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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE - Employee Stock Purchase Plan Narrative (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
purchase_period
participant
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Stockholders Equity And Share Based Compensation Expense [Abstract]      
Shares reserve for issuance under Employee stock purchase plan (in shares) 7,000,000affx_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuanceEspp    
ESPP purchase consideration as percentage of market value (in hundredths) 85.00%affx_EsppPurchaseConsiderationAsPercentageOfMarketValue    
ESPP offering period 12 months    
ESPP number of purchase periods per offering period 2affx_EsppNumberOfPurchasePeriodsPerOfferingPeriod    
Number of months in each purchase period 6 months    
Look-back period for ESPP 12 months    
Percentage of gross compensation through payroll deductions employees can invest (in hundredths) 15.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardMaximumEmployeeSubscriptionRate    
Number of shares of common stock employee permitted to purchase (in shares) 750us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardMaximumNumberOfSharesPerEmployee    
Number of participants in ESPP 451affx_NumberOfParticipantsInEspp    
Number of shares issued ESPP (in shares) 300,000affx_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlansForRendering    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Per Share Weighted Average Price of Shares Purchased $ 6.49us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPerShareWeightedAveragePriceOfSharesPurchased    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense $ 1.8affx_AllocatedShare-BasedCompensationExpenseEspp $ 0.7affx_AllocatedShare-BasedCompensationExpenseEspp $ 0.6affx_AllocatedShare-BasedCompensationExpenseEspp