Cash and Investments (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Jun. 04, 2015	May. 29, 2014	Jun. 04, 2015	May. 29, 2014	Aug. 28, 2014	Aug. 29, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents		$ 3,694,000,000	$ 4,062,000,000	$ 3,694,000,000	$ 4,062,000,000	$ 4,150,000,000	$ 2,880,000,000
Short-term investments		1,166,000,000		1,166,000,000		384,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1]	2,470,000,000		2,470,000,000		819,000,000
Total Fair Value		7,330,000,000		7,330,000,000		5,353,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gain (Loss), Disclosures [Abstract]
Proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale securities		562,000,000	$ 78,000,000	938,000,000	$ 301,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Twelve Months or Longer, Fair Value		0		$ 0
Minimum [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Long-term marketable securities general maturities term (in years)				1 year
Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Long-term marketable securities general maturities term (in years)				4 years
Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[2]	1,371,000,000		$ 1,371,000,000		1,281,000,000
Short-term investments	[2]	0		0		0
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[2]	0		0		1,000,000
Total Fair Value	[2]	1,371,000,000		1,371,000,000		1,282,000,000
Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	596,000,000		596,000,000		424,000,000
Short-term investments	[3]	1,166,000,000		1,166,000,000		384,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	2,470,000,000		2,470,000,000		818,000,000
Total Fair Value	[3]	4,232,000,000		4,232,000,000		1,626,000,000
Cash [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents		1,727,000,000		1,727,000,000		2,445,000,000
Short-term investments		0		0		0
Long-term marketable investments	[1]	0		0		0
Total Fair Value		1,727,000,000		1,727,000,000		2,445,000,000
Money market funds [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[2]	1,371,000,000		1,371,000,000		1,281,000,000
Short-term investments	[2]	0		0		0
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[2]	0		0		0
Total Fair Value	[2]	1,371,000,000		1,371,000,000		1,281,000,000
Marketable equity securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[2]	0		0		0
Short-term investments	[2]	0		0		0
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[2]	0		0		1,000,000
Total Fair Value	[2]	0		0		1,000,000
Corporate bonds [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	9,000,000		9,000,000		0
Short-term investments	[3]	558,000,000		558,000,000		154,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	1,350,000,000		1,350,000,000		407,000,000
Total Fair Value	[3]	1,917,000,000		1,917,000,000		561,000,000
Government securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	192,000,000		192,000,000		0
Short-term investments	[3]	160,000,000		160,000,000		136,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	435,000,000		435,000,000		284,000,000
Total Fair Value	[3]	787,000,000		787,000,000		420,000,000
Asset-backed securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	0		0		0
Short-term investments	[3]	5,000,000		5,000,000		1,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	651,000,000		651,000,000		127,000,000
Total Fair Value	[3]	656,000,000		656,000,000		128,000,000
Commercial paper [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	184,000,000		184,000,000		22,000,000
Short-term investments	[3]	397,000,000		397,000,000		85,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	0		0		0
Total Fair Value	[3]	581,000,000		581,000,000		107,000,000
Certificates of deposit [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Cash and equivalents	[3]	211,000,000		211,000,000		402,000,000
Short-term investments	[3]	46,000,000		46,000,000		8,000,000
Long-term marketable investments	[1],[3]	34,000,000		34,000,000		0
Total Fair Value	[3]	$ 291,000,000		$ 291,000,000		$ 410,000,000

[1] The maturities of our long-term marketable securities generally range from one to four years.

[2] The fair value of Level 1 securities is measured based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

[3] The fair value of Level 2 securities is measured using information obtained from pricing services, which obtain quoted market prices for similar instruments, non-binding market consensus prices that are corroborated by observable market data, or various other methodologies, to determine the appropriate value at the measurement date. We perform supplemental analysis to validate information obtained from these pricing services. As of June 4, 2015, no adjustments were made to such pricing information.