000,000 75,000,000 74,000,000 76,000,000 78,000,000 82,000,000 87,000,000 89,000,000 98,000,000 104,000,000 112,000,000 117,000,000 122,000,000 125,000,000 125,000,000 125,000,000 119,000,000 120,000,000 111,000,000 108,000,000 105,000,000 97,000,000 104,000,000 101,000,000 126,000,000 129,000,000 128,000,000 134,000,000 141,000,000 147,000,000 138,000,000 135,000,000 128,000,000 154,000,000 183,000,000 152,000,000 163,000,000 173,000,000 172,000,000 201,000,000 201,000,000 212,000,000 230,000,000 229,000,000 231,000,000          
        other non-current liabilities
      982,000,000 893,000,000 807,000,000 756,000,000 762,000,000 796,000,000 844,000,000 861,000,000 653,000,000 679,000,000 667,000,000 685,000,000 404,000,000 134,000,000 128,000,000 135,000,000 145,000,000 149,000,000 154,000,000 154,000,000 156,000,000 179,000,000 181,000,000 181,000,000 166,000,000 175,000,000 178,000,000 130,000,000 122,000,000 108,000,000 102,000,000 100,000,000 139,000,000 123,000,000 120,000,000 122,000,000 142,000,000 143,000,000 155,000,000 177,000,000 165,000,000 172,000,000 185,000,000 186,000,000 199,000,000 121,000,000 122,000,000 130,000,000 131,000,000 140,000,000 152,000,000 140,000,000 151,000,000 119,000,000 105,000,000 109,000,000 101,000,000 95,000,000 101,000,000 134,000,000 116,000,000 134,000,000 145,000,000 351,000,000 399,000,000 381,000,000 363,000,000 135,000,000 342,000,000 327,000,000 332,000,000 136,000,000 
        long-term debt, less current portion
      3,465,000,000 3,501,000,000 3,498,000,000 4,995,000,000 5,146,000,000 5,200,000,000 5,197,000,000 5,195,000,000 5,192,000,000 5,669,000,000 5,666,000,000 5,388,000,000 4,840,000,000 5,393,000,000 5,613,000,000 5,062,000,000 5,614,000,000 5,626,000,000 4,891,000,000 4,894,000,000    4,156,000,000    4,253,000,000 4,522,000,000 4,324,000,000 4,322,000,000 4,320,000,000 4,319,000,000    5,073,000,000         3,514,000,000 3,572,000,000 2,772,000,000 2,474,000,000 2,815,000,000 2,867,000,000 2,862,000,000 2,925,000,000 2,924,000,000 2,352,000,000 2,365,000,000 1,614,000,000 1,598,000,000 1,895,000,000 1,910,000,000 1,680,000,000 1,684,000,000 1,370,000,000 1,670,000,000 1,685,000,000 1,734,000,000 1,734,000,000 1,733,000,000 1,733,000,000 1,738,000,000 1,737,000,000 640,000,000 
        total liabilities
      7,797,000,000 8,249,000,000 8,505,000,000 8,476,000,000 8,393,000,000 9,038,000,000 9,272,000,000 9,230,000,000 8,985,000,000 8,963,000,000 8,898,000,000 8,755,000,000 8,971,000,000 8,337,000,000 8,962,000,000 8,835,000,000 8,724,000,000 8,849,000,000 8,012,000,000 8,044,000,000 8,120,000,000 7,996,000,000 7,041,000,000 7,143,000,000 7,037,000,000 7,102,000,000 6,968,000,000 6,723,000,000 6,907,000,000 6,855,000,000 7,732,000,000 7,745,000,000 7,648,000,000 7,689,000,000 7,714,000,000 7,904,000,000 8,131,000,000 7,038,000,000 6,971,000,000 6,691,000,000 6,975,000,000 7,157,000,000 6,845,000,000 7,099,000,000 6,819,000,000 6,021,000,000 6,395,000,000 5,656,000,000 5,431,000,000 5,817,000,000 5,987,000,000 6,390,000,000 5,706,000,000 6,307,000,000 5,793,000,000 5,882,000,000 5,065,000,000 5,090,000,000 5,053,000,000 5,120,000,000 5,042,000,000 5,220,000,000 5,524,000,000 5,534,000,000 5,750,000,000 5,534,000,000 5,185,000,000 4,735,000,000 4,844,000,000 4,901,000,000 5,396,000,000 4,332,000,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                              
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                              
        ordinary shares and additional paid-in capital
      8,021,000,000 7,890,000,000 7,780,000,000 7,706,000,000 7,648,000,000 7,577,000,000 7,533,000,000 7,471,000,000 7,433,000,000 7,377,000,000 7,338,000,000  7,342,000,000 7,281,000,000 7,248,000,000  7,151,000,000 7,084,000,000 7,044,000,000  6,939,000,000 6,855,000,000 6,814,000,000  6,725,000,000 6,667,000,000 6,610,000,000  6,518,000,000 6,457,000,000 6,427,000,000  6,347,000,000 6,246,000,000 6,213,000,000  6,122,000,000 6,049,000,000 6,004,000,000 5,903,000,000 5,836,000,000 5,803,000,000 5,696,000,000 5,621,000,000 5,580,000,000 5,471,000,000 5,404,000,000 5,352,000,000 5,239,000,000 5,154,000,000 5,124,000,000 4,804,000,000 4,628,000,000 4,019,000,000 3,930,000,000 3,894,000,000 3,873,000,000                
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -8,000,000 -8,000,000 -8,000,000 -8,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000           -25,000,000 -45,000,000 -41,000,000 -38,000,000 -36,000,000 -46,000,000 -66,000,000 -67,000,000 -33,000,000 -40,000,000 -34,000,000 -21,000,000 -21,000,000 -12,000,000 -16,000,000 -8,000,000 -11,000,000 -13,000,000 -17,000,000 -27,000,000 -33,000,000 -24,000,000                            -1,000,000   5,000,000 -5,000,000 -7,000,000 
        accumulated deficit
      -6,918,000,000 -7,423,000,000 -7,835,000,000 -8,151,000,000 -8,476,000,000 -8,654,000,000 -8,831,000,000 -8,960,000,000 -9,319,000,000 -9,194,000,000 -9,025,000,000 -8,670,000,000 -8,430,000,000 -7,850,000,000 -7,672,000,000 -7,117,000,000 -6,767,000,000 -6,533,000,000 -6,398,000,000 -6,305,000,000 -6,417,000,000 -5,829,000,000 -4,947,000,000 -4,904,000,000 -4,866,000,000 -4,804,000,000 -4,800,000,000 -4,349,000,000 -4,808,000,000 -4,502,000,000 -4,569,000,000 -4,696,000,000 -4,975,000,000 -5,174,000,000 -4,958,000,000 -4,771,000,000 -4,487,000,000 -4,493,000,000 -4,456,000,000                                  
        total shareholders’ equity
      1,095,000,000 459,000,000              109,000,000    631,000,000    1,787,000,000    2,162,000,000    1,665,000,000    1,364,000,000                3,674,000,000 3,465,000,000 2,425,000,000 2,487,000,000 2,776,000,000 2,923,000,000 2,657,000,000 2,335,000,000 1,779,000,000 1,584,000,000 1,840,000,000 4,645,000,000 4,586,000,000 4,663,000,000 5,082,000,000 4,880,000,000 4,737,000,000 4,420,000,000 4,377,000,000 5,124,000,000 5,212,000,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      8,892,000,000 8,708,000,000              8,944,000,000    8,675,000,000    8,930,000,000    8,885,000,000                        10,064,000,000 9,171,000,000 8,732,000,000 8,280,000,000 8,658,000,000 7,988,000,000 7,747,000,000 7,388,000,000 6,899,000,000 6,626,000,000 7,060,000,000 10,169,000,000 10,120,000,000 10,413,000,000 10,616,000,000 10,065,000,000 9,472,000,000 9,264,000,000 9,278,000,000 10,520,000,000 9,544,000,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
                                                                              
