TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd.

12 Months Ended

Sep. 01, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Since 1998, we had participated in TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd. ("TECH"), a semiconductor memory manufacturing joint venture in Singapore with Canon Inc. ("Canon") and Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Private) Limited ("HP"). In December 2010 and January 2011, we acquired HP's and Canon's interests, respectively, in two separate transactions for an aggregate of $159 million. In connection therewith, noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries decreased by $226 million and additional capital increased by $67 million. As a result of these transactions, our ownership interest in TECH increased during 2011 from 87% to 100%.

In 2010, we purchased shares of TECH for $80 million, which increased our ownership from 85% to 87% and increased additional capital by $10 million. The effects of changes in our ownership interest in TECH on total Micron shareholders' equity were as follows:



For the year ended	2011		2010
Net income attributable to Micron	$	167	$	1,850
Transfers from noncontrolling interest that increased additional capital:
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests in TECH	67		10
Change from net income attributable to Micron and transfers from noncontrolling interests	$	234	$	1,860