Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 27, 2013

Summary Of Share-Based Compensation Expense

Share-based compensation expense consists primarily of expenses for stock options, stock purchase rights, restricted stock, and restricted stock units granted to employees. The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense (in millions):

Years Ended	July 27, 2013			July 28, 2012		July 30, 2011
Cost of sales—product	$	40		$	53	$	61
Cost of sales—service	138			156		177
Share-based compensation expense in cost of sales	178			209		238
Research and development	286			401		481
Sales and marketing	484			588		651
General and administrative	175			203		250
Restructuring and other charges	(3		)	—		—
Share-based compensation expense in operating expenses	942			1,192		1,382
Total share-based compensation expense	$	1,120		$	1,401	$	1,620
Income tax benefit for share-based compensation	$	285		$	335	$	444

Summary Of Share-Based Awards Available For Grant

A summary of share-based awards available for grant is as follows (in millions):

Years Ended	July 27, 2013		July 28, 2012		July 30, 2011
Balance at beginning of fiscal year	218		255		295
Restricted stock, stock units, and other share-based awards granted	(102	)	(95	)	(82	)
Share-based awards canceled/forfeited/expired	115		64		42
Other	(3	)	(6	)	—
Balance at end of fiscal year	228		218		255

Summary Of Restricted Stock And Stock Unit Activity

A summary of the restricted stock and stock unit activity, which includes time-based and performance-based or market-based restricted stock units, is as follows (in millions, except per-share amounts):

	Restricted Stock/ Stock Units		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share		Aggregated Fair Market Value
UNVESTED BALANCE AT JULY 31, 2010	97		$	22.35
Granted and assumed	56		20.62
Vested	(27	)	22.54		$	529
Canceled/forfeited	(10	)	22.04
UNVESTED BALANCE AT JULY 30, 2011	116		21.50
Granted and assumed	65		17.45
Vested	(35	)	21.94		$	580
Canceled/forfeited	(18	)	20.38
UNVESTED BALANCE AT JULY 28, 2012	128		19.46
Granted and assumed	72		18.52
Vested	(46	)	20.17		$	932
Canceled/forfeited	(11	)	18.91
UNVESTED BALANCE AT JULY 27, 2013	143		$	18.80

Summary Of Stock Option Activity

A summary of the stock option activity is as follows (in millions, except per-share amounts):

	STOCK OPTIONS OUTSTANDING
	Number Outstanding		Weighted-Average Exercise Price per Share
BALANCE AT JULY 31, 2010	732		$	21.39
Exercised	(80	)	16.55
Canceled/forfeited/expired	(31	)	25.91
BALANCE AT JULY 30, 2011	621		21.79
Assumed from acquisitions	1		2.08
Exercised	(66	)	13.51
Canceled/forfeited/expired	(36	)	23.40
BALANCE AT JULY 28, 2012	520		22.68
Assumed from acquisitions	10		0.77
Exercised	(154	)	18.51
Canceled/forfeited/expired	(100	)	22.18
BALANCE AT JULY 27, 2013	276		$	24.44

Summary Of Significant Ranges Of Outstanding And Exercisable Stock Options

The following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable stock options as of July 27, 2013 (in millions, except years and share prices):

	STOCK OPTIONS OUTSTANDING						STOCK OPTIONS EXERCISABLE
Range of Exercise Prices	Number Outstanding	Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (in Years)	Weighted- Average Exercise Price per Share		Aggregate Intrinsic Value		Number Exercisable	Weighted- Average Exercise Price per Share		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
$  0.01 – 15.00	9	6.18	$	3.99	$	198	5	$	7.00	$	84
15.01 – 18.00	40	1.20	17.79		308		40	17.79		307
18.01 – 20.00	25	0.68	19.15		155		24	19.15		155
20.01 – 25.00	86	2.22	22.82		231		86	22.82		231
25.01 – 35.00	116	3.12	30.69		—		116	30.69		—
Total	276	2.45	$	24.44	$	892	271	$	24.84	$	777

Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block]

The assumptions for the valuation of time-based RSUs and PRSUs are summarized as follows:

	RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS									PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
Years Ended	July 27, 2013			July 28, 2012			July 30, 2011			July 27, 2013			July 28, 2012
Number of shares granted (in millions)	64			62			54			4			2
Weighted-average assumptions/inputs:
Grant date fair value per share	$	18.39		$	17.26		$	20.59		$	19.73		$	22.17
Expected dividend yield	3.0		%	1.5		%	0.3		%	2.9		%	1.3		%
Range of risk-free interest rates	0.0% - 1.1%			0.0% - 1.1%			0.0% - 1.9%			0.1% - 0.7%			0.0% - 0.9%
Range of expected volatilities for index	N/A			N/A			N/A			18.3% - 78.3%			19.8% - 60.8%

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The assumptions for the valuation of employee stock purchase rights are summarized as follows:

	EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS
Years Ended	July 27, 2013			July 28, 2012			July 30, 2011
Weighted-average assumptions:
Expected volatility	28.7		%	27.2		%	35.1		%
Risk-free interest rate	0.4		%	0.2		%	0.9		%
Expected dividend	1.5		%	1.5		%	0.0		%
Expected life (in years)	1.8			0.8			1.8
Weighted-average estimated grant date fair value per share	$	4.68		$	3.81		$	6.31