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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Mar. 29, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance $ 1,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount  
Net operating loss included in deferred tax assets 57,878,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 29,062,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
Unrecognized tax benefit 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Accrued interest and penalties 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued  
Interest and penalties incurred during period 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Federal [Member]    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Net operating loss carryforwards 26,200,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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Section 382 Of Internal Revenue Code [Member]    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Net operating loss carryforwards 26,200,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= crus_SectionThreeEightTwoOfInternalRevenueCodeMember
 
Non-U.S [Member]    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Net operating loss carryforwards 147,600,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
 
State [Member]    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Net operating loss carryforwards 88,300,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
Research Tax Credit Carryforward [Member] | Federal [Member]    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Tax credit carryforward 5,100,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
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Research Tax Credit Carryforward [Member] | State [Member]    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Tax credit carryforward 14,600,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
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Tax credit carryforward subject to expiration 2,900,000crus_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmountSubjectToExpiration
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchMember
 
Tax credit carryforward not subject to expiration $ 11,700,000crus_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmountNotSubjectToExpiration
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
/ us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchMember