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Restructuring Charges | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Restructuring Charges | 6 Restructuring Charges At each reporting date, we evaluate our restructuring liabilities, which consist primarily of termination benefits, to ensure that our accruals are still appropriate. During 2016, we recognized $52 million of employee severance costs in our restructuring liabilities, which was primarily related to specific targeted actions. In December 2015, we began the implementation of the planned restructuring and cost reduction activities in connection with the acquisition of Freescale. We recognized $216 million of employee severance costs and $23 million of other exit costs related to this plan in 2015. There were no material new restructuring projects in 2014. The following table presents the changes in the position of restructuring liabilities in 2016 by segment:
|  | Balance January 1, 2016 |  |  | Additions |  |  | Utilized |  |  | Released |  |  | Other changes(1) |  |  | Balance December 31, 2016 |
HPMS |  |  | 234 |  |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | (131 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 148 |
SP |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 3 |
Corporate and Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  |  | 240 |  |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | (133 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | 151 |
(1) | Other changes primarily related to translation differences and internal transfers.
The total restructuring liability as of December 31, 2016 of $151 million is classified in the balance sheet under current liabilities ($129 million) and non-current liabilities ($22 million). The utilization of the restructuring liabilities mainly reflects the execution of ongoing restructuring programs the Company initiated in earlier years. The following table presents the changes in the position of restructuring liabilities in 2015 by segment:
|  | Balance January 1, 2015 |  |  | Additions |  |  | Utilized |  |  | Released |  |  | Other changes(1) |  |  | Balance December 31, 2015 |
HPMS |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 226 |  |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 234 |
SP |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 6 |
Corporate and Other |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (23 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | — |
|  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 239 |  |  |  | (46 | ) |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 240 |
(1) | Other changes primarily related to translation differences and internal transfers.
The total restructuring liability as of December 31, 2015 of $240 million is classified in the balance sheet under current liabilities ($197 million) and non-current liabilities ($43 million). The utilization of the restructuring liabilities mainly reflects the execution of ongoing restructuring programs the Company initiated in earlier years. The components of restructuring charges less releases recorded in the liabilities in 2016, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Personnel lay-off costs |  |  | 52 |  |  |  | 239 |  |  |  | 43 |
Other exit costs |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 1 |
Release of provisions/accruals |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (16 | )
Net restructuring charges |  |  | 68 |  |  |  | 264 |  |  |  | 28 |
The restructuring charges less releases recorded in operating income are included in the following line items in the statement of operations:
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Cost of revenue |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 16 |
Selling, general and administrative |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 155 |  |  |  | 3 |
Research & development |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | 91 |  |  |  | 9 |
Net restructuring charges |  |  | 68 |  |  |  | 264 |  |  |  | 28 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 + Details
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