Segment Information And Major Customers (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jan. 26, 2013

Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]

Summarized financial information by segment for the three and six months ended January 26, 2013 and January 28, 2012, based on the Company's internal management system and as utilized by the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"), is as follows (in millions):



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	January 26, 2013			January 28, 2012			January 26, 2013			January 28, 2012
Net sales:
Americas	$	7,136		$	6,552		$	14,159		$	13,140
EMEA	3,093			3,250			5,934			6,095
APJC	1,869			1,725			3,881			3,548
Total	$	12,098		$	11,527		$	23,974		$	22,783
Gross margin:
Americas	4,413			4,106			8,881			8,266
EMEA	2,008			2,095			3,806			3,849
APJC	1,121			992			2,297			2,100
Segment total	7,542			7,193			14,984			14,215
Unallocated corporate items	(199		)	(128		)	(402		)	(260		)
Total	$	7,343		$	7,065		$	14,582		$	13,955

Segment Reporting Product And Services Net Sales [Text Block]

The following table presents net sales for groups of similar products and services (in millions):



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	January 26, 2013		January 28, 2012		January 26, 2013		January 28, 2012
Net sales:
Switching	$	3,724	$	3,621	$	7,340	$	7,308
NGN Routing	1,946		2,068		3,998		4,162
Service Provider Video	1,220		1,014		2,368		1,897
Collaboration	945		1,060		1,965		2,168
Data Center	548		333		965		592
Wireless	520		409		1,006		762
Security	336		333		674		652
Other	198		280		418		529
Product	9,437		9,118		18,734		18,070
Service	2,661		2,409		5,240		4,713
Total	$	12,098	$	11,527	$	23,974	$	22,783

Entity Wide Disclosure On Geographic Areas Long Lived Assets [Text Block]

Property and equipment information is based on the physical location of the assets. The following table presents property and equipment information for geographic areas (in millions):



	January 26, 2013		July 28, 2012
Property and equipment, net:
United States	$	2,808	$	2,842
International	595		560
Total	$	3,403	$	3,402

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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