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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 01, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Basic and diluted earnings per share |
|  | Quarter Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | March 1, 2012 |  | March 3, 2011 |  | March 1, 2012 |  | March 3, 2011
Net income (loss) available to Micron shareholders – Basic |  | $ | (282 | ) |  | $ | 72 |  |  | $ | (469 | ) |  | $ | 227 |
Net effect of assumed conversion of debt |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |
Net income (loss) available to Micron shareholders – Diluted |  | $ | (282 | ) |  | $ | 74 |  |  | $ | (469 | ) |  | $ | 231 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Basic |  | 982.8 |  |  | 988.1 |  |  | 982.1 |  |  | 980.5 |
Net effect of dilutive equity awards, escrow shares and assumed conversion of debt |  | — |  |  | 49.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 54.0 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Diluted |  | 982.8 |  |  | 1,037.3 |  |  | 982.1 |  |  | 1,034.5 |
Earnings (loss) per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | (0.29 | ) |  | $ | 0.07 |  |  | $ | (0.48 | ) |  | $ | 0.23 |
Diluted |  | (0.29 | ) |  | 0.07 |  |  | (0.48 | ) |  | 0.22 |

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