Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Oct. 28, 2017	Oct. 29, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015
Revenue
Revenue		$ 5,107,503	$ 3,421,409	$ 3,435,092
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	[1]	2,045,907	1,194,236	1,175,830
Gross margin		3,061,596	2,227,173	2,259,262
Operating expenses:
Research and development	[1]	968,602	653,816	637,459
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	[1]	691,046	461,438	478,972
Amortization of intangibles		297,351	70,123	88,318
Special charges		49,463	13,684	0
Other operating expense		0	0	223,672
Total operating expenses		2,006,462	1,199,061	1,428,421
Operating income		1,055,134	1,028,112	830,841
Nonoperating (income) expenses:
Interest expense		250,840	88,757	27,030
Interest income		(30,333)	(21,221)	(8,625)
Other, net		6,142	3,655	2,322
Total nonoperating (income) expense		226,649	71,191	20,727
Earnings
Income before income taxes		828,485	956,921	810,114
Provision for income taxes		101,226	95,257	113,236
Net Income		$ 727,259	$ 861,664	$ 696,878
Shares used to compute earnings per common share (in shares)
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Basic (in shares)		346,371	308,736	312,660
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Diluted (in shares)		350,484	312,308	316,872
Earnings per share - Basic (in dollars per share)
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 2.09	$ 2.79	$ 2.23
Earnings per share - Diluted (in dollars per share)
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		2.07	2.76	2.20
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)		$ 1.77	$ 1.66	$ 1.57
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 12,569	$ 7,808	$ 8,983
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense		51,258	27,039	26,617
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 40,361	$ 28,574	$ 33,319

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