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Earnings Per Share (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
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