Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2021

Symantec Asset Purchase

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The following table presents our allocation of the total purchase price:

	Fair Value
	(In millions)
Current assets	$	273
Goodwill	6,638
Intangible assets	5,411
Other long-term assets	92
Total assets acquired	12,414
Current liabilities	(1,127)
Other long-term liabilities	(587)
Total liabilities assumed	(1,714)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	10,700

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination

	Fair Value		Weighted-Average Amortization Periods
	(In millions)		(In years)
Developed technology	$	2,900	5
Customer contracts and related relationships	2,410		5
Trade name	90		6
Order backlog	11		3
Total identified finite-lived intangible assets	$	5,411

Schedule of Unaudited Pro Forma Information

		Fiscal Year
		2020		2019
	(In millions)
Pro forma net revenue		$	23,264	$	24,227
Pro forma net income attributable to common stock		$	2,368	$	1,265

CA Technologies, Inc.

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The following table presents our allocation of the total purchase price, net of cash acquired:

	Fair Value
	(In millions)
Current assets	$	1,665
Goodwill	9,796
Intangible assets	12,045
Other long-term assets	240
Total assets acquired	23,746
Current liabilities	(1,966)
Long-term debt	(2,255)
Other long-term liabilities	(3,431)
Total liabilities assumed	(7,652)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	16,094

Schedule of Unaudited Pro Forma Information

	Fiscal Year
	2019
	(In millions)
Pro forma net revenue	$	21,697
Pro forma net income attributable to common stock	$	2,535

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition

	(In millions)
Cash paid for outstanding CA common stock	$	18,402
Cash paid by Broadcom to retire CA’s term loan	274
Cash paid for vested CA equity awards	101
Fair value of partially vested assumed equity awards	67
Total purchase consideration	18,844
Less: cash acquired	(2,750)
Total purchase consideration, net of cash acquired	$	16,094

Schedule of Intangible Assets by Major Class

	Fair Value		Weighted-Average Amortization Periods
	(In millions)		(In years)
Developed technology	$	4,957	6
Customer contracts and related relationships	4,190		6
Order backlog	2,569		3
Trade name and other	137		5
Total identified finite-lived intangible assets	11,853
IPR&D	192		N/A
Total identified intangible assets	$	12,045

Schedule of Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination

The following table summarizes the details of IPR&D by category as of the CA Acquisition Date:

Description	IPR&D		Percentage of Completion		Estimated Cost to Complete		Expected Completion Date (By Fiscal Year)
	(Dollars in millions)
Mainframe	$	178	67	%	$	138	2019
Enterprise Solutions	$	14	63	%	$	12	2019