Receivables

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Receivables

Receivables

As of	May 31, 2012		September 1, 2011
Trade receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6 and $3, respectively)	$	973	$	1,105
Income and other taxes	94		137
Related party receivables	82		72
Other	184		183
	$	1,333	$	1,497

As of May 31, 2012 and September 1, 2011, related party receivables included $79 million and $67 million, respectively, due from Aptina Imaging Corporation ("Aptina") primarily for sales of image sensor products under a wafer supply agreement.  (See "Equity Method Investments" note.)

As of May 31, 2012 and September 1, 2011, other receivables included $50 million and $34 million, respectively, due from Intel for amounts related to NAND Flash product design and process development activities under cost-sharing agreements.  As of May 31, 2012 and September 1, 2011, other receivables also included $29 million and $25 million, respectively, due from Nanya for amounts related to DRAM product design and process development activities under a cost-sharing agreement. (See "Consolidated Variable Interest Entities" note and "Equity Method Investments" note.)