Retirement Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Retirement Benefit Plans

Retirement Benefit Plans

The Company sponsors various retirement benefit plans, including defined benefit pension plans (pension benefits), post-retirement medical plans, defined contribution savings plans, and termination indemnity plans, covering substantially all U.S. employees and many employees outside the U.S. The net periodic benefit cost of the defined benefit pension plans includes the following components for the three months ended July 31, 2015 and July 25, 2014:

	U.S. Pension Benefits						Non-U.S. Pension Benefits
	Three months ended						Three months ended
(in millions)	July 31, 2015			July 25, 2014			July 31, 2015			July 25, 2014
Service cost	$	30		$	26		$	22		$	15
Interest cost	31			26			9			8
Expected return on plan assets	(45		)	(39		)	(13		)	(10		)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	24			16			6			3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	40		$	29		$	24		$	16