Basis of Presentation Revenue Income Statement Adoption (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
		Aug. 03, 2019	Aug. 04, 2018		Aug. 03, 2019	Aug. 04, 2018
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue		$ 1,480,143	$ 1,558,189	[1]	$ 4,547,846	$ 4,688,561	[1]
Cost of sales	[2]	482,332	497,631	[1]	1,476,287	1,483,930	[1]
Gross margin		997,811	1,060,558	[1]	3,071,559	3,204,631	[1]
Operating expenses:
Research and development	[2]	280,102	291,642	[1]	853,330	869,711	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	[2]	162,825	171,487	[1]	493,295	520,541	[1]
Amortization of intangibles		107,231	107,409	[1]	321,816	321,557	[1]
Special charges		927	1,069	[1]	30,871	59,476	[1]
Total operating expenses		551,085	571,607	[1]	1,699,312	1,771,285	[1]
Operating income		446,726	488,951	[1]	1,372,247	1,433,346	[1]
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense		59,871	61,665	[1]	178,300	194,487	[1]
Interest income		(2,625)	(2,588)	[1]	(8,241)	(6,592)	[1]
Other, net		(78)	(632)	[1]	4,287	(527)	[1]
Nonoperating expense (income)		57,168	58,445	[1]	174,346	187,368	[1]
Income before income taxes		389,558	430,506	[1]	1,197,901	1,245,978	[1]
Provision for income taxes		27,184	21,949	[1]	112,584	143,853	[1]
Net income		$ 362,374	$ 408,557	[1]	$ 1,085,317	$ 1,102,125	[1]
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – basic (in shares)		369,533	371,315	[1]	369,160	370,211	[1]
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – diluted (in shares)		373,077	375,815	[1]	372,967	374,880	[1]
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.98	$ 1.10	[1]	$ 2.93	$ 2.97	[1]
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.97	$ 1.08	[1]	$ 2.90	$ 2.93	[1]
As Reported
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue			$ 1,572,679			$ 4,604,356
Cost of sales			502,033			1,464,708
Gross margin			1,070,646			3,139,648
Operating expenses:
Research and development			291,642			869,711
Selling, marketing, general and administrative			171,487			520,541
Amortization of intangibles			107,409			321,557
Special charges			1,069			59,476
Total operating expenses			571,607			1,771,285
Operating income			499,039			1,368,363
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense			61,665			194,487
Interest income			(2,588)			(6,592)
Other, net			(632)			(527)
Nonoperating expense (income)			58,445			187,368
Income before income taxes			440,594			1,180,995
Provision for income taxes			26,130			118,528
Net income			$ 414,464			$ 1,062,467
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – basic (in shares)			371,315			370,211
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – diluted (in shares)			375,815			374,880
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)			$ 1.11			$ 2.86
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)			$ 1.10			$ 2.82
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Impact of Adoption
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue			$ (14,490)			$ 84,205
Cost of sales			(4,402)			19,222
Gross margin			(10,088)			64,983
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			(10,088)			64,983
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense			0			0
Interest income			0			0
Other, net			0			0
Nonoperating expense (income)			0			0
Income before income taxes			(10,088)			64,983
Provision for income taxes			(4,181)			25,325
Net income			$ (5,907)			$ 39,658
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)			$ (0.02)			$ 0.11
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)			$ (0.02)			$ 0.11

[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.

[2] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: Cost of sales$5,247 $5,734 $15,720 $13,775 Research and development$18,802 $18,018 $57,294 $59,764 Selling, marketing, general and administrative$12,049 $13,143 $39,706 $40,172