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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2012
Jan. 31, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Jan. 31, 2013
Nov. 30, 2012
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]          
Initial public offering price per share $ 6.00us-gaap_SaleOfStockPricePerShare        
Net proceeds from shares issued and over-allotment options exercised in connection with initial public offering after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses       $ 30,400,000amba_NetProceedsFromSharesIssued  
Redeemable convertible preference shares converted to ordinary shares 13,315,727us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleSecurities        
Redeemable convertible preference shares conversion Converted into ordinary shares on a one-to-one basis        
Cash equivalents, treatment   Highly liquid investments with original maturities of less than three months at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.      
Marketable securities, treatment   Investments that are highly liquid with original maturities at the time of purchase greater than three months are considered as marketable securities.      
Write-offs of accounts receivable   0us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs 0us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs 0us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs  
Allowance for doubtful accounts   0us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivable 0us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivable    
Estimated useful life   3 years 3 years 3 years  
Capitalized internal-use software   1,600,000us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross      
Impairment of long-lived assets   0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse      
Impairment losses on investment   $ 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments      
Expected dividend yield   0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate 0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate 0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate  
IPO [Member]          
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]          
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues 6,000,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_IPOMember
       
Stockholders [Member]          
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]          
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues 1,095,349us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= amba_StockholdersMember
       
Over Allotment Option [Member]          
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]          
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues         900,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_OverAllotmentOptionMember