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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2021
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET Property, plant and equipment as of October 31, 2021 and 2020, consisted of the following:
| October 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020
| (in millions)
Land | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 58 |
Buildings and leasehold improvements | 1,147 |  |  | 1,055 |
Machinery and equipment | 638 |  |  | 579 |
Software | 221 |  |  | 182 |
Total property, plant and equipment | 2,067 |  |  | 1,874 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization | (1,122) |  |  | (1,029) |
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 945 |  |  | $ | 845 |
During 2021 and 2020 we recorded $2 million and $6 million, respectively, in asset impairments. In 2020 asset impairments related to the shutdown of our sequencer development program. There were no asset impairments in 2019. Depreciation expenses were $122 million in 2021, $119 million in 2020 and $111 million in 2019. In 2021 and 2020 we retired approximately $35 million and $29 million, respectively, of assets, the majority of which were fully depreciated and no longer in use.

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