Borrowings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2025

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of debt

	Effective Interest Rate			November 2, 2025		November 3, 2024
	(Dollars in millions)
September 2025 Senior Notes
4.200% notes due October 2030	4.34	%		$	1,000	$	—
4.800% notes due February 2036	4.90	%		2,250		—
4.900% notes due February 2038	4.99	%		1,750		—
				5,000		—
July 2025 Senior Notes
4.600% notes due July 2030	4.49	%	(a)	1,750		—
4.900% notes due July 2032	5.04	%		1,750		—
5.200% notes due July 2035	4.77	%	(a)	2,500		—
				6,000		—
January 2025 Senior Notes
4.800% notes due April 2028	5.03	%		1,100		—
5.050% notes due April 2030	5.20	%		800		—
5.200% notes due April 2032	5.34	%		1,100		—
				3,000		—
October 2024 Senior Notes
4.150% notes due February 2028	4.36	%		875		875
4.350% notes due February 2030	4.51	%		1,500		1,500
4.550% notes due February 2032	4.70	%		875		875
4.800% notes due October 2034	4.38	%	(a)	1,750		1,750
				5,000		5,000
July 2024 Senior Notes
5.050% notes due July 2027	5.27	%		1,250		1,250
5.050% notes due July 2029	5.23	%		2,250		2,250
5.150% notes due November 2031	5.30	%		1,500		1,500
				5,000		5,000
April 2022 Senior Notes
4.000% notes due April 2029	4.17	%		750		750
4.150% notes due April 2032	4.30	%		1,200		1,200
4.926% notes due May 2037	5.33	%		2,500		2,500
				4,450		4,450
September 2021 Senior Notes
3.137% notes due November 2035	4.23	%		3,250		3,250
3.187% notes due November 2036	4.79	%		2,750		2,750
				6,000		6,000
March 2021 Senior Notes
3.419% notes due April 2033	4.66	%		2,250		2,250
3.469% notes due April 2034	4.63	%		3,250		3,250
				5,500		5,500

	Effective Interest Rate		November 2, 2025	November 3, 2024
	(Dollars in millions)
January 2021 Senior Notes
1.950% notes due February 2028	2.10	%	750	750
2.450% notes due February 2031	2.56	%	2,750	2,750
2.600% notes due February 2033	2.70	%	1,750	1,750
3.500% notes due February 2041	3.60	%	3,000	3,000
3.750% notes due February 2051	3.84	%	1,750	1,750
			10,000	10,000
June 2020 Senior Notes
3.459% notes due September 2026	4.19	%	752	752
4.110% notes due September 2028	5.02	%	1,118	1,118
			1,870	1,870
May 2020 Senior Notes
3.150% notes due November 2025	3.29	%	900	900
4.150% notes due November 2030	4.27	%	1,856	1,856
4.300% notes due November 2032	4.39	%	2,000	2,000
			4,756	4,756
April 2020 Senior Notes
5.000% notes due April 2030	5.18	%	606	606
April 2019 Senior Notes
4.750% notes due April 2029	4.95	%	1,655	1,655
2017 Senior Notes
3.125% notes due January 2025	3.23	%	—	495
3.875% notes due January 2027	4.02	%	—	2,922
3.500% notes due January 2028	3.60	%	777	777
			777	4,194
Assumed VMware Senior Notes
4.500% notes due May 2025	5.81	%	—	750
1.400% notes due August 2026	5.60	%	1,500	1,500
4.650% notes due May 2027	5.60	%	—	500
3.900% notes due August 2027	5.50	%	1,250	1,250
1.800% notes due August 2028	5.44	%	750	750
4.700% notes due May 2030	5.75	%	750	750
2.200% notes due August 2031	5.74	%	1,500	1,500
			5,750	7,000
Assumed CA Senior Notes
4.700% notes due March 2027	5.15	%	—	215
Other senior notes
4.500% notes due August 2034	4.55	%	6	6
Total senior notes outstanding			65,370	56,252

	Effective Interest Rate		November 2, 2025		November 3, 2024
	(Dollars in millions)
4.540% term loan due May 2028	4.59	%	1,000		—
4.489% term loan due May 2028	4.55	%	750		—
2023 Term Loans - floating rate
SOFR plus 1.125% term loan due November 2026	6.23	%	—		5,595
SOFR plus 1.125% term loan due November 2028	5.63	%	—		8,000
			—		13,595
Total term loans outstanding			1,750		13,595
Total debt principal outstanding			$	67,120	$	69,847
Current portion of principal amount outstanding			$	3,152	$	1,245
Short-term finance lease liabilities			—		26
Total short-term debt			$	3,152	$	1,271
Non-current portion of principal amount outstanding			$	63,968	$	68,602
Long-term finance lease liabilities			—		13
Unamortized discount and issuance costs			(1,984)		(2,320)
Total long-term debt			$	61,984	$	66,295

    

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(a) In addition to contractual interest, discount and issuance costs, the effective interest rate also includes reclassification of the cumulative gain from derivatives. See Note 2. "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" for additional information for derivative instruments.

Schedule of future principal payments on debt

The future scheduled principal payments of debt as of November 2, 2025 were as follows:

Fiscal Year:	Future Scheduled Principal Payments
	(In millions)
2026	$	3,152
2027	2,500
2028	7,120
2029	4,655
2030	6,406
Thereafter	43,287
Total	$	67,120