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Accounts Receivable, Net and Significant Customers (Significant Customers) (Details 2)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]      
Sales to distributors 73.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales 77.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales 71.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales
Sales To OEMs 27.00%altr_SalesToOemsAsPercentageOfNetSales 23.00%altr_SalesToOemsAsPercentageOfNetSales 29.00%altr_SalesToOemsAsPercentageOfNetSales
Concentration Risk, Percentage 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Arrow Electronics, Inc.      
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]      
Sales to distributors 39.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsOneArrowMember
[1] 41.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsOneArrowMember
[1] 40.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsOneArrowMember
[1]
Accounts receivable from distributors as a percentage of total accounts receivable 34.00%altr_AccountsReceivableFromDistributorsAsPercentageOfTotalAccountsReceivables
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsOneArrowMember
26.00%altr_AccountsReceivableFromDistributorsAsPercentageOfTotalAccountsReceivables
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsOneArrowMember
 
Macnica, Inc.      
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]      
Sales to distributors 22.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsTwoMacnicaMember
[1] 23.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsTwoMacnicaMember
[1] 21.00%altr_SalesToDistributorsasaPercentageofNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsTwoMacnicaMember
[1]
Accounts receivable from distributors as a percentage of total accounts receivable 47.00%altr_AccountsReceivableFromDistributorsAsPercentageOfTotalAccountsReceivables
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsTwoMacnicaMember
55.00%altr_AccountsReceivableFromDistributorsAsPercentageOfTotalAccountsReceivables
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesDistributorsTwoMacnicaMember
 
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.      
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]      
Sales To OEMs 10.00%altr_SalesToOemsAsPercentageOfNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesOemsOneHuaweiMember
11.00%altr_SalesToOemsAsPercentageOfNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesOemsOneHuaweiMember
16.00%altr_SalesToOemsAsPercentageOfNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesOemsOneHuaweiMember
LM Ericsson Telephone Company      
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]      
Sales To OEMs 10.00%altr_SalesToOemsAsPercentageOfNetSales
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= altr_SalesOEMsTwoEricssonMemberDomain
   
[1] Except as presented above, no other distributor accounted for greater than 10% of our net sales for 2014, 2013 or 2012.