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Mar. 01, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Receivables | Receivables
As of |  | March 1, 2012 |  | September 1, 2011
Trade receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2 and $3, respectively) |  | $ | 913 |  |  | $ | 1,105 |
Income and other taxes |  | 98 |  |  | 137 |
Related party receivables |  | 83 |  |  | 72 |
Other |  | 147 |  |  | 183 |
|  | $ | 1,241 |  |  | $ | 1,497 |
As of March 1, 2012 and September 1, 2011, related party receivables included $74 million and $67 million, respectively, due from Aptina Imaging Corporation ("Aptina") primarily for sales of image sensor products under a wafer supply agreement. (See "Equity Method Investments" note.) As of March 1, 2012 and September 1, 2011, other receivables included $26 million and $34 million, respectively, due from Intel for amounts related to NAND Flash product design and process development activities under cost-sharing agreements. As of March 1, 2012 and September 1, 2011, other receivables also included $25 million and $25 million, respectively, due from Nanya for amounts related to DRAM product design and process development activities under a cost-sharing agreement. (See "Consolidated Variable Interest Entities" note and "Equity Method Investments" note.)

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