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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2015
Jan. 26, 2014
Jan. 27, 2013
Jan. 29, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract]        
Advertising Expense $ 14,600,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense $ 13,100,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense $ 9,200,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense  
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Realized 500,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized 4,700,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized (1,500,000)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized  
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance (260,985,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (244,487,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance    
Excess Tax Benefit Related To Stock Based Compensation 411,900,000nvda_ExcessTaxBenefitRelatedToStockbasedcompensation      
Cash and cash equivalents 496,654,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 1,151,587,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 732,786,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 667,876,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Accounts receivable from significant customers (in percent) 30.00%nvda_AccountsReceivableFromSignificantCustomersInPercent 23.00%nvda_AccountsReceivableFromSignificantCustomersInPercent    
Asset Retirement Obligation 7,400,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation 11,100,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]        
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis 4,412,977,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost 4,087,893,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost    
Money Market Funds        
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]        
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis $ 132,495,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsMember
$ 307,865,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
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