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Concentration of Risk - Schedule of Significant Customers Having an Outstanding Receivable Balance that Represents at Least 10% of Total Net Receivables (Details) (Accounts receivable)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2015
Jan. 26, 2014
Geographic Information And Concentration Of Risk [Line Items]    
Minimum concentration risk threshold 10.00%smtc_ConcentrationRiskMinimumConcentrationRiskThresholdPercentage  
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.(and affiliates)
   
Geographic Information And Concentration Of Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk, percentage 12.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= smtc_SamsungElectronicsAndAffiliatesMember
13.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= smtc_SamsungElectronicsAndAffiliatesMember