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Segment, Customer Concentration and Geographical Information - Revenues Generated by Each Business Unit (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]    
Total revenues $ 10,529us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 8,449us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Wireless [Member]    
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]    
Total revenues 9,219us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= smsi_WirelessBusinessSegmentMember
6,855us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= smsi_WirelessBusinessSegmentMember
Productivity & Graphics [Member]    
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]    
Total revenues $ 1,310us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= smsi_ProductivityAndGraphicsMember
$ 1,594us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= smsi_ProductivityAndGraphicsMember