Revenue and Customer Contract Liabilities-Product Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 03, 2020	May 28, 2020	Feb. 27, 2020	Nov. 28, 2019	Aug. 29, 2019	May 30, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Nov. 29, 2018	Sep. 03, 2020	Aug. 29, 2019	Aug. 30, 2018
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 6,056	$ 5,438	$ 4,797	$ 5,144	$ 4,870	$ 4,788	$ 5,835	$ 7,913	$ 21,435	$ 23,406	$ 30,391
DRAM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue									14,510	16,841	22,625
NAND
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue									6,131	5,355	6,510
Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue									$ 794	$ 1,210	$ 1,256