Income Taxes Income Tax (Provision) Benefit (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Mar. 02, 2017	Mar. 03, 2016	Mar. 02, 2017	Mar. 03, 2016
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]
Utilization of and other changes in net deferred tax assets of MMJ, MMT, and Inotera	$ (8)	$ (10)	$ (21)	$ (32)
U.S. valuation allowance release resulting from business acquisition	0	0	0	41
Other, income tax (provision) benefit, primarily other non-U.S. operations	(30)	5	(48)	(10)
Income tax (provision) benefit	$ (38)	$ (5)	$ (69)	$ (1)

Amount of other deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations. For example, but not limited to, acquisition-date income tax benefits or expenses recognized from changes in the acquirer's valuation allowance for its previously existing deferred tax assets resulting from a business combination and adjustments to beginning-of-year balance of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstance causing a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future periods.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (g)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32639-109319

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 6.I.7)
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Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32639-109319

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Deferred Tax Expense (or Benefit)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63044130

Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h))
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