Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Jul. 30, 2011		Jul. 31, 2010		Jul. 30, 2011		Jul. 31, 2010
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 757,902		$ 720,290		$ 2,277,186		$ 1,991,513
Cost of sales	248,262	[1]	240,088	[1]	751,159	[1]	708,320	[1]
Gross margin	509,640		480,202		1,526,027		1,283,193
Operating expenses:
Research and development	128,476	[1]	126,987	[1]	381,681	[1]	364,165	[1]
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	102,323	[1]	102,070	[1]	307,613	[1]	288,211	[1]
Special charge							16,483
Operating expenses	230,799		229,057		689,294		668,859
Operating income from continuing operations	278,841		251,145		836,733		614,334
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense	6,159		2,614		13,067		7,720
Interest income	(2,395)		(3,206)		(6,877)		(7,411)
Other, net	206		416		96		417
Nonoperating (income) expense	3,970		(176)		6,286		726
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	274,871		251,321		830,447		613,608
Provision for income taxes	54,936		51,830		153,080		127,377
Income from continuing operations, net of tax					677,367		486,231
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax					6,500		859
Net income	219,935		199,491		683,867		487,090
Shares used to compute earnings per share - basic	299,616		298,027		299,586		297,107
Shares used to compute earnings per share - diluted	308,744		306,168		309,070		305,578
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations					$ 2.26		$ 1.64
Basic earnings per share	$ 0.73		$ 0.67		$ 2.28		$ 1.64
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations					$ 2.19		$ 1.59
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.71		$ 0.65		$ 2.21		$ 1.59
Dividends declared and paid per share	$ 0.25		$ 0.22		$ 0.69		$ 0.62
Cost of sales [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	1,811		1,878		5,459		5,409
Research and development [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	5,877		5,996		17,256		17,323
Selling, marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 5,622		$ 5,302		$ 16,091		$ 15,534

[1] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: