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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 27, 2019
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 27, 2019 are as follows (in millions):
Fiscal Year | Amount
2019 (remaining three months) | $ | 111 |
2020 | 372 |
2021 | 257 |
2022 | 177 |
2023 | 112 |
Thereafter | 121 |
Total | $ | 1,150 |
Schedule of Purchase Commitments | The following table summarizes our purchase commitments with contract manufacturers and suppliers (in millions):
Commitments by Period | April 27, 2019 |  | July 28, 2018
Less than 1 year | $ | 4,738 |  |  | $ | 5,407 |
1 to 3 years | 734 |  |  | 710 |
3 to 5 years | 90 |  |  | 360 |
Total | $ | 5,562 |  |  | $ | 6,477 |
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 27, 2019 |  | April 28, 2018 |  | April 27, 2019 |  | April 28, 2018
Compensation expense related to acquisitions | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 53 |  |  | $ | 251 |  |  | $ | 141 |
Schedule of Product Warranty Liability | The following table summarizes the activity related to the product warranty liability (in millions):
| Nine Months Ended
| April 27, 2019 |  | April 28, 2018
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 359 |  |  | $ | 407 |
Provisions for warranties issued | 447 |  |  | 431 |
Adjustments for pre-existing warranties | (6 | ) |  | (32 | )
Settlements | (449 | ) |  | (441 | )
Acquisitions and divestitures | (2 | ) |  | — |
Balance at end of period | $ | 349 |  |  | $ | 365 |
Schedule of Guarantor Obligations | The aggregate amounts of financing guarantees outstanding at April 27, 2019 and July 28, 2018, 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 27, 2019 |  | July 28, 2018
Maximum potential future payments relating to financing guarantees: |  |  |
Channel partner | $ | 221 |  |  | $ | 277 |
End user | 19 |  |  | 31 |
Total | $ | 240 |  |  | $ | 308 |
Deferred revenue associated with financing guarantees: |  |  |
Channel partner | $ | (63 | ) |  | $ | (94 | )
End user | (18 | ) |  | (28 | )
Total | $ | (81 | ) |  | $ | (122 | )
Maximum potential future payments relating to financing guarantees, net of associated deferred revenue | $ | 159 |  |  | $ | 186 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure for lessee's operating leases. Includes, but is not limited to, description of lessee's operating lease, existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, restrictions imposed by lease, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115931803&loc=d3e12069-110248 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902758&loc=d3e41502-112717 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902758&loc=d3e41499-112717 Reference 4: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 40 -Subparagraph (Note 1,3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82846649&loc=d3e38371-112697 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84164451&loc=d3e36991-112694 + Details
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