Restructuring Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 27, 2012

	Fiscal Year 2012 Initiative
(in millions)	Employee
	Termination		Asset			Other
	Costs		Write-downs			Costs	Total
Balance as of April 29, 2011	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Restructuring charges		66		9		43		118
Payments/write-downs		(2)		(9)		(16)		(27)
Balance as of April 27, 2012	$	64	$	-	$	27	$	91

	Fiscal Year 2011 Initiative
(in millions)	Employee
	Termination		Asset			Other
	Costs		Write-downs			Costs	Total
Balance as of April 30, 2010	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Restructuring charges		162		24		71		257
Payments/write-downs		(5)		(24)		(24)		(53)
Balance as of April 29, 2011	$	157	$	-	$	47	$	204
Payments/write-downs		(134)		-		(35)		(169)
Reversal of excess accrual		(23)		-		(8)		(31)
Balance as of April 27, 2012	$	-	$	-	$	4	$	4

	Fiscal Year 2009 Initiative
(in millions)	Employee
	Termination		Asset
	Costs		Write-downs		Total
Balance as of April 25, 2008	$	-	$	-	$	-
Restructuring charges		29		5		34
Payments/write-downs		(1)		(5)		(6)
Balance as of April 24, 2009	$	28	$	-	$	28
Restructuring charges		53		10		63
Reversal of excess accrual		(12)		-		(12)
Payments		(64)		(10)		(74)
Balance as of April 30, 2010	$	5	$	-	$	5
Payments/write-downs		(5)		-		(5)
Balance as of July 30, 2010	$	-	$	-	$	-

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of restructuring and related costs by type of restructuring including the description of the restructuring costs, such as the expected cost; the costs incurred during the period; the cumulative costs incurred as of the balance sheet date; the income statement caption within which the restructuring charges recognized for the period are included; and changes to an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost.

+ References+ Details