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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 01, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure | Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
As of |  | March 1, 2012 |  | September 1, 2011
Accounts payable |  | $ | 806 |  |  | $ | 1,187 |
Salaries, wages and benefits |  | 276 |  |  | 304 |
Related party payables |  | 118 |  |  | 141 |
Income and other taxes |  | 37 |  |  | 30 |
Other |  | 220 |  |  | 168 |
|  | $ | 1,457 |  |  | $ | 1,830 |
As of March 1, 2012 and September 1, 2011, related party payables included $118 million and $139 million, respectively, due to Inotera primarily for the purchase of DRAM products under the Inotera Supply Agreement. As of March 1, 2012 and September 1, 2011, other accounts payable and accrued expenses included $7 million and $17 million, respectively, due to Intel for NAND Flash product design and process development and licensing fees pursuant to cost-sharing agreements. (See "Consolidated Variable Interest Entities" note.)

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