Acquisitions Consideration Transferred (Details) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2016 USD ($) shares	May 05, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2017 USD ($) business shares	Oct. 30, 2016 USD ($) business shares	Nov. 01, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisitions of Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			$ 40	$ 10,055	$ 394
Special Voting Shares Issued (shares) | shares			22,145,603	22,804,591
Number of Businesses Acquired | business			2
Broadcom Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 16,798
Cash for BRCM equity awards	137
Effective settlement of pre-existing relationships	11
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	35,706
Less: cash acquired	6,948
Acquisitions of Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 28,758
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares	112,000,000
Special Voting Shares Issued (shares) | shares	23,000,000
Emulex Corporation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisitions of Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		$ 399
Other acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Businesses Acquired | business			2	3
Ordinary Shares | Broadcom Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total equity consideration	$ 15,438
Restricted Exchangeable Unit [Member] | Broadcom Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total equity consideration	3,140
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Broadcom Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total equity consideration	$ 182