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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | |||
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Jan. 25, 2015
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Jan. 26, 2014
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Jan. 27, 2013
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Jan. 29, 2012
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| Advertising Expense | $ 14,600,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | $ 13,100,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | $ 9,200,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | |
| Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Realized | 500,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized | 4,700,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized | (1,500,000)us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized | |
| Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | (260,985,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | (244,487,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | ||
| Excess Tax Benefit Related To Stock Based Compensation | 411,900,000nvda_ExcessTaxBenefitRelatedToStockbasedcompensation | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 496,654,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 1,151,587,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 732,786,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 667,876,000us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |
| Accounts receivable from significant customers (in percent) | 30.00%nvda_AccountsReceivableFromSignificantCustomersInPercent | 23.00%nvda_AccountsReceivableFromSignificantCustomersInPercent | ||
| Asset Retirement Obligation | 7,400,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation | 11,100,000us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligation | ||
| Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] | ||||
| Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | 4,412,977,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost | 4,087,893,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost | ||
| Money Market Funds | ||||
| Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items] | ||||
| Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis | $ 132,495,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost / us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis = us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsMember |
$ 307,865,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost / us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis = us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsMember |
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Aggregate percentage of accounts receivable from significant customers that individually accounts for 10 percent or more of total accounts receivable. No definition available.
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Excess Tax Benefit Related To StockBasedCompensation No definition available.
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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The carrying amount of a liability for an asset retirement obligation. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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This item represents the cost of debt and equity securities, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading, net of adjustments including accretion, amortization, collection of cash, previous other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings (less any cumulative-effect adjustments recognized, as defined), and fair value hedge accounting adjustments, if any. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before tax of foreign currency transaction realized gain (loss) recognized in the income statement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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