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Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Oct. 26, 2013
AOCI components [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | The components of AOCI, net of tax, and the other comprehensive income (loss), excluding noncontrolling interest, for the three months ended October 26, 2013 and October 27, 2012 are summarized as follows (in millions):
| Net Unrealized Gains on Investments |  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment and Other |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
BALANCE AT JULY 27, 2013 | $ | 379 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 221 |  |  | $ | 608 |
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications attributable to Cisco Systems, Inc. | 170 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 284 |
Amounts reclassified out of other comprehensive income | (83 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | — |  |  | (92 | )
Tax benefit (expense) | (22 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (28 | )
BALANCE AT OCTOBER 26, 2013 | $ | 444 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 294 |  |  | $ | 772 |
| Net Unrealized Gains on Investments |  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment and Other |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
BALANCE AT JULY 28, 2012 | $ | 409 |  |  | $ | (53 | ) |  | $ | 305 |  |  | $ | 661 |
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications attributable to Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3 |  |  | 66 |  |  | 124 |  |  | 193 |
Amounts reclassified out of other comprehensive income | (27 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | (22 | )
Tax benefit (expense) | 11 |  |  | — |  |  | (10 | ) |  | 1 |
BALANCE AT OCTOBER 27, 2012 | $ | 396 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 419 |  |  | $ | 833 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | The amounts reclassified out of other comprehensive income into the Consolidated Statements of Operations, with line item location, during each period were as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |  |
|  | October 26, 2013 |  | October 27, 2012 |  |
Comprehensive Income Components |  | Income Before Taxes |  | Line Item in Statements of Operations
Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale investments |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | $ | (83 | ) |  | $ | (27 | ) |  | Other income (loss), net
Net unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | (7 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | Operating expenses
Foreign currency derivatives |  | (2 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | Cost of sales - service
|  | (9 | ) |  | 5 |  |  |
Total amounts reclassified out of other comprehensive income |  | $ | (92 | ) |  | $ | (22 | ) |  |

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