Supplementary Financial Information (Unaudited) (Details) (USD $) Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2013		Aug. 03, 2013		May 04, 2013		Feb. 02, 2013		Nov. 03, 2012		Aug. 04, 2012		May 05, 2012		Feb. 04, 2012		Nov. 02, 2013		Nov. 03, 2012		Oct. 29, 2011
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal																	$ 85,444,000		$ 0		$ 0
Supplementary Financial Information
Revenue	678,133,000		674,172,000		659,250,000		622,134,000		694,964,000		683,026,000		675,094,000		648,058,000		2,633,689,000		2,701,142,000		2,993,320,000
Cost of sales	233,263,000		239,110,000		237,055,000		231,850,000		251,682,000		235,152,000		234,639,000		238,668,000		941,278,000	[1]	960,141,000	[1]	1,006,779,000	[1]
Gross margin	444,870,000		435,062,000		422,195,000		390,284,000		443,282,000		447,874,000		440,455,000		409,390,000		1,692,411,000		1,741,001,000		1,986,541,000
% of Revenue	65.60%		64.50%		64.00%		62.70%		63.80%		65.60%		65.20%		63.20%
Research and development	131,034,000		128,947,000		128,110,000		125,164,000		130,394,000		129,694,000		127,537,000		124,378,000		513,255,000	[1]	512,003,000	[1]	505,570,000	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	98,197,000		97,773,000		102,703,000		97,560,000		97,609,000		99,873,000		99,992,000		99,045,000		396,233,000	[1]	396,519,000	[1]	406,707,000	[1]
Special charges	15,777,000		0		0		14,071,000		0		5,836,000		0		2,595,000		29,848,000		8,431,000		2,239,000
Total operating expenses	245,008,000		226,720,000		230,813,000		236,795,000		228,003,000		235,403,000		227,529,000		226,018,000		939,336,000		916,953,000		914,516,000
Operating income from continuing operations	199,862,000		208,342,000		191,382,000		153,489,000		215,279,000		212,471,000		212,926,000		183,372,000		753,075,000		824,048,000		1,072,025,000
% of Revenue	29.00%		31.00%		29.00%		25.00%		31.00%		31.00%		32.00%		28.00%
Nonoperating (income) expenses:
Interest expense	6,659,000		7,672,000		6,357,000		6,414,000		6,391,000		6,459,000		6,890,000		6,682,000		27,102,000		26,422,000		19,146,000
Interest income	(3,351,000)		(3,125,000)		(3,044,000)		(3,233,000)		(3,627,000)		(3,506,000)		(3,967,000)		(3,348,000)		(12,753,000)		(14,448,000)		(9,060,000)
Other, net	(85,958,000)	[2]	8,754,000	[2]	408,000	[2]	199,000	[2]	(9,000)	[2]	49,000	[2]	(1,451,000)	[2]	(48,000)	[2]	(76,597,000)		(1,459,000)		492,000
Total nonoperating (income) expense	(82,650,000)		13,301,000		3,721,000		3,380,000		2,755,000		3,002,000		1,472,000		3,286,000		(62,248,000)		10,515,000		10,578,000
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	282,512,000		195,041,000		187,661,000		150,109,000		212,524,000		209,469,000		211,454,000		180,086,000		815,323,000		813,533,000		1,061,447,000
% of Revenue	42.00%		29.00%		28.00%		24.00%		31.00%		31.00%		31.00%		28.00%
Provision for income taxes	80,958,000	[3]	18,802,000	[3]	23,189,000	[3]	18,887,000	[3]	33,337,000	[3]	39,701,000	[3]	48,555,000	[3]	40,704,000	[3]	141,836,000		162,297,000		200,553,000
Income from continuing operations, net of tax																	673,487,000		651,236,000		860,894,000
Gain on sale of discontinued operations																	0		0		6,500,000
Net income	201,554,000		176,239,000		164,472,000		131,222,000		179,187,000		169,768,000		162,899,000		139,382,000
% of Revenue	30.00%		26.00%		25.00%		21.00%		26.00%		25.00%		24.00%		22.00%
Earnings per share - Basic (in dollars per share)
Income from continuing operations																	$ 2.19		$ 2.18		$ 2.88
Net income	$ 0.65		$ 0.57		$ 0.53		$ 0.43		$ 0.60		$ 0.57		$ 0.55		$ 0.47		$ 2.19		$ 2.18		$ 2.90
Earnings per share - Diluted (in dollars per share)
Net income	$ 0.64		$ 0.56		$ 0.52		$ 0.42		$ 0.58		$ 0.56		$ 0.53		$ 0.46		$ 2.14		$ 2.13		$ 2.81
Shares used to compute earnings per share (in thousands):
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Basic (in shares)	311,009		309,117		307,444		303,484		300,679		298,445		298,130		297,788		307,763		298,761		299,417
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Diluted (in shares)	317,216		315,307		313,368		310,275		307,954		305,359		305,921		305,531		314,041		306,191		308,236
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.34		$ 0.34		$ 0.34		$ 0.30		$ 0.30		$ 0.30		$ 0.30		$ 0.25		$ 1.32		$ 1.15		$ 0.94
Unrecorded Potential Tax Liability Related To IRS Examination Open Tax Matter																	36,500,000
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Income (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation																	$ 26,700,000

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

[2] Other, net in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 includes a gain on the sale of the assets and intellectual property related to the Company's microphone product line of $85.4 million.

[3] The provision for income taxes in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 includes (i) $36.5 million of additional tax expense recorded in connection with the Company's uncertain tax position related to the beneficial treatment of dividends paid by a foreign subsidiary and (ii) $26.7 million of income tax expense on the sale of the assets and intellectual property related to the Company's microphone product line