Shareholders' Equity (Share-based Compensation Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2016	Nov. 01, 2015	Nov. 02, 2014
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 664	$ 232	$ 153
Cost of products sold
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	48	26	18
Research and development
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	430	107	57
Selling, general and administrative
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	186	$ 99	$ 78
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	15
Broadcom Merger \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
AssumedShareBasedCompensationAcquisition	$ 222

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