Deferred Compensation Plan Investments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2011

Deferred Compensation Plan Investments [Abstract]

Components of investment

Investments in The Analog Devices, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the Deferred Compensation Plan) are classified as trading. The components of the investments as of October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010 were as follows:

	2011		2010
Money market funds	$	17,187	$	1,840
Mutual funds		9,223		6,850
Total Deferred Compensation Plan investments	$	26,410	$	8,690