Income Taxes (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 28, 2012	Oct. 30, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Tax holiday benefit	$ 54,000,000
Tax holiday benefit per diluted share	$ 0.04
Undistributed earnings from foregin subsidiaries	1,600,000,000
Expiration date of net operating loss carryforwards	five years to indefinite
Income tax benefits allocated directly to stockholders' equity	2,000,000	4,000,000	2,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, net of federal deduction for state tax	177,000,000
Gross liability for unrecognized tax benefits, exclusive of interest and penalties	174,000,000
Interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions	7,000,000	1,000,000
Income tax refund		276,000,000
Tax benefit recognized in relation to the tax refund received		176,000,000
Approximate reduction to unrecognized tax benefits in the next 12 months	9,000,000
Internal Revenue Service [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]
Tax jurisdiction and years under examination		fiscal years 2009 and 2008
Open tax years	2008 and later years
California [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]
Open tax years	2006 and later years
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]
Net operating loss carryforwards	6,000,000
Open tax years	2007 and later years
Jurisdictions Outside Country [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]
Net operating loss carryforwards	11,000,000
Open tax years	2005 and later years
Research [Member] | State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]
Tax credit carryforwards	51,000,000
Expiration date of tax credit carryforwards	15 years to indefinite
General Business [Member] | Internal Revenue Service [Member]
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]
Tax credit carryforwards	$ 40,000,000
Expiration date of tax credit carryforwards	10 year life