Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2014		Aug. 03, 2013		Aug. 02, 2014		Aug. 03, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 727,752		$ 674,172		$ 2,050,526		$ 1,955,556
Cost of sales	251,462	[1]	239,110	[1]	706,375	[1]	708,015	[1]
Gross margin	476,290		435,062		1,344,151		1,247,541
Operating expenses:
Research and development	140,095	[1]	128,892	[1]	404,889	[1]	382,056	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	132,989	[1]	97,773	[1]	333,252	[1]	298,036	[1]
Operating expenses, amortization of intangibles	660		55		770		165
Special charge	0		0		2,685		14,071
Total operating expenses	273,744		226,720		741,596		694,328
Operating income	202,546		208,342		602,555		553,213
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	8,178		7,672		21,623		20,443
Interest income	(3,442)		(3,125)		(10,127)		(9,402)
Other, net	422		8,754		412		9,361
Total nonoperating (income) expense	5,158		13,301		11,908		20,402
Income before income taxes	197,388		195,041		590,647		532,811
Provision for income taxes	16,782		18,802		70,022		60,878
Net income	180,606		176,239		520,625		471,933
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic (in shares)	314,190		309,117		313,321		306,681
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted (in shares)	318,876		315,307		318,413		312,983
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.57		$ 0.57		$ 1.66		$ 1.54
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.57		$ 0.56		$ 1.64		$ 1.51
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.37		$ 0.34		$ 1.08		$ 0.98
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	1,724		1,672		4,698		4,856
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	5,415		5,536		14,552		16,180
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 6,331		$ 5,539		$ 16,169		$ 22,728

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