Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 03, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of income tax provision reconciliation

The reconciliation of income tax computed at the U.S. federal statutory rates to income tax expense is as follows:

	2012			2011			2010
U.S. federal statutory tax rate	35.0		%	35.0		%	35.0		%
Income tax provision reconciliation:
Tax at statutory rate:	$	284,737		$	371,506		$	315,583
Irish income subject to lower tax rate	(117,693		)	(144,845		)	(131,823		)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	610			1,162			2,622
Valuation allowance	(599		)	(6,700		)	—
Research and development tax credits	(964		)	(14,681		)	(1,045		)
Change in uncertain tax positions	(5,184		)	(9,897		)	2,082
Net foreign tax in excess of U.S. federal statutory tax rate	14			338			1,315
Other, net	1,376			3,670			1,706
Total income tax provision	$	162,297		$	200,553		$	190,440

Schedule of income before income tax domestic and foreign

For financial reporting purposes, income before income taxes includes the following components:

	2012		2011		2010
Pretax income:
Domestic	$	233,478	$	355,819	$	289,748
Foreign	580,055		705,628		611,917
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	813,533	$	1,061,447	$	901,665

Schedule of components of the provision for income taxes

The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:

	2012			2011			2010
Current:
Federal tax	$	90,303		$	92,103		$	117,097
Foreign	80,825			104,959			79,055
State	970			1,787			4,154
Total current	$	172,098		$	198,849		$	200,306
Deferred (prepaid):
Federal	$	(9,948	)	$	9,399		$	(6,159	)
State	(551		)	(5,762		)	(173		)
Foreign	698			(1,933		)	(3,534		)
Total (prepaid) deferred	$	(9,801	)	$	1,704		$	(9,866	)

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities

The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities for the fiscal years ended November 3, 2012 and October 29, 2011 are as follows:

	2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
Inventory reserves	$	23,496		$	23,503
Deferred income on shipments to distributors	33,236			34,061
Reserves for compensation and benefits	26,046			21,164
Tax credit carryovers	44,550			41,468
Stock-based compensation	96,140			91,417
Depreciation	4,386			4,781
Other	8,712			(592		)
Total gross deferred tax assets	236,566			215,802
Valuation allowance	(37,350		)	(34,768		)
Total deferred tax assets	199,216			181,034
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation	(40,634		)	(36,624		)
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	(19,928		)	(24,025		)
Other	(5,918		)	(1,829		)
Total gross deferred tax liabilities	(66,480		)	(62,478		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	132,736		$	118,556

Schedule of changes in unrealized tax benefits

The following table summarizes the changes in the total amounts of unrealized tax benefits for fiscal 2010 through fiscal 2012.

Balance, October 31, 2009	$	18,161
Additions for tax positions of 2010	286
Balance, October 30, 2010	$	18,447
Additions for tax positions related to prior years	9,265
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years	(17,677		)
Settlements with taxing authorities	(370		)
Balance, October 29, 2011	$	9,665
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years	(6,168		)
Additions for tax positions related to prior years	2,212
Additions for tax positions related to current year	1,394
Balance, November 3, 2012	$	7,103