Investments (Tables)
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12 Months Ended |
Jul. 26, 2025 |
| Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
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| Summary of Available-for-Sale Investments |
The following tables summarize our available-for-sale debt investments (in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | July 26, 2025 | Amortized Cost | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | Gross Unrealized and Credit Losses | | Fair Value | U.S. government securities | $ | 1,971 | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | (12) | | | $ | 1,961 | | | U.S. government agency securities | 67 | | | — | | | — | | | 67 | | | Non-U.S. government and agency securities | 458 | | | — | | | — | | | 458 | | | Corporate debt securities | 3,138 | | | 13 | | | (61) | | | 3,090 | | | U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities | 320 | | | — | | | (34) | | | 286 | | | Commercial paper | 950 | | | — | | | — | | | 950 | | | Certificates of deposit | 569 | | | — | | | — | | | 569 | | | Total | $ | 7,473 | | | $ | 15 | | | $ | (107) | | | $ | 7,381 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | July 27, 2024 | Amortized Cost | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | Gross Unrealized and Credit Losses | | Fair Value | U.S. government securities | $ | 2,380 | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | (28) | | | $ | 2,353 | | | U.S. government agency securities | 223 | | | — | | | (2) | | | 221 | | | Non-U.S. government and agency securities | 370 | | | 1 | | | — | | | 371 | | | Corporate debt securities | 3,818 | | | 5 | | | (146) | | | 3,677 | | | U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities | 1,959 | | | — | | | (178) | | | 1,781 | | | Commercial paper | 1,023 | | | — | | | — | | | 1,023 | | | Certificates of deposit | 439 | | | — | | | — | | | 439 | | | Total | $ | 10,212 | | | $ | 7 | | | $ | (354) | | | $ | 9,865 | |
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| Gross Realized Gains and Gross Realized Losses Related to Available-for-Sale Investment |
The following table presents the gross realized gains and gross realized losses related to available-for-sale debt investments (in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Years Ended | July 26, 2025 | | July 27, 2024 | | July 29, 2023 | | Gross realized gains | $ | 10 | | | $ | 7 | | | $ | 4 | | | Gross realized losses | (110) | | | (74) | | | (25) | | | Total | $ | (100) | | | $ | (67) | | | $ | (21) | |
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| Available-for-Sale Investments with Gross Unrealized Losses |
The following tables present the breakdown of the available-for-sale debt investments with gross unrealized losses and the duration that those losses had been unrealized at July 26, 2025 and July 27, 2024 (in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNREALIZED LOSSES LESS THAN 12 MONTHS | | UNREALIZED LOSSES 12 MONTHS OR GREATER | | TOTAL | | July 26, 2025 | Fair Value | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | U.S. government securities | $ | 1,076 | | | $ | (6) | | | $ | 302 | | | $ | (6) | | | $ | 1,378 | | | $ | (12) | | | U.S. government agency securities | 8 | | | — | | | 21 | | | — | | | 29 | | | — | | | Non-U.S. government and agency securities | 292 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 292 | | | — | | | Corporate debt securities | 106 | | | — | | | 1,800 | | | (35) | | | 1,906 | | | (35) | | | U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities | 5 | | | — | | | 279 | | | (34) | | | 284 | | | (34) | | | Commercial paper | 30 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 30 | | | — | | | Total | $ | 1,517 | | | $ | (6) | | | $ | 2,402 | | | $ | (75) | | | $ | 3,919 | | | $ | (81) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNREALIZED LOSSES LESS THAN 12 MONTHS | | UNREALIZED LOSSES 12 MONTHS OR GREATER | | TOTAL | | July 27, 2024 | Fair Value | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | Fair Value | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | U.S. government securities | $ | 598 | | | $ | (2) | | | $ | 1,399 | | | $ | (26) | | | $ | 1,997 | | | $ | (28) | | | U.S. government agency securities | 89 | | | — | | | 109 | | | (2) | | | 198 | | | (2) | | | Non-U.S. government and agency securities | 17 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 17 | | | — | | | Corporate debt securities | 276 | | | (1) | | | 2,818 | | | (115) | | | 3,094 | | | (116) | | | U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities | 238 | | | (1) | | | 1,438 | | | (177) | | | 1,676 | | | (178) | | | Commercial paper | 10 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 10 | | | — | | | Total | $ | 1,228 | | | $ | (4) | | | $ | 5,764 | | | $ | (320) | | | $ | 6,992 | | | $ | (324) | |
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| Maturities of Fixed Income Securities |
The following table summarizes the maturities of our available-for-sale debt investments as of July 26, 2025 (in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value | | Within 1 year | $ | 3,959 | | | $ | 3,911 | | | After 1 year through 5 years | 3,194 | | | 3,184 | | | Mortgage-backed securities with no single maturity | 320 | | | 286 | | | Total | $ | 7,473 | | | $ | 7,381 | |
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| Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value |
We recorded adjustments to the carrying value of our investments in privately held companies measured using the measurement alternative as follows (in millions): | | | | | | | | | | | | | July 26, 2025 | | July 27, 2024 | | Cumulative upward adjustments | $ | 195 | | | $ | 207 | | | Cumulative downward adjustments, including impairments | (597) | | | (537) | | | Net adjustments | $ | (402) | | | $ | (330) | |
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