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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 28, 2012
Summary Of Share-Based Compensation Expense | The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense (in millions):
Years Ended |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |
Cost of sales—product |  | $ | 53 |  |  | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 57 |
Cost of sales—service |  |  | 156 |  |  |  | 177 |  |  |  | 164 |
Share-based compensation expense in cost of sales |  |  | 209 |  |  |  | 238 |  |  |  | 221 |
Research and development |  |  | 401 |  |  |  | 481 |  |  |  | 450 |
Sales and marketing |  |  | 588 |  |  |  | 651 |  |  |  | 602 |
General and administrative |  |  | 203 |  |  |  | 250 |  |  |  | 244 |
Share-based compensation expense in operating expenses |  |  | 1,192 |  |  |  | 1,382 |  |  |  | 1,296 |
Total share-based compensation expense |  | $ | 1,401 |  |  | $ | 1,620 |  |  | $ | 1,517 |
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 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |
Balance at beginning of fiscal year |  |  | 255 |  |  |  | 295 |  |  |  | 253 |
Options granted |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4 | )
Restricted stock, stock units, and other share-based awards granted |  |  | (95 | ) |  |  | (82 | ) |  |  | (81 | )
Share-based awards canceled/forfeited/expired |  |  | 64 |  |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 123 |
Other |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4 |
Balance at end of fiscal year |  |  | 218 |  |  |  | 255 |  |  |  | 295 |
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, 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 |
BALANCE AT JULY 25, 2009 |  |  | 62 |  |  | $ | 21.25 |  |  |  |  |
Granted and assumed |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | 23.40 |  |  |  |  |
Vested |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | 21.56 |  |  | $ | 378 |
Canceled/forfeited |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 22.40 |  |  |  |  |
BALANCE AT JULY 31, 2010 |  |  | 97 |  |  |  | 22.35 |  |  |  |  |
Granted and assumed |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | 20.62 |  |  |  |  |
Vested |  |  | (27 | ) |  |  | 22.54 |  |  | $ | 529 |
Canceled/forfeited |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | 22.04 |  |  |  |  |
BALANCE AT JULY 30, 2011 |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 21.50 |  |  |  |  |
Granted and assumed |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | 17.45 |  |  |  |  |
Vested |  |  | (35 | ) |  |  | 21.94 |  |  | $ | 580 |
Canceled/forfeited |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | 20.38 |  |  |  |  |
BALANCE AT JULY 28, 2012 |  |  | 128 |  |  | $ | 19.46 |  |  |  |  |
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 25, 2009 |  |  | 1,004 |  |  | $ | 24.29 |
Granted and assumed |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 13.23 |
Exercised |  |  | (158 | ) |  |  | 17.88 |
Canceled/forfeited/expired |  |  | (129 | ) |  |  | 47.31 |
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 |
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 28, 2012 (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 |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 4.10 |  |  | $ | 6.95 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  | $ | 7.18 |  |  | $ | 82 |
15.01 – 18.00 |  |  | 83 |  |  |  | 2.12 |  |  |  | 17.79 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 83 |  |  |  | 17.79 |  |  |  | — |
18.01 – 20.00 |  |  | 150 |  |  |  | 0.93 |  |  |  | 19.31 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 150 |  |  |  | 19.31 |  |  |  | — |
20.01 – 25.00 |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 2.87 |  |  |  | 22.75 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 141 |  |  |  | 22.76 |  |  |  | — |
25.01 – 35.00 |  |  | 134 |  |  |  | 4.08 |  |  |  | 30.64 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 129 |  |  |  | 30.67 |  |  |  | — |
Total |  |  | 520 |  |  |  | 2.53 |  |  | $ | 22.68 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  |  | 512 |  |  | $ | 22.65 |  |  | $ | 82 |
Summary Of Valuation Assumptions Of Time-Based Restricted Stock Units | The valuation of time-based RSU’s and the underlying assumptions being used are summarized as follows:
|  | RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS |
Years Ended |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |
Number of shares granted (in millions) |  |  | 62 |  |  |  | 54 |
Weighted-average assumptions/inputs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Grant date fair value per share |  | $ | 17.26 |  |  | $ | 20.59 |
Expected dividend |  |  | 1.5 | % |  |  | 0.3 | %
Employee Stock Purchase Rights |
Summary Assumptions Related To And Valuation Of Employee Share-Based Awards | The valuation of employee stock purchase rights and the underlying assumptions being used are summarized as follows:
|  | EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS |
Years Ended |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |
Weighted-average assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected volatility |  |  | 27.2 | % |  |  | 35.1 | % |  |  | 34.8 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 0.2 | % |  |  | 0.9 | % |  |  | 0.4 | %
Expected dividend |  |  | 1.5 | % |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | 0.0 | %
Expected life (in years) |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 0.8 |
Weighted-average estimated grant date fair value per share |  | $ | 3.81 |  |  | $ | 6.31 |  |  | $ | 5.03 |
Employee Stock Option |
Summary Assumptions Related To And Valuation Of Employee Share-Based Awards | The valuation of employee stock options and the underlying assumptions being used are summarized as follows:
Year Ended |  | July 31, 2010 |
Weighted-average assumptions: |  |  |  |
Expected volatility |  |  | 30.5 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 2.3 | %
Expected dividend |  |  | 0.0 | %
Kurtosis |  |  | 4.1 |
Skewness |  |  | 0.20 |
Weighted-average expected life (in years) |  |  | 5.1 |
Weighted-average estimated grant date fair value per option |  | $ | 6.50 |

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