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Summary of Stock Option Activity (Parenthetical) (Detail)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Number of shares, Granted 325,500ceva_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardStockAppreciationRightsGrantsInPeriod  
Outstanding amount of stock appreciation right units 3,316,380ceva_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsAndStockAppreciationRightsOutstandingNumber [1] 3,115,972ceva_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsAndStockAppreciationRightsOutstandingNumber
Exercisable amount of stock appreciation right units 2,031,630ceva_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsAndStockAppreciationRightsExercisableNumber [2]  
Maximum    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Outstanding amount of stock appreciation right units 2,946,669ceva_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsAndStockAppreciationRightsOutstandingNumber
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Exercisable amount of stock appreciation right units 1,894,343ceva_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsAndStockAppreciationRightsExercisableNumber
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Maximum | Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Maximum percentage of stock appreciation right units 75.00%ceva_PercentageOfStockAppreciationRightsUnitsSubjectToGrant
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[1] Due to the ceiling imposed on the SAR grants, the outstanding amount equals a maximum of 2,946,669 shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon exercise.
[2] Due to the ceiling imposed on the SAR grants, the exercisable amount equals a maximum of 1,894,343 shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon exercise.