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Shareholders' Equity (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 01, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of stockholders' equity | Changes in the components of equity were as follows:
|  | Six Months Ended March 1, 2012 |  | Six Months Ended March 3, 2011
|  | Attributable to Micron |  | Noncontrolling Interests |  | Total Equity |  | Attributable to Micron |  | Noncontrolling Interests |  | Total Equity
Beginning balance |  | $ | 8,470 |  |  | $ | 1,382 |  |  | $ | 9,852 |  |  | $ | 8,020 |  |  | $ | 1,796 |  |  | $ | 9,816 |
Net income (loss) |  | (469 | ) |  | — |  |  | (469 | ) |  | 227 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 247 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  | (64 | ) |  | — |  |  | (64 | ) |  | 90 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 95 |
Comprehensive income (loss) |  | (533 | ) |  | — |  |  | (533 | ) |  | 317 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 342 |
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests in TECH |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 67 |  |  | (226 | ) |  | (159 | )
Net contribution from (distributions to) noncontrolling interests |  | — |  |  | (9 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | — |  |  | (95 | ) |  | (95 | )
Issuance and repurchase of convertible debts |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |
Capital and other transactions attributable to Micron |  | 49 |  |  | — |  |  | 49 |  |  | 45 |  |  | — |  |  | 45 |
Ending balance |  | $ | 7,986 |  |  | $ | 1,373 |  |  | $ | 9,359 |  |  | $ | 8,462 |  |  | $ | 1,500 |  |  | $ | 9,962 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of changes in the separate accounts comprising stockholders' equity (in addition to retained earnings) and of the changes in the number of shares of equity securities during at least the most recent annual fiscal period and any subsequent interim period presented is required to make the financial statements sufficiently informative if both financial position and results of operations are presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644 + Details
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