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Investments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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