Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 28, 2012

Share-based Compensation, Allocation and Classification in Financial Statements [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation Expense Included In Line Items Of Consolidated Statements Of Operations

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 28, 2012		July 30, 2011		July 28, 2012		July 30, 2011
Cost of revenues	$	3,074	$	4,235	$	12,045	$	11,262
Research and development	3,110		5,581		13,741		14,975
Sales and marketing	4,483		8,670		24,946		27,081
General and administrative	2,402		2,483		8,014		10,087
Total stock-based compensation	$	13,069	$	20,969	$	58,746	$	63,405

Stock-Based Compensation Expense By Grant Type

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 28, 2012		July 30, 2011		July 28, 2012		July 30, 2011
Stock options, including variable options	$	169	$	563	$	899	$	3,211
Restricted stock awards and restricted stock units (“RSUs”)	7,720		15,253		44,441		40,636
Employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”)	5,180		5,153		13,406		19,558
Total stock-based compensation	$	13,069	$	20,969	$	58,746	$	63,405

Stock-Based Compensation, Unrecognized Compensation Expense And Weighted-Average Period

	Unrecognized Compensation Expense		Weighted- Average Period (in years)
Stock options	$	956	0.65
RSUs	$	90,291	2.26
ESPP	$	22,630	1.26

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Activity

	Nine Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	July 28, 2012			July 30, 2011
	Granted (in  thousands)	Weighted-Average Grant Date  Fair Value		Granted (in  thousands)	Weighted-Average Grant Date  Fair Value
Stock options	160	$	2.39	243	$	2.23
RSUs	8,582	$	4.84	9,185	$	6.12

The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised for the nine months ended July 28, 2012 and July 30, 2011 was $23.1 million and $44.3 million, respectively.