Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	May 30, 2013	Aug. 30, 2012
Accounts payable	$ 736	$ 818
Related party payables	228	130
Salaries, wages and benefits	216	290
Customer advances	166	141
Income and other taxes	31	25
Other	213	237
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	1,590	1,641
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Other noncurrent liabilities	420	630
Intel [Member]
Customer advances	163	139
Other	8	14
Intel [Member] | Customer advances [Member]
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Other noncurrent liabilities		120
Cost Of Hedge [Member] | Elpida Memory, Inc. and Rexchip Electronics Corporation [Member]
Other	24	51
Inotera [Member]
Related party payables	$ 228	$ 130