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Certain Concentrations
12 Months Ended
Aug. 30, 2018
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]  
Certain Concentrations
Certain Concentrations

Markets with concentrations of net sales were approximately as follows:
For the year ended
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Compute and graphics
 
25
%
 
20
%
 
20
%
Server
 
25
%
 
15
%
 
10
%
Mobile
 
20
%
 
20
%
 
20
%
SSDs and other storage
 
15
%
 
20
%
 
20
%
Automotive, industrial, medical, and other embedded
 
10
%
 
15
%
 
15
%


Sales to Kingston Technology Company, Inc. ("Kingston"), as a percentage of total net sales, were 10% for 2018 and 2017. Sales to Intel, including Non-Trade sales through IMFT, as a percentage of total net sales, were 14% for 2016 and no other customer exceeded 10% of our total net sales. Our sales to Kingston were included in our CNBU, SBU, and MBU segments and substantially all of our sales to Intel were included in our SBU and CNBU segments.

We generally have multiple sources of supply for our raw materials and production equipment; however, only a limited number of suppliers are capable of delivering certain raw materials and production equipment that meet our standards and, in some cases, materials or production equipment are provided by a single supplier.

Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, fixed-rate debt securities, trade receivables, share repurchase, capped call, and derivative contracts. We invest through high-credit-quality financial institutions and, by policy, generally limit the concentration of credit exposure by restricting investments with any single obligor and monitoring credit risk of bank counterparties on an ongoing basis. A concentration of credit risk may exist with respect to receivables of certain customers. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of customers worldwide and generally do not require collateral from our customers. Historically, we have not experienced material losses on receivables. A concentration of risk may also exist with respect to our foreign currency hedges as the number of counterparties to our hedges is limited and the notional amounts are relatively large. We seek to mitigate such risk by limiting our counterparties to major financial institutions and through entering into master netting arrangements. Share repurchase and capped call agreements expose us to credit risk to the extent the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreements. We seek to mitigate such risk by limiting our counterparties to major financial institutions and by spreading the risk across several major financial institutions. In addition, the potential risk of loss with any one counterparty resulting from this type of credit risk is monitored on an ongoing basis.