Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 04, 2015	Aug. 28, 2014
Accounts payable	$ 1,000	$ 996
Property, plant and equipment payables	1,018	289
Related party payables	387	673
Salaries, wages and benefits	340	456
Income and other taxes	82	71
Customer advances	79	98
Other	298	281
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses	3,204	2,864
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Other noncurrent liabilities	764	1,102
DRAM [Member]
Customer advances	60	90
Customer advances [Member] | DRAM [Member]
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Other noncurrent liabilities		90
Inotera [Member] | DRAM [Member]
Related party payables	378	660
Tera Probe [Member]
Related party payables	$ 9	$ 13