Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Oct. 29, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	Nov. 01, 2014
Revenue
Revenue		$ 3,421,409	$ 3,435,092	$ 2,864,773
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	[1]	1,194,236	1,175,830	1,034,585
Gross margin		2,227,173	2,259,262	1,830,188
Operating expenses:
Research and development	[1]	653,816	637,459	559,686
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	[1]	461,438	478,972	454,676
Amortization of intangible Assets Operating Expenses		70,123	88,318	26,020
Special charges		13,684	0	37,322
Other Selling, General and Administrative Expense		0	223,672	0
Total operating expenses		1,199,061	1,428,421	1,077,704
Operating income from continuing operations		1,028,112	830,841	752,484
Nonoperating (income) expenses:
Interest expense		88,757	27,030	34,784
Interest income		(21,221)	(8,625)	(12,173)
Other, net		3,655	2,322	528
Total nonoperating (income) expense		71,191	20,727	23,139
Earnings
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		956,921	810,114	729,345
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]
Provision for income taxes		95,257	113,236	100,025
Income from continuing operations, net of tax		861,664	696,878	629,320
Discontinued operations, net of tax:
Net income		$ 861,664	$ 696,878	$ 629,320
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Basic (in shares)		308,736	312,660	313,195
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Diluted (in shares)		312,308	316,872	318,027
Earnings per share - Basic (in dollars per share)
Income from continuing operations, net of tax		$ 2.79	$ 2.23	$ 2.01
Earnings per share - Diluted (in dollars per share)
Income from continuing operations, net of tax		2.76	2.20	1.98
Dividends declared and paid per share		$ 1.66	$ 1.57	$ 1.45
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 7,808	$ 8,983	$ 7,069
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense		27,039	26,617	20,707
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 28,574	$ 33,319	$ 23,036

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