Property, Plant and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Dec. 01, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]



As of	December 1, 2011			September 1, 2011
Land	$	92		$	92
Buildings	4,536			4,481
Equipment	14,983			14,735
Construction in progress	173			155
Software	298			293
	20,082			19,756
Accumulated depreciation	(12,610		)	(12,201		)
	$	7,472		$	7,555

Depreciation expense was $542 million and $481 million for the first quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Other noncurrent assets included buildings, equipment, and other assets classified as held for sale of $32 million as of December 1, 2011 and $35 million as of September 1, 2011.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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