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Fair Value Measurements - Assets measured (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Nov. 28, 2013 | Aug. 29, 2013
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Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | $ 216 | $ 221
Long-term marketable investments | 538 | 499
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 2,225 | 1,261
Short-term investments | 216 | 221
Long-term marketable investments | 538 | 499
Restricted cash | 7 | 302
Total assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis | 2,986 | 2,283
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Money market funds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 1,677 | 1,188
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Certificates of deposit [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 543 | 38
Short-term investments | 8 | 9
Restricted cash | 7 | 302
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Commercial paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 5 | 35
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Corporate bonds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 112 | 112
Long-term marketable investments | 330 | 302
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Commercial Paper, Not Included with Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 58 | 26
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Government securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 37 | 72
Long-term marketable investments | 96 | 96
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Asset-backed securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 1 | 2
Long-term marketable investments | 106 | 95
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Marketable equity securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term marketable investments | 6 | 6
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 1,677 | 1,188
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Long-term marketable investments | 6 | 6
Restricted cash | 0 | 0
Total assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis | 1,683 | 1,194
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Money market funds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 1,677 | 1,188
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Certificates of deposit [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 | 0
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Restricted cash | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Commercial paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Corporate bonds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Long-term marketable investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Commercial Paper, Not Included with Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Government securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Long-term marketable investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Asset-backed securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Long-term marketable investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] | Marketable equity securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term marketable investments | 6 | 6
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 548 | 73
Short-term investments | 216 | 221
Long-term marketable investments | 532 | 493
Restricted cash | 7 | 302
Total assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis | 1,303 | 1,089
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Money market funds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Certificates of deposit [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 543 | 38
Short-term investments | 8 | 9
Restricted cash | 7 | 302
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Commercial paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 5 | 35
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Corporate bonds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 112 | 112
Long-term marketable investments | 330 | 302
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Commercial Paper, Not Included with Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 58 | 26
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Government securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 37 | 72
Long-term marketable investments | 96 | 96
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Asset-backed securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 1 | 2
Long-term marketable investments | 106 | 95
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] | Marketable equity securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term marketable investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 | 0
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Long-term marketable investments | 0 | 0
Restricted cash | 0 | 0
Total assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Money market funds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Certificates of deposit [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 | 0
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Restricted cash | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Commercial paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Corporate bonds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Long-term marketable investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Commercial Paper, Not Included with Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Government securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Long-term marketable investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Asset-backed securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments | 0 | 0
Long-term marketable investments | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] | Marketable equity securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term marketable investments | $ 0 | $ 0

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- Definition Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 25 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28360136&loc=d3e22054-111558 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6871852&loc=d3e26626-111562 + Details
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- Definition Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6871852&loc=d3e26626-111562 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Available-for-Sale Securities -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6505594 + Details
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- Definition Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Cash -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6506951 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Cash Equivalents -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6507016 + Details
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- Definition The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalent items which are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or entity statements of intention with regard to particular deposits; however, time deposits and short-term certificates of deposit are not generally included in legally restricted deposits. Excludes compensating balance arrangements that are not agreements which legally restrict the use of cash amounts shown on the balance sheet. This element is for unclassified presentations; for classified presentations there is a separate and distinct element. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 1 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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