Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Components Of The Provision For Income Taxes

	Year Ended
	March 29, 2013	March 30, 2012	April 1, 2011
	(In millions)
Current:
Federal	$                   104	$                   123	$                     17
State	23	30	18
International	87	121	70
	214	274	105
Deferred:
Federal	32	32	26
State	6	(9)	3
International	6	1	(29)
	44	24	—
Total provision of income taxes	$                   258	$                   298	$                   105

Schedule Of Difference Between Effective Income Tax And Federal Statutory Income Tax

	Year Ended
	March 29, 2013	March 30, 2012	April 1, 2011
	(In millions)
Expected Federal statutory tax	$                358	$                515	$                255
State taxes, net of federal benefit	25	12	12
Foreign earnings taxed at less than the federal rate	(96)	(160)	(84)
Domestic production activities deduction	(12)	(20)	(9)
Federal research and development credit	(10)	(12)	(10)
Valuation allowance increase (decrease)	—	5	(15)
Benefit of losses from joint venture	—	(1)	(2)
VERITAS tax positions (including valuation allowance release)	(9)	(52)	(49)
Other, net	2	11	7
	$                258	$                298	$                105

Principal Components Of Deferred Tax Assets

	As of
	March 29, 2013	March 30, 2012
	(In millions)
Deferred tax assets:
Tax credit carryforwards	$                    54	$                    43
Net operating loss carryforwards of acquired companies	102	137
Other accruals and reserves not currently tax deductible	144	152
Deferred revenue	93	95
Loss on investments not currently tax deductible	10	23
State income taxes	29	33
Goodwill	—	36
Stock-based compensation	36	60
Other	—	4
	468	583
Valuation allowance	(66)	(55)
Total deferred tax assets	$                  402	$                  528
Deferred tax liabilities:
Tax over book depreciation	$                   (73)	$                   (41)
Goodwill	(19)	—
Intangible assets	(102)	(208)
Unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries	(372)	(329)
Other	(3)	—
Total deferred tax liabilities	$                 (569)	$                 (578)
Net deferred tax assets	$                 (167)	$                   (50)

Schedule Of Changes In Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Balance as of April 2, 2010	$                   543
Settlements and effective settlements with tax authorities and related remeasurements	(6)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(27)
Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior years	13
Decreases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior years	(36)
Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during current year	40
Balance as of April 1, 2011	$                   527
Settlements and effective settlements with tax authorities and related remeasurements	(62)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(12)
Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior years	78
Decreases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior years	(30)
Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during current year	118
Balance as of March 30, 2012	$                   619
Settlements and effective settlements with tax authorities and related remeasurements	(114)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(98)
Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior years	11
Decreases in balances related to tax positions taken during prior years	(20)
Increases in balances related to tax positions taken during current year	14
Balance as of March 29, 2013	$                   412