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Financing Arrangements - Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Apr. 25, 2025 | Apr. 26, 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Finance lease obligations | $ 52 | $ 55
Debt discount, net | (59) | (55)
Deferred financing costs | (117) | (110)
Long-term debt | $ 25,642 | $ 23,932
Effective Interest Rate | 10.00% | 10.17%
Finance Lease, Liability, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration] | Long-term debt | Long-term debt
Senior Notes | 0.250 percent six-year 2019 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 0.25% |
Debt term | 6 years |
Amount | $ 0 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 0.00% | 0.44%
Senior Notes | 0.000 percent five-year 2020 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 0.00% |
Debt term | 5 years |
Amount | $ 0 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 0.00% | 0.23%
Senior Notes | 2.625 percent three-year 2022 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 2.625% |
Debt term | 3 years |
Amount | $ 0 | $ 535
Effective Interest Rate | 0.00% | 2.86%
Senior Notes | 1.125 percent eight-year 2019 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.125% |
Debt term | 8 years |
Amount | $ 1,714 | $ 1,606
Effective Interest Rate | 1.25% | 1.25%
Senior Notes | 4.250 percent five-year 2023 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.25% |
Debt term | 5 years |
Amount | $ 1,000 | $ 1,000
Effective Interest Rate | 4.42% | 4.42%
Senior Notes | 3.000 percent six-year 2022 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 3.00% |
Debt term | 6 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 3.09% | 3.10%
Senior Notes | 0.375 percent eight-year 2020 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 0.375% |
Debt term | 8 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 0.51% | 0.51%
Senior Notes | 3.650 percent five-year 2024 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 3.65% |
Debt term | 5 years |
Amount | $ 971 | $ 0
Effective Interest Rate | 3.74% | 0.00%
Senior Notes | 1.625 percent twelve-year 2019 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.625% |
Debt term | 12 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 1.75% | 1.75%
Senior Notes | 1.000 percent twelve-year 2019 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.00% |
Debt term | 12 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 1.06% | 1.06%
Senior Notes | 3.125 percent nine-year 2022 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 3.125% |
Debt term | 9 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 3.25% | 3.25%
Senior Notes | 0.750 percent twelve-year 2020 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 0.75% |
Debt term | 12 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 0.81% | 0.81%
Senior Notes | 4.500 percent ten-year 2023 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.50% |
Debt term | 10 years |
Amount | $ 1,000 | $ 1,000
Effective Interest Rate | 4.62% | 4.62%
Senior Notes | 3.375 percent twelve-year 2022 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 3.375% |
Debt term | 12 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 3.44% | 3.44%
Senior Notes | 4.375 percent twenty-year 2015 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.375% |
Debt term | 20 years |
Amount | $ 1,932 | $ 1,932
Effective Interest Rate | 4.47% | 4.47%
Senior Notes | 3.875 percent twelve-year 2024 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 3.875% |
Debt term | 12 years |
Amount | $ 971 | $ 0
Effective Interest Rate | 3.93% | 0.00%
Senior Notes | 6.550 percent thirty-year 2007 CIFSA senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 6.55% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 253 | $ 253
Effective Interest Rate | 4.67% | 4.67%
Senior Notes | 2.250 percent twenty-year 2019 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 2.25% |
Debt term | 20 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 2.34% | 2.34%
Senior Notes | 6.500 percent thirty-year 2009 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 6.50% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 158 | $ 158
Effective Interest Rate | 6.56% | 6.56%
Senior Notes | 1.500 percent twenty-year 2019 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.50% |
Debt term | 20 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 1.58% | 1.58%
Senior Notes | 5.550 percent thirty-year 2010 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 5.55% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 224 | $ 224
Effective Interest Rate | 5.58% | 5.58%
Senior Notes | 1.375 percent twenty-year 2020 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.375% |
Debt term | 20 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 1.46% | 1.46%
Senior Notes | 4.500 percent thirty-year 2012 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.50% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 105 | $ 105
Effective Interest Rate | 4.54% | 4.54%
Senior Notes | 4.000 percent thirty-year 2013 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.00% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 305 | $ 305
Effective Interest Rate | 4.10% | 4.09%
Senior Notes | 4.150 percent nineteen-year 2024 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.15% |
Debt term | 19 years |
Amount | $ 685 | $ 0
Effective Interest Rate | 4.20% | 0.00%
Senior Notes | 4.625 percent thirty-year 2014 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.625% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 127 | $ 127
Effective Interest Rate | 4.67% | 4.67%
Senior Notes | 4.625 percent thirty-year 2015 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.625% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 1,813 | $ 1,813
Effective Interest Rate | 4.69% | 4.69%
Senior Notes | 1.750 percent thirty-year 2019 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.75% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 1.87% | 1.87%
Senior Notes | 1.625 percent thirty-year 2020 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 1.625% |
Debt term | 30 years |
Amount | $ 1,142 | $ 1,070
Effective Interest Rate | 1.75% | 1.75%
Senior Notes | 4.150 percent twenty-nine-year 2024 senior notes |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Stated interest rate | 4.15% |
Debt term | 29 years |
Amount | $ 800 | $ 0
Effective Interest Rate | 4.19% | 0.00%

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