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Equity Method Investments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 03, 2015
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Equity Method Investments |
As of |  | December 3, 2015 |  | September 3, 2015
|  | Investment Balance |  | Ownership Percentage |  | Investment Balance |  | Ownership Percentage
Inotera(1) |  | $ | 1,296 |  |  | 33 | % |  | $ | 1,332 |  |  | 33 | %
Tera Probe |  | 41 |  |  | 40 | % |  | 38 |  |  | 40 | %
Other |  | 14 |  |  | Various |  |  | 9 |  |  | Various |
|  | $ | 1,351 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,379 |  |  |  |
(1) | Entity is a variable interest entity.
As of December 3, 2015, substantially all of our maximum exposure to loss from our VIEs that were not consolidated was the $1.30 billion carrying value of our investment in Inotera. We may also incur losses in connection with our rights and obligations to purchase all of Inotera's wafer production capacity under our supply agreements with Inotera. We recognize our share of earnings or losses from our equity method investees generally on a two-month lag. Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees, net of tax, included the following:
Quarter ended |  | December 3, 2015 |  | December 4, 2014
Inotera |  | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 129 |
Tera Probe |  | 3 |  |  | (7 | )
Other |  | 4 |  |  | 2 |
|  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | 124 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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