Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	May 03, 2014		May 04, 2013		May 03, 2014		May 04, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 694,536		$ 659,250		$ 1,322,774		$ 1,281,384
Cost of sales	235,793	[1]	237,055	[1]	454,913	[1]	468,905	[1]
Gross margin	458,743		422,195		867,861		812,479
Operating expenses:
Research and development	136,258	[1]	128,110	[1]	264,904	[1]	253,274	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	102,085	[1]	102,703	[1]	200,263	[1]	200,263	[1]
Special charge	0		0		2,685		14,071
Total operating expenses	238,343		230,813		467,852		467,608
Operating income	220,400		191,382		400,009		344,871
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	6,874		6,357		13,445		12,771
Interest income	(3,401)		(3,044)		(6,685)		(6,277)
Other, net	(441)		408		(10)		607
Total nonoperating (income) expense	3,032		3,721		6,750		7,101
Income before income taxes	217,368		187,661		393,259		337,770
Provision for income taxes	29,935		23,189		53,240		42,076
Net income	187,433		164,472		340,019		295,694
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic (in shares)	313,488		307,444		312,887		305,464
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted (in shares)	318,347		313,368		318,182		311,822
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.60		$ 0.53		$ 1.09		$ 0.97
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.59		$ 0.52		$ 1.07		$ 0.95
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.37		$ 0.34		$ 0.71		$ 0.64
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	1,417		1,517		2,974		3,184
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	4,278		5,044		9,137		10,644
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 4,847		$ 11,395		$ 9,838		$ 17,189

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