Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2019		Aug. 03, 2019		May 04, 2019		Feb. 02, 2019		Nov. 03, 2018	[1]	Aug. 04, 2018	[1]	May 05, 2018	[1]	Feb. 03, 2018	[1]	Nov. 02, 2019	Nov. 03, 2018	[2]	Oct. 28, 2017	[2]
Revenue
Revenue	$ 1,443,219		$ 1,480,143		$ 1,526,602		$ 1,541,101		$ 1,536,128		$ 1,558,189		$ 1,563,502		$ 1,566,870		$ 5,991,065	$ 6,224,689		$ 5,246,354
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	501,028		482,332		492,510		501,445		490,585		497,557		491,038		495,113		1,977,315	1,974,293		2,078,113
Gross margin	942,191		997,811		1,034,092		1,039,656		1,045,543		1,060,632		1,072,464		1,071,757		4,013,750	4,250,396		3,168,241
Operating expenses:
Research and development	277,018		280,102		285,846		287,382		295,609		291,551		289,381		288,506		1,130,348	1,165,047		968,133
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	154,799		162,825		163,128		167,342		175,296		171,388		172,047		176,809		648,094	695,540		690,533
Amortization of intangibles	107,225		107,231		107,261		107,324		107,345		107,409		107,129		107,019		429,041	428,902		297,351
Special charges	64,788	[3]	927	[3]	8,162	[3]	21,782	[3]	1,842	[3]	1,069	[3]	1,089	[3]	57,318	[3]	95,659	61,318		49,463
Total operating expenses	603,830		551,085		564,397		583,830		580,092		571,417		569,646		629,652		2,303,142	2,350,807		2,005,480
Operating income	338,361		446,726		469,695		455,826		465,451		489,215		502,818		442,105		1,710,608	1,899,589		1,162,761
Nonoperating (income) expenses:
Interest expense	50,775		59,871		59,701		58,728		59,102		61,665		64,792		68,030		229,075	253,589		250,840
Interest income	(1,988)		(2,625)		(2,928)		(2,688)		(2,791)		(2,588)		(1,912)		(2,092)		(10,229)	(9,383)		(30,333)
Other, net	1,747		(78)		4,525		(160)		(196)		(368)		(187)		820		6,034	69		7,507
Total nonoperating (income) expense	50,534		57,168		61,298		55,880		56,115		58,709		62,693		66,758		224,880	244,275		228,014
Earnings
Income before income taxes	287,827		389,558		408,397		399,946		409,336		430,506		440,125		375,347		1,485,728	1,655,314		934,747
Provision for income taxes	$ 10,133	[4]	$ 27,184	[4]	$ 40,460	[4]	$ 44,940	[4]	$ 4,481	[4]	$ 21,949	[4]	$ 39,797	[4]	$ 82,107	[4]	122,717	148,334		129,368
Net income																	$ 1,363,011	$ 1,506,980		$ 805,379
Shares used to compute earnings per common share (in shares)
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Basic (in shares)	369,051		369,533		369,246		368,703		371,074		371,315		370,384		369,093		369,133	370,430		346,371
Shares used to compute earnings per share - Diluted (in shares)	372,584		373,077		373,342		372,506		375,116		375,815		374,778		374,189		372,871	374,938		350,484
Earnings per share - Basic (in dollars per share)
Basic earnings per common share (in dollars per share)																	$ 3.68	$ 4.05		$ 2.32
Earnings per share - Diluted (in dollars per share)
Diluted earnings per common share (in dollars per share)																	$ 3.65	$ 4.00		$ 2.29

[1] Balances have been restated to reflect the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2014-09). See Note 2a, Principles of Consolidation, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K

[2] Balances have been restated to reflect the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASU 2014-09). See Note 2a, Principles of Consolidation, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

[3] Represents charges recorded for various restructuring actions. See Note 5, Special Charges, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

[4] See Note 12, Income Taxes, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.