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Other Operating (Income) Expense, Net (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 01, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other operating (income) expense, net | Other operating (income) expense consisted of the following:
|  | Quarter Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | March 1, 2012 |  | March 3, 2011 |  | March 1, 2012 |  | March 3, 2011
(Gain) loss on disposition of property, plant and equipment |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | (16 | ) |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | (16 | )
(Gain) loss from changes in currency exchange rates |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |  |  | 7 |
Samsung patent cross-license agreement |  | — |  |  | (40 | ) |  | — |  |  | (240 | )
Other |  | 12 |  |  | (20 | ) |  | 6 |  |  | (18 | )
|  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | (76 | ) |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | (267 | )

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- Definition Tabular Disclosure of the components of other income or expense. Sources of operating income that should be disclosed in this note, or in the income statement, include amounts earned from dispositions of property, plant and equipment, changes in currency exchange rates, and miscellaneous income or expense. + References No definition available. + Details
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