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Certain Concentrations | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract] |
Certain Concentrations | Certain Concentrations Markets with concentrations of net sales were approximately as follows:
For the year ended |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Compute and graphics |  | 20 | % |  | 20 | % |  | 25 | %
Mobile |  | 20 | % |  | 20 | % |  | 25 | %
SSDs and other storage |  | 20 | % |  | 20 | % |  | 20 | %
Automotive, industrial, medical, and other embedded |  | 15 | % |  | 15 | % |  | 10 | %
Server |  | 15 | % |  | 10 | % |  | 15 | %
Sales to Kingston, as a percentage of total net sales, were 10% and 11% for 2017 and 2015, respectively. Sales to Intel, including Non-Trade sales through IMFT, as a percentage of total net sales, were 14% for 2016 and no other customer exceeded 10% of our total net sales. Substantially all of our sales to Kingston were included in our CNBU and SBU segments and substantially all of our sales to Intel were included in our SBU and CNBU segments. We generally have multiple sources of supply for our raw materials and production equipment; however, only a limited number of suppliers are capable of delivering certain raw materials and production equipment that meet our standards and, in some cases, materials or production equipment are provided by a single supplier. Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, fixed-rate debt securities, trade receivables, and derivative contracts. We invest through high-credit-quality financial institutions and, by policy, generally limit the concentration of credit exposure by restricting investments with any single obligor and monitoring credit risk of bank counterparties on an ongoing basis. A concentration of credit risk may exist with respect to receivables of certain customers. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of customers worldwide and generally do not require collateral from our customers. Historically, we have not experienced material losses on receivables. A concentration of risk may also exist with respect to derivatives as the number of counterparties to our currency hedges is limited and the notional amounts are relatively large. We seek to mitigate such risk by limiting our counterparties to major financial institutions and through entering into master netting arrangements. Capped calls expose us to credit risk to the extent the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreements. We seek to mitigate such risk by limiting our counterparties to major financial institutions and by spreading the risk across several major financial institutions. In addition, the potential risk of loss with any one counterparty resulting from this type of credit risk is monitored on an ongoing basis.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any concentrations existing at the date of the financial statements that make an entity vulnerable to a reasonably possible, near-term, severe impact. This disclosure informs financial statement users about the general nature of the risk associated with the concentration, and may indicate the percentage of concentration risk as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134479 + Details
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