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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 04, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Basic and diluted earnings per share |
Quarter Ended |  | December 4, 2014 |  | November 28, 2013
Net income available to Micron shareholders – Basic |  | $ | 1,003 |  |  | $ | 358 |
Dilutive effect related to equity method investment |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Net income available to Micron shareholders – Diluted |  | $ | 1,002 |  |  | $ | 358 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Basic |  | 1,070 |  |  | 1,046 |
Dilutive effect of equity plans and convertible notes |  | 125 |  |  | 150 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Diluted |  | 1,195 |  |  | 1,196 |
Earnings per share: |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.94 |  |  | $ | 0.34 |
Diluted |  | 0.84 |  |  | 0.30 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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