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Stock-Based Compensation And Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [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,
|  |  |  |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Risk-free interest rate |  |  |  |  | 5.0 - 5.5% |  | 3.1 - 5.0% |  | 0.1% - 1.1%
Expected volatility |  |  |  |  | 19 - 24% |  | 27 - 31% |  | 25 - 30%
Weighted-average volatility |  |  |  |  | 23% |  | 29% |  | 27%
Expected term |  |  |  |  | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months |  | 6 - 12 months
Expected dividends |  |  |  |  | 0.8% |  | 0.8 | % |  | 0.6 | %
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,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Risk-free interest rate | 4.4% |  | 3.3 | % |  | 0.4%
Expected volatility | 25 - 59% |  | 33 - 56% |  | 24 - 76%
Weighted-average volatility | 39% |  | 43% |  | 40%
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, 2024:
|  | Options (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Prices |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 |  | 121 |  |  | $ | 40.43 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 3 |  |  | 131.04 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (112) |  |  | 40.49 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited, cancelled or expired |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 |  | 12 |  |  | $ | 64.00 |  |  | 3.95 |  | $ | 1 |
Vested and expected to vest |  | 12 |  |  | $ | 64.00 |  |  | 3.95 |  | $ | 1 |
Exercisable as of March 31, 2024 |  | 12 |  |  | $ | 64.00 |  |  | 3.95 |  | $ | 1 |
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, 2024:
|  | Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Values
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 |  | 7,502 |  |  | $ | 128.54 |
Granted |  | 4,798 |  |  | 129.30 |
Vested |  | (4,015) |  |  | 129.71 |
Forfeited or cancelled |  | (805) |  |  | 129.37 |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 |  | 7,480 |  |  | $ | 128.31 |
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, 2024:
| Performance- Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 | 557 |  |  | $ | 130.03 |
Granted | 682 |  |  | 128.66 |
Vested | (73) |  |  | 127.98 |
Forfeited or cancelled | (330) |  |  | 128.74 |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 | 836 |  |  | $ | 129.60 |
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, 2024:
|  | Market-Based Restricted Stock Units (in thousands) |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 |  | 822 |  |  | $ | 149.98 |
Granted |  | 143 |  |  | 152.92 |
Vested |  | (50) |  |  | 125.62 |
Forfeited or cancelled |  | (561) |  |  | 141.20 |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 |  | 354 |  |  | $ | 168.53 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Activity | The following table summarizes our ESPP activity for fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022:
|  | Shares Issued (in millions) |  | Exercise Prices for Purchase Rights |  | Weighted-Average Fair Values of Purchase Rights
Fiscal Year 2022 |  | 0.6 |  |  | $113.39 - $118.14 |  | $ | 35.94 |
Fiscal Year 2023 |  | 0.7 |  |  | $96.34 - $111.86 |  | $ | 33.91 |
Fiscal Year 2024 |  | 0.8 |  |  | $94.96 - $102.58 |  | $ | 30.82 |
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,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Cost of revenue |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 6 |
Research and development |  | 418 |  |  | 367 |  |  | 356 |
Marketing and sales |  | 52 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 54 |
General and administrative |  | 106 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 112 |
Stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 584 |  |  | $ | 548 |  |  | $ | 528 |
Shares Repurchased and Retired | The following table summarizes total shares repurchased during fiscal years 2024, 2023, and 2022:
| November 2020 Program |  | August 2022 Program |  | Total
(In millions) | Shares |  | Amount |  | Shares |  | Amount(a) |  | Shares |  | Amount
Fiscal Year 2022 | 9.5 |  |  | $ | 1,300 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 9.5 |  |  | $ | 1,300 |
Fiscal Year 2023 | 5.1 |  |  | $ | 650 |  |  | 5.3 |  |  | $ | 645 |  |  | 10.4 |  |  | $ | 1,295 |
Fiscal Year 2024 | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 10.0 |  |  | $ | 1,300 |  |  | 10.0 |  |  | $ | 1,300 |
(a)Amount excludes excise taxes. Accrued excise taxes are included in accrued and other current liabilities and additional paid-in capital on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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