| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 100700 - Disclosure - Segment Reporting - Company's Revenue by Geographic Region (Detail) (http://www.ambarella.com/20170131/taxonomy/role/DisclosureSegmentReportingCompanySRevenueByGeographicRegionDetail) |
| Table | Schedule Of Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customers By Products And Services [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001280263 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-02-01 - 2017-01-31 | 2015-02-01 - 2016-01-31 | 2014-02-01 - 2015-01-31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Geographical | Geographical | Geographical | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong [Member] | Europe [Member] | United States [Member] | North America other than United States [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Geographical | Hong Kong [Member] | Europe [Member] | United States [Member] | North America other than United States [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Geographical | Hong Kong [Member] | Europe [Member] | United States [Member] | North America other than United States [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member] | Geographical | |
Total revenue | 310,297,000 | 316,373,000 | 218,278,000 | |||||||||||||||