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Equity Method Investments - 2 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 02, 2017 | Dec. 01, 2016 | Mar. 03, 2016 | Mar. 02, 2017 | Mar. 03, 2016
Inotera | Inventories | DRAM |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchases of DRAM products from Inotera |  | $ 504 | $ 326 |  | $ 705
Tera Probe |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Related party purchases from Tera Probe | $ 16 |  | $ 18 | $ 32 | $ 39

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