Equity Method Investments (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		Mar. 03, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 03, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2013	Mar. 03, 2016 TWD / shares	Mar. 03, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 03, 2015 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment Balance								$ 1,360		$ 1,379
Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees, net of tax		$ 5	$ 208	$ 64	$ 332
Inotera [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment Balance	[1]							$ 1,303		$ 1,332
Ownership Percentage (in hundredths)	[1]							33.00%		33.00%
Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees, net of tax		2	206	54	335
Percentage interest held by a third party (in hundredths)								67.00%
Market value of equity interests								$ 1,850
Quoted market price per share of investee stock | TWD / shares							TWD 28.55
Amount in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for cumulative translation adjustments on its investment								$ 76		$ (13)
Inotera [Member] | Inventories [Member] | DRAM [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Purchases of DRAM products from Inotera		326	628	705	1,360
Inotera [Member] | Nanya and certain of its affiliates [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage interest held by a third party (in hundredths)								32.00%
Inotera [Member] | Inotera's full release of its valuation allowance against net DTA [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees, net of tax			65
Inotera [Member] | Variable interest entity, not primary beneficiary [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Inotera investment balance, substantially all of max exposure to loss, unconsolidated VIEs								$ 1,300
Tera Probe [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment Balance								$ 44		$ 38
Ownership Percentage (in hundredths)								40.00%		40.00%
Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees, net of tax		3	1	$ 6	(6)
Market value of equity interests								$ 26	$ 36
Ownership percentage after stock transactions (in hundredths)						40.00%
Difference between cost of Tera Probe investment and underlying equity								21
Weighted-average period for remaining Tera Probe amortization (in years)				8 years
Other [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment Balance								$ 13		$ 9
Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees, net of tax		$ 0	$ 1	$ 4	$ 3

[1] Entity is a variable interest entity.