Segment Information (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	May 04, 2013		May 05, 2012		May 04, 2013		May 05, 2012
Revenue Trends
Revenue	$ 659,250		$ 675,094		$ 1,281,384		$ 1,323,152
% of Revenue	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	100.00%
Y/Y%	(2.00%)				(3.00%)
Digital signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	57,041		60,391		108,532		117,757
% of Revenue	9.00%	[1]	9.00%	[1]	8.00%	[1]	9.00%
Y/Y%	(6.00%)				(8.00%)
Total analog products [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	602,209		614,703		1,172,852		1,205,395
% of Revenue	91.00%	[1]	91.00%	[1]	92.00%	[1]	91.00%
Y/Y%	(2.00%)				(3.00%)
Power management & reference [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	43,623		46,051		83,083		90,925
% of Revenue	7.00%	[1]	7.00%	[1]	6.00%	[1]	7.00%
Y/Y%	(5.00%)				(9.00%)
Subtotal analog signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	558,586		568,652		1,089,769		1,114,470
% of Revenue	85.00%	[1]	84.00%	[1]	85.00%	[1]	84.00%
Y/Y%	(2.00%)				(2.00%)
Converters [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	301,887		300,338		579,524		585,527
% of Revenue	46.00%	[1]	44.00%	[1]	45.00%	[1]	44.00%
Y/Y%	1.00%				(1.00%)
Amplifiers / Radio frequency [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	164,793		177,872		322,646		342,339
% of Revenue	25.00%	[1]	26.00%	[1]	25.00%	[1]	26.00%
Y/Y%	(7.00%)				(6.00%)
Other analog [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue	$ 91,906		$ 90,442		$ 187,599		$ 186,604
% of Revenue	14.00%	[1]	13.00%	[1]	15.00%	[1]	14.00%
Y/Y%	2.00%				1.00%

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