Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2012		Jul. 30, 2011		Aug. 04, 2012		Jul. 30, 2011
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 683,026		$ 757,902		$ 2,006,178		$ 2,277,186
Cost of sales	235,152	[1]	248,262	[1]	708,459	[1]	751,159	[1]
Gross margin	447,874		509,640		1,297,719		1,526,027
Operating expenses:
Research and development	129,694	[1]	128,476	[1]	381,609	[1]	381,681	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	99,873	[1]	102,323	[1]	298,910	[1]	307,613	[1]
Special charge	5,836		0		8,431		0
Total operating expenses	235,403		230,799		688,950		689,294
Operating income from continuing operations	212,471		278,841		608,769		836,733
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	6,459		6,159		20,031		13,067
Interest income	(3,506)		(2,395)		(10,821)		(6,877)
Other, net	49		206		(1,450)		96
Total nonoperating (income) expense	3,002		3,970		7,760		6,286
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	209,469		274,871		601,009		830,447
Provision for income taxes	39,701		54,936		128,960		153,080
Income from continuing operations, net of tax					472,049		677,367
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax					0		6,500
Net income	169,768		219,935		472,049		683,867
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic (in shares)	298,445		299,616		298,121		299,586
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted (in shares)	305,359		308,744		305,604		309,070
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations (in dollars per share)					$ 1.58		$ 2.26
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.57		$ 0.73		$ 1.58		$ 2.28
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (in dollars per share)					$ 1.54		$ 2.19
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.56		$ 0.71		$ 1.54		$ 2.21
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.30		$ 0.25		$ 0.85		$ 0.69
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	1,871		1,811		5,349		5,459
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	5,999		5,877		17,046		17,256
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 5,921		$ 5,622		$ 16,828		$ 16,091

[1] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: