Industry, Segment and Geographic Information - Revenue Trends by Product Type (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2014	Aug. 02, 2014	May 03, 2014	Feb. 01, 2014	Nov. 02, 2013	Aug. 03, 2013	May 04, 2013	Feb. 02, 2013	Nov. 01, 2014		Nov. 02, 2013		Nov. 03, 2012
Revenue Trends
Revenue	$ 814,247	$ 727,752	$ 694,536	$ 628,238	$ 678,133	$ 674,172	$ 659,250	$ 622,134	$ 2,864,773		$ 2,633,689		$ 2,701,142
% of Total Product Revenue									100.00%	[1],[2]	100.00%	[1]	100.00%
Y/Y%									9.00%
Total analog products [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									2,623,232		2,408,032		2,469,261
% of Total Product Revenue									92.00%	[1]	91.00%	[1]	91.00%
Y/Y%									9.00%
Power management & reference [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									174,483		172,920		182,134
% of Total Product Revenue									6.00%	[1]	7.00%	[1]	7.00%
Y/Y%									1.00%
Subtotal analog signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									2,448,749		2,235,112		2,287,127
% of Total Product Revenue									85.00%	[1]	85.00%	[1]	85.00%
Y/Y%									10.00%
Converters [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									1,285,368		1,180,072		1,192,064
% of Total Product Revenue									45.00%	[1]	45.00%	[1]	44.00%
Y/Y%									9.00%
Amplifiers/Radio frequency [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									806,975		682,759		697,687
% of Total Product Revenue									28.00%	[1]	26.00%	[1]	26.00%
Y/Y%									18.00%
Other analog [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									356,406		372,281		397,376
% of Total Product Revenue									12.00%	[1]	14.00%	[1]	15.00%
Y/Y%									(4.00%)
Digital signal processing [Member]
Revenue Trends
Revenue									$ 241,541		$ 225,657		$ 231,881
% of Total Product Revenue									8.00%	[1]	9.00%	[1]	9.00%
Y/Y%									7.00%

[1] The sum of the individual percentages does not equal the total due to rounding.

[2] The sum of the individual percentages does not equal the total due to rounding