Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015		Feb. 01, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 771,986		$ 628,238
Cost of sales	268,379	[1]	219,120	[1]
Gross margin	503,607		409,118
Operating expenses:
Research and development	151,706	[1]	128,591	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	120,171	[1]	98,178	[1]
Operating expenses, amortization of intangibles	23,796		55
Special charge	0		2,685
Total operating expenses	295,673		229,509
Operating income	207,934		179,609
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	6,656		6,571
Interest income	(2,044)		(3,284)
Other, net	2,552		431
Total nonoperating (income) expense	7,164		3,718
Income before income taxes	200,770		175,891
Provision for income taxes	22,013		23,305
Net income	178,757		152,586
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic (in shares)	311,274		312,286
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted (in shares)	315,684		318,017
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.57		$ 0.49
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.57		$ 0.48
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.37		$ 0.34
Cost of sales [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	2,392		1,557
Research and development [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	6,874		4,859
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 11,105		$ 4,991

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