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Commitments And Contingencies (Additional Information) (Details) (USD $) |  |  | 3 Months Ended |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 45 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Oct. 26, 2013 | Jul. 27, 2013 | Oct. 26, 2013 Minimum [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 Maximum [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 Acquisition [Member] | Oct. 27, 2012 Acquisition [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 Acquisition [Member] Maximum [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 Investments In Privately Held Companies | Jul. 27, 2013 Investments In Privately Held Companies | Oct. 26, 2013 VCE [Member] | Oct. 27, 2012 VCE [Member] | Apr. 27, 2013 VCE [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 Insieme Networks Inc [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 Insieme Networks Inc [Member] November 2012 Amendment [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 Insieme Networks Inc [Member] Including $257M expensed year-to-date [Member] Maximum [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 XpertUniverse [Member] Fraud by concealment claims [Member] | Oct. 26, 2013 XpertUniverse [Member] Maximum [Member] Patents infringement [Member]
Site Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory purchase commitments | $ 4,020,000,000 | $ 4,033,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recorded liabilities related to inventory purchase commitments | 169,000,000 | 172,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compensation Expense |  |  |  |  | 304,000,000 | 12,000,000 | 853,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 257,000,000 |  | 863,000,000 |  |
Funding commitments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 265,000,000 | 263,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cumulative investment in entity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 578,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage in entity (in percentage) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments for the period, equity method |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 64,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Company's share of VCE's losses (in percentage) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36.80% | 36.80% |  |  |  |  |  |
Cumulative lossess - VCE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 53,000,000 | 42,000,000 | 475,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
VCE-Carrying Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 103,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Initial investment in Insieme |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000,000 |  |  |  |
Conditional additional investment in Insieme |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35,000,000 |  |  |
Ownership percentage of Insieme |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 83.00% |  |  |  |
Warranty Period for Products, low range (in days) |  |  | 90 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warranty Period For Products, high range (in years) |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Brazilian authority claim of import tax evasion by importer, tax portion | 394,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Brazilian authority claim of import tax evasion by importer, interest portion | 1,200,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Brazilian authority claim of import tax evasion by importer, penalties portion | 1,800,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 70,000,000 | 35,000
Loss Contingency, Damages Award Vacated, Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (70,000,000) |

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