        shareholders’ deficit:
                                                                              
        total shareholders’ deficit
        -63,000,000 -453,000,000 -829,000,000 -1,079,000,000 -1,300,000,000 -1,491,000,000 -1,889,000,000 -1,814,000,000 -1,702,000,000                                                              
        total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
        8,442,000,000 8,023,000,000 7,564,000,000 7,959,000,000 7,972,000,000 7,739,000,000 7,096,000,000 7,149,000,000 7,196,000,000                                                              
        liabilities and shareholder’s deficit
                                                                              
        accumulated other comprehensive income
             -2,000,000 -3,000,000 3,000,000 -15,000,000 98,000,000 84,000,000 99,000,000 73,000,000 36,000,000 37,000,000                                7,000,000 18,000,000 17,000,000     11,000,000 24,000,000    -8,000,000 -14,000,000 -20,000,000 -16,000,000 6,000,000 1,000,000  -4,000,000 4,000,000    
        other intangible assets
                  1,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 9,000,000 14,000,000 19,000,000 24,000,000 29,000,000 35,000,000 40,000,000 45,000,000 58,000,000 70,000,000 83,000,000 97,000,000 111,000,000 129,000,000 149,000,000 169,000,000 188,000,000 204,000,000 222,000,000 255,000,000 281,000,000 323,000,000 364,000,000 406,000,000 492,000,000 535,000,000 329,000,000 410,000,000 449,000,000 468,000,000 304,000,000 329,000,000 369,000,000 442,000,000 480,000,000 517,000,000 541,000,000 576,000,000        62,000,000 78,000,000 94,000,000 111,000,000 132,000,000 157,000,000 169,000,000 188,000,000 219,000,000 231,000,000 272,000,000 307,000,000 
        liabilities and (deficit) equity
                                                                              
        shareholders’ (deficit) equity:
                                                                              
        preferred shares, 0.00001 par value per share...
                                                                              
        ordinary shares, 0.00001 par value per share...
                                                                              
        additional paid-in capital
                 7,373,000,000    7,190,000,000    6,977,000,000    6,757,000,000    6,545,000,000    6,377,000,000    6,152,000,000                            3,501,000,000    3,204,000,000    2,858,000,000 
        total shareholders’ (deficit) equity
                 -1,199,000,000 -1,004,000,000 -470,000,000 -351,000,000                                                          
        total liabilities and shareholders’ (deficit) equity
                 7,556,000,000 7,967,000,000 7,867,000,000 8,611,000,000                                                          
        revenue
                 7,384,000,000 1,860,000,000 1,887,000,000 2,035,000,000                                                          
        cost of revenue
                 6,033,000,000 1,541,000,000 1,641,000,000 1,553,000,000                                                          
        product development
                 797,000,000 191,000,000 200,000,000 234,000,000                                                          
        marketing and administrative
                 491,000,000 123,000,000 125,000,000 129,000,000                                                          
        amortization of intangibles
                 3,000,000   3,000,000                                                          
        bis settlement penalty
                 300,000,000 300,000,000                                                            
        restructuring and other
                 102,000,000 20,000,000 81,000,000 9,000,000                                                          
        total operating expenses
                 7,726,000,000 2,175,000,000 2,047,000,000 1,928,000,000                                                          
        income from operations
                 -342,000,000 -315,000,000 -160,000,000 107,000,000                                                          
        interest income
                 10,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                                                          
        interest expense
                 -313,000,000 -81,000,000 -77,000,000 -71,000,000                                                          
        net gain recognized from early redemption of debt
                 190,000,000 3,000,000 204,000,000                                                           
        other
                 -41,000,000 -9,000,000 -6,000,000 -10,000,000                                                          
        other income
                 -154,000,000 -85,000,000 122,000,000 -80,000,000                                                          
        income before income taxes
                 -496,000,000 -400,000,000 -38,000,000 27,000,000                                                          
        benefit from income taxes
                 33,000,000 33,000,000                                                            
        net income
                 -529,000,000 -433,000,000 -33,000,000 29,000,000                                                          
        net income per share
                                                                              
        basic
                 -2,560,000 -2,090,000 -160,000 140,000                                                          
        diluted
                 -2,560,000 -2,090,000 -160,000 140,000                                                          
        number of shares used in per share calculations:
                                                                              
