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Identified Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Summary of Changes in Identified Intangible Assets | The changes in identified intangible assets were as follows:
|  | Total |  |  | Other intangible assets |  |  | Software |
Balance as of January 1, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost |  |  | 1,866 |  |  |  | 1,715 |  |  |  | 151 |
Accumulated amortization/impairment |  |  | (1,293 | ) |  |  | (1,207 | ) |  |  | (86 | )
Book value |  |  | 573 |  |  |  | 508 |  |  |  | 65 |
Changes in book value: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisitions/additions |  |  | 8,551 |  |  |  | 8,543 |  |  |  | 8 |
Transfer to assets held for sale |  |  | (38 | ) |  |  | (38 | ) |  |  | — |
Amortization |  |  | (255 | ) |  |  | (229 | ) |  |  | (26 | )
Translation differences |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | (35 | ) |  |  | (6 | )
Total changes |  |  | 8,217 |  |  |  | 8,241 |  |  |  | (24 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost |  |  | 9,978 |  |  |  | 9,832 |  |  |  | 146 |
Accumulated amortization/impairment |  |  | (1,188 | ) |  |  | (1,083 | ) |  |  | (105 | )
Book value |  |  | 8,790 |  |  |  | 8,749 |  |  |  | 41 |
Changes in book value: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisitions/additions |  |  | 299 |  |  |  | 289 |  |  |  | 10 |
Transfer to assets held for sale |  |  | (138 | ) |  |  | (138 | ) |  |  | — |
Amortization |  |  | (1,507 | ) |  |  | (1,483 | ) |  |  | (24 | )
Impairment |  |  | (89 | ) |  |  | (89 | ) |  |  | — |
Translation differences |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | (2 | )
Total changes |  |  | (1,447 | ) |  |  | (1,431 | ) |  |  | (16 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost |  |  | 9,512 |  |  |  | 9,397 |  |  |  | 115 |
Accumulated amortization/impairment |  |  | (2,169 | ) |  |  | (2,079 | ) |  |  | (90 | )
Book value |  |  | 7,343 |  |  |  | 7,318 |  |  |  | 25 |
Summary of Identified Intangible Assets | Identified intangible assets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 respectively were composed of the following:
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |
|  | Gross carrying amount |  |  | Accumulated amortization |  |  | Gross carrying amount |  |  | Accumulated amortization |
IPR&D 1) |  |  | 1,380 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,016 |  |  |  | — |
Marketing-related |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | 119 |  |  |  | (18 | )
Customer-related |  |  | 1,146 |  |  |  | (322 | ) |  |  | 1,287 |  |  |  | (224 | )
Technology-based |  |  | 6,790 |  |  |  | (1,739 | ) |  |  | 6,410 |  |  |  | (841 | )
|  |  | 9,397 |  |  |  | (2,079 | ) |  |  | 9,832 |  |  |  | (1,083 | )
Software |  |  | 115 |  |  |  | (90 | ) |  |  | 146 |  |  |  | (105 | )
Identified intangible assets |  |  | 9,512 |  |  |  | (2,169 | ) |  |  | 9,978 |  |  |  | (1,188 | )
1) | IPR&D is not subject to amortization until completion or abandonment of the associated research and development effort.
Other Intangible Assets [Member] |
Schedule of Estimated Amortization Expense for Intangible Assets, Excluding Software | The estimated amortization expense for these identified intangible assets, excluding software, for each of the five succeeding years is:
2017 |  |  | 1,423 |
2018 |  |  | 1,432 |
2019 |  |  | 1,472 |
2020 |  |  | 1,190 |
2021 |  |  | 462 |

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