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Identified Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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