        (benefit from) benefit from income taxes
                   -5,000,000 -2,000,000                                                          
        liabilities and equity
                                                                              
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                              
        total equity
                      421,000,000 526,000,000 601,000,000  484,000,000 990,000,000 1,821,000,000  1,792,000,000 1,830,000,000 1,770,000,000  1,689,000,000 1,934,000,000 1,846,000,000  1,364,000,000 1,061,000,000 1,242,000,000  1,608,000,000 1,523,000,000 1,524,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,821,000,000 1,922,000,000 3,191,000,000 3,715,000,000 2,946,000,000 2,638,000,000 2,495,000,000 3,689,000,000 3,312,000,000 2,925,000,000 3,535,000,000                      
        total liabilities and equity
                      9,145,000,000 9,375,000,000 8,613,000,000  8,604,000,000 8,986,000,000 8,862,000,000  8,829,000,000 8,932,000,000 8,738,000,000  8,596,000,000 8,789,000,000 9,578,000,000 9,410,000,000 9,012,000,000 8,750,000,000 8,956,000,000 9,268,000,000 9,739,000,000 8,561,000,000 8,495,000,000 8,374,000,000 8,796,000,000 9,079,000,000 10,036,000,000 10,814,000,000 9,765,000,000 8,659,000,000 8,890,000,000 9,345,000,000 8,743,000,000 8,742,000,000 9,522,000,000                      
        long-term debt
                          4,897,000,000 5,120,000,000 4,138,000,000  4,091,000,000 4,135,000,000 4,140,000,000       4,316,000,000 5,002,000,000 5,021,000,000  4,093,000,000 4,092,000,000 4,130,000,000 4,140,000,000 4,140,000,000 3,457,000,000 3,932,000,000 3,809,000,000                            
        long-term accrued income taxes
                             2,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 13,000,000 11,000,000 28,000,000 27,000,000 26,000,000 34,000,000 33,000,000 87,000,000 90,000,000 103,000,000 93,000,000 87,000,000 84,000,000 87,000,000 80,000,000 75,000,000 73,000,000 68,000,000 57,000,000 62,000,000 60,000,000 63,000,000 67,000,000 167,000,000 166,000,000 191,000,000  212,000,000 232,000,000 225,000,000      
        investment in debt security
                                  1,318,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,259,000,000 1,275,000,000                                         
        short-term investments
                                            5,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 11,000,000 47,000,000 46,000,000 489,000,000 476,000,000 489,000,000 476,000,000 408,000,000 407,000,000 426,000,000 279,000,000 286,000,000 283,000,000 214,000,000 201,000,000 96,000,000 129,000,000 148,000,000 148,000,000 151,000,000 140,000,000 317,000,000 235,000,000 156,000,000 301,000,000 464,000,000 797,000,000 823,000,000 
        equity:
                                                                              
        seagate technology plc shareholders’ equity:
                                                                              
        restricted cash and investments
                                                4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 108,000,000 101,000,000 98,000,000 100,000,000 98,000,000 93,000,000 88,000,000 103,000,000 97,000,000 102,000,000 103,000,000 118,000,000 166,000,000             
        total seagate technology plc shareholders’ equity
                                                3,191,000,000 3,715,000,000 2,946,000,000 2,638,000,000 2,495,000,000 3,678,000,000 3,299,000,000 2,911,000,000 3,483,000,000                      
        noncontrolling interest
                                                     11,000,000 13,000,000 14,000,000 52,000,000                      
        accrued income taxes
                                                           12,000,000 14,000,000 10,000,000 6,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 9,000,000 13,000,000 6,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000 2,000,000 11,000,000 75,000,000 77,000,000 76,000,000 67,000,000 72,000,000 
        retained earnings
                                                                  -2,036,000,000 -1,748,000,000 1,102,000,000 1,101,000,000 1,193,000,000 1,685,000,000 1,586,000,000 1,537,000,000 1,251,000,000 1,342,000,000 2,185,000,000 2,362,000,000 
        short-term borrowings
                                                                15,000,000 215,000,000 350,000,000 350,000,000           
        common shares and additional paid-in capital
                                                               3,827,000,000 3,776,000,000 3,748,000,000 3,628,000,000 3,602,000,000 3,563,000,000  3,464,000,000 3,396,000,000 3,295,000,000  3,165,000,000 3,030,000,000 2,944,000,000  
        contingencies
                                                                              
        accrued restructuring
                                                                     80,000,000    21,000,000 25,000,000 52,000,000 111,000,000 210,000,000 
        common shares, 0.00001 par value per share...
                                                                              
