Percentage of corporate tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss) during the current year.

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Represents the reduced rate of income tax applicable to the entity under tax holiday program after second year of tax holiday.

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Mellanox foreign income tax holiday inception date

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The amount of income taxes from which a reporting entity is exempt or for which it will receive a reduction in income taxes as a result of the income tax holiday granted by the taxing jurisdiction.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 11.C)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34349781&loc=d3e330215-122817

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Per share amount effect of the income tax benefit resulting from the income tax holidays granted by taxing jurisdictions.

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The date on which the special tax status will terminate.

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INCOME TAXES: TAX HOLIDAY (Details) - Israel Tax Authority [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Corporate income tax rate	25.00%	26.50%
Income tax holiday, aggregate dollar amount	$ 37.3	$ 33.0	$ 6.9
Income tax holiday, income tax benefits per share (in USD per share)	$ 0.75	$ 0.69	$ 0.15
Yokneam [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Tax holiday inception date	2011
Tel Aviv [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Tax holiday inception date	2013
Income tax holiday reduced income tax rate after second year of tax holiday		10.00%
Tel Aviv [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income tax holiday, termination date	2021