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Derivative Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 28, 2012
Derivatives Recorded At Fair Value | The fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments and the line items on the Consolidated Balance Sheets to which they were recorded are summarized as follows (in millions):
|  | DERIVATIVE ASSETS |  |  | DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES |
|  | Balance Sheet Line Item |  |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | Balance Sheet Line Item |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  |  | Other current assets |  |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 67 |  |  | Other current liabilities |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | 12 |
Interest rate derivatives |  |  | Other assets |  |  |  | 223 |  |  |  | 146 |  |  | Other long-term liabilities |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Equity derivatives |  |  | Other current assets |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | Other current liabilities |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  | 247 |  |  |  | 213 |  |  |  |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 12 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  |  | Other current assets |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  | Other current liabilities |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 12 |
Equity derivatives |  |  | Other assets |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  | Other long-term liabilities |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 12 |
Total |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 264 |  |  | $ | 222 |  |  |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 24 |
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Designated As Cash Flow Hedges On Other Comprehensive Income And Consolidated Statements Of Operations Summary | The effects of the Company’s cash flow and net investment hedging instruments on OCI and the Consolidated Statements of Operations are summarized as follows (in millions):
GAINS (LOSSES) RECOGNIZED IN OCI ON DERIVATIVES FOR THE YEARS ENDED (EFFECTIVE PORTION) |  |  | GAINS (LOSSES) RECLASSIFIED FROM AOCI INTO INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED (EFFECTIVE PORTION) |
|  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |  |  | Line Item in Statements of Operations |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | $ | (131 | ) |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | 33 |  |  | Operating expenses |  | $ | (59 | ) |  | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | (1 | )
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Cost of sales - service |  |  | (14 | ) |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | — |
Interest rate derivatives |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 23 |  |  | Interest expense |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | (131 | ) |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | 56 |  |  |  |  | $ | (72 | ) |  | $ | 108 |  |  | $ | (1 | )
Derivatives designated as net investment hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | Other income, net |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Designated As Fair Value Hedges And Underlying Hedged Items On Consolidated Statements Of Operations | The effect on the Consolidated Statements of Operations of derivative instruments designated as fair value hedges and the underlying hedged items is summarized as follows (in millions):
|  |  |  | GAINS (LOSSES) ON DERIVATIVES INSTRUMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED |  |  | GAINS (LOSSES) RELATED TO HEDGED ITEMS FOR THE YEARS ENDED |
Derivatives Designated as Fair Value Hedging Instruments |  | Line Item in Statements of Operations |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |  |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |
Equity derivatives |  | Other income, net |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3 | )
Interest rate derivatives |  | Interest expense |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | 74 |  |  |  | 72 |  |  |  | (80 | ) |  |  | (77 | ) |  |  | (77 | )
Total |  |  |  | $ | 74 |  |  | $ | 74 |  |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | (76 | ) |  | $ | (77 | ) |  | $ | (80 | )
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedges On Consolidated Statements Of Operations Summary | The effect on the Consolidated Statements of Operations of derivative instruments not designated as hedges is summarized as follows (in millions):
|  |  |  | GAINS (LOSSES) FOR THE YEARS ENDED |
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | Line Item in Statements of Operations |  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |  |  | July 31, 2010 |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | Other income, net |  | $ | (206 | ) |  | $ | 264 |  |  | $ | (100 | )
Total return swaps - deferred compensation |  | Cost of sales - product |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total return swaps - deferred compensation |  | Operating expenses |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 18 |
Equity derivatives |  | Other income, net |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | 12 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | (193 | ) |  | $ | 322 |  |  | $ | (70 | )
Schedule Of Notional Amounts Of Derivatives Outstanding | The notional amounts of the Company’s outstanding derivatives are summarized as follows (in millions):
|  | July 28, 2012 |  |  | July 30, 2011 |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives - cash flow hedges |  | $ | 2,910 |  |  | $ | 3,433 |
Interest rate derivatives |  |  | 4,250 |  |  |  | 4,250 |
Net investment hedging instruments |  |  | 468 |  |  |  | 73 |
Equity derivatives |  |  | 272 |  |  |  | — |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  |  | 6,241 |  |  |  | 4,565 |
Total return swaps-deferred compensation |  |  | 269 |  |  |  | 262 |
Total |  | $ | 14,410 |  |  | $ | 12,583 |

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