INCOME TAXES - Effective Income Tax Rate (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2023	Oct. 28, 2023	Oct. 29, 2022	Oct. 30, 2021
Income tax rate reconciliation:
Provision at statutory rate		21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Intercompany IP Restructuring Transaction		0.00%	0.00%	(25.85%)
State taxes		1.65%	2.31%	3.73%
Withholding and other foreign taxes		(0.09%)	(1.37%)	2.76%
Foreign earnings and profits repatriated	$ 381.0
Research and development credit		(16.78%)	(23.66%)	(7.99%)
Non-deductible compensation		5.29%	5.26%	1.68%
Foreign derived intangible income		0.00%	0.00%	(1.82%)
US Taxation on foreign activity		5.08%	1.73%	0.00%
Foreign Nontaxable interest		(1.06%)	(1.90%)	0.00%
Taxation on foreign inflation		1.34%	1.41%	0.16%
Rate change		(3.71%)	1.27%	(4.33%)
Valuation allowance		9.44%	8.35%	1.77%
Loss on equity transactions		(1.72%)	0.00%	0.00%
Uncertain tax positions		1.72%	1.62%	0.63%
Other		(0.89%)	0.20%	0.17%
Effective income tax rate		21.27%	16.22%	(8.09%)

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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