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Share-Based Compensation
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Share-Based Compensation Share-Based Compensation
Restricted Stock Units
A summary of the Company’s restricted stock unit (“RSU”) activity and related information for the six months ended March 28, 2026, is as follows:
Number of
RSUs
(in thousands)
Weighted-Average
Grant-Date Fair
Value Per RSU
Balance as of September 27, 2025151,574 $189.75 
RSUs granted66,083 $256.04 
RSUs vested(37,502)$174.38 
RSUs forfeited(6,170)$210.31 
Balance as of March 28, 2026173,985 $217.51 
The total vesting-date fair value of RSUs was $917 million and $906 million for the three months ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025, respectively, and was $9.5 billion and $9.3 billion for the six months ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025, respectively.
Share-Based Compensation
The following table shows share-based compensation expense and the related income tax benefit included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three- and six-month periods ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025 (in millions):
Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
March 28,
2026		March 29,
2025		March 28,
2026		March 29,
2025
Share-based compensation expense$3,528 $3,226 $7,122 $6,512 
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation expense$(802)$(743)$(2,095)$(2,075)
As of March 28, 2026, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding RSUs was $28.8 billion, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted-average period of 2.8 years.