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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 04, 2015
Jan. 13, 2015
Apr. 26, 2015
Apr. 27, 2014
Jan. 25, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Effective date of acquisition Mar. 04, 2015 Jan. 13, 2015      
Name of acquired entity Triune Systems, L.L.C. EnVerv      
Borrowings under line of credit     $ 35,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit  
Goodwill     329,703,000us-gaap_Goodwill   280,319,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Triune Systems [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Purchase price 45,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Cash paid to to acquire business 35,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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= smtc_TriuneSystemsMember
       
Cash to be paid in six months from closing date 10,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= smtc_TriuneSystemsMember
       
Fair value of earn-out liability     16,700,000smtc_EarnoutLiabilityFairValue
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Goodwill     49,400,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= smtc_TriuneSystemsMember
   
Triune Systems [Member] | Core Technologies [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Acquisition consideration allocated to finite-lived intangible assets     10,000,000us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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= smtc_TriuneSystemsMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
   
Triune Systems [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Acquisition consideration allocated to finite-lived intangible assets     2,000,000us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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Triune Systems [Member] | Other liabilities [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Earn-out liability booked     16,200,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
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Triune Systems [Member] | Earn-out Payable Within First Three Fiscal Years Of Acquisition Date [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Potential payments under earn-out arrangements, high estimate 70,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
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/ us-gaap_ContingentConsiderationByTypeAxis
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Triune Systems [Member] | Additional Earn-out Payable After Third Fiscal Year From Acquisition Date [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Potential payments under earn-out arrangements, high estimate 16,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
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= smtc_TriuneSystemsMember
/ us-gaap_ContingentConsiderationByTypeAxis
= smtc_AdditionalEarnoutPayableAfterThirdFiscalYearFromAcquisitionDateMember
       
EnVery [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Cash paid to to acquire business   4,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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= smtc_EnVeryMember
     
Goodwill     3,400,000us-gaap_Goodwill
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= smtc_EnVeryMember
   
EnVery [Member] | Core Technologies [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Acquisition consideration allocated to finite-lived intangible assets     $ 1,400,000us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= smtc_EnVeryMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember