Revenue and Customer Contract Liabilities-Product Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 03, 2020	Nov. 28, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 5,773	$ 5,144
DRAM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	4,056	3,469
NAND
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	1,574	1,422
Other (primarily 3D XPoint memory and NOR)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 143	$ 253