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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 03, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Basic and diluted earnings per share |
For the year ended |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Net income available to Micron shareholders – Basic |  | $ | 2,899 |  |  | $ | 3,045 |  |  | $ | 1,190 |
Dilutive effect related to equity method investment |  | (3 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | — |
Net income available to Micron shareholders – Diluted |  | $ | 2,896 |  |  | $ | 3,043 |  |  | $ | 1,190 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Basic |  | 1,070 |  |  | 1,060 |  |  | 1,022 |
Dilutive effect of equity plans and convertible notes |  | 100 |  |  | 138 |  |  | 35 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Diluted |  | 1,170 |  |  | 1,198 |  |  | 1,057 |
Earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 2.71 |  |  | $ | 2.87 |  |  | $ | 1.16 |
Diluted |  | 2.47 |  |  | 2.54 |  |  | 1.13 |
Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block] | Listed below are the potential common shares, as of the end of the periods shown, that could dilute basic earnings per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because to do so would have been antidilutive:
For the year ended |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Equity plans |  | 18 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 40 |
Convertible notes |  | 18 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 186 |

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