Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2013	Feb. 04, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 622,134	$ 648,058
Cost of sales	231,850	238,668
Gross margin	390,284	409,390
Operating expenses:
Research and development	125,164	124,378
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	97,560	99,045
Special charge	14,071	2,595
Total operating expenses	236,795	226,018
Operating income	153,489	183,372
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	6,414	6,682
Interest income	(3,233)	(3,348)
Other, net	199	(48)
Total nonoperating (income) expense	3,380	3,286
Income before income taxes	150,109	180,086
Provision for income taxes	18,887	40,704
Net income	131,222	139,382
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic (in shares)	303,484	297,788
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted (in shares)	310,275	305,531
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.43	$ 0.47
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.42	$ 0.46
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.30	$ 0.25
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	1,667	1,807
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	5,600	5,885
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 5,794	$ 5,640