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Certain Concentrations (Details) - Net Sales | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017 | Sep. 01, 2016 | Sep. 03, 2015
Product Concentration Risk | Compute and graphics |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundredths) | 20.00% | 20.00% | 25.00%
Product Concentration Risk | Mobile |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundredths) | 20.00% | 20.00% | 25.00%
Product Concentration Risk | SSDs and other storage |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundredths) | 20.00% | 20.00% | 20.00%
Product Concentration Risk | Automotive, industrial, medical, and other embedded |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundredths) | 15.00% | 15.00% | 10.00%
Product Concentration Risk | Server |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundredths) | 15.00% | 10.00% | 15.00%
Customer Concentration Risk | Kingston |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundredths) | 10.00% |  | 11.00%
Customer Concentration Risk | Intel |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage of net sales (in hundredths) |  | 14.00% |

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