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ACQUISITIONS	12 Months Ended
ACQUISITIONS	Oct. 31, 2020
Business Combinations [Abstract]
ACQUISITIONS	3. ACQUISITIONS 2020 acquisitions Acquisition of Eggplant During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we acquired Eggplant Topco Limited ("Eggplant") for $319 million, net of $11 million cash acquired, and recognized additions to goodwill and other intangible assets of $280 million and $88 million, respectively, based on the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The identified intangible assets primarily consist of developed technology of $38 million and customer relationships of $46 million with estimated useful lives of 3 years and 6 years, respectively. Eggplant is a software test automation platform provider that uses artificial intelligence and analytics to automate test creation and test execution. All goodwill was assigned to the Electronic Industrial Solutions Group. We do not expect the goodwill recognized or any potential impairment charges in the future to be deductible for income tax purposes. Additionally, we acquired two other businesses for $38 million, net of cash acquired, and recognized goodwill of $34 million based on the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. 2019 acquisitions Acquisition of Prisma During the third quarter of fiscal 2019, we acquired Prisma Telecom Testing ("Prisma") for $88 million, net of $56 million cash acquired, and recognized additions to goodwill and other intangible assets of $30 million and $56 million, respectively, based on the allocation of the purchase price to the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Prisma is a global provider of radio access network test solutions that is expected to expand Keysight’s comprehensive end-to-end 5G test portfolio for the commercial communications ecosystem. The identified intangible assets primarily consisted of developed technology of $42 million, with an estimated useful life of 4 years. Supplemental Pro Forma Information (Unaudited) Pro forma results of operations for 2020 and 2019 acquisitions have not been presented because the effects of the acquisitions were not material to the company’s financial results.