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Employee Benefit Plans
6 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Benefit Plans
Applied sponsors a number of employee benefit plans, including defined benefit plans of certain foreign subsidiaries, and a plan that provides certain medical and vision benefits to eligible retirees. A summary of the components of net periodic benefit costs of these defined and postretirement benefit plans for the three and six months ended April 28, 2013 and April 29, 2012 is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
April 28,
2013
 
April 29,
2012
 
April 28,
2013
 
April 29,
2012
(In millions)
Service cost
$
5

 
$
4

 
$
10

 
$
8

Interest cost
4

 
3

 
8

 
7

Expected return on plan assets
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(6
)
 
(6
)
Amortization of actuarial loss
1

 
1

 
3

 
1

Net periodic benefit cost
$
7

 
$
5

 
$
15

 
$
10