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Earnings Per Share | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 05, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Earnings Per Share
|  | Quarter Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | March 5, 2015 |  | February 27, 2014 |  | March 5, 2015 |  | February 27, 2014
Net income available to Micron shareholders – Basic |  | $ | 934 |  |  | $ | 731 |  |  | $ | 1,937 |  |  | $ | 1,089 |
Dilutive effect related to equity method investment |  | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (3 | ) |  | — |
Net income available to Micron shareholders – Diluted |  | $ | 932 |  |  | $ | 731 |  |  | $ | 1,934 |  |  | $ | 1,089 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Basic |  | 1,074 |  |  | 1,060 |  |  | 1,072 |  |  | 1,053 |
Dilutive effect of equity plans and convertible notes |  | 116 |  |  | 141 |  |  | 121 |  |  | 146 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – Diluted |  | 1,190 |  |  | 1,201 |  |  | 1,193 |  |  | 1,199 |
Earnings per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.87 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 1.81 |  |  | $ | 1.03 |
Diluted |  | 0.78 |  |  | 0.61 |  |  | 1.62 |  |  | 0.91 |
Antidilutive potential common shares that could dilute basic earnings per share in the future were 18 million and 14 million for the second quarter and first six months of 2015, respectively, and 45 million and 41 million for the second quarter and first six months of 2014, respectively.

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