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Financing Arrangements , Short-term Debt (Details) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended |
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Apr. 28, 2017 | Apr. 29, 2016
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Current debt obligations | $ 7,520,000,000 | $ 993,000,000
Debt premium, net | $ 26,000,000 | 0
Three-year term loan |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Debt term | 3 years |
Current debt obligations | $ 3,000,000,000 | 0
Bank borrowings |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Current debt obligations | 396,000,000 | 387,000,000
Capital lease obligations |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Current debt obligations | 5,000,000 | 106,000,000
Commercial paper | Commercial paper |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Current debt obligations | $ 901,000,000 | 0
Senior notes | 6.000 percent ten-year 2008 CIFSA senior notes |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 6.00% |
Debt term | 10 years |
Current debt obligations | $ 1,150,000,000 | 0
Senior notes | 1.500 percent three-year 2015 senior notes |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.50% |
Debt term | 3 years |
Current debt obligations | $ 1,000,000,000 | 0
Senior notes | 1.375 percent five-year 2013 senior notes |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.375% |
Debt term | 5 years |
Current debt obligations | $ 1,000,000,000 | 0
Senior notes | 3.500 percent seven-year 2010 HTWR senior notes |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 3.50% |
Debt term | 7 years |
Current debt obligations | $ 42,000,000 | 0
Senior notes | Floating rate three-year 2014 senior notes |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Debt term | 3 years |
Current debt obligations | $ 0 | 250,000,000
Senior notes | 0.875 percent three-year 2014 senior notes |  |
Short-term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 0.875% |
Debt term | 3 years |
Current debt obligations | $ 0 | $ 250,000,000

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