Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Apr. 26, 2014

Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Aggregate Disclosures [Abstract]

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):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	April 26, 2014		April 27, 2013		April 26, 2014			April 27, 2013
Cost of sales—product	$	12	$	10	$	34		$	31
Cost of sales—service	39		34		112			105
Share-based compensation expense in cost of sales	51		44		146			136
Research and development	106		72		306			228
Sales and marketing	144		118		408			383
General and administrative	52		38		153			136
Restructuring and other charges	—		—		(4		)	(3		)
Share-based compensation expense in operating expenses	302		228		863			744
Total share-based compensation expense	$	353	$	272	$	1,009		$	880
Income tax benefit for share-based compensation	$	86	$	73	$	246		$	232

Share-Based Awards Available for Grant [Table Text Block]

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

	Share-Based Awards Available for Grant
BALANCE AT JULY 28, 2012	218
Restricted stock, stock units, and other share-based awards granted	(102	)
Share-based awards canceled/forfeited/expired	115
Other	(3	)
BALANCE AT JULY 27, 2013	228
Restricted stock, stock units, and other share-based awards granted	(92	)
Share-based awards canceled/forfeited/expired	29
Additional shares reserved	135
Shares withheld for taxes and not issued	2
Other	1
BALANCE AT APRIL 26, 2014	303

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 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
Granted and assumed	67		20.74
Vested	(43	)	19.56		$	998
Canceled/forfeited	(10	)	18.70
UNVESTED BALANCE AT APRIL 26, 2014	157		$	19.43

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 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
Assumed from acquisitions	6		3.69
Exercised	(45	)	17.54
Canceled/forfeited/expired	(14	)	27.41
BALANCE AT APRIL 26, 2014	223		$	25.09

Summary Of Significant Ranges Of Outstanding And Exercisable Stock Options

The following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable stock options as of April 26, 2014 (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	5.2	$	4.29	$	180	4	$	6.11	$	85
15.01 – 18.00	25	0.5	17.81		128		25	17.81		128
18.01 – 20.00	7	0.6	19.22		25		7	19.22		25
20.01 – 25.00	76	1.4	22.85		15		76	22.85		15
25.01 – 30.00	28	2.1	26.59		—		28	26.59		—
30.01 – 35.00	78	2.2	32.16		—		78	32.16		—
Total	223	1.8	$	25.09	$	348	218	$	25.57	$	253

Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block]

The valuation of time-based RSUs and PRSUs is summarized as follows:

	RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS						PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
Three Months Ended	April 26, 2014			April 27, 2013			April 26, 2014		April 27, 2013
Number of shares granted (in millions)	6			4			2		—
Grant date fair value per share	$	19.95		$	19.59		19.85		N/A
Weighted-average assumptions/inputs:
Expected dividend yield	3.1		%	2.7		%	3.5	%	N/A
Range of risk-free interest rates	0.0% - 1.7%			0.1% - 0.9%			0.1% - 1.7%		N/A
Range of expected volatilities for index	N/A			N/A			N/A		N/A

	RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS						PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
Nine Months Ended	April 26, 2014			April 27, 2013			April 26, 2014			April 27, 2013
Number of shares granted (in millions)	53			56			6			4
Grant date fair value per share	$	20.50		$	17.47		$	21.73		$	19.26
Weighted-average assumptions/inputs:
Expected dividend yield	3.1		%	3.0		%	2.7		%	2.9		%
Range of risk-free interest rates	0.0% - 1.7%			0.0% - 0.9%			0.0% - 1.7%			0.1% - 0.7%
Range of expected volatilities for index	N/A			N/A			17.4% - 70.5%			18.3% - 64.6%