Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Mar. 05, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

Segment information reported herein is consistent with how it is reviewed and evaluated by our chief operating decision makers. We have the following four business units, which are our reportable segments:

Compute and Networking Business Unit ("CNBU"): Includes DRAM and NOR Flash products sold to the compute, networking, graphics, and cloud server markets.

Storage Business Unit ("SBU"): Includes NAND Flash components and SSDs sold into enterprise and client storage, cloud, and removable storage markets. SBU also includes NAND Flash products sold to Intel through our IMFT joint venture.

Mobile Business Unit ("MBU"): Includes DRAM, NAND Flash, and NOR Flash products sold to the smartphone, feature phone, and tablet mobile-device markets.

Embedded Business Unit ("EBU"): Includes DRAM, NAND Flash, and NOR Flash products sold into automotive and industrial applications, as well as the connected home and consumer electronics markets.

Certain operating expenses directly associated with the activities of a specific segment are charged to that segment. Other indirect operating expenses (income) are generally allocated to segments based on their respective percentage of cost of goods sold or forecasted wafer production. The unallocated amount of operating expense for 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 segments.  There are no differences in the accounting policies for segment reporting and our consolidated results of operations.

	Quarter Ended					Six Months Ended
	March 5, 2015			February 27, 2014		March 5, 2015			February 27, 2014
Net sales:
CNBU	$	1,822		$	1,835	$	3,910		$	3,579
SBU	954			901		1,938			1,706
MBU	856			908		1,796			1,960
EBU	502			422		1,041			831
All Other	32			41		54			73
	$	4,166		$	4,107	$	8,739		$	8,149
Operating income (loss):
CNBU	$	493		$	504	$	1,116		$	931
SBU	(36		)	79		(10		)	173
MBU	262			178		568			344
EBU	115			80		233			158
All Other	21			28		33			47
Unallocated	—			—		—			(233		)
	$	855		$	869	$	1,940		$	1,420