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Guarantees (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2015
Jan. 26, 2014
Jan. 27, 2013
Jan. 30, 2011
Notes to financial statements [Abstract]        
Cumulative Net Warranty charge $ 475,900,000nvda_CumulativeNetProductWarrantyExpense      
Release of warranty accrual 7,800,000nvda_Releaseofwarrantyaccrual      
Estimated product warranty liabilities        
Balance at beginning of period 7,571,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual [1] 14,874,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual [1]   18,406,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual [1]
Additions 5,441,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued 6,786,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued 5,738,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued  
Deductions (5,489,000)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments [2] (14,089,000)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments [2] (9,270,000)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments [2]  
Balance at end of period 7,523,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual 7,571,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual [1] 14,874,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual [1] 18,406,000us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual [1]
Remaining amount of the warranty accrual associated with incremental repair and replacement costs from a weak die/packaging material set   9,600,000nvda_Remainingamountofthewarrantyaccrualassociatedwithincrementalrepairandreplacementcostsfromaweakdiepackagingmaterialset 13,200,000nvda_Remainingamountofthewarrantyaccrualassociatedwithincrementalrepairandreplacementcostsfromaweakdiepackagingmaterialset  
Payments related to warranty accrual   $ 1,800,000nvda_PaymentsRelatedToWarrantyAccrual $ 3,000,000nvda_PaymentsRelatedToWarrantyAccrual  
[1] Includes a balance of $9.6 million and $13.2 million for fiscal years 2014 and 2013, respectively, for the remaining amount of the warranty accrual associated with incremental repair and replacement costs from a weak die/packaging material set, which we recorded prior to fiscal year 2013.
[2] Includes $1.8 million and $3.0 million for fiscal years 2014 and 2013, respectively, in payments related to weak die/packaging set warranty accrual recorded prior to fiscal year 2013, and $7.8 million related to the release of the final unclaimed portion of that accrual during fiscal year 2014.