        liabilities
                                                                              
        deferred stock compensation
                                                                             -1,000,000 
        accrued expenses, other
                                                                          763,000,000 744,000,000 710,000,000  
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-04-03 2026-01-02 2025-10-03 2025-06-27 2025-03-28 2024-12-27 2024-09-27 2024-06-28 2024-03-29 2023-12-29 2023-09-29 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-30 2022-09-30 2022-07-01 2022-04-01 2021-12-31 2021-10-01 2021-07-02 2021-04-02 2021-01-01 2020-10-02 2020-07-03 2020-04-03 2020-01-03 2019-10-04 2019-06-28 2019-03-29 2018-12-28 2018-09-28 2018-06-29 2018-03-30 2017-12-29 2017-09-29 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-30 2016-09-30 2016-04-01 2016-01-01 2015-10-02 2015-04-03 2015-01-02 2014-10-03 2014-03-28 2013-12-27 2013-09-27 2013-03-29 2012-12-28 2012-09-28 2012-03-30 2011-12-30 2011-09-30 2011-04-01 2010-12-31 2010-10-01 2010-04-02 2010-01-01 2009-10-02 2009-04-03 2009-01-02 2008-10-03 2008-06-27 2008-03-28 2007-12-28 2007-09-28 2007-06-29 2007-03-30 2006-12-29 2006-09-29 
                                                                               
