Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
6 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Operating Activities:    
Net income $ 3,023us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 3,833us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization expense 591us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization 561us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization
Gain on sale of discontinued operations 0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax (665)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossFromDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
Long-lived asset and goodwill impairment charges 138us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges 479us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Income tax provision in excess of income tax payments 73qcom_IncomeTaxProvisionLessThanInExcessOfIncomeTaxPayments 268qcom_IncomeTaxProvisionLessThanInExcessOfIncomeTaxPayments
Non-cash portion of share-based compensation expense 522us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 532us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Incremental tax benefits from share-based compensation (78)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities (169)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities
Net realized gains on marketable securities and other investments (277)us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestmentsExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments (388)us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestmentsExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments
Impairment losses on marketable securities and other investments 106us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet 159us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet
Other items, net (30)us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense (20)us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense
Changes in assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable, net 338us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInReceivables (96)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInReceivables
Inventories (403)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories 153us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
Other assets (1,138)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets 127us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets
Trade accounts payable (508)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableTrade 35us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableTrade
Payroll, benefits and other liabilities (405)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities (102)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities
Unearned revenues (246)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue (112)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,706us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 4,595us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Investing Activities:    
Capital expenditures (449)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (797)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Purchases of available-for-sale securities (8,758)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities (7,827)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities
Proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities 8,631us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 5,684us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
Purchases of trading securities (695)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireTradingSecuritiesHeldforinvestment (1,814)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireTradingSecuritiesHeldforinvestment
Proceeds from sales and maturities of trading securities 710us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfTradingSecuritiesHeldforinvestment 1,793us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleAndMaturityOfTradingSecuritiesHeldforinvestment
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations, net of cash sold 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses 788us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
Acquisitions and other investments, net of cash acquired (178)qcom_AcquisitionsAndOtherInvestmentsNetofCashAcquired (347)qcom_AcquisitionsAndOtherInvestmentsNetofCashAcquired
Other items, net 49us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities 62us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Net cash used by investing activities (690)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (2,458)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Financing Activities:    
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 417us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 953us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock
Repurchases and retirements of common stock (3,611)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (2,004)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Dividends paid (1,385)us-gaap_PaymentsOfOrdinaryDividends (1,179)us-gaap_PaymentsOfOrdinaryDividends
Proceeds from short-term debt 1,095us-gaap_ProceedsFromShortTermDebt 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromShortTermDebt
Incremental tax benefits from share-based compensation 78us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 169us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Change in obligations under securities lending (2)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInSecuritiesLendingPayable 123us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInSecuritiesLendingPayable
Other items, net (8)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities (3)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
Net cash used by financing activities (3,416)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (1,941)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (15)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents (1)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (2,415)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 195us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 7,907us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 6,142us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 5,492us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 6,337us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue