Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Feb. 27, 2014

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Segment Information

Segment Information

Segment information reported herein is consistent with how it is reviewed and evaluated by our chief operating decision makers.  Factors used to identify our segments include, among others, products, technologies and customers.  We have the following four reportable segments:

DRAM Solutions Group ("DSG"): Includes DRAM products sold to the PC, consumer electronics, networking and server markets.

Wireless Solutions Group ("WSG"): Includes DRAM, NAND Flash and NOR Flash products, including multi-chip packages, sold to the mobile device market.

NAND Solutions Group ("NSG"): Includes high-volume NAND Flash products sold into data storage, personal music players, and the high-density computing market, as well as NAND Flash products sold to Intel through our IMFT joint venture.

Embedded Solutions Group ("ESG"): Includes DRAM, NAND Flash and NOR Flash products sold into automotive and industrial applications, as well as NOR and NAND Flash sold to consumer electronics, networking, PC and server markets.

Our other operations do not meet the quantitative thresholds of a reportable segment and are reported under All Other.

Certain operating expenses directly associated with the activities of a specific reportable segment are charged to that segment. Other indirect operating expenses (income) are generally allocated to the reportable segments based on their respective percentage of cost of goods sold or forecasted wafer production. The unallocated amount in the first six months of 2014 related to the Rambus settlement.

We do not identify or report internally our assets or capital expenditures by segment, nor do we allocate gains and losses from equity method investments, interest, other non-operating income or expense items or taxes to operating segments.  There are no differences in the accounting policies for segment reporting and our consolidated results of operations.

	Quarter Ended					Six Months Ended
	February 27, 2014		February 28, 2013			February 27, 2014			February 28, 2013
Net sales:
DSG	$	1,888	$	756		$	3,673		$	1,356
WSG	910		213			1,964			476
NSG	902		713			1,708			1,330
ESG	365		282			731			560
All Other	42		114			73			190
	$	4,107	$	2,078		$	8,149		$	3,912
Operating income (loss):
DSG	$	520	$	(46	)	$	952		$	(158	)
WSG	185		(87		)	361			(151		)
NSG	77		64			172			77
ESG	59		65			125			143
All Other	28		(19		)	43			(31		)
Unallocated	—		—			(233		)	—
	$	869	$	(23	)	$	1,420		$	(120	)