Revenue and Contract Liabilities-Product Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Nov. 28, 2019	Nov. 29, 2018
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 5,144	$ 7,913
DRAM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	3,469	5,893
NAND
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	1,422	1,660
Other (primarily 3D XPoint memory and NOR)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 253	$ 360

Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130543-203045

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130545-203045

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