Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 05, 2015	Aug. 28, 2014
Accounts payable	$ 948	$ 996
Property, plant and equipment payables	503	289
Related party payables	437	673
Salaries, wages and benefits	338	456
Customer advances	101	98
Income and other taxes	83	71
Other	252	281
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses	2,662	2,864
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Other noncurrent liabilities	887	1,102
DRAM [Member]
Customer advances	90	90
Customer advances [Member] | DRAM [Member]
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Other noncurrent liabilities	45	90
Inotera [Member] | DRAM [Member]
Related party payables	427	660
Tera Probe [Member]
Related party payables	$ 10	$ 13