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Recovery Rate of Reorganization Plan Creditors.

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Total estimated cash reorganization payment to third party creditors remaining as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of estimated reorganization payment to third party creditors in year five following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Amount of estimated reorganization payment to third party creditors in year four following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Amount of estimated reorganization payment to third party creditors in year three following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Amount of estimated reorganization payment to third party creditors in year two following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Amount of estimated reorganization payment to third party creditors in year one following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Number of required annual payments in satisfaction of the reorganization plan after the initial installment payment.

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Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of all debt, including all short-term borrowings, long-term debt, and capital lease obligations.

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Debt MMJ Debt Restructure (Details) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 JPY (¥)	Sep. 03, 2015 USD ($) decimal	Aug. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 03, 2015 JPY (¥) decimal
Assumed Debt Subject to Bankruptcy [Line Items]
Repayments of Long-term Debt, Long-term Capital Lease Obligations, and Capital Securities		$ 2,329	$ 3,843	$ 743
Elpida Sponsor Agreement [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount		(697)	(898)
Debt		$ 7,341	6,511
Reorganization obligation [Member]
Assumed Debt Subject to Bankruptcy [Line Items]
Effective interest rate (in thousandths)		6.25%			6.25%
Elpida Sponsor Agreement [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount		$ (150)	(238)
Debt		$ 862	$ 1,131
Elpida Memories, Inc. now known as Micron Memory Japan, Inc. [Member] \| Reorganization obligation [Member]
Assumed Debt Subject to Bankruptcy [Line Items]
Reorganization Plan Payments, Total Cash Payments \| ¥					¥ 200,000
Reorganization Plan Number of Annual Installment Payments \| decimal		7			7
Repayments of Long-term Debt, Long-term Capital Lease Obligations, and Capital Securities \| ¥	¥ 21,000
Elpida Sponsor Agreement [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount		$ (150)			¥ (17,981)
Debt		862			103,763
Scenario, Plan [Member] \| Elpida Memories, Inc. now known as Micron Memory Japan, Inc. [Member] \| Reorganization obligation [Member]
Elpida Sponsor Agreement [Abstract]
2016		165			19,813
2017		165			19,840
2018		164			19,762
2019		238			28,687
2020		280			33,642
Estimated Reorganization Payment to Third Party Creditors, Total Cash Payments		$ 1,012			¥ 121,744
Secured Creditors [Member] \| Elpida Memories, Inc. now known as Micron Memory Japan, Inc. [Member] \| Reorganization obligation [Member]
Assumed Debt Subject to Bankruptcy [Line Items]
Reorganization Plan Number of Annual Installment Payments \| decimal		6			6
Recovery Rate of Reorganization Plan Creditors		100.00%			100.00%
Unsecured Creditor [Member] \| Elpida Memories, Inc. now known as Micron Memory Japan, Inc. [Member] \| Reorganization obligation [Member]
Assumed Debt Subject to Bankruptcy [Line Items]
Reorganization Plan Number of Annual Installment Payments \| decimal		7			7
Unsecured Creditor [Member] \| Elpida Memories, Inc. now known as Micron Memory Japan, Inc. [Member] \| Reorganization obligation [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Assumed Debt Subject to Bankruptcy [Line Items]
Recovery Rate of Reorganization Plan Creditors		17.40%			17.40%
Unsecured Creditor [Member] \| Akita, now known as Micron Akita, Inc. [Member] \| Reorganization obligation [Member]
Assumed Debt Subject to Bankruptcy [Line Items]
Reorganization Plan Number of Annual Installment Payments \| decimal		7			7
Recovery Rate of Reorganization Plan Creditors		19.00%			19.00%