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Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2015-09-27 - 2016-09-24
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
 
Restricted Stock Activity
A summary of the Company’s RSU activity and related information for 2016, 2015 and 2014, is as follows:
 
Number of
RSUs
(in thousands)     
 
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair
Value Per Share
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(in millions)
Balance at September 28, 2013
93,284

 
$
62.24

 
 
RSUs granted
59,269

 
$
74.54

 
 
RSUs vested
(43,111
)
 
$
57.29

 
 
RSUs cancelled
(5,620
)
 
$
68.47

 
 
Balance at September 27, 2014
103,822

 
$
70.98

 
 
RSUs granted
45,587

 
$
105.51

 
 
RSUs vested
(41,684
)
 
$
71.32

 
 
RSUs cancelled
(6,258
)
 
$
80.34

 
 
Balance at September 26, 2015
101,467

 
$
85.77

 
 
RSUs granted
49,468

 
$
109.28

 
 
RSUs vested
(46,313
)
 
$
84.44

 
 
RSUs cancelled
(5,533
)
 
$
96.48

 
 
Balance at September 24, 2016
99,089

 
$
97.54

 
$
11,168

 
 
Summary of Share-Based Compensation Expense
The following table shows a summary of the share-based compensation expense included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Cost of sales
$
769

 
$
575

 
$
450

Research and development
1,889

 
1,536

 
1,216

Selling, general and administrative
1,552

 
1,475

 
1,197

Total share-based compensation expense
$
4,210


$
3,586


$
2,863