Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Other Long-Term Assets

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Other Long-Term Assets
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2015
Other Assets, Noncurrent Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Long-Term Assets [Text Block]
Note 10: Other Long-Term Assets
Other long-term assets at the end of each period were as follows:
(In Millions)
 
Sep 26,
2015
 
Dec 27,
2014
Equity method investments
 
$
1,577

 
$
1,446

Non-marketable cost method investments
 
3,003

 
1,769

Non-current deferred tax assets
 
640

 
622

Pre-payments for property, plant and equipment
 
551

 
636

Loans receivable
 
650

 
416

Grants receivable
 
490

 
312

Reverse repurchase agreements
 
350

 
350

Other
 
994

 
954

Total other long-term assets
 
$
8,255

 
$
6,505


As of September 26, 2015, the carrying amount of our non-marketable cost method investments includes $966 million related to our investment in UniSpreadtrum. For further information, see "Note 4: Cash and Investments."
During the first nine months of 2015, we received and transferred $201 million of equipment from other long-term assets to property, plant and equipment. Substantially all of the equipment was prepaid in 2012 and 2013. We recognized the pre-payments within operating activities in the consolidated condensed statement of cash flows when we paid for the equipment, and the receipt of the equipment is reflected as a non-cash transaction in the current period.