Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Sep. 01, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

As of	2011		2010
Accounts payable	$	1,187	$	799
Salaries, wages and benefits	304		346
Related party payables	141		194
Income and other taxes	30		51
Other	168		119
	$	1,830	$	1,509

Related party payables included amounts primarily due to Inotera under the Inotera Supply Agreement of $139 million and $105 million as of September 1, 2011 and September 2, 2010, respectively, for the purchase of DRAM products.  Related party payables as of September 2, 2010 also included $86 million for amounts due for the purchase of memory products under a supply agreement with the Hynix JV, a subsidiary of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. in which we previously held an equity interest in connection with our acquisition of Numonyx.

As of September 1, 2011 and September 2, 2010, other accounts payable and accrued expenses included $17 million and $16 million, respectively, for amounts due to Intel for NAND Flash product design and process development and licensing fees pursuant to cost-sharing agreements.  (See "Consolidated Variable Interest Entities" note.)