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Concentration of Risk - Schedule Of Significant Customers Having An Outstanding Receivable Balance That Represents At Least 10% Of Total Net (Details) (Accounts Receivable [Member])
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 26, 2015
Jan. 25, 2015
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Minimum concentration risk threshold 10.00%smtc_ConcentrationRiskMinimumConcentrationRiskThresholdPercentage  
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_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= smtc_SamsungElectronicsAndAffiliatesMember
12.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= smtc_SamsungElectronicsAndAffiliatesMember