Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	May 04, 2013		May 05, 2012		May 04, 2013		May 05, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 659,250		$ 675,094		$ 1,281,384		$ 1,323,152
Cost of sales	237,055	[1]	234,639	[1]	468,905	[1]	473,307	[1]
Gross margin	422,195		440,455		812,479		849,845
Operating expenses:
Research and development	128,110	[1]	127,537	[1]	253,274	[1]	251,915	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	102,703	[1]	99,992	[1]	200,263	[1]	199,037	[1]
Special charge	0		0		14,071		2,595
Total operating expenses	230,813		227,529		467,608		453,547
Operating income	191,382		212,926		344,871		396,298
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	6,357		6,890		12,771		13,572
Interest income	(3,044)		(3,967)		(6,277)		(7,315)
Other, net	408		(1,451)		607		(1,499)
Total nonoperating (income) expense	3,721		1,472		7,101		4,758
Income before income taxes	187,661		211,454		337,770		391,540
Provision for income taxes	23,189		48,555		42,076		89,259
Net income	164,472		162,899		295,694		302,281
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic (in shares)	307,444		298,130		305,464		297,959
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted (in shares)	313,368		305,921		311,822		305,726
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.53		$ 0.55		$ 0.97		$ 1.01
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.52		$ 0.53		$ 0.95		$ 0.99
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.34		$ 0.30		$ 0.64		$ 0.55
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	1,517		1,671		3,184		3,478
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	5,044		5,162		10,644		11,047
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 11,395		$ 5,267		$ 17,189		$ 10,907

[1] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: