Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Identified Intangible Assets

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Identified Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract]  
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Note 11: Identified Intangible Assets
Identified intangible assets at the end of December 28, 2013, were as follows:
(In Millions)
 
Gross
Assets
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Acquisition-related developed technology
 
$
2,922

 
$
(1,691
)
 
$
1,231

Acquisition-related customer relationships
 
1,760

 
(828
)
 
932

Acquisition-related trade names
 
65

 
(44
)
 
21

Licensed technology and patents
 
3,093

 
(974
)
 
2,119

Identified intangible assets subject to amortization
 
7,840

 
(3,537
)
 
4,303

Acquisition-related trade names
 
818

 

 
818

Other intangible assets
 
29

 

 
29

Identified intangible assets not subject to amortization
 
847

 

 
847

Total identified intangible assets
 
$
8,687

 
$
(3,537
)
 
$
5,150

As a result of our acquisitions in 2013, we recorded acquisition-related developed technology of $114 million with a weighted average useful life of five years and acquisition-related customer relationships of $60 million with a weighted average useful life of seven years. During 2013, we purchased licensed technology and patents of $36 million with a weighted average useful life of 10 years.
Identified intangible assets at the end of December 29, 2012 were as follows:
(In Millions)
 
Gross
Assets
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Acquisition-related developed technology
 
$
2,778

 
$
(1,116
)
 
$
1,662

Acquisition-related customer relationships
 
1,712

 
(551
)
 
1,161

Acquisition-related trade names
 
68

 
(33
)
 
35

Licensed technology and patents
 
2,986

 
(699
)
 
2,287

Other intangible assets
 
238

 
(86
)
 
152

Identified intangible assets subject to amortization
 
7,782

 
(2,485
)
 
5,297

Acquisition-related trade names
 
809

 

 
809

Other intangible assets
 
129

 

 
129

Identified intangible assets not subject to amortization
 
938

 

 
938

Total identified intangible assets
 
$
8,720

 
$
(2,485
)
 
$
6,235


As a result of our acquisitions in 2012, we recorded acquisition-related developed technology of $168 million with a weighted average useful life of 10 years. During 2012, we purchased licensed technology and patents of $815 million with a weighted average useful life of nine years, including wireless patents purchased from InterDigital, Inc. for $375 million to be amortized over approximately 10 years. Additionally, we recorded other intangible assets subject to amortization of $238 million associated with customer relationships, which was fully amortized in 2013.
In January 2011, we entered into a long-term patent cross-license agreement with NVIDIA. Under the agreement, we received a license to all of NVIDIA’s patents with a capture period that runs through March 2017 while NVIDIA products are licensed to our patents, subject to exclusions for x86 products, certain chipsets, and certain flash memory technology products. The agreement also included settlement of the existing litigation between the companies, as well as broad mutual general releases. We agreed to make payments totaling $1.5 billion to NVIDIA over six years ($300 million in each of January 2011, 2012, and 2013; and $200 million in each of January 2014, 2015, and 2016), which resulted in a liability totaling approximately $1.4 billion, on a discounted basis. In the fourth quarter of 2010, we recognized an expense of $100 million related to the litigation settlement. In the first quarter of 2011, we recognized the remaining amount of $1.3 billion as licensed technology, which will be amortized into cost of sales over its estimated useful life of 17 years. The initial recognition of the intangible asset and associated liability for future payments to NVIDIA was treated as a non-cash transaction and, therefore, had no impact on our consolidated statements of cash flows. Future payments are treated as cash used for financing activities. As of December 28, 2013, the remaining liability of $587 million is classified within other accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities, based on the expected timing of the underlying payments.
We recorded amortization expense on the consolidated statements of income as follows: amortization of acquisition-related developed technology and licensed technology and patents is included in cost of sales, amortization of acquisition-related customer relationships and trade names is included in amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, and amortization of other intangible assets is recorded as a reduction of revenue.
Amortization expenses for each period were as follows:
(In Millions)
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Acquisition-related developed technology
 
$
576

 
$
557

 
$
482

Acquisition-related customer relationships
 
279

 
296

 
250

Acquisition-related trade names
 
12

 
12

 
10

Licensed technology and patents
 
272

 
214

 
181

Other intangible assets
 
103

 
86

 

Total amortization expenses
 
$
1,242

 
$
1,165

 
$
923


Based on identified intangible assets that are subject to amortization as of December 28, 2013, we expect future amortization expense for each period to be as follows:
(In Millions)
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
Acquisition-related developed technology
 
$
579

 
$
303

 
$
211

 
$
63

 
$
41

Acquisition-related customer relationships
 
268

 
251

 
233

 
142

 
29

Acquisition-related trade names
 
10

 
9

 
3

 

 

Licensed technology and patents
 
270

 
252

 
238

 
199

 
158

Total future amortization expenses
 
$
1,127

 
$
815

 
$
685

 
$
404

 
$
228