Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014		Feb. 02, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 628,238		$ 622,134
Cost of sales	219,120	[1]	231,850	[1]
Gross margin	409,118		390,284
Operating expenses:
Research and development	128,646	[1]	125,164	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	98,178	[1]	97,560	[1]
Special charge	2,685		14,071
Total operating expenses	229,509		236,795
Operating income	179,609		153,489
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	6,571		6,414
Interest income	(3,284)		(3,233)
Other, net	431		199
Total nonoperating (income) expense	3,718		3,380
Income before income taxes	175,891		150,109
Provision for income taxes	23,305		18,887
Net income	152,586		131,222
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic (in shares)	312,286		303,484
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted (in shares)	318,017		310,275
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.49		$ 0.43
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48		$ 0.42
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.34		$ 0.30
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	1,557		1,667
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	4,859		5,600
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 4,991		$ 5,794

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