The Company and Its Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2015

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions

Gross Notional Amounts: The gross notional amounts of the Company’s interest rate, foreign currency and investment portfolio derivatives by instrument type were as follows (in millions):

	September 27, 2015		September 28, 2014
Forwards	$	269	$	210
Futures	133		$	260
Options	620		122
Swaps	3,004		5
	$	4,026	$	597

The gross notional amounts by currency were as follows (in millions):

	September 27, 2015		September 28, 2014
British pound sterling	$	83	$	97
Chinese renminbi	111		—
Euro	36		43
Indian rupee	409		3
Japanese yen	174		19
Korean won	81		121
United States dollar	3,089		266
Other	43		48
	$	4,026	$	597

Share-based compensation expense, related to all share-based awards

Total share-based compensation expense, related to all of the Company’s share-based awards, was comprised as follows (in millions):

	2015			2014			2013
Cost of equipment and services revenues	$	42		$	49		$	71
Research and development	659			672			643
Selling, general and administrative	325			338			391
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	1,026			1,059			1,105
Related income tax benefit	(190		)	(203		)	(217		)
	$	836		$	856		$	888