Industry, Segment and Geographic Information - Revenue Trends by Product Type (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%)
Total analog products [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									2,469,261		2,759,724	2,526,660
% of Total Product Revenue									91.00%	[1]	92.00%	91.00%
Y/Y%									(11.00%)
Power management & reference [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									182,134		217,615	194,740
% of Total Product Revenue									7.00%	[1]	7.00%	7.00%
Y/Y%									(16.00%)
Subtotal analog signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									2,287,127		2,542,109	2,331,920
% of Total Product Revenue									85.00%	[1]	85.00%	84.00%
Y/Y%									(10.00%)
Converters [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									1,192,064		1,343,487	1,295,700
% of Total Product Revenue									44.00%	[1]	45.00%	47.00%
Y/Y%									(11.00%)
Amplifiers/Radio frequency [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									697,687		788,299	701,557
% of Total Product Revenue									26.00%	[1]	26.00%	25.00%
Y/Y%									(11.00%)
Other analog [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									397,376		410,323	334,663
% of Total Product Revenue									15.00%	[1]	14.00%	12.00%
Y/Y%									(3.00%)
Digital signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									$ 231,881		$ 233,596	$ 234,843
% of Total Product Revenue									9.00%	[1]	8.00%	9.00%
Y/Y%									(1.00%)

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