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Organization and Basis of Presentation (Fiscal Year) (Details)
3 Months Ended
Apr. 26, 2015
weeks
Apr. 27, 2014
weeks
52 Week Fiscal Year [Member]    
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]    
Number of weeks in the fiscal year reporting period 52smtc_NumberofWeeksinReportingPeriod
/ smtc_FiscalYearPeriodAxis
= smtc_FiftyTwoWeekFiscalYearMember
 
Number of weeks in a quarter for 52 week fiscal period 13smtc_NumberOfWeeksInAQuarterForFiftyTwoWeeksFiscalPeriod
/ smtc_FiscalYearPeriodAxis
= smtc_FiftyTwoWeekFiscalYearMember
13smtc_NumberOfWeeksInAQuarterForFiftyTwoWeeksFiscalPeriod
/ smtc_FiscalYearPeriodAxis
= smtc_FiftyTwoWeekFiscalYearMember
53 Week Fiscal Year [Member]    
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]    
Number of weeks in the fiscal year reporting period 53smtc_NumberofWeeksinReportingPeriod
/ smtc_FiscalYearPeriodAxis
= smtc_FiftyThreeWeekFiscalYearMember
 
Number of weeks in the 4th quarter for 53 week fiscal period 14smtc_Numberofweeksforthefourthquarterfora53weekfiscalyear
/ smtc_FiscalYearPeriodAxis
= smtc_FiftyThreeWeekFiscalYearMember