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Product Sales | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Segment Reconciliation [Abstract] |
Product Sales | Product Sales
For the year ended |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
DRAM |  | $ | 12,963 |  |  | $ | 7,207 |  |  | $ | 10,339 |
Trade NAND |  | 6,228 |  |  | 4,138 |  |  | 4,811 |
Non-Trade |  | 553 |  |  | 501 |  |  | 463 |
Other |  | 578 |  |  | 553 |  |  | 579 |
|  | $ | 20,322 |  |  | $ | 12,399 |  |  | $ | 16,192 |
Non-Trade primarily consists of NAND and 3D XPoint products manufactured and sold to Intel through IMFT under a long-term supply agreement at prices approximating cost. Information regarding products that combine both NAND and DRAM components is reported within Trade NAND. Other includes sales of NOR and trade 3D XPoint products.

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