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Contingencies (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 29 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Nov. 28, 2013 | Nov. 29, 2012 | Nov. 28, 2013 Rambus Settlement [Member] | Nov. 28, 2013 Rambus Settlement [Member] Legal Settlement [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 Rambus Settlement [Member] Legal Settlement [Member] Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] HSM Portfolio LLC and Technology Properties LLC [Member] integer | Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] HSM Portfolio LLC and Technology Properties LLC [Member] Elpida Company [Member] integer | Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] Board Of Trustees For The University Of Illinois [Member] integer | Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] Semcon Tech, LLC [Member] integer | Nov. 28, 2013 Patent Matters [Member] Tessera, Inc. [Member] Elpida Company [Member] integer | Nov. 28, 2013 Antitrust Matters [Member] Rambus DRAM Complaint [Member] | Jun. 23, 2010 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer | Jul. 31, 2006 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer | Nov. 28, 2013 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] integer | Nov. 29, 2012 Antitrust Matters [Member] DRAM Purported Class Action Price-fixing Lawsuit [Member] | Nov. 28, 2013 Securities Matter [Member] Former Shareholders of Elpida Memory, Inc [Member] Elpida Company [Member] integer | Nov. 28, 2013 Commercial Matters [Member] Qimonda AG Inotera Share Purchase Proceedings [Member] Inotera [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Approximation of damages claimed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,900 |  |  |  |  |  |
Settlement agreement execution date |  |  |  | December 31, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | June 23, 2010 |  |  |
Settlement Agreement, Maximum Quarterly Installment Payment |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Settlement agreement number of years for installment payments (in years) |  |  |  |  | 7 years |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 years |  |  |  |  |
Settlement agreement amount |  |  |  |  | 280 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 67 |  |  |  |  |
Rambus settlement | 233 | 0 | 233 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of lawsuits filed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 68 |  |  |
Allegedly number of patents infringed |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Approximate number of U.S. states and territories filing suit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40 |  |  |  |
Settlement agreement number of installment payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Amount paid into an escrow account in connection with settlement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 67 |  |
Number of other defendants |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingency Number Of Petitions Submitted For Inter-Partes Review |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingency, Number of Plaintiffs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |
Equity method investment carrying value of shares acquired from Qimonda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 241
Equity method investment quoted market value of shares acquired from Qimonda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 814

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