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Fair Value - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | |
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Jul. 28, 2012
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Jul. 30, 2011
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| Value of investments in privately held companies on cost basis | $ 249,000,000 | |
| Long term loan receivables and financed service contracts and others carrying value | 1,900,000,000 | 2,000,000,000 |
| Long-term debt, fair value | 18,800,000,000 | 17,400,000,000 |
| Long-term debt, carrying amount | $ 16,297,000,000 | $ 16,234,000,000 |
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- Definition
Loan receivables and financed service contracts and others carrying value. No definition available.
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Value of investments in privately held companies on a cost basis. No definition available.
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- Definition
The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. No definition available.
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- Definition
Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of all long-term debt, which is debt initially having maturities due after one year from the balance sheet date or beyond the operating cycle, if longer, but excluding the portions thereof scheduled to be repaid within one year (current maturities) or the normal operating cycle, if longer, and after deducting unamortized discount or premiums, if any. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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