Equity Method Investments (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended						3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended				12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 05, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Inotera [Member] USD ($)		Feb. 27, 2014 Inotera [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Inotera [Member] USD ($)		Feb. 27, 2014 Inotera [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Inotera [Member] TWD	Aug. 28, 2014 Inotera [Member] USD ($)		Mar. 05, 2015 Inotera [Member] Inventories [Member] DRAM [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2014 Inotera [Member] Inventories [Member] DRAM [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Inotera [Member] Inventories [Member] DRAM [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2014 Inotera [Member] Inventories [Member] DRAM [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Inotera [Member] Nanya [Member]	Mar. 05, 2015 Inotera [Member] Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Adjustment of Deferred Tax (Asset) Liability [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Inotera [Member] Variable interest entity, not primary beneficiary [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Tera Probe [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 04, 2014 Tera Probe [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2014 Tera Probe [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Tera Probe [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2014 Tera Probe [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Tera Probe [Member] JPY (¥)	Aug. 28, 2014 Tera Probe [Member] USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2013 Tera Probe [Member] MMJ Acquisition [Member]	Mar. 05, 2015 Other [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2014 Other [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 Other [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2014 Other [Member] USD ($)	Aug. 28, 2014 Other [Member] USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment Balance	$ 1,239,000,000		$ 1,239,000,000		$ 971,000,000	$ 1,190,000,000	[1]		$ 1,190,000,000	[1]			$ 914,000,000	[1]								$ 32,000,000			$ 32,000,000			$ 48,000,000		$ 17,000,000		$ 17,000,000		$ 9,000,000
Ownership Percentage (in hundredths)						33.00%	[1]		33.00%	[1]			33.00%	[1]								40.00%			40.00%			40.00%
Variable Interest Entity Entity Maximum Loss Exposure Amount From Investment Balance																					1,190,000,000
Equity in net income of equity method investees, net of tax	208,000,000	134,000,000	332,000,000	220,000,000		206,000,000		131,000,000	335,000,000		215,000,000									65,000,000		1,000,000		4,000,000	(6,000,000)	6,000,000				1,000,000	(1,000,000)	3,000,000	(1,000,000)
Percentage interest held by a third party (in hundredths)																			33.00%
Market value of equity interests						3,090,000,000			3,090,000,000													33,000,000			33,000,000
Equity Method Investment, Quoted Market Price Per Share												45.25															¥ 1,076
Amount in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for cumulative translation adjustments on its investment						(19,000,000)			(19,000,000)				44,000,000
Purchases of DRAM products from Inotera															628,000,000	714,000,000	1,360,000,000	1,300,000,000
Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions																													40.00%
Tera Probe other-than-temporary Impairment																							10,000,000
Difference between cost of Tera Probe investment and underlying equity																						$ 31,000,000			$ 31,000,000
Weighted-average period for remaining Tera Probe amortization (in years)																									7 years

[1] (1) Entity is a variable interest entity.