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Income Taxes - Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Taxes [Line Items]
Tax benefit, research, amount		$ 37,100,000	$ 12,400,000
Integration of acquired technologies, tax recognition period		5 years
Integration of acquired technologies, tax amount		$ 37,525,000	33,015,000	$ 4,715,000
Increase in valuation allowance		25,100,000	2,400,000	$ 1,900,000
Tax credit, recognition period				2 months
Unrecognized deferred tax assets	$ 106,500,000	106,500,000
Undistributed foreign earnings	1,143,200,000	1,143,200,000
Tax on deferred undistributed foreign earnings		248,000,000
Increase in gross unrecognized tax benefits		25,500,000
Gross unrecognized tax benefits	106,542,000	106,542,000	132,054,000	$ 124,102,000
Unrecognized tax benefits affecting effective tax rate	106,500,000	106,500,000	129,400,000
The sum of the amounts of estimated penalties and interest recognized in the period arising from income tax examinations		800,000	600,000	500,000
The amount of estimated penalties and interest accrued as of the balance sheet date arising from income tax examinations	3,100,000	3,100,000	2,200,000
Deferred tax assets, net, noncurrent	281,926,000	281,926,000	273,909,000
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities		333,000	0
Income taxes paid		69,447,000	59,731,000	40,741,000
California Franchise Tax Board
Taxes [Line Items]
Increase in valuation allowance		25,200,000
California Franchise Tax Board \| fiscal year 2009 to 2011
Taxes [Line Items]
Increase in valuation allowance		5,400,000
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities		10,300,000
Decrease in deferred tax assets		4,900,000
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Fiscal Year 2015
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities		20,700,000
Tax impact from tax settlements			7,000,000
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Fiscal Year 2012
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities				10,000,000
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Fiscal Year 2014
Taxes [Line Items]
Tax impact from tax settlements			3,200,000
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Fiscal Year 2013
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities				5,500,000
Taiwan \| Fiscal Year 2011
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities		700,000
Income taxes paid		300,000
Taiwan \| Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities				5,100,000
Tax impact from tax settlements				$ 3,900,000
Taiwan \| Fiscal Year 2014
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities			1,200,000
Taiwan \| Fiscal Year 2013
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities			1,200,000
Hungary \| Fiscal Year 2011 to 2013
Taxes [Line Items]
Proposed tax assessment	$ 47,000,000
Income tax examination, estimate of possible loss, percentage of tax assessment	50.00%
INDIA \| Fiscal 2010 to 2015
Taxes [Line Items]
Tax impact from tax settlements		4,600,000
Fiscal Year 2012 \| Taiwan
Taxes [Line Items]
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits resulting from settlement with taxing authorities			1,100,000
Minimum [Member]
Taxes [Line Items]
Estimated potential decrease in underlying unrecognized tax benefits, minimum	$ 0	0
Maximum [Member]
Taxes [Line Items]
Estimated potential decrease in underlying unrecognized tax benefits, minimum	$ 6,000,000	$ 6,000,000
New Accounting Pronouncement, Early Adoption, Effect \| Accounting Standards Update 2015-07
Taxes [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets, net, current			(95,000,000)
Deferred tax assets, net, noncurrent			$ 95,000,000