Revenue and Customer Contract Liabilities-Product Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 04, 2021	Feb. 27, 2020	Mar. 04, 2021	Feb. 27, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 6,236	$ 4,797	$ 12,009	$ 9,941
DRAM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	4,444	3,083	8,500	6,552
NAND
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	1,650	1,514	3,224	2,936
Other (primarily 3D XPoint memory and NOR)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 142	$ 200	$ 285	$ 453