Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Aug. 03, 2013		Aug. 04, 2012		Aug. 03, 2013		Aug. 04, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 674,172		$ 683,026		$ 1,955,556		$ 2,006,178
Cost of sales	239,110	[1]	235,152	[1]	708,015	[1]	708,459	[1]
Gross margin	435,062		447,874		1,247,541		1,297,719
Operating expenses:
Research and development	128,947	[1]	129,694	[1]	382,221	[1]	381,609	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	97,773	[1]	99,873	[1]	298,036	[1]	298,910	[1]
Special charge	0		5,836		14,071		8,431
Total operating expenses	226,720		235,403		694,328		688,950
Operating income	208,342		212,471		553,213		608,769
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	7,672		6,459		20,443		20,031
Interest income	(3,125)		(3,506)		(9,402)		(10,821)
Other, net	8,754		49		9,361		(1,450)
Total nonoperating (income) expense	13,301		3,002		20,402		7,760
Income before income taxes	195,041		209,469		532,811		601,009
Provision for income taxes	18,802		39,701		60,878		128,960
Net income	176,239		169,768		471,933		472,049
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic (in shares)	309,117		298,445		306,681		298,121
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted (in shares)	315,307		305,359		312,983		305,604
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.57		$ 0.57		$ 1.54		$ 1.58
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.56		$ 0.56		$ 1.51		$ 1.54
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.34		$ 0.30		$ 0.98		$ 0.85
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	1,672		1,871		4,856		5,349
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	5,536		5,999		16,180		17,046
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 5,539		$ 5,921		$ 22,728		$ 16,828

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