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Stock-Based Compensation And Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Assumptions Used In The Black-Scholes Valuation Model | The estimated assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model to value our ESPP purchase rights were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | ESPP Purchase Rights
|  |  |  |  | Year Ended March 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Risk-free interest rate |  |  |  |  | 3.1 - 5.0% |  | 0.1 - 1.1% |  | 0.1%
Expected volatility |  |  |  |  | 27 - 31% |  | 25 - 30% |  | 32 - 39%
Weighted-average volatility |  |  |  |  | 29% |  | 27% |  | 36%
Expected term |  |  |  |  | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months
Expected dividends |  |  |  |  | 0.8% |  | 0.6 | % |  | 0.3 | %
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,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Risk-free interest rate | 3.3% |  | 0.4 | % |  | 0.2%
Expected volatility | 33 - 56% |  | 24 - 76% |  | 23 - 63%
Weighted-average volatility | 43% |  | 40% |  | 37%
Expected dividends | None |  | None |  | None
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, 2023:
|  | Options (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of March 31, 2022 |  | 286 |  |  | $ | 39.28 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 4 |  |  | 123.23 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (168) |  |  | 40.10 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | (1) |  |  | 64.95 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 |  | 121 |  |  | $ | 40.43 |  |  | 2.00 |  | $ | 10 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 121 |  |  | $ | 40.43 |  |  | 2.00 |  | $ | 10 |
Exercisable as of March 31, 2023 |  | 120 |  |  | $ | 40.25 |  |  | 1.99 |  | $ | 10 |
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, 2023:
|  | Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Values
Outstanding as of March 31, 2022 |  | 6,682 |  |  | $ | 129.57 |
Granted |  | 5,391 |  |  | 126.41 |
Vested |  | (3,649) |  |  | 126.50 |
Forfeited or cancelled |  | (922) |  |  | 131.56 |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 |  | 7,502 |  |  | $ | 128.54 |
The following table summarizes our performance-based restricted stock unit activity, presented with the maximum number of shares that could potentially vest, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023:
| Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2022 | 190 |  |  | $ | 142.60 |
Granted | 509 |  |  | 127.98 |
Vested | (73) |  |  | 142.60 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (69) |  |  | 136.28 |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 | 557 |  |  | $ | 130.03 |
The following table summarizes our market-based restricted stock unit activity, presented with the maximum number of shares that could potentially vest, for the year ended March 31, 2023:
|  | Market-Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2022 |  | 1,321 |  |  | $ | 134.69 |
Granted |  | 178 |  |  | 176.70 |
Vested |  | (95) |  |  | 114.97 |
Forfeited or cancelled |  | (582) |  |  | 129.16 |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 |  | 822 |  |  | $ | 149.98 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Activity | The following table summarizes our ESPP activity for fiscal years ended March 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021:
|  | Shares Issued (in millions) |  | Exercise Prices for Purchase Rights |  | Weighted-Average Fair Values of Purchase Rights
Fiscal Year 2021 |  | 0.7 |  |  | $74.70 - $119.37 |  | $ | 29.80 |
Fiscal Year 2022 |  | 0.6 |  |  | $113.39 - $118.14 |  | $ | 35.94 |
Fiscal Year 2023 |  | 0.7 |  |  | $96.34 - $111.86 |  | $ | 33.91 |
Schedule Of Stock-Based Compensation Expense By Statement Of Operations | 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 Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions):
|  | Year Ended March 31,
|  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Cost of revenue |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 5 |
Research and development |  | 367 |  |  | 356 |  |  | 285 |
Marketing and sales |  | 59 |  |  | 54 |  |  | 46 |
General and administrative |  | 115 |  |  | 112 |  |  | 99 |
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 548 |  |  | $ | 528 |  |  | $ | 435 |
Shares Repurchased and Retired | The following table summarizes total shares repurchased during fiscal years 2023, 2022, and 2021:
| May 2018 Program |  | November 2020 Program |  | August 2022 Program |  | Total
(In millions) | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount
Fiscal Year 2021 | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | $ | 651 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | $ | 729 |
Fiscal Year 2022 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 9.5 |  |  | $ | 1,300 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 9.5 |  |  | $ | 1,300 |
Fiscal Year 2023 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 5.1 |  |  | $ | 650 |  |  | 5.3 |  |  | $ | 645 |  |  | 10.4 |  |  | $ | 1,295 |

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