Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2013

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Segment Information

Segment Information

Segment information reported herein is consistent with how it is reviewed and evaluated by our chief operating decision makers.  Factors used to identify our segments include, among others, products, technologies and customers.  We have the following four reportable segments:

DRAM Solutions Group ("DSG"): Includes DRAM products sold to the PC, consumer electronics, networking and server markets.

NAND Solutions Group ("NSG"): Includes high-volume NAND Flash products sold into data storage, personal music players, and the high-density computing market, as well as NAND Flash products sold to Intel through IM Flash.

Embedded Solutions Group ("ESG"): Includes DRAM, NAND Flash and NOR Flash products sold into automotive and industrial applications, as well as NOR and NAND Flash sold to consumer electronics, networking, PC and server markets.

Wireless Solutions Group ("WSG"): Includes DRAM, NAND Flash and NOR Flash products, including multi-chip packages, sold to the mobile device market.

Our other operations do not meet the quantitative thresholds of a reportable segment and are reported under All Other.

Certain operating expenses directly associated with the activities of a specific reportable segment are charged to that segment. Other indirect operating expenses (income) are generally allocated to the reportable segments based on their respective percentage of total net sales, cost of goods sold or forecasted wafer production. In the second quarter of 2013, we reclassified the (gains) losses from changes in currency exchange rates from other operating (income) expense, net to other non-operating income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income. As a result, the (gains) losses from changes in currency exchange rates has been reclassified out of operating income (loss) for our segments for the first quarter of 2013 and second quarter and first six months of 2012.

We do not identify or report internally our assets or capital expenditures by segment, nor do we allocate gains and losses from equity method investments, interest, other non-operating income or expense items or taxes to operating segments.  There are no differences in the accounting policies for segment reporting and our consolidated results of operations.

	Quarter Ended						Six Months Ended
	February 28, 2013			March 1, 2012			February 28, 2013			March 1, 2012
Net sales:
DSG	$	756		$	608		$	1,356		$	1,264
NSG	713			734			1,330			1,417
ESG	282			242			560			504
WSG	213			307			476			680
All Other	114			118			190			234
	$	2,078		$	2,009		$	3,912		$	4,099
Operating income (loss):
DSG	$	(46	)	$	(167	)	$	(158	)	$	(302	)
NSG	64			99			77			198
ESG	65			15			143			54
WSG	(87		)	(129		)	(151		)	(185		)
All Other	(19		)	(22		)	(31		)	(40		)
	$	(23	)	$	(204	)	$	(120	)	$	(275	)