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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
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 stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options, restricted stock units, market-based restricted stock units, performance-based restricted stock units, and the ESPP purchase rights included in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions):
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  |
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  |  |  |
Cost of revenue | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  |  |  |
Research and development | 85 |  |  | 66 |  |  |  |  |
Marketing and sales | 12 |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  |
General and administrative | 27 |  |  | 24 |  |  |  |  |
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 125 |  |  | $ | 102 |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Payment Arrangement, 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 three months ended June 30, 2021:
|  | Options (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 |  | 267 |  |  | $ | 35.71 |  |  |  |  |
Assumed via acquisition |  | 150 |  |  | 60.87 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 1 |  |  | 141.18 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (18) |  |  | 42.62 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | (9) |  |  | 63.26 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of June 30, 2021 |  | 391 |  |  | $ | 44.59 |  |  | 4.39 |  | $ | 39 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 391 |  |  | $ | 44.59 |  |  | 4.39 |  | $ | 39 |
Exercisable as of June 30, 2021 |  | 273 |  |  | $ | 36.78 |  |  | 3.23 |  | $ | 29 |
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 | The following table summarizes our restricted stock unit activity for the three months ended June 30, 2021:
| Restricted Stock Rights (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Values
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 | 5,764 |  |  | $ | 113.25 |
Assumed via acquisition | 816 |  |  | 120.54 |
Granted | 3,032 |  |  | 142.43 |
Vested | (1,503) |  |  | 116.87 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (202) |  |  | 120.27 |
Outstanding as of June 30, 2021 | 7,907 |  |  | $ | 124.33 |
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 | The following table summarizes our performance-based restricted stock unit activity, presented with the maximum number of shares that could potentially vest, for the three months ended June 30, 2021:
| Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 | 579 |  |  | $ | 110.51 |
Granted | 219 |  |  | 142.60 |
Vested | (266) |  |  | 110.51 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (313) |  |  | 110.51 |
Outstanding as of June 30, 2021 | 219 |  |  | $ | 142.60 |
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 | The following table summarizes our market-based restricted stock unit activity, presented with the maximum number of shares that could potentially vest, for the three months ended June 30, 2021:
| Market-Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2021 | 2,195 |  |  | $ | 134.60 |
Granted | 159 |  |  | 173.25 |
Vested | (176) |  |  | 128.62 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (593) |  |  | 154.50 |
Outstanding as of June 30, 2021 | 1,585 |  |  | $ | 131.69 |
Repurchase Program, Total [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 total shares repurchased during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:
|  |  |  |  |  | May 2018 Program |  | November 2020 Program |  | Total |  |
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  |  |  |
Three months ended June 30, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | $ | — |  |  | 2.3 |  | $ | 325 |  |  | 2.3 |  | $ | 325 |  |  |  |  |
Three months ended June 30, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 78 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 0.7 |  | $ | 78 |  |  |  |  |

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