Supplementary Financial Information (Unaudited) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, 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]
Supplementary Financial Information
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
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
% of Revenue		65.30%		67.40%		67.70%		67.50%		68.10%		68.10%		68.60%		68.40%
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
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
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
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
% of Revenue		23.00%		30.00%		31.00%		30.00%		30.00%		31.00%		32.00%		28.00%
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
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
% of Revenue		20.00%		26.00%		27.00%		26.00%		27.00%		28.00%		28.00%		24.00%
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		$ 277,694		$ 362,374		$ 367,937		$ 355,006		$ 404,855		$ 408,557		$ 400,328		$ 293,240
% of Revenue		19.00%		24.00%		24.00%		23.00%		26.00%		26.00%		26.00%		19.00%
Net income allocable to common shares (in shares)	[5]	277,182		361,562		367,029		353,969	[1]	403,511		407,031		398,796		291,997
Earnings per share - Basic (in dollars per share)
Basic earnings per common share (USD per share)		$ 0.75		$ 0.98		$ 0.99		$ 0.96		$ 1.09		$ 1.10		$ 1.08		$ 0.79
Earnings per share - Diluted (in dollars per share)
Diluted earnings per common share (USD per share)		$ 0.74		$ 0.97		$ 0.98		$ 0.95		$ 1.08		$ 1.08		$ 1.06		$ 0.78
Shares used to compute earnings per share (in thousands):
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
Dividends declared per share (USD per share)		$ 0.54		$ 0.54		$ 0.54		$ 0.48		$ 0.48		$ 0.48		$ 0.48		$ 0.45

[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.

[5] Under the two-class method, earnings per share is calculated using net earnings allocable to common shares, which is derived by reducing net income by the income allocable to participating securities.