Cash and Investments (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
		Dec. 01, 2016	Dec. 03, 2015	Sep. 01, 2016	Sep. 03, 2015
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents		$ 4,139,000,000	$ 2,605,000,000	$ 4,140,000,000	$ 2,287,000,000
Short-term investments		30,000,000		258,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1]	155,000,000		414,000,000
Total fair value		4,324,000,000		4,812,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gain (Loss), Disclosures [Abstract]
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities		512,000,000	$ 407,000,000
Available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position for longer than twelve months		$ 0
Minimum
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Long-term marketable investments, general maturities (in years)		1 year
Maximum
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Long-term marketable investments, general maturities (in years)		4 years
Cash
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents		$ 3,923,000,000		2,258,000,000
Short-term investments		0		0
Long-term marketable investments		0		0
Total fair value		3,923,000,000		2,258,000,000
Money market funds | Level 1
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[2]	82,000,000		1,507,000,000
Short-term investments	[2]	0		0
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[2]	0		0
Total fair value	[2]	82,000,000		1,507,000,000
Certificates of deposit | Level 2
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	134,000,000		373,000,000
Short-term investments	[3]	3,000,000		33,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	0		0
Total fair value	[3]	137,000,000		406,000,000
Certificates of deposit | Level 2 | Other noncurrent assets
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gain (Loss), Disclosures [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents		2,000,000		59,000,000
Corporate bonds | Level 2
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	0		0
Short-term investments	[3]	14,000,000		142,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	71,000,000		235,000,000
Total fair value	[3]	85,000,000		377,000,000
Government securities | Level 2
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	0		2,000,000
Short-term investments	[3]	13,000,000		62,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	63,000,000		82,000,000
Total fair value	[3]	76,000,000		146,000,000
Asset-backed securities | Level 2
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	0		0
Short-term investments	[3]	0		12,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	21,000,000		97,000,000
Total fair value	[3]	21,000,000		109,000,000
Commercial paper | Level 2
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	0		0
Short-term investments	[3]	0		9,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	0		0
Total fair value	[3]	$ 0		$ 9,000,000

[1] The maturities of long-term marketable securities range from one to four years.

[2] The fair value of Level 1 securities is measured based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

[3] The fair value of Level 2 securities is measured using information obtained from pricing services, which obtain quoted market prices for similar instruments, non-binding market consensus prices that are corroborated by observable market data, or various other methodologies, to determine the appropriate value at the measurement date. We perform supplemental analysis to validate information obtained from these pricing services. No adjustments were made to such pricing information as of December 1, 2016.