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Related-Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Jan. 31, 2013
Related party [Member]      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Percentage of entity's voting stock owned by related party 10.00%amba_MinimumPercentageOfVotingStockUsedToDefineRelatedParty
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10.00%amba_MinimumPercentageOfVotingStockUsedToDefineRelatedParty
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10.00%amba_MinimumPercentageOfVotingStockUsedToDefineRelatedParty
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Other Entity [Member]      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Commitment to make license payment through January 2017 $ 7.5amba_CommitmentToMakeLicensePayment
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Payment for license fees 2.3amba_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsPaidToRelatedParty
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= amba_OtherEntityMember
1.7amba_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsPaidToRelatedParty
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= amba_OtherEntityMember
1.8amba_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsPaidToRelatedParty
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= amba_OtherEntityMember
License expenses commitments included in research and development cost 1.9amba_SoftwareLicenseExpenseRentedFromRelatedParty
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= amba_OtherEntityMember
1.7amba_SoftwareLicenseExpenseRentedFromRelatedParty
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= amba_OtherEntityMember
1.8amba_SoftwareLicenseExpenseRentedFromRelatedParty
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Investor [Member]      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Percentage of investor own voting stock     4.60%amba_PercentageOfVotingStockOwnedByInvestor
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Recognized revenue from related party 125.1us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
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88.7us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
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= us-gaap_InvestorMember
76.5us-gaap_RevenueFromRelatedParties
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Account receivables from related party $ 12.1us-gaap_DueFromRelatedPartiesCurrent
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$ 7.9us-gaap_DueFromRelatedPartiesCurrent
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