Segment Information and Geographic Data (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2014

Summary Information by Operating Segment

The following table shows information by operating segment for the three months ended December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013 (in millions):


	Three Months Ended
	December 27, 2014		December 28, 2013
Americas:
Net sales	$	30,566	$	24,789
Operating income	$	10,701	$	8,069

Europe:
Net sales	$	17,214	$	14,335
Operating income	$	5,882	$	4,623

Greater China:
Net sales	$	16,144	$	9,496
Operating income	$	6,366	$	3,247

Japan:
Net sales	$	5,448	$	5,045
Operating income	$	2,488	$	2,330

Rest of Asia Pacific:
Net sales	$	5,227	$	3,929
Operating income	$	1,849	$	1,368

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Income to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

A reconciliation of the Company’s segment operating income to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013 is as follows (in millions):


	Three Months Ended
	December 27, 2014			December 28, 2013
Segment operating income	$	27,286		$	19,637
Research and development expense		(1,895	)		(1,330	)
Other corporate expenses, net		(1,145	)		(844	)

Total operating income	$	24,246		$	17,463

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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