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Debt - MMJ Creditor Payments (Details) ¥ in Millions, $ in Millions | Aug. 29, 2019 USD ($) payment | Aug. 29, 2019 JPY (¥) payment | Aug. 30, 2018 USD ($)
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MMJ Creditor Payments |  |  |  |  |
Debt | $ | $ 5,851 | [1] |  | $ 4,636 | [1]
Reorganization obligation |  |  |  |  |
MMJ Creditor Payments |  |  |  |  |
Debt | $ | $ 198 |  |  | $ 492 |
Reorganization obligation | Micron Memory Japan, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Subsequent Periods [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Total MMJ Creditor Payments | ¥ |  |  | ¥ 200,000 |  |
Number of periodic MMJ creditor installment payments | 7 |  | 7 |  |
MMJ Creditor Payments |  |  |  |  |
Less unamortized discount | $ (8) |  | ¥ (709) |  |
Debt | 198 |  | 21,048 |  |
Reorganization obligation | Micron Memory Japan, Inc. | Scenario, Plan |  |  |  |  |
MMJ Creditor Payments |  |  |  |  |
2020 | $ 206 |  | ¥ 21,757 |  |
Reorganization obligation | Micron Memory Japan, Inc. | Secured Creditors |  |  |  |  |
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Subsequent Periods [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of periodic MMJ creditor installment payments | 6 |  | 6 |  |
Recovery Rate of Reorganization Plan Creditors | 100.00% |  | 100.00% |  |
Reorganization obligation | Micron Memory Japan, Inc. | Unsecured Creditors |  |  |  |  |
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Subsequent Periods [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of periodic MMJ creditor installment payments | 7 |  | 7 |  |
Reorganization obligation | Micron Memory Japan, Inc. | Unsecured Creditors | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Subsequent Periods [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Recovery Rate of Reorganization Plan Creditors | 17.40% |  | 17.40% |  |
[1] | Net carrying amount is the principal amount less unamortized debt discount and issuance costs. In addition, the net carrying amount as of August 29, 2019 and August 30, 2018 included $135 million and $132 million, respectively, of derivative debt liabilities recognized as a result of our election to settle entirely in cash converted notes with an aggregate principal amount of $44 million and $35 million, respectively.

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