Industry, Segment and Geographic Information - Revenue Trends by End Market (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2012	Aug. 04, 2012	May 05, 2012	Feb. 04, 2012	Oct. 29, 2011	Jul. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2011	Feb. 04, 2011	Nov. 03, 2012		Oct. 29, 2011	Oct. 30, 2010
Revenue Trends
Revenue	$ 694,964	$ 683,026	$ 675,094	$ 648,058	$ 716,134	$ 757,902	$ 790,780	$ 728,504	$ 2,701,142		$ 2,993,320	$ 2,761,503
% of Total Product Revenue									100.00%	[1]	100.00%	100.00%
Y/Y%									(10.00%)
Industrial [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									1,240,344		1,411,386	1,280,027
% of Total Product Revenue									46.00%		47.00%	46.00%
Y/Y%									(12.00%)
Automotive [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									463,577		417,929	335,163
% of Total Product Revenue									17.00%		14.00%	12.00%
Y/Y%									11.00%
Consumer [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									467,626		559,142	605,541
% of Total Product Revenue									17.00%		19.00%	22.00%
Y/Y%									(16.00%)
Communications [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									$ 529,595		$ 604,863	$ 540,772
% of Total Product Revenue									20.00%		20.00%	20.00%
Y/Y%									(12.00%)

[1] The sum of the individual percentages do not equal the total due to rounding.