Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 3) (USD $) In Billions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2013 Item	Oct. 31, 2012
Concentration Risk
Estimated useful life for purchased intangible assets	5 years
Number of institution designed to limit exposure as per entity's policy	1
Minimum
Concentration Risk
Estimated useful life for purchased intangible assets	1 year
Maximum
Concentration Risk
Estimated useful life for purchased intangible assets	10 years
Accounts Receivable \| Major Customers \| Ten largest distributor
Concentration Risk
Number of largest distributor and reseller receivable balances or largest outsourced manufacturer receivable balances	10
Concentration of credit risk (as a percent)	21.00%	14.00%
Accounts Receivable \| Major Customers \| Three largest outsourced manufacturer
Concentration Risk
Number of largest distributor and reseller receivable balances or largest outsourced manufacturer receivable balances	3
Concentration of credit risk (as a percent)	82.00%	69.00%
Supplier receivables	$ 1.0	$ 1.2

The number of the largest accounts receivable balances collectively representing a concentration of credit risk.

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Represents the number of institution designed to limit exposure as per entity's policy.

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Amount due from suppliers, or arising from transactions not separately disclosed, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), net of the reclass to inventory established for the purpose of reducing such receivables to an amount that approximates their net realizable value.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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