v2.4.1.9

Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 25, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Future Annual Minimum Lease Payments Under All Noncancelable Operating Leases | Future minimum lease payments under all noncancelable operating leases with an initial term in excess of one year as of April 25, 2015 are as follows (in millions):
Fiscal Year | Amount
2015 (remaining three months) | $ | 97 |
2016 | 304 |
2017 | 210 |
2018 | 153 |
2019 | 85 |
Thereafter | 228 |
Total | $ | 1,077 |
Compensation expenses related to business combinations | The following table summarizes the compensation expense related to acquisitions (in millions):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| April 25, 2015 |  | April 26, 2014 |  | April 25, 2015 |  | April 26, 2014
Compensation expense related to acquisitions | $ | 72 |  |  | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 264 |  |  | $ | 505 |
Schedule Of Product Warranty Liability | The following table summarizes the activity related to the product warranty liability (in millions):
| Nine Months Ended
| April 25, 2015 |  | April 26, 2014
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 446 |  |  | $ | 402 |
Provision for warranties issued | 517 |  |  | 532 |
Payments | (512 | ) |  | (504 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 451 |  |  | $ | 430 |
Schedule of Guarantor Obligations | The aggregate amounts of financing guarantees outstanding at April 25, 2015 and July 26, 2014, representing the total maximum potential future payments under financing arrangements with third parties along with the related deferred revenue, are summarized in the following table (in millions):
| April 25, 2015 |  | July 26, 2014
Maximum potential future payments relating to financing guarantees: |  |  |
Channel partner | $ | 299 |  |  | $ | 263 |
End user | 138 |  |  | 202 |
Total | $ | 437 |  |  | $ | 465 |
Deferred revenue associated with financing guarantees: |  |  |
Channel partner | $ | (122 | ) |  | $ | (127 | )
End user | (113 | ) |  | (166 | )
Total | $ | (235 | ) |  | $ | (293 | )
Maximum potential future payments relating to financing guarantees, net of associated deferred revenue | $ | 202 |  |  | $ | 172 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12265-110248 + Details
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