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Restucture and Asset Impairments | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 03, 2015
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Restructuring and Asset Impairments | Restructure and Asset Impairments
For the year ended |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Loss on impairment of LED assets |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 33 |
Loss on impairment of MIT assets |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 62 |
Gain on termination of lease to Transform |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (25 | )
Loss on restructure of ST Consortium agreement |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 26 |
Other |  | 2 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 30 |
|  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 126 |
In order to optimize operations, improve efficiency, and increase our focus on our core memory operations, we have entered into various restructure activities. For 2014, our MBU and EBU operating segments recorded restructure and asset impairment charges of $21 million and $20 million, respectively. For 2013, restructure and asset impairment charges of $20 million, $14 million, $12 million, and $12 million were recognized by our SBU, EBU, MBU, and CNBU operating segments, respectively. The remaining restructure and asset impairment charges were recognized by our other segments that do not meet the thresholds of a reportable segment. As of September 3, 2015, we do not anticipate incurring any significant additional costs for these restructure activities. For 2014 and 2013, other restructure included charges associated with workforce optimization activities and with our efforts to wind down our 200 mm operations primarily in Agrate, Italy and Kiryat Gat, Israel. For 2013, we also recognized charges of $33 million primarily to impair certain production assets used in the development of LED technology, $62 million to impair the assets of MIT, a wholly-owned subsidiary, to their estimated fair values in connection with the sale of MIT to LFoundry, and $26 million in connection with the restructure of a consortium agreement with ST, whereby certain assets and approximately 500 employees from our Agrate, Italy fabrication facility were transferred to ST. For 2013, we also recognized a gain of $25 million related to the termination of a lease with Transform Solar Pty Ltd. ("Transform"), an equity method investee, to a portion of our manufacturing facilities in Boise, Idaho.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 5 -Section P -Subsection 3, 4 + Details
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