Contingencies (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended						0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	29 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Nov. 28, 2013	Nov. 29, 2012	Nov. 28, 2013 Rambus Settlement [Member]	Nov. 28, 2013 Rambus Settlement [Member] Legal Settlement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Rambus Settlement [Member] Legal Settlement [Member] Scenario, Forecast [Member]	Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] HSM Portfolio LLC and Technology Properties LLC [Member] integer	Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] HSM Portfolio LLC and Technology Properties LLC [Member] Elpida Company [Member] integer	Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] Board Of Trustees For The University Of Illinois [Member] integer	Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] Semcon Tech, LLC [Member] integer	Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] Tessera, Inc. [Member] Elpida Company [Member] integer	Nov. 28, 2013 Antitrust Matters [Member] Rambus DRAM Complaint [Member]	Jun. 23, 2010 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer	Jul. 31, 2006 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer	Nov. 28, 2013 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer	Nov. 29, 2012 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member]	Nov. 28, 2013 Securities Matter [Member] Former Shareholders of Elpida Memory, Inc [Member] Elpida Company [Member] integer	Nov. 28, 2013 Commercial Matters [Member] Qimonda AG Inotera Share Purchase Proceedings [Member] Inotera [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Approximation of damages claimed											$ 3,900
Settlement agreement execution date				December 31, 2013										June 23, 2010
Settlement Agreement, Maximum Quarterly Installment Payment					10
Settlement agreement number of years for installment payments (in years)					7 years							2 years
Settlement agreement amount					280							67
Rambus settlement	233	0	233
Number of lawsuits filed														68
Allegedly number of patents infringed						4	2	3	1	4
Approximate number of U.S. states and territories filing suit													40
Settlement agreement number of installment payments												3
Amount paid into an escrow account in connection with settlement															67
Number of other defendants						17
Loss Contingency Number Of Petitions Submitted For Inter-Partes Review								3
Loss Contingency, Number of Plaintiffs																7
Equity method investment carrying value of shares acquired from Qimonda																	241
Equity method investment quoted market value of shares acquired from Qimonda																	$ 814