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Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 28, 2012
Summary Of Available-For-Sale Investments | The following tables summarize the Company’s available-for-sale investments (in millions):
July 28, 2012 |  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Fair Value |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government securities |  | $ | 24,201 |  |  | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 24,241 |
U.S. government agency securities |  |  | 5,367 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 5,388 |
Non-U.S. government and agency securities |  |  | 1,629 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,638 |
Corporate debt securities |  |  | 5,959 |  |  |  | 74 |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 6,030 |
Total fixed income securities |  |  | 37,156 |  |  |  | 145 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 37,297 |
Publicly traded equity securities |  |  | 1,107 |  |  |  | 524 |  |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | 1,620 |
Total |  | $ | 38,263 |  |  | $ | 669 |  |  | $ | (15 | ) |  | $ | 38,917 |
July 30, 2011 |  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Fair Value |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government securities |  | $ | 19,087 |  |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 19,139 |
U.S. government agency securities |  |  | 8,742 |  |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 8,776 |
Non-U.S. government and agency securities |  |  | 3,119 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 3,132 |
Corporate debt securities |  |  | 4,333 |  |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 4,394 |
Asset-backed securities |  |  | 120 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 121 |
Total fixed income securities |  |  | 35,401 |  |  |  | 171 |  |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | 35,562 |
Publicly traded equity securities |  |  | 734 |  |  |  | 639 |  |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | 1,361 |
Total |  | $ | 36,135 |  |  | $ | 810 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 36,923 |
Gross Realized Gains And Gross Realized Losses Related To Available-For-Sale Investment | The following table presents the gross realized gains and gross realized losses related to the Company’s available-for-sale investments (in millions):
Years Ended |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |
Gross realized gains |  | $ | 641 |  |  | $ | 348 |  |  | $ | 279 |
Gross realized losses |  |  | (540 | ) |  |  | (169 | ) |  |  | (110 | )
Total |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 179 |  |  | $ | 169 |
Realized Net Gains (Losses) RelatedTo Available-For-Sale Investments | The following table presents the realized net gains (losses) related to the Company’s available-for-sale investments (in millions):
Years Ended |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |
Net gains on investments in publicly traded equity securities |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 66 |
Net gains on investments in fixed income securities |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | 91 |  |  |  | 103 |
Total |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 179 |  |  | $ | 169 |
Credit Losses For Fixed Income Securities | The following table summarizes the activity related to credit losses for fixed income securities (in millions):
|  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |
Balance at beginning of fiscal year |  | $ | (23 | ) |  | $ | (95 | )
Sales of other-than-temporarily impaired fixed income securities |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | 72 |
Balance at end of fiscal year |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (23 | )
Available-For-Sale Investments With Gross Unrealized Losses | The following tables present the breakdown of the available-for-sale investments with gross unrealized losses and the duration that those losses had been unrealized at July 28, 2012 and July 30, 2011 (in millions):
|  | UNREALIZED LOSSES LESS THAN 12 MONTHS |  |  | UNREALIZED LOSSES 12 MONTHS OR GREATER |  |  | TOTAL |
July 28, 2012 |  | Fair Value |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government agency securities |  | $ | 5,357 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,357 |  |  | $ | (1 | )
Corporate debt securities |  |  | 603 |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 617 |  |  |  | (3 | )
Total fixed income securities |  |  | 5,960 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 5,974 |  |  |  | (4 | )
Publicly traded equity securities |  |  | 167 |  |  |  | (8 | ) |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 187 |  |  |  | (11 | )
Total |  | $ | 6,127 |  |  | $ | (12 | ) |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | 6,161 |  |  | $ | (15 | )
|  | UNREALIZED LOSSES LESS THAN 12 MONTHS |  |  | UNREALIZED LOSSES 12 MONTHS OR GREATER |  |  | TOTAL |
July 30, 2011 |  | Fair Value |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government agency securities |  | $ | 2,310 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,310 |  |  | $ | (1 | )
Non-U.S. government and agency securities |  |  | 875 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 875 |  |  |  | (1 | )
Corporate debt securities |  |  | 548 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 604 |  |  |  | (4 | )
Asset-backed securities |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 105 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 105 |  |  |  | (4 | )
Total fixed income securities |  |  | 3,733 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 161 |  |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | 3,894 |  |  |  | (10 | )
Publicly traded equity securities |  |  | 112 |  |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 112 |  |  |  | (12 | )
Total |  | $ | 3,845 |  |  | $ | (16 | ) |  | $ | 161 |  |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 4,006 |  |  | $ | (22 | )
Maturities of Fixed Income Securities | The following table summarizes the maturities of the Company’s fixed income securities at July 28, 2012 (in millions):
|  | Amortized Cost |  |  | Fair Value |
Less than 1 year |  | $ | 16,257 |  |  | $ | 16,274 |
Due in 1 to 2 years |  |  | 12,277 |  |  |  | 12,323 |
Due in 2 to 5 years |  |  | 8,549 |  |  |  | 8,623 |
Due after 5 years |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 77 |
Total |  | $ | 37,156 |  |  | $ | 37,297 |

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