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Revenue - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 24, 2020	Jan. 25, 2019
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Abstract]
Revenue recognized	$ 1,504	$ 1,410
Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations	$ 3,573

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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130556-203045

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