Revenue and Contract Liabilities-Product Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Feb. 27, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019	Feb. 27, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,797	$ 5,835	$ 9,941	$ 13,748
DRAM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	3,083	4,151	6,552	10,044
NAND
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	1,514	1,387	2,936	3,047
Other (primarily 3D XPoint memory and NOR)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 200	$ 297	$ 453	$ 657

Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130543-203045

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130545-203045

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