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Receivables | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 28, 2013
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Receivables | Receivables
As of |  | November 28, 2013 |  | August 29, 2013
Tra de receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $5 and $5, respectively) |  | $ | 2,533 |  |  | $ | 2,069 |
Income and other taxes |  | 65 |  |  | 74 |
Other |  | 235 |  |  | 186 |
|  | $ | 2,833 |  |  | $ | 2,329 |
As of November 28, 2013 and August 29, 2013, other receivables included $68 million and $34 million, respectively, due from Intel for amounts related to NAND Flash and certain emerging memory technologies product design and process development activities under cost-sharing agreements. (See "Consolidated Variable Interest Entities" note.)

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