Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 03, 2015	Aug. 28, 2014
Accounts payable	$ 1,020	$ 996
Property, plant and equipment payables	577	289
Related party payables	338	673
Salaries, wages and benefits	321	456
Income and other taxes	85	71
Customer advances	15	98
Other	255	281
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses	2,611	2,864
DRAM [Member]
Customer advances		90
DRAM [Member] | Other noncurrent liabilities [Member]
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Noncurrent customer advances		90
Inotera [Member] | DRAM [Member]
Related party payables	327	660
Tera Probe [Member]
Related party payables	$ 11	$ 13