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Number of marketable securities.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Amount before tax of unrealized gain in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) on investments in debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale.

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Amount before tax of unrealized loss in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) on investments in debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale.

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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.

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Investment Securities (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Investment Securities (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 securities	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	$ 19,654,000	$ 15,165,000
Gross Unrealized Gains	235,000	125,000
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Estimated Fair Value	19,889,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	15,290,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Cash and cash equivalents	22,130,000	26,487,000	32,003,000	25,762,000
Cash	6,000,000us-gaap_Cash	11,900,000us-gaap_Cash
Number of Marketable Securities	0cdxs_NumberOfMarketableSecurities	0cdxs_NumberOfMarketableSecurities
Money Market Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	16,089,000	14,602,000
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Estimated Fair Value	16,089,000	14,602,000
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	1,002,000
Gross Unrealized Gains	3,000
Gross Unrealized Losses	0
Estimated Fair Value	1,005,000
Average Contractual Maturities	140 days
US Treasury Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	2,000,000
Gross Unrealized Gains	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0
Estimated Fair Value	2,000,000
Average Contractual Maturities	59 years
Common Shares of Co Two Solution [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost Basis	563,000	563,000
Gross Unrealized Gains	232,000	125,000
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Estimated Fair Value	$ 795,000	$ 688,000