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Certain Financial Statement Information - Schedule of Purchased Inatngible Assets (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible assets, Gross $ 493,636us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross $ 493,636us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization and Impairments (493,636)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization (493,531)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Intangible assets, Net 0us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 105us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Developed Technology In Process Research And Development    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible assets, Gross 425,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_DevelopedTechnologyInProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember
425,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_DevelopedTechnologyInProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization and Impairments (425,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_DevelopedTechnologyInProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember
(425,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_DevelopedTechnologyInProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember
Intangible assets, Net 0us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_DevelopedTechnologyInProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember
0us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_DevelopedTechnologyInProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember
Intangible assets, Weighted average useful remaining life 0 years 0 years
Customer Relationships    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible assets, Gross 6,330us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
6,330us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization and Impairments (6,330)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
(6,225)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Intangible assets, Net 0us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
105us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Intangible assets, Weighted average useful remaining life 0 years 5 months 12 days
Patents Core Technology Rights Tradename    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible assets, Gross 62,306us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_PatentsCoreTechnologyRightsTradenameMember
62,306us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_PatentsCoreTechnologyRightsTradenameMember
Intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization and Impairments (62,306)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_PatentsCoreTechnologyRightsTradenameMember
(62,306)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_PatentsCoreTechnologyRightsTradenameMember
Intangible assets, Net $ 0us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_PatentsCoreTechnologyRightsTradenameMember
$ 0us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= amcc_PatentsCoreTechnologyRightsTradenameMember
Intangible assets, Weighted average useful remaining life 0 years 0 years