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Segment Information Revenue and Accounts Receivable by major customer (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2015	Jan. 26, 2014	Jan. 27, 2013
Customer A (REV)
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from significant customers (in percent)	11.00%nvda_RevenueFromSignificantCustomersInPercent / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = nvda_CustomerMember	11.00%nvda_RevenueFromSignificantCustomersInPercent / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = nvda_CustomerMember	13.00%nvda_RevenueFromSignificantCustomersInPercent / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = nvda_CustomerMember
Customer B (REV)
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from significant customers (in percent)	9.00%nvda_RevenueFromSignificantCustomersInPercent / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = nvda_CustomerBMember	10.00%nvda_RevenueFromSignificantCustomersInPercent / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = nvda_CustomerBMember	9.00%nvda_RevenueFromSignificantCustomersInPercent / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = nvda_CustomerBMember

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Aggregate percentage of revenue generated from significant external customers that individually account for 10 percent or more of total revenues

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