          operating activities
                                                                               
          net income
        748,000,000 593,000,000 549,000,000 488,000,000 340,000,000 336,000,000 305,000,000    -184,000,000 -92,000,000 -433,000,000 -33,000,000 29,000,000 276,000,000 346,000,000 501,000,000 526,000,000 482,000,000 329,000,000 280,000,000 223,000,000 166,000,000 320,000,000 318,000,000 200,000,000 983,000,000 195,000,000 384,000,000 450,000,000 461,000,000 381,000,000 159,000,000 181,000,000 114,000,000 194,000,000 297,000,000 167,000,000 -20,000,000 164,000,000 34,000,000 291,000,000 933,000,000 381,000,000 395,000,000 428,000,000 427,000,000 416,000,000 492,000,000 582,000,000 1,146,000,000 563,000,000 140,000,000 93,000,000 150,000,000 149,000,000 518,000,000 533,000,000 179,000,000 -273,000,000 -2,792,000,000 60,000,000 160,000,000 344,000,000 403,000,000 355,000,000 542,000,000 212,000,000 140,000,000 19,000,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                               
          depreciation and amortization
        66,000,000 68,000,000 72,000,000 61,000,000 63,000,000 63,000,000 64,000,000 63,000,000 63,000,000 62,000,000 76,000,000 104,000,000 126,000,000 148,000,000 135,000,000 127,000,000 112,000,000 108,000,000 104,000,000 103,000,000 99,000,000 96,000,000 99,000,000 100,000,000 94,000,000 93,000,000 92,000,000 134,000,000 135,000,000 138,000,000 134,000,000 137,000,000 143,000,000 157,000,000 161,000,000 176,000,000 182,000,000 191,000,000 200,000,000 198,000,000 209,000,000 208,000,000 203,000,000 208,000,000 218,000,000 211,000,000 229,000,000 228,000,000 221,000,000 218,000,000 212,000,000 224,000,000 191,000,000 182,000,000 188,000,000 190,000,000 189,000,000 188,000,000 192,000,000 204,000,000 226,000,000 228,000,000 253,000,000 213,000,000 211,000,000 215,000,000 205,000,000 201,000,000 236,000,000 215,000,000 199,000,000 
          share-based compensation
        54,000,000 53,000,000 52,000,000 59,000,000 54,000,000 49,000,000 38,000,000 38,000,000 34,000,000 30,000,000 25,000,000 22,000,000 31,000,000 33,000,000 29,000,000 39,000,000 36,000,000 36,000,000 34,000,000 25,000,000 29,000,000 30,000,000 28,000,000 29,000,000 27,000,000 27,000,000 26,000,000 26,000,000 28,000,000 27,000,000 18,000,000 27,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000 32,000,000 27,000,000 37,000,000 33,000,000 40,000,000 30,000,000 32,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 31,000,000 42,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 27,000,000 20,000,000 19,000,000 17,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000               
          net loss from debt transactions
        69,000,000   3,000,000                                                                    
          deferred income taxes
        -11,000,000 3,000,000 -25,000,000 -16,000,000 3,000,000 8,000,000 -3,000,000 14,000,000 23,000,000 13,000,000 28,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 1,000,000 -5,000,000 -11,000,000   -4,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 -18,000,000 -9,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 -12,000,000 -705,000,000 14,000,000 -1,000,000 2,000,000 -16,000,000 5,000,000 207,000,000 -3,000,000 -9,000,000 9,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000      2,000,000          8,000,000 19,000,000 8,000,000 4,000,000   -10,000,000 303,000,000 2,000,000         
          other non-cash operating activities
        15,000,000 14,000,000 15,000,000 28,000,000 13,000,000 73,000,000 23,000,000 30,000,000 16,000,000 38,000,000 -50,000,000 -140,000,000 -13,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 18,000,000 24,000,000 20,000,000 2,000,000 -42,000,000 -12,000,000 12,000,000 -8,000,000 -3,000,000 8,000,000 3,000,000 44,000,000 -29,000,000 -24,000,000 -26,000,000 -18,000,000 -20,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 -1,000,000 25,000,000 -7,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 10,000,000    8,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 -4,000,000   -3,000,000 10,000,000    18,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 -13,000,000 -20,000,000 3,000,000 -13,000,000 18,000,000 1,000,000 15,000,000 5,000,000 -4,000,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                               
          accounts receivable
        49,000,000 -173,000,000 -114,000,000 -320,000,000 -35,000,000 41,000,000 -199,000,000 -97,000,000 139,000,000 50,000,000 100,000,000 373,000,000 -154,000,000 258,000,000 434,000,000 -188,000,000 55,000,000 -98,000,000 -143,000,000 -180,000,000 -177,000,000 66,000,000 249,000,000 45,000,000 -48,000,000 -47,000,000 -77,000,000 -92,000,000 161,000,000 144,000,000 -9,000,000 -108,000,000 -21,000,000 155,000,000 -10,000,000 -43,000,000 55,000,000 98,000,000 12,000,000 147,000,000 171,000,000 213,000,000    -19,000,000 2,000,000 49,000,000 86,000,000 35,000,000 648,000,000   49,000,000 -2,000,000      166,000,000 352,000,000 16,000,000 -59,000,000 241,000,000 -116,000,000 -133,000,000 -14,000,000 -108,000,000 78,000,000 78,000,000 
          inventories
        -32,000,000 -2,000,000 -56,000,000 32,000,000 1,000,000 -90,000,000 -144,000,000 -48,000,000 -138,000,000 -1,000,000 88,000,000 60,000,000 -6,000,000 412,000,000 -41,000,000 -86,000,000 -192,000,000 -99,000,000 16,000,000 77,000,000 35,000,000 5,000,000 -181,000,000 -40,000,000 46,000,000 -107,000,000 -65,000,000 31,000,000 96,000,000 19,000,000 -66,000,000 -51,000,000 12,000,000 -32,000,000 56,000,000 -30,000,000 -94,000,000 -46,000,000          -33,000,000 46,000,000 110,000,000 -14,000,000 134,000,000 47,000,000   14,000,000    219,000,000 113,000,000 36,000,000 128,000,000 -243,000,000 -67,000,000 31,000,000 38,000,000 -61,000,000 171,000,000 -42,000,000 
          accounts payable
        -73,000,000 78,000,000 84,000,000 89,000,000 -141,000,000 -200,000,000 10,000,000 119,000,000 54,000,000 124,000,000 -70,000,000 -94,000,000 592,000,000 -619,000,000 -300,000,000 19,000,000 146,000,000 35,000,000 28,000,000 -74,000,000 135,000,000 -51,000,000 -24,000,000 -30,000,000 -34,000,000 177,000,000 281,000,000 98,000,000 -126,000,000 -359,000,000 119,000,000 -9,000,000 15,000,000 89,000,000 -30,000,000 -3,000,000 -46,000,000 69,000,000 101,000,000  -169,000,000 426,000,000 -60,000,000 26,000,000 183,000,000   47,000,000       -62,000,000 84,000,000 159,000,000 13,000,000 117,000,000 112,000,000 19,000,000 -560,000,000 278,000,000 -263,000,000 139,000,000 225,000,000 250,000,000 -96,000,000 -28,000,000 -23,000,000 -244,000,000 
          accrued employee compensation
        46,000,000 32,000,000 -140,000,000 91,000,000 31,000,000 48,000,000 37,000,000 31,000,000 -11,000,000 -2,000,000 -12,000,000 16,000,000 -23,000,000 1,000,000 -146,000,000 58,000,000 -34,000,000 38,000,000 -92,000,000 104,000,000 -28,000,000 49,000,000 -67,000,000 69,000,000 -36,000,000 42,000,000 -20,000,000 24,000,000 -19,000,000 -10,000,000 -79,000,000 65,000,000 5,000,000 33,000,000 -87,000,000 -8,000,000 -9,000,000 38,000,000 32,000,000             7,000,000      7,000,000              
          accrued expenses, income taxes and warranty
        149,000,000 78,000,000 119,000,000 -23,000,000 -30,000,000 -58,000,000 16,000,000 -118,000,000 -7,000,000 -67,000,000 54,000,000 32,000,000 -159,000,000 224,000,000 4,000,000 -45,000,000 -21,000,000 29,000,000 11,000,000   -15,000,000 -21,000,000 -21,000,000 20,000,000 -31,000,000 -7,000,000 -49,000,000 -16,000,000 -61,000,000 45,000,000 -22,000,000 -27,000,000 -13,000,000 16,000,000 -22,000,000 -20,000,000 89,000,000   63,000,000  138,000,000 29,000,000 -25,000,000 4,000,000 37,000,000      12,000,000  10,000,000 10,000,000               
          other assets and liabilities
        4,000,000 -78,000,000 -9,000,000 39,000,000 -29,000,000 -34,000,000 -37,000,000 217,000,000 5,000,000 -44,000,000 65,000,000 -72,000,000 262,000,000 15,000,000 93,000,000 -27,000,000 -14,000,000 -53,000,000 14,000,000 17,000,000 -74,000,000 -4,000,000 17,000,000 24,000,000 -14,000,000 -3,000,000 -6,000,000 23,000,000 -5,000,000 33,000,000 -9,000,000 -13,000,000   8,000,000 -62,000,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 3,000,000    -2,000,000   16,000,000   15,000,000 124,000,000 169,000,000  139,000,000 68,000,000      23,000,000 71,000,000 208,000,000 -46,000,000 164,000,000 -124,000,000 -22,000,000 6,000,000 63,000,000 57,000,000 -81,000,000 -14,000,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        1,114,000,000 723,000,000 532,000,000 508,000,000 259,000,000 221,000,000 95,000,000 434,000,000 188,000,000 169,000,000 127,000,000 218,000,000 228,000,000 251,000,000 245,000,000 180,000,000 460,000,000 521,000,000 496,000,000 478,000,000 378,000,000 473,000,000 297,000,000 388,000,000 390,000,000 480,000,000 456,000,000 448,000,000 438,000,000 288,000,000 587,000,000 468,000,000 558,000,000 850,000,000 237,000,000 243,000,000 426,000,000 655,000,000 592,000,000    374,000,000 1,443,000,000 602,000,000 443,000,000 856,000,000 682,000,000 683,000,000 844,000,000 1,132,000,000 938,000,000 719,000,000 160,000,000 195,000,000 507,000,000 245,000,000 577,000,000 753,000,000 278,000,000 239,000,000 88,000,000 304,000,000 395,000,000 665,000,000 724,000,000 754,000,000 373,000,000 269,000,000 482,000,000 -181,000,000 
          capital expenditures
           
