Basis of Presentation Revenue Income Statement Adoption (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	May 04, 2019	May 05, 2018		May 04, 2019	May 05, 2018
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 1,526,602	$ 1,563,502	[1]	$ 3,067,703	$ 3,130,372	[1]
Cost of sales	492,510	491,112	[1]	993,955	986,299	[1]
Gross margin	1,034,092	1,072,390	[1]	2,073,748	2,144,073	[1]
Operating expenses:
Research and development	285,846	289,472	[1]	573,228	578,069	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	163,128	172,146	[1]	330,470	349,054	[1]
Amortization of intangibles	107,261	107,129	[1]	214,585	214,148	[1]
Special charges	8,162	1,089	[1]	29,944	58,407	[1]
Total operating expenses	564,397	569,836	[1]	1,148,227	1,199,678	[1]
Operating income	469,695	502,554	[1]	925,521	944,395	[1]
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense	59,701	64,792	[1]	118,429	132,822	[1]
Interest income	(2,928)	(1,912)	[1]	(5,616)	(4,004)	[1]
Other, net	4,525	(451)	[1]	4,365	105	[1]
Nonoperating expense (income)	61,298	62,429	[1]	117,178	128,923	[1]
Income before income taxes	408,397	440,125	[1]	808,343	815,472	[1]
Provision for income taxes	40,460	39,797	[1]	85,400	121,904	[1]
Net income	$ 367,937	$ 400,328	[1]	$ 722,943	$ 693,568	[1]
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – basic (in shares)	369,246	370,384	[1]	368,974	369,685	[1]
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – diluted (in shares)	373,342	374,778	[1]	372,912	374,430	[1]
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.99	$ 1.08	[1]	$ 1.95	$ 1.87	[1]
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.98	$ 1.06	[1]	$ 1.93	$ 1.84	[1]
As Reported
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue		$ 1,513,053			$ 3,031,677
Cost of sales		479,241			962,675
Gross margin		1,033,812			2,069,002
Operating expenses:
Research and development		289,472			578,069
Selling, marketing, general and administrative		172,146			349,054
Amortization of intangibles		107,129			214,148
Special charges		1,089			58,407
Total operating expenses		569,836			1,199,678
Operating income		463,976			869,324
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense		64,792			132,822
Interest income		(1,912)			(4,004)
Other, net		(451)			105
Nonoperating expense (income)		62,429			128,923
Income before income taxes		401,547			740,401
Provision for income taxes		21,716			92,398
Net income		$ 379,831			$ 648,003
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – basic (in shares)		370,384			369,685
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – diluted (in shares)		374,778			374,430
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 1.02			$ 1.75
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 1.01			$ 1.72
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Impact of Adoption
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue		$ 50,449			$ 98,695
Cost of sales		11,871			23,624
Gross margin		38,578			75,071
Operating expenses:
Research and development		0			0
Selling, marketing, general and administrative		0			0
Amortization of intangibles		0			0
Special charges		0			0
Total operating expenses		0			0
Operating income		38,578			75,071
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense		0			0
Interest income		0			0
Other, net		0			0
Nonoperating expense (income)		0			0
Income before income taxes		38,578			75,071
Provision for income taxes		18,081			29,506
Net income		$ 20,497			$ 45,565
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – basic (in shares)		0			0
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – diluted (in shares)		0			0
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.06			$ 0.12
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.05			$ 0.12

[1] Balances have been restated to reflect the full retrospective adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2014-09). See Note 1, Basis of Presentation, in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.