Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue		$ 984,449	$ 769,429
Cost of sales	[1]	335,945	292,136
Gross margin		648,504	477,293
Operating expenses:
Research and development	[1]	183,954	157,428
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	[1]	130,659	107,462
Amortization of intangibles		18,160	17,358
Special charges		49,463	0
Total operating expenses		382,236	282,248
Operating income		266,268	195,045
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense		42,614	13,062
Interest income		(10,000)	(3,199)
Other, net		345	3,005
Nonoperating expense (income)		32,959	12,868
Income before income taxes		233,309	182,177
Provision for income taxes		16,180	17,673
Net income		$ 217,129	$ 164,504
Shares used to compute earnings per share – basic (in shares)		308,786	311,166
Shares used to compute earnings per share – diluted (in shares)		313,076	314,793
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.70	$ 0.53
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)		0.69	0.52
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.42	$ 0.40
Cost of sales
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 1,944	$ 2,092
Research and development
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		7,021	6,704
Selling, marketing, general and administrative
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 7,564	$ 6,813

[1] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: Cost of sales - $1,944 and $2,092; Research and development - $7,021 and $6,704; Selling, marketing, general and administrative - $7,564 and $6,813