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Note 6: Other Financial Statement Details  
Inventories 
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(In Millions)  | 
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Sep 30,  2017  | 
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Dec 31,  2016  | 
 
Raw materials  | 
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$  | 
1,115  | 
 
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$  | 
695  | 
 
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Work in process  | 
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3,965  | 
 
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3,190  | 
 
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Finished goods  | 
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1,849  | 
 
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1,668  | 
 
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Total inventories  | 
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$  | 
6,929  | 
 
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$  | 
5,553  | 
 
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Deferred Income 
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(In Millions)  | 
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Sep 30,  2017  | 
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Dec 31,  2016  | 
 
Deferred income on shipments of components to distributors  | 
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$  | 
1,530  | 
 
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$  | 
1,475  | 
 
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Deferred income from software, services and other  | 
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176  | 
 
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   | 
243  | 
 
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Current deferred income  | 
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$  | 
1,706  | 
 
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$  | 
1,718  | 
 
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Gains (Losses) on Equity Investments, Net 
The components of gains (losses) on equity investments, net for each period were as follows: 
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Three Months Ended  | 
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Nine Months Ended  | 
 
(In Millions)  | 
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Sep 30,  2017  | 
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Oct 1,  2016  | 
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Sep 30,  2017  | 
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Oct 1,  2016  | 
 
Share of equity method investee losses, net  | 
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$  | 
(110  | 
)  | 
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$  | 
(10  | 
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$  | 
(129  | 
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$  | 
(30  | 
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Impairments  | 
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(10  | 
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(48  | 
)  | 
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(613  | 
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(137  | 
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Gains on sales, net  | 
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944  | 
 
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   | 
38  | 
 
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   | 
2,020  | 
 
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   | 
553  | 
 
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Dividends  | 
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—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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   | 
68  | 
 
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   | 
74  | 
 
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Other, net  | 
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22  | 
 
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   | 
8  | 
 
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   | 
94  | 
 
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28  | 
 
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Total gains (losses) on equity investments, net  | 
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$  | 
846  | 
 
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$  | 
(12  | 
)  | 
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$  | 
1,440  | 
 
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$  | 
488  | 
 
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Interest and Other, Net 
The components of interest and other, net for each period were as follows:
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Three Months Ended  | 
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Nine Months Ended  | 
 
(In Millions)  | 
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Sep 30,  2017  | 
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Oct 1,  2016  | 
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Sep 30,  2017  | 
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Oct 1,  2016  | 
 
Interest income  | 
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$  | 
137  | 
 
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$  | 
56  | 
 
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$  | 
349  | 
 
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$  | 
159  | 
 
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Interest expense  | 
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(191  | 
)  | 
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(180  | 
)  | 
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(493  | 
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(575  | 
)  | 
 
Other, net  | 
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23  | 
 
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(8  | 
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   | 
480  | 
 
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   | 
76  | 
 
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Total interest and other, net  | 
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$  | 
(31  | 
)  | 
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$  | 
(132  | 
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$  | 
336  | 
 
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$  | 
(340  | 
)  | 
 
  
 
 
Interest expense in the preceding table is net of $77 million of interest capitalized in the third quarter of 2017 and $212 million in the first nine months of 2017 ($36 million in the third quarter of 2016 and $82 million in the first nine months of 2016).
 
 
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