Segment Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 03, 2020 USD ($)	May 28, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2019 USD ($)	May 30, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 03, 2020 USD ($) segment	Aug. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Reportable Segments
Number of reportable segments | segment									4
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Goodwill	$ 1,228				$ 1,228				$ 1,228	$ 1,228
Net sales
Revenue	6,056	$ 5,438	$ 4,797	$ 5,144	4,870	$ 4,788	$ 5,835	$ 7,913	21,435	23,406	$ 30,391
Operating income (loss)
Stock-based compensation									(328)	(243)	(198)
Restructure and asset impairments									(60)	29	(28)
Operating income (loss)	1,157	$ 888	$ 440	$ 518	650	$ 1,010	$ 1,957	$ 3,759	3,003	7,376	14,994
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense by segment									5,650	5,424	4,759
CNBU
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Goodwill	832				832				832	832
Net sales
Revenue									9,184	9,968	15,252
MBU
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Goodwill	198				198				198	198
Net sales
Revenue									5,702	6,403	6,579
SBU
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Goodwill	101				101				101	101
Net sales
Revenue									3,765	3,826	5,022
EBU
Segment Reporting Information, Additional Information [Abstract]
Goodwill	$ 97				$ 97				97	97
Net sales
Revenue									2,759	3,137	3,479
All Other
Net sales
Revenue									25	72	59
Operating Segments
Operating income (loss)
Operating income (loss)									3,419	7,801	15,243
Operating Segments | CNBU
Operating income (loss)
Operating income (loss)									2,010	4,645	9,773
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense by segment									2,318	1,833	1,755
Operating Segments | MBU
Operating income (loss)
Operating income (loss)									1,074	2,606	3,033
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense by segment									1,436	1,235	1,077
Operating Segments | SBU
Operating income (loss)
Operating income (loss)									36	(386)	964
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense by segment									1,115	1,555	1,295
Operating Segments | EBU
Operating income (loss)
Operating income (loss)									301	923	1,473
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense by segment									741	748	603
Operating Segments | All Other
Operating income (loss)
Operating income (loss)									(2)	13	0
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense by segment									12	27	18
Unallocated
Operating income (loss)
Stock-based compensation									(328)	(243)	(198)
Restructure and asset impairments									(60)	32	(28)
Employee severance									0	(116)	0
Start-up and preproduction costs									0	(58)	0
Other									(28)	(40)	(23)
Operating income (loss)									(416)	(425)	(249)
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense by segment									$ 28	$ 26	$ 11