Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 26, 2014	Jan. 27, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 2,190	$ 1,573
Cost of products sold	1,299	991
Gross margin	891	582
Operating expenses:
Research, development and engineering	356	304
Marketing and selling	109	105
General and administrative	89	125
Restructuring charges and asset impairments	7	9
Total operating expenses	561	543
Income from operations	330	39
Impairment of strategic investments	3	0
Interest expense	25	24
Interest and other income, net	13	3
Income before income taxes	315	18
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	62	(16)
Net income	$ 253	$ 34
Earnings per share:
Basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.21	$ 0.03
Weighted average number of shares:
Basic (in shares)	1,206	1,198
Diluted (in shares)	1,225	1,212