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Quarterly Financial Information Quarterly Financial Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 03, 2015
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Text Block] |
2015 |  | Fourth Quarter |  | Third Quarter |  | Second Quarter |  | First Quarter
Net sales |  | $ | 3,600 |  |  | $ | 3,853 |  |  | $ | 4,166 |  |  | $ | 4,573 |
Gross margin |  | 970 |  |  | 1,202 |  |  | 1,405 |  |  | 1,638 |
Operating income |  | 427 |  |  | 631 |  |  | 855 |  |  | 1,085 |
Net income |  | 471 |  |  | 491 |  |  | 935 |  |  | 1,002 |
Net income attributable to Micron |  | 471 |  |  | 491 |  |  | 934 |  |  | 1,003 |
Earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.44 |  |  | $ | 0.46 |  |  | $ | 0.87 |  |  | $ | 0.94 |
Diluted |  | 0.42 |  |  | 0.42 |  |  | 0.78 |  |  | 0.84 |
2014 |  | Fourth Quarter |  | Third Quarter |  | Second Quarter |  | First Quarter
Net sales |  | $ | 4,227 |  |  | $ | 3,982 |  |  | $ | 4,107 |  |  | $ | 4,042 |
Gross margin |  | 1,385 |  |  | 1,368 |  |  | 1,403 |  |  | 1,281 |
Operating income |  | 828 |  |  | 839 |  |  | 869 |  |  | 551 |
Net income |  | 1,151 |  |  | 806 |  |  | 741 |  |  | 381 |
Net income attributable to Micron |  | 1,150 |  |  | 806 |  |  | 731 |  |  | 358 |
Earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 1.08 |  |  | $ | 0.76 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 0.34 |
Diluted |  | 0.96 |  |  | 0.68 |  |  | 0.61 |  |  | 0.30 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51825399&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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