Available-for-Sale Debt Investments and Equity Investments (Additional Information) (Details) entity in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 27, 2018 USD ($) entity	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Impairment charges of available-for-sale investments	$ 0	$ 0
Average daily balance of securities lending	$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Fair value of securities received as collateral that can be resold or repledged, percentage (at least)	102.00%
Secured lending transactions outstanding	$ 0		$ 0
Number of variable interest entities required to be consolidated (entity) | entity	0
Investments in privately held companies	$ 1,200,000,000
Funding commitments	204,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Investments in privately held companies	$ 670,000,000