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Financial Instruments (Details 2) (USD $)
Mar. 28, 2015
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]  
Marketable debt securities with contractual maturities greater than one year but classified as short-term investment $ 1,390,000,000xlnx_Marketabledebtsecuritieswithcontractualmaturitiesgreaterthanoneyearbutclassifiedasshortterminvestment
Amortized cost and estimated fair value of marketable debt securities  
Amortized Cost Due in one year or less 1,583,478,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
Amortized Cost Due after one year through five years 334,112,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
Amortized Cost Due after five years through ten years 293,754,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
Amortized Cost Due after ten years 923,459,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
Amortized Cost Total 3,134,803,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis
Estimated Fair Value Due in one year or less 1,583,407,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue
Estimated Fair Value Due after one year through five years 334,318,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
Estimated Fair Value Due after five years through ten years 294,645,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
Estimated Fair Value Due after ten years 928,202,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue
Estimated Fair Value Total $ 3,140,572,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities