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Concentration of Risk - Schedule Of Significant Customers Accounting For At Least 10% Of Net Sales During Period (Details) (Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member])
3 Months Ended
Apr. 26, 2015
Apr. 27, 2014
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Minimum concentration risk threshold 10.00%smtc_ConcentrationRiskMinimumConcentrationRiskThresholdPercentage  
Concentration risk, percentage 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Samsung Electronics (and Affiliates) [Member]    
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk, percentage 8.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= smtc_SamsungElectronicsAndAffiliatesMember
14.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= smtc_SamsungElectronicsAndAffiliatesMember