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Debt (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 28, 2013
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Schedule of Debt |
As of |  | November 28, 2013 |  | August 29, 2013
Capital lease obligations |  | $ | 1,107 |  |  | $ | 1,252 |
Elpida creditor installment payments |  | 1,095 |  |  | 1,644 |
2014 convertible senior notes, due June 2014(1) |  | 471 |  |  | 465 |
2027 convertible senior notes, due June 2027 |  | 160 |  |  | 147 |
2031A convertible senior notes, due August 2031 |  | 284 |  |  | 277 |
2031B convertible senior notes, due August 2031 |  | 104 |  |  | 253 |
2032C convertible senior notes, due May 2032(1) |  | 467 |  |  | 463 |
2032D convertible senior notes, due May 2032(1) |  | 371 |  |  | 369 |
2033E convertible senior notes, due February 2033 |  | 273 |  |  | 272 |
2033F convertible senior notes, due February 2033 |  | 261 |  |  | 260 |
2043G convertible senior notes, due November 2043(1) |  | 628 |  |  | — |
Other notes payable |  | 582 |  |  | 635 |
|  | 5,803 |  |  | 6,037 |
Less current portion |  | 1,543 |  |  | 1,585 |
|  | $ | 4,260 |  |  | $ | 4,452 |
(1) For these notes, we have the option to pay cash for the aggregate amount due upon conversion. It is our current intent to settle the principal amount of these notes in cash upon conversion. As a result, the notes are considered in diluted earnings per share under the treasury stock method.
Schedule Of Convertible Debt Instruments With Debt And Equity Components [Text Block] | The difference between the debt recorded at inception and its principal amount is to be accreted to principal through interest expense through the estimated life of the note.
|  |  |  | Date Holders Can Put Back to Us(2) |  | Interest Rate |  | Discount as of
|  | Term (Years)(1) |  |  | Stated |  | Effective |  | November 28, 2013 |  | August 29, 2013
2014 Notes |  | Less than 1 |  | — |  |  | 1.875 | % |  | 7.9 | % |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 20 |
2027 Notes(3) |  | Less than 1 |  | N/A |  |  | 1.875 | % |  | 6.9 | % |  | 14 |  |  | 28 |
2031A Notes(3) |  | Less than 1 |  | N/A |  |  | 1.500 | % |  | 6.5 | % |  | 36 |  |  | 68 |
2031B Notes |  | 7 |  | August 2020 |  |  | 1.875 | % |  | 7.0 | % |  | 36 |  |  | 92 |
2032C Notes |  | 5 |  | May 2019 |  |  | 2.375 | % |  | 6.0 | % |  | 83 |  |  | 87 |
2032D Notes |  | 7 |  | May 2021 |  |  | 3.125 | % |  | 6.3 | % |  | 79 |  |  | 81 |
2033E Notes |  | 4 |  | February 2018 |  |  | 1.625 | % |  | 4.5 | % |  | 27 |  |  | 28 |
2033F Notes |  | 6 |  | February 2020 |  |  | 2.125 | % |  | 4.9 | % |  | 39 |  |  | 40 |
2043G Notes |  | 15 |  | November 2028 |  |  | 3.000 | % |  | 6.8 | % |  | 397 |  |  | — |
(1) Expected term for amortization of the remaining debt discount as of November 28, 2013. For the 2043G Notes, $289 million of debt discount is expected to be amortized over the 15-year expected term. See "2043G Notes" above. (2) Holders of these notes have the right to require us to repurchase all or a portion of their notes on the dates specified. (3) In connection with the November 2013 debt restructure transactions, all holders exercised their option to convert their notes in the second quarter of 2014. Conversion prices per share and the conversion value in excess of principal for our convertible notes were as follows:
|  | Initial Conversion |  | Conversion Price Per Share Threshold(2) |  | Conversion Value in Excess of Principal
|  | Outstanding Principal |  | Price Per Share |  | Number of Shares(1) |  |  | November 28, 2013(3) |  | August 29, 2013(4)
2014 Notes |  | $ | 485 |  |  | 14.23 |  | 34 |  |  | 18.50 |  | $ | 237 |  |  | $ | — |
2027 Notes |  | 95 |  |  | 10.90 |  | 9 |  |  | 14.17 |  | 89 |  |  | 43 |
2031A Notes |  | 190 |  |  | 9.50 |  | 20 |  |  | 12.35 |  | 233 |  |  | 148 |
2031B Notes |  | 140 |  |  | 9.50 |  | 15 |  |  | 12.35 |  | 172 |  |  | 148 |
2032C Notes |  | 550 |  |  | 9.63 |  | 57 |  |  | 12.52 |  | 659 |  |  | 225 |
2032D Notes |  | 450 |  |  | 9.98 |  | 45 |  |  | 12.97 |  | 504 |  |  | 162 |
2033E Notes |  | 300 |  |  | 10.93 |  | 27 |  |  | 14.21 |  | 281 |  |  | 72 |
2033F Notes |  | 300 |  |  | 10.93 |  | 27 |  |  | 14.21 |  | 281 |  |  | 72 |
2043G Notes |  | 1,025 |  |  | 29.16 |  | 35 |  |  | 37.91 |  | — |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 3,535 |  |  |  |  | 269 |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,456 |  |  | $ | 870 |
(1)Shares issuable, upon conversion, for the principal amount of the notes. (2)Holders may convert their notes during any calendar quarter if the closing price of our common stock for at least 20 trading days in a 30 trading day period ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is 130% of the initial conversion price per share. (3)Based on our closing share price of $21.17 and outstanding principal balances as of November 28, 2013. (4)Based on our closing share price of $13.57 and outstanding principal balances as of August 29, 2013. The principal balances were not reduced by the amount of the Exchange Transactions that occurred in the first quarter of 2014 as described below.
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | As of November 28, 2013, maturities of notes payable, excluding the 2019 Notes which were issued subsequent to November 28, 2013, were as follows:
As of November 28, 2013 |  | Notes Payable
Remainder of 2014 |  | $ | 1,110 |
2015 |  | 359 |
2016 |  | 348 |
2017 |  | 317 |
2018 |  | 516 |
2019 and thereafter(1) |  | 2,960 |
Discounts(1) |  | (914 | )
|  | $ | 4,696 |
(1) Includes $917 million of scheduled accreted principal amount and $289 million of discount for the 2043G Notes. See "2043G Notes" above.

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