Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		May 05, 2018	Apr. 29, 2017	May 05, 2018	Apr. 29, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue		$ 1,513,053	$ 1,147,982	$ 3,031,677	$ 2,132,431
Cost of sales	[1]	479,241	507,539	962,675	843,484
Gross margin		1,033,812	640,443	2,069,002	1,288,947
Operating expenses:
Research and development	[1]	289,472	235,232	578,069	419,186
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	[1]	172,146	190,686	349,054	321,345
Amortization of intangibles		107,129	68,690	214,148	86,850
Special charges		1,089	0	58,407	49,463
Total operating expenses		569,836	494,608	1,199,678	876,844
Operating income		463,976	145,835	869,324	412,103
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense		64,792	71,636	132,822	114,250
Interest income		(1,912)	(12,421)	(4,004)	(22,421)
Other, net		(451)	(94)	105	251
Nonoperating expense (income)		62,429	59,121	128,923	92,080
Income before income taxes		401,547	86,714	740,401	320,023
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		21,716	(6,850)	92,398	9,330
Net income		$ 379,831	$ 93,564	$ 648,003	$ 310,693
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – basic (in shares)		370,384	341,316	369,685	325,051
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – diluted (in shares)		374,778	345,654	374,430	329,365
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 1.02	$ 0.27	$ 1.75	$ 0.96
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		1.01	0.27	1.72	0.94
Dividends declared and paid per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.48	$ 0.45	$ 0.93	$ 0.87
Cost of sales
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 3,820	$ 2,566	$ 8,041	$ 4,510
Research and development
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		22,018	11,910	41,746	18,931
Selling, marketing, general and administrative
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 13,076	$ 8,010	$ 27,029	$ 15,574

[1] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: Cost of sales$3,820 $2,566 $8,041 $4,510 Research and development$22,018 $11,910 $41,746 $18,931 Selling, marketing, general and administrative$13,076 $8,010 $27,029 $15,574