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Segment Information

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Segment Information
 9 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Segment Information
Note 7 — Segment Information
The Company is organized on the basis of products and services. The Company conducts business primarily through two reportable segments: QCT (Qualcomm CDMA Technologies) and QTL (Qualcomm Technology Licensing), and its QSI (Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives) reportable segment makes strategic investments. The Company also has nonreportable segments, including its small cells, data center and other wireless technology and service initiatives.
The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based on earnings (loss) before income taxes (EBT) from continuing operations. Segment EBT includes the allocation of certain corporate expenses to the segments, including depreciation and amortization expense related to unallocated corporate assets. Certain income and charges are not allocated to segments in the Company’s management reports because they are not considered in evaluating the segments’ operating performance. Unallocated income and charges include certain net investment income; certain share-based compensation; and certain research and development expenses, selling, general and administrative expenses and other expenses or income that were deemed to be not directly related to the businesses of the segments. Additionally, unallocated charges include recognition of the step-up of inventories to fair value, amortization and impairment of certain intangible assets and certain other acquisition-related charges, and beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, third-party acquisition and integration services costs and certain other items, which may include major restructuring and restructuring-related costs, goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charges and litigation settlements and/or damages. The table below presents revenues and EBT for reportable segments (in millions):
 
QCT
 
QTL
 
QSI
 
Reconciling
Items
 
Total
For the three months ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 28, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
3,853

 
$
1,931

 
$
—

 
$
48

 
$
5,832

EBT
289

 
1,654

 
(49
)
 
(496
)
 
1,398

June 29, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
4,957

 
$
1,803

 
$
—

 
$
46

 
$
6,806

EBT
1,116

 
1,550

 
(1
)
 
(168
)
 
2,497

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the nine months ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 28, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
13,529

 
$
6,162

 
$
—

 
$
134

 
$
19,825

EBT
2,185

 
5,395

 
(82
)
 
(2,262
)
 
5,236

June 29, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
13,816

 
$
5,774

 
$
—

 
$
205

 
$
19,795

EBT
2,762

 
5,054

 
(36
)
 
(1,254
)
 
6,526


Intersegment revenues included in QCT revenues were negligible in all periods presented. All other revenues for reportable segments were from external customers for all periods presented.
Reconciling items in the previous table were as follows (in millions):
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
June 28,
2015
 
June 29,
2014
 
June 28,
2015
 
June 29,
2014
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nonreportable segments
$
49

 
$
47

 
$
138

 
$
208

Intersegment eliminations
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(4
)
 
(3
)
 
$
48

 
$
46

 
$
134

 
$
205

EBT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unallocated cost of equipment and services revenues
$
(65
)
 
$
(74
)
 
$
(217
)
 
$
(223
)
Unallocated research and development expenses
(188
)
 
(220
)
 
(624
)
 
(653
)
Unallocated selling, general and administrative expenses
(93
)
 
(107
)
 
(342
)
 
(318
)
Unallocated other (expense) income
(142
)
 
184

 
(1,221
)
 
173

Unallocated investment income, net
193

 
413

 
655

 
985

Nonreportable segments
(201
)
 
(364
)
 
(512
)
 
(1,218
)
Intersegment eliminations
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

 
$
(496
)
 
$
(168
)
 
$
(2,262
)
 
$
(1,254
)

Unallocated other expense for the nine months ended June 28, 2015 included a $975 million charge related to the resolution reached with the NDRC and charges of $235 million and $11 million for impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, respectively, related to three of the Company’s nonreportable segments (Note 2). Nonreportable segments EBT for the nine months ended June 29, 2014 included $607 million in impairment charges related to property, plant and equipment and goodwill (Note 2).
Unallocated acquisition-related expenses were comprised as follows (in millions):
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
June 28,
2015
 
June 29,
2014
 
June 28,
2015
 
June 29,
2014
Cost of equipment and services revenues
$
55

 
$
62

 
$
184

 
$
186

Research and development expenses
3

 
3

 
11

 
26

Selling, general and administrative expenses
20

 
6

 
45

 
19


Segment assets are comprised of accounts receivable and inventories for all reportable segments other than QSI. QSI segment assets include certain marketable securities, notes receivable, wireless spectrum, other investments and all assets of consolidated subsidiaries included in QSI. Total segment assets differ from total assets on a consolidated basis as a result of unallocated assets primarily comprised of certain cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, property, plant and equipment, deferred tax assets, goodwill, other intangible assets and assets of nonreportable segments. Segment assets and reconciling items were as follows (in millions):
 
June 28,
2015
 
September 28,
2014
QCT
$
2,977

 
$
3,639

QTL
522

 
161

QSI
697

 
484

Reconciling items
48,099

 
44,290

Total consolidated assets
$
52,295

 
$
48,574