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Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 01, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Components of comprehensive income (loss) | The components of comprehensive income (loss) were as follows:
|  | Quarter Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | March 1, 2012 |  | March 3, 2011 |  | March 1, 2012 |  | March 3, 2011
Net income (loss) |  | $ | (282 | ) |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | (469 | ) |  | $ | 247 |
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments |  | (32 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | (30 | ) |  | 7 |
Net gain (loss) on derivatives |  | (4 | ) |  | 22 |  |  | (15 | ) |  | 28 |
Net gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustment |  | 2 |  |  | 41 |  |  | (19 | ) |  | 59 |
Pension liability adjustment |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Total other comprehensive income (loss) |  | (34 | ) |  | 67 |  |  | (64 | ) |  | 95 |
Comprehensive income (loss) |  | (316 | ) |  | 142 |  |  | (533 | ) |  | 342 |
Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  | 1 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (25 | )
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Micron |  | $ | (315 | ) |  | $ | 138 |  |  | $ | (533 | ) |  | $ | 317 |
Components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, at the end of each period were as follows:
As of |  | March 1, 2012 |  | September 1, 2011
Accumulated translation adjustment, net |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 65 |
Gain (loss) on derivatives, net |  | 28 |  |  | 43 |
Gain (loss) on investments, net |  | (5 | ) |  | 25 |
Unrecognized pension liability |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | )
Accumulated other comprehensive income |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 132 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 45 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e526-108580 + Details
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