Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Apr. 29, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 29, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue		$ 1,147,982	$ 778,766	$ 2,132,431	$ 1,548,195
Cost of sales	[1]	507,539	267,863	843,484	559,999
Gross margin		640,443	510,903	1,288,947	988,196
Operating expenses:
Research and development	[1]	235,232	160,235	419,186	317,663
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	[1]	190,686	112,186	321,345	219,648
Amortization of intangibles		68,690	17,419	86,850	34,777
Special charges		0	13,684	49,463	13,684
Total operating expenses		494,608	303,524	876,844	585,772
Operating income		145,835	207,379	412,103	402,424
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense		71,636	18,455	114,250	31,517
Interest income		(12,421)	(5,243)	(22,421)	(8,442)
Other, net		(94)	(743)	251	2,262
Nonoperating expense (income)		59,121	12,469	92,080	25,337
Income before income taxes		86,714	194,910	320,023	377,087
(Benefit) provision for income taxes		(6,850)	24,337	9,330	42,010
Net income		$ 93,564	$ 170,573	$ 310,693	$ 335,077
Shares used to compute earnings per share – basic (in shares)		341,316	308,790	325,051	309,978
Shares used to compute earnings per share – diluted (in shares)		345,654	312,250	329,365	313,521
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.27	$ 0.55	$ 0.96	$ 1.08
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)		0.27	0.55	0.94	1.07
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.45	$ 0.42	$ 0.87	$ 0.82
Cost of sales
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 2,566	$ 1,986	$ 4,510	$ 4,078
Research and development
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		11,910	6,646	18,931	13,350
Selling, marketing, general and administrative
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 8,010	$ 7,327	$ 15,574	$ 14,140

[1] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: Cost of sales$2,566 $1,986 $4,510 $4,078 Research and development$11,910 $6,646 $18,931 $13,350 Selling, marketing, general and administrative$8,010 $7,327 $15,574 $14,140