Segment Information (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2013		Feb. 04, 2012
Revenue Trends
Revenue	$ 622,134		$ 648,058
% of Revenue	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]
Y/Y%	(4.00%)
Digital signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	51,491		57,366
% of Revenue	8.00%	[1]	9.00%
Y/Y%	(10.00%)
Total analog products [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	570,643		590,692
% of Revenue	92.00%	[1]	91.00%
Y/Y%	(3.00%)
Power management & reference [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	39,460		44,865
% of Revenue	6.00%	[1]	7.00%
Y/Y%	(12.00%)
Subtotal analog signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	531,183		545,827
% of Revenue	85.00%	[1]	84.00%
Y/Y%	(3.00%)
Converters [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	277,637		285,135
% of Revenue	45.00%	[1]	44.00%
Y/Y%	(3.00%)
Amplifiers / Radio frequency [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	157,853		164,454
% of Revenue	25.00%	[1]	25.00%
Y/Y%	(4.00%)
Other analog [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	$ 95,693		$ 96,238
% of Revenue	15.00%	[1]	15.00%
Y/Y%	(1.00%)

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