Certain Concentrations (Details) - Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 03, 2015	Aug. 28, 2014	Aug. 29, 2013
Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Compute and graphics [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundreths)	25.00%	30.00%	20.00%
Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Mobile [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundreths)	25.00%	20.00%	15.00%
Product Concentration Risk [Member] | SSDs and other storage [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundreths)	20.00%	20.00%	25.00%
Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Server [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundreths)	15.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Automotive, industrial, medical and other embedded [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundreths)	10.00%	10.00%	15.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Kingston [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundreths)	11.00%	10.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Intel [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundreths)			10.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Hewlett-Packard Company [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundreths)			10.00%