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Stock-Based Compensation And Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Assumptions Used In The Black-Scholes Valuation Model |
|  |  |  |  |  | ESPP Purchase Rights |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Year Ended March 31, |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Risk-free interest rate |  |  |  |  |  | 1.5 - 1.9% |  |  | 2.2 - 2.5% |  |  | 1.1 - 2.0% |
Expected volatility |  |  |  |  |  | 23 - 37% |  | 29 - 33% |  | 28 - 30%
Weighted-average volatility |  |  |  |  |  | 26 | % |  | 33 | % |  | 29 | %
Expected term |  |  |  |  |  | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months
Expected dividends |  |  |  |  |  | None |  | None |  | None
Schedule Of Assumptions Used In Monte-Carlo Simulation Model | The assumptions used in the Monte-Carlo simulation model to value our market-based restricted stock units were as follows:
| Year Ended March 31, |  |  |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Risk-free interest rate | 1.6 - 1.8% |  |  | 2.6 | % |  | 1.5 - 1.6% |
Expected volatility | 14 - 65% |  |  | 16 - 47% |  |  | 17 - 46% |
Weighted-average volatility | 29 | % |  | 28 | % |  | 28 | %
Expected dividends | None |  | None |  |  | None |
Schedule Of Stock-Based Compensation Expense By Statement Of Operations |
|  | Year Ended March 31, |  |  |  |
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Cost of revenue |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Research and development |  | 229 |  |  | 184 |  |  | 146 |
Marketing and sales |  | 37 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 32 |
General and administrative |  | 77 |  |  | 63 |  |  | 61 |
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 347 |  |  | $ | 284 |  |  | $ | 242 |
Summary Of Outstanding And Exercisable Stock Options | The following table summarizes outstanding and exercisable stock options as of March 31, 2020:
|  | Options Outstanding and Exercisable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Range of Exercise Prices |  | Number of Shares (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices |  | Potential Dilution |  |  |  |  |  |
$11.53 - $22.42 |  | 7 |  |  | 1.81 |  | $ | 16.80 |  |  | — | % |  |  |  |  |  |
26.25 - 26.25 |  | 550 |  |  | 3.59 |  | 26.25 |  |  | 0.2 | % |  |  |  |  |  |
33.60 - 37.12 |  | 517 |  |  | 4.23 |  | 35.92 |  |  | 0.2 | % |  |  |  |  |  |
$11.53 - $37.12 |  | 1,074 |  |  | 3.89 |  | $ | 30.85 |  |  | 0.4 | % |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Activity | The following table summarizes our ESPP activity for fiscal years ended March 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018:
|  | Shares Issued (in millions) |  | Exercise Prices for Purchase Rights |  | Weighted-Average Fair Values of Purchase Rights
Fiscal Year 2018 |  | 0.6 |  |  | $67.56 - $99.82 |  |  | $ | 21.57 |
Fiscal Year 2019 |  | 0.5 |  |  | $89.46 - $107.51 |  |  | $ | 31.88 |
Fiscal Year 2020 |  | 0.7 |  |  | $74.70 - $74.89 |  |  | $ | 29.05 |
Shares Repurchased and Retired | The following table summarizes total shares repurchased during fiscal years 2020, 2019, and 2018:
|  |  |  |  | May 2015 Program |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | May 2017 Program |  |  |  | May 2018 Program |  |  |  | Total |  |
(In millions) |  |  |  |  | Shares |  | Amount |  |  |  |  |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount
Fiscal Year 2018 |  |  |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.0 |  |  | $ | 570 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 5.3 |  |  | $ | 601 |
Fiscal Year 2019 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  | 10.4 |  |  | $ | 1,116 |  |  | 11.0 |  |  | $ | 1,192 |
Fiscal Year 2020 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 12.3 |  |  | $ | 1,207 |  |  | 12.3 |  |  | $ | 1,207 |
Employee Stock Option [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | The following table summarizes our stock option activity for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020:
|  | Options (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of March 31, 2019 |  | 1,375 |  |  | $ | 30.63 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 5 |  |  | 97.16 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (306) |  |  | 30.96 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 |  | 1,074 |  |  | $ | 30.85 |  |  | 3.89 |  | $ | 69 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 1,074 |  |  | $ | 30.85 |  |  | 3.89 |  | $ | 69 |
Exercisable as of March 31, 2020 |  | 1,074 |  |  | $ | 30.85 |  |  | 3.89 |  | $ | 69 |
Restricted Stock Rights [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | Each restricted stock unit granted reduces the number of shares available for grant by 1.43 shares under our 2019 Equity Plan. The following table summarizes our restricted stock units activity, excluding performance-based and market-based restricted stock unit activity which is discussed below, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020:
|  | Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Values |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2019 |  | 4,960 |  |  | $ | 111.03 |  |  |
Granted |  | 4,297 |  |  | 93.52 |  |  |
Vested |  | (2,445) |  |  | 108.42 |  |  |
Forfeited or cancelled |  | (595) |  |  | 106.22 |  |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 |  | 6,217 |  |  | $ | 100.42 |  |  |
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award |
| Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2019 | 579 |  |  | $ | 110.51 |  |  |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Forfeited or cancelled | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 | 579 |  |  | $ | 110.51 |  |  |
Market Based Restricted Stock Units [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Disclosure Of Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements By Stock-Based Payment Award | :
|  | Market-Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2019 |  | 958 |  |  | $ | 155.64 |  |  |
Granted |  | 1,313 |  |  | 109.04 |  |  |
Vested |  | (93) |  |  | 109.05 |  |  |
Forfeited or cancelled |  | (280) |  |  | 137.08 |  |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020 |  | 1,898 |  |  | $ | 128.41 |  |  |

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