Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 26, 2015

Notes to financial statements [Abstract]

Financial Information by Operating Segment

	GPU		Tegra Processor			All Other			Consolidated
	(In millions)
Three Months Ended April 26, 2015
Revenue	$	940	$	145		$	66		$	1,151
Depreciation and amortization expenses	$	28	$	14		$	12		$	54
Operating income (loss)	$	278	$	(57	)	$	(45	)	$	176
Three Months Ended April 27, 2014
Revenue	$	898	$	139		$	66		$	1,103
Depreciation and amortization expenses	$	30	$	14		$	11		$	55
Operating income (loss)	$	235	$	(62	)	$	(22	)	$	151

Reconciliation of Other Significant Reconciling Items from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2015			April 27, 2014
	(In millions)
Reconciling items included in "All Other" category :
Unallocated revenue	$	66		$	66
Unallocated cost of revenue and operating expenses	(57		)	(43		)
Stock-based compensation	(45		)	(36		)
Acquisition-related costs	(9		)	(9		)
Total	$	(45	)	$	(22	)

Revenue from customers based in different geographic regions

	Three Months Ended
	April 26,		April 27,
	2015		2014
	(In millions)
Revenue:
Taiwan	$	388	$	373
Other Asia Pacific	188		155
United States	180		173
China	173		223
Europe	119		87
Other Americas	103		92
Total revenue	$	1,151	$	1,103

Revenue from significant customers,10% or more of total revenue [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	April 26,		April 27,
	2015		2014
Revenue:
Customer A	10	%	10	%

Accounts receivable from significant customers, 10% or more of total A/R [Table Text Block]

	April 26, 2015		January 25, 2015
Accounts Receivable:
Customer B	22	%	20	%
Customer C	10	%	10	%