          free cash flows
        1,114,000,000 723,000,000 532,000,000 508,000,000 259,000,000 221,000,000 95,000,000 434,000,000 188,000,000 169,000,000 127,000,000 218,000,000 228,000,000 251,000,000 245,000,000 180,000,000 460,000,000 521,000,000 496,000,000 478,000,000 378,000,000 473,000,000 297,000,000 388,000,000 390,000,000 480,000,000 456,000,000 448,000,000 438,000,000 288,000,000 587,000,000 468,000,000 558,000,000 850,000,000 237,000,000 243,000,000 426,000,000 655,000,000 592,000,000    374,000,000 1,443,000,000 602,000,000 443,000,000 856,000,000 682,000,000 683,000,000 844,000,000 1,132,000,000 938,000,000 719,000,000 160,000,000 195,000,000 507,000,000 245,000,000 577,000,000 753,000,000 278,000,000 239,000,000 88,000,000 304,000,000 395,000,000 665,000,000 724,000,000 754,000,000 373,000,000 269,000,000 482,000,000 -181,000,000 
          investing activities
                                                                               
          acquisition of property, equipment and leasehold improvements
        -161,000,000 -116,000,000 -105,000,000 -83,000,000 -43,000,000 -71,000,000 -68,000,000 -54,000,000 -60,000,000 -70,000,000 -70,000,000 -50,000,000 -54,000,000 -79,000,000 -133,000,000 -72,000,000 -97,000,000 -95,000,000 -117,000,000 -124,000,000 -104,000,000 -159,000,000 -111,000,000 -114,000,000 -130,000,000 -194,000,000 -147,000,000 -151,000,000 -147,000,000 -127,000,000 -177,000,000 -96,000,000 -69,000,000 -77,000,000 -124,000,000 -104,000,000 -95,000,000 -95,000,000 -140,000,000                      -59,000,000 -214,000,000 -280,000,000 -293,000,000 -275,000,000 -212,000,000 -150,000,000 -218,000,000 -222,000,000 -239,000,000 -227,000,000 
          proceeds from the sale of assets
             2,000,000 3,000,000   519,000,000 12,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000                                                      
          purchases of investments
                   -1,000,000 -18,000,000 -4,000,000 -1,000,000 -12,000,000                                               
          proceeds from sale of investments
           41,000,000    9,000,000        13,000,000 19,000,000 15,000,000 18,000,000 11,000,000                                                 
          proceeds from business divestiture
        15,000,000                                                                    
          net cash from investing activities
        -163,000,000 -116,000,000 -90,000,000 -130,000,000 -8,000,000 -70,000,000 -68,000,000 283,000,000 -52,000,000 -35,000,000 -70,000,000 469,000,000 -42,000,000 -77,000,000 -133,000,000 -59,000,000 -97,000,000 -76,000,000 -120,000,000 -106,000,000 -97,000,000 -159,000,000 -104,000,000 -108,000,000 -142,000,000 -234,000,000 -151,000,000 1,205,000,000 -129,000,000 -54,000,000 -176,000,000 -1,349,000,000 -29,000,000 -78,000,000 -132,000,000 -122,000,000 -103,000,000 -95,000,000 -139,000,000       -125,000,000               -37,000,000 -210,000,000 -265,000,000 -306,000,000 -125,000,000 -322,000,000 -238,000,000 -50,000,000 -250,000,000 101,000,000 -203,000,000 
          financing activities
                                                                               
          redemption and repurchase of debt
        -642,000,000   -547,000,000    -1,288,000,000 -1,507,000,000    -220,000,000 -475,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -8,000,000 -13,000,000 -452,000,000 -40,000,000 -645,000,000 -320,000,000   -5,000,000 -57,000,000 -130,000,000 -22,000,000 -219,000,000                                    
          dividends to shareholders
        -161,000,000 -154,000,000 -153,000,000 -153,000,000 -152,000,000 -148,000,000 -147,000,000 -147,000,000 -147,000,000 -146,000,000 -145,000,000 -145,000,000 -145,000,000 -145,000,000 -147,000,000 -152,000,000 -154,000,000 -151,000,000 -153,000,000 -154,000,000 -161,000,000 -167,000,000 -167,000,000 -168,000,000 -170,000,000 -165,000,000 -170,000,000 -174,000,000 -178,000,000 -180,000,000 -181,000,000 -181,000,000 -179,000,000 -182,000,000 -184,000,000 -187,000,000 -186,000,000                        -15,000,000 -58,000,000 -59,000,000 -57,000,000 -52,000,000 -53,000,000 -54,000,000 -54,000,000 -54,000,000 -58,000,000 -46,000,000 
          taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
        -41,000,000 -20,000,000 -50,000,000 -10,000,000 -9,000,000 -7,000,000 -28,000,000 -7,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -25,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -39,000,000 -6,000,000 -2,000,000 -43,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -31,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -37,000,000 -1,000,000 -3,000,000 -27,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -20,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -23,000,000                                 
          repurchases of ordinary shares
        -30,000,000 -29,000,000         -408,000,000 -486,000,000 -417,000,000 -471,000,000 -425,000,000 -228,000,000 -751,000,000 -1,000,000,000 -68,000,000 -55,000,000 -195,000,000 -150,000,000 -450,000,000 -350,000,000 -327,000,000 -136,000,000 -150,000,000 -195,000,000 -166,000,000 -212,000,000 -147,000,000 -101,000,000                                 
          proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares under employee stock plans
        27,000,000 5,000,000 22,000,000 16,000,000 24,000,000 3,000,000 29,000,000 22,000,000 9,000,000 35,000,000 9,000,000 30,000,000 29,000,000 31,000,000 4,000,000 33,000,000     3,000,000 31,000,000 30,000,000 39,000,000 1,000,000 33,000,000 3,000,000 32,000,000 3,000,000 75,000,000 6,000,000 29,000,000 3,000,000 36,000,000 12,000,000 35,000,000 37,000,000 1,000,000 40,000,000 42,000,000 10,000,000 39,000,000 37,000,000 22,000,000 39,000,000 65,000,000 11,000,000 157,000,000 163,000,000 25,000,000 26,000,000 24,000,000 8,000,000 16,000,000               
          other financing activities
        -5,000,000 -4,000,000 -11,000,000 -7,000,000    -2,000,000 -126,000,000 -21,000,000 -2,000,000 -20,000,000 -1,000,000   -4,000,000 -14,000,000 -1,000,000                                               
          net cash from financing activities
        -852,000,000 -673,000,000 -221,000,000 -301,000,000 -675,000,000 -152,000,000 -146,000,000 -154,000,000 -128,000,000 -142,000,000 -49,000,000 -667,000,000 -190,000,000 -165,000,000 34,000,000 -644,000,000 -760,000,000 99,000,000 -594,000,000 -375,000,000 -868,000,000 -179,000,000 -251,000,000 -177,000,000 -374,000,000 -289,000,000 -765,000,000 -795,000,000 -276,000,000 -815,000,000 -326,000,000 -184,000,000 -162,000,000 -502,000,000 -363,000,000 -617,000,000 984,000,000 -324,000,000 -89,000,000                      -11,000,000 278,000,000 -24,000,000 -242,000,000 -830,000,000 -232,000,000 -241,000,000 -244,000,000 -206,000,000 -1,343,000,000 1,330,000,000 
          increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        99,000,000 -66,000,000 221,000,000 77,000,000 -424,000,000 -1,000,000 -119,000,000 563,000,000 8,000,000 -8,000,000 9,000,000 20,000,000 -4,000,000 9,000,000 146,000,000            -465,000,000 860,000,000 31,000,000 -585,000,000 88,000,000                                         
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period
        893,000,000  1,360,000,000  788,000,000  617,000,000  1,211,000,000  1,724,000,000  2,251,000,000  1,857,000,000                                         
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period
        99,000,000 -66,000,000 1,114,000,000  -424,000,000 -1,000,000 1,241,000,000  8,000,000 -8,000,000 797,000,000  -4,000,000 9,000,000 763,000,000  -397,000,000 544,000,000 993,000,000  -587,000,000 135,000,000 1,666,000,000  -132,000,000 -40,000,000 1,786,000,000  31,000,000 -585,000,000 1,945,000,000                                         
          bis settlement penalty
         -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000                                                               
          net gain from business divestiture
                                                                               
          cash from acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
               1,500,000,000 1,000,000,000 600,000,000                                                     
          effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
               1,000,000             7,000,000 -6,000,000 3,000,000 -5,000,000 2,000,000 -2,000,000 -4,000,000 3,000,000                                         
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the year
                                                                               
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the year
                                                                               
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                               
          cash paid for interest
                                                                 43,000,000 22,000,000 49,000,000 50,000,000 8,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000 10,000,000 51,000,000 10,000,000 53,000,000 11,000,000 19,000,000 5,000,000 
          cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds
                                                                 3,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000 11,000,000 8,000,000 14,000,000 21,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 
          net loss from redemption and repurchase of debt
                                                                               
          net loss
                25,000,000                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                               
          net loss on redemption and repurchase of debt
                7,000,000                                                             
          maturities of short-term investments
                                          5,000,000 1,000,000    5,000,000 14,000,000 29,000,000 32,000,000 5,000,000 16,000,000 5,000,000 3,000,000 28,000,000 87,000,000 46,000,000 2,000,000 11,000,000               
          net gain on redemption and repurchase of debt
                    -3,000,000                                                           
          loss on redemption and repurchase of debt
                                                                              
          decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                       -523,000,000   -218,000,000    -58,000,000  -132,000,000                                               
          proceeds from settlement of foreign currency forward exchange contracts
                                   -37,000,000                                           
          proceeds from redemption of debt security
                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares under employee share plans
                            55,000,000 11,000,000 29,000,000                                                 
          net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                               496,000,000 498,000,000 49,000,000                                     1,477,000,000 
          purchase of debt security
                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of strategic investments
                                                                             
          other investing activities
                                       -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -8,000,000 19,000,000 -9,000,000               8,000,000         3,000,000 -1,000,000 2,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 20,000,000 -3,000,000 -4,000,000 -15,000,000 -23,000,000 -6,000,000 
          proceeds from sale of properties previously classified as held for sale
                                    21,000,000 6,000,000 26,000,000                                        
          purchases of strategic investments
                                  -4,000,000 -4,000,000 -6,000,000 -3,000,000 -5,000,000                                         
          impairment of assets
                                                                               
          gain on sale of property and equipment
                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
                                                                               
          impairment of long-lived assets
                                           7,000,000 26,000,000                       64,000,000            
          vendor receivables
                                       17,000,000 12,000,000                                       
          proceeds from the sale of fixed assets
                                                                              
          effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                                        3,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000  4,000,000                                   
          increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                                        370,000,000 271,000,000 -254,000,000  1,311,000,000                                   
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the beginning of the period
                                        2,543,000,000                                    
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of the period
                                        370,000,000 271,000,000 2,289,000,000  1,311,000,000                                   
          proceeds from the sale of property and equipment
                                                        25,000,000 4,000,000   8,000,000                  
          loss on sale of property and equipment
                                                                              
