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Property, Plant and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment |
| 9. |  | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
December 31, 2015 |  | Gross Cost |  |  | Accumulated Depreciation |  |  | Net Cost |
Land |  |  | 75 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 75 |
Buildings |  |  | 806 |  |  |  | (399 | ) |  |  | 407 |
Facilities & leasehold improvements |  |  | 2,746 |  |  |  | (2,482 | ) |  |  | 264 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 12,885 |  |  |  | (11,408 | ) |  |  | 1,477 |
Computer and R&D equipment |  |  | 377 |  |  |  | (339 | ) |  |  | 38 |
Other tangible assets |  |  | 104 |  |  |  | (99 | ) |  |  | 5 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 55 |
Total |  |  | 17,048 |  |  |  | (14,727 | ) |  |  | 2,321 |
December 31, 2014 |  | Gross Cost |  |  | Accumulated Depreciation |  |  | Net Cost |
Land |  |  | 80 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 80 |
Buildings |  |  | 886 |  |  |  | (411 | ) |  |  | 475 |
Facilities & leasehold improvements |  |  | 2,946 |  |  |  | (2,629 | ) |  |  | 317 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 13,491 |  |  |  | (11,822 | ) |  |  | 1,669 |
Computer and R&D equipment |  |  | 410 |  |  |  | (371 | ) |  |  | 39 |
Other tangible assets |  |  | 118 |  |  |  | (109 | ) |  |  | 9 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 58 |
Total |  |  | 17,989 |  |  |  | (15,342 | ) |  |  | 2,647 |
The line “Construction in progress” in the table above includes property, plant and equipment under construction and equipment under qualification before operating. Facilities & leasehold improvements, machinery and equipment and other tangible assets include assets acquired under capital lease. The net cost of assets under capital lease was less than $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 and $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. The depreciation charge in 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $676 million, $750 million and $838 million, respectively. Capital investment funding has totaled $7 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, less than $1 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 and $3 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. Public funding reduced depreciation charges by $4 million, $4 million and $6 million in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 the Company sold property, plant and equipment for cash proceeds of $62 million, $9 million and $12 million, respectively. In 2015, the Company has disposed of non-strategic assets, Shanghai and Longgang buildings, for cash proceeds of $26 million and $29 million, respectively.

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