Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Commitments and Guarantees

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Commitments and Guarantees
12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Guarantees
Commitments and Guarantees
Operating Leases
As of December 30, 2017, the Company’s future non-cancellable operating lease commitments were as follows:
Year
Operating
leases
 
(In millions)
2018
$
40

2019
35

2020
31

2021
29

2022
28

2023 and thereafter
92

 Total non-cancellable operating lease commitments
$
255


The Company leases certain of its facilities and in some jurisdictions the Company leases the land on which these facilities are built under non-cancellable lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2028. The Company also leases certain manufacturing and office equipment for terms ranging from one to five years. Rent expense for 2017, 2016 and 2015 was $44 million, $39 million and $47 million, respectively.
In December 1998, the Company arranged for the sale of its marketing, general and administrative facility in Sunnyvale, California and leased it back for a period of 20 years. The Company recorded a deferred gain of $37 million on the sale and is amortizing it over the life of the lease. During the second quarter of 2016, the Company signed an amendment to the lease agreement associated with this facility in Sunnyvale, California so that the lease expired in December 2017. In connection with the amendment, the lease payments were reduced for 2017. During the third quarter of 2016, the Company entered into a 10-year operating lease to occupy 220,000 square feet of new office space in Santa Clara. The base rent obligation commenced in August 2017. As of December 30, 2017, the total estimate of future base rent payments over the life of the lease was approximately $103 million. In addition to the base rent payments, the Company will be obligated to pay certain customary amounts for its share of operating expenses and tax obligation. The Company has the option to extend the term of the lease for two additional five-year periods.
In September 2013, the Company sold a light industrial building in Singapore and leased back a portion of the original space. The Company recorded a deferred gain of $14 million on the sale and is amortizing it over the initial lease term. The initial operating lease term expires in September, 2023 and provides for options to extend the lease for 4 years at the end of the initial lease term and for an additional 3.5 years thereafter.
Certain other operating leases contain provisions for escalating lease payments subject to changes in the consumer price index. Total future lease obligations as of December 30, 2017 were $255 million.
Purchase and Other Contractual Obligations
The Company’s purchase obligations primarily include the Company’s obligations to purchase wafers and substrates from third parties. As of December 30, 2017, total non-cancellable purchase obligations excluding the Company’s wafer purchase commitments to GF under the WSA were $406 million.
The Company also had other contractual obligations, primarily included in Other long-term liabilities and Accrued liabilities on its consolidated balance sheet, which primarily consisted of $107 million of payments due under certain software and technology licenses and IP licenses that will be paid through 2021.
Future unconditional purchase obligations as of December 30, 2017 were as follows:
Year
Unconditional purchase obligations
 
(In millions)
2018
$
346

2019
65

2020
40

2021
33

2022
29

2023 and thereafter

 Total unconditional purchase commitments
$
513


Obligations to GF
As of December 30, 2017, the Company's minimum purchase obligations for wafer purchases for the years 2018 through 2020 are approximately $2.8 billion.
Warranties and Indemnities
The Company generally warrants that its products sold to its customers will conform to the Company’s approved specifications and be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and conditions for one year. Subject to certain exceptions, the Company also offers a three-year limited warranty to end users for those CPU and APU products purchased as individually packaged products, commonly referred to as “processors in a box”, and for PC workstation products. The Company also offered extended limited warranties to certain customers of “tray” microprocessor products and/or workstation graphics or server products who have written agreements with the Company and target their computer systems at the commercial and/or embedded markets.
Changes in the Company’s estimated liability for product warranty during the years ended December 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are as follows:
 
December 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(In millions)
Beginning balance
$
12

 
$
15

New warranties issued during the period
25

 
21

Settlements during the period
(21
)
 
(19
)
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties during the period, including expirations
(4
)
 
(5
)
Ending balance
$
12

 
$
12


In addition to product warranties, the Company from time to time in its normal course of business indemnifies other parties with whom it enters into contractual relationships, including customers, lessors and parties to other transactions with the Company, with respect to certain matters. In these limited matters, the Company has agreed to hold certain third parties harmless against specific types of claims or losses such as those arising from a breach of representations or covenants, third-party claims that the Company’s products when used for their intended purpose(s) and under specific conditions infringe the intellectual property rights of a third party, or other specified claims made against the indemnified party. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount of liability under these indemnification obligations due to the unique facts and circumstances that are likely to be involved in each particular claim and indemnification provision. Historically, payments made by the Company under these obligations have not been material.