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                                    -8,000,000 -26,000,000 -90,000,000 -47,000,000 -56,000,000 -185,000,000 -198,000,000 -17,000,000 -305,000,000 
          sales of short-term investments
                                                    414,000,000 49,000,000 76,000,000 61,000,000 64,000,000 70,000,000 46,000,000 214,000,000 22,000,000 58,000,000 38,000,000               
          cash from acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                                               
          effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                                     -1,000,000 2,000,000 -1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000                     
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                              364,000,000       -34,000,000 369,000,000 216,000,000   187,000,000         103,000,000 191,000,000 156,000,000 15,000,000 -153,000,000 -290,000,000 170,000,000 275,000,000 79,000,000 -187,000,000 -760,000,000 946,000,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
                                              1,125,000,000 2,479,000,000 2,634,000,000 1,708,000,000 1,707,000,000 2,677,000,000 2,263,000,000 1,427,000,000 990,000,000 988,000,000 910,000,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
                                              1,489,000,000 -65,000,000 -657,000,000 1,915,000,000 -692,000,000 1,106,000,000 2,190,000,000 -34,000,000 369,000,000 1,924,000,000 50,000,000 -511,000,000 1,894,000,000 -187,000,000 -649,000,000 2,474,000,000 -327,000,000 745,000,000 1,783,000,000 171,000,000 361,000,000 1,530,000,000 191,000,000 156,000,000 1,005,000,000 -153,000,000 -290,000,000 170,000,000 1,263,000,000 79,000,000 -187,000,000 -760,000,000 1,856,000,000 
          vendor non-trade receivables
                                               7,000,000 -6,000,000 16,000,000 2,000,000 7,000,000 21,000,000 5,000,000                          
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                               205,000,000 382,000,000 824,000,000                              
          (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                               
          (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                               
          cash from acquisition of business
                                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                               
          gain on sale of investments
                                                                               
          restricted cash and investments
                                                                               
          proceeds from the sale of strategic investments
                                                        1,000,000 41,000,000                     
          loss on repurchase of debt
                                                    14,000,000                           
          repurchase of long-term debt
                                                                               
          restricted cash
                                                                              
          cash from acquisition of lacie s.a., net of cash acquired
                                                                               
          repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
                                                                               
          escrow deposit for acquisition of noncontrolling shares of lacie s.a.
                                                                               
          net proceeds from issuance of long term debt
                                                                               
          change in restricted cash and investments
                                                           -5,000,000 -5,000,000 14,000,000 -4,000,000 5,000,000 12,000,000               
          cash from acquisition of samsung hdd assets and liabilities
                                                                               
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                               
          gain on sale of strategic investments
                                                                               
          loss on redemption of debt
                                                           12,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 24,000,000               
          proceeds from short-term borrowings
                                                                 15,000,000           
          repayment of short-term borrowings
                                                                               
          stock-based compensation
                                                                 13,000,000 14,000,000 11,000,000 17,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000 27,000,000 28,000,000 29,000,000 29,000,000 27,000,000 32,000,000 31,000,000 38,000,000 
          impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
                                                                             
          accrued expenses and warranty
                                                                               
          maturities and sales of short-term investments
                                                                 75,000,000 43,000,000 58,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000 93,000,000 35,000,000 203,000,000 103,000,000 119,000,000 146,000,000 164,000,000 352,000,000 335,000,000 
          decrease in restricted cash and investments
                                                                 15,000,000 1,000,000 10,000,000            
          proceeds from sale of investment in equity securities
                                                                    1,000,000 10,000,000         
          repayment of long-term debt
                                                                    -5,000,000          
          proceeds from exercise of employee stock options and employee stock purchase plan
                                                                 39,000,000 16,000,000 26,000,000 9,000,000 1,000,000 35,000,000 6,000,000 40,000,000 70,000,000 62,000,000 12,000,000 103,000,000 55,000,000 49,000,000 
          repurchases of common shares
                                                                          -249,000,000    -150,000,000 
          increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                 171,000,000              
          accrued warranty
                                                                               
          accrued expenses
                                                                               
          retirements and maturities of long-term debt
                                                                               
          accrued expenses, employee compensation and warranty
                                                                    -201,000,000 -80,000,000 -309,000,000 7,000,000 73,000,000 76,000,000 -2,000,000 -34,000,000 -91,000,000 -94,000,000 -246,000,000 
          proceeds from sale of fixed assets
                                                                    1,000,000           
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                               
          acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired
                                                                            
          allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, net of recoveries
                                                                               
          redemption charges on 8% senior notes due 2009
                                                                              
          in-process research and development
                                                                            
          tax benefit from stock options
                                                                               
          non-cash portion of restructuring and other
                                                                               
          accrued income taxes
                                                                       30,000,000 -8,000,000 -7,000,000 -2,000,000 -7,000,000 1,000,000 19,000,000 -5,000,000 
          net cash and cash equivalents acquired from maxtor
                                                                               
          redemption of 8% senior notes due 2009
                                                                              
          redemption premium on 8% senior notes due 2009
                                                                              
          allowance for doubtful accounts receivable
                                                                        1,000,000 -1,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 2,000,000 40,000,000 
          excess tax benefits from exercise of stock options
                                                                              
          proceeds from sales of fixed assets
                                                                        5,000,000    1,000,000   
          repayment of debt
                                                                               
          repurchases of common shares and payments made under prepaid forward agreements
                                                                        -784,000,000    -249,000,000   
          redemption charges on 8% senior notes
                                                                               
          redemption of 8% senior notes
                                                                               
          redemption premium on 8% senior notes
                                                                               
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                                          -6,000,000     
          tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                                                               
          non-cash portion of restructuring, and other
                                                                               
          veritas tax indemnification
                                                                               
          other acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired