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Investments | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 04, 2014
Investments [Abstract] |
Investments [Text Block] | Investments The fair values of available-for-sale investments, which approximated amortized costs, were as follows:
|  | December 4, 2014 |  | August 28, 2014
Money market funds |  | $ | 866 |  |  | $ | 1,281 |
Corporate bonds |  | 799 |  |  | 561 |
Certificates of deposit |  | 581 |  |  | 437 |
Government securities |  | 440 |  |  | 420 |
Asset-backed securities |  | 220 |  |  | 128 |
Commercial paper |  | 93 |  |  | 107 |
Marketable equity securities |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |
|  | $ | 3,000 |  |  | $ | 2,935 |
The table below presents the fair value of available-for-sale debt securities by contractual maturity:
|  | December 4, 2014
Money market funds |  | $ | 866 |
Due in 1 year or less |  | 1,057 |
Due in 1 - 2 years |  | 562 |
Due in 2 - 4 years |  | 467 |
Due after 4 years |  | 47 |
|  | $ | 2,999 |
Proceeds from the sales of available-for-sale securities for the first quarters of 2015 and 2014 were $233 million and $113 million, respectively. Gross realized gains and losses for the first quarters of 2015 and 2014 were not significant. As of December 4, 2014, none of our available-for-sale securities had been in a loss position for longer than 12 months.

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