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Segment Disclosure - Additional information (Detail)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Segment
Customer
Apr. 30, 2014
Customer
Segment
Apr. 30, 2015
Customer
Segment
Apr. 30, 2014
Customer
Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Number of reportable operating segment 1us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments 1us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments 1us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments 1us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Number of major customers 1snps_NumberOfMajorCustomers 1snps_NumberOfMajorCustomers 1snps_NumberOfMajorCustomers 1snps_NumberOfMajorCustomers
Customer concentration risk | Revenues        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Percentage of revenues contributed by major customers 12.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
11.80%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
10.80%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember