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Planned Acquisition of Inotera and License Agreement with Nanya (Details) TWD / shares in Units, $ / shares in Units, TWD in Billions, $ in Billions | 1 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2015 | May. 01, 2016 TWD | Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares | Jun. 30, 2016 TWD | Jun. 30, 2016 TWD / shares | Dec. 14, 2015 TWD / $ | Dec. 03, 2015 | Sep. 03, 2015
Inotera [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current Equity Ownership Percentage (in hundredths) | [1] |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33.00% | 33.00%
Inotera [Member] | Nanya and certain of its affilliates [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage interest held by a third party (in hundredths) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32.00% |
Subsequent Event [Member] | Inotera [Member] | Nanya and certain of its affilliates [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity Method Investment Ownership Percentage Held By Third Party Subject to Voting and Support Agreements (in hundredths) |  | 32.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Member] | Inotera [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation | TWD / $ |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32.7 |  |
Subsequent Event [Member] | Inotera [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage after stock transactions (in hundredths) |  |  |  | 100.00% | 100.00% |  |  |  |
Inotera Acquisition, Share Price | (per share) |  |  |  | $ 0.92 |  | TWD 30 |  |  |
Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares, Potential Consideration [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate consideration payable for Inotera shares not already owned | $ |  |  |  | $ 4.1 |  |  |  |  |
Debt planned to be incurred toward consideration for Inotera shares not already owned |  |  |  | $ 2.5 | TWD 80.0 |  |  |  |
Debt commitment letters planned to be obtained | TWD |  |  | TWD 80.0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Trading-day period used to derive average share value of equity interests issuable to Nanya |  |  |  | 30 days | 30 days |  |  |  |
Number of days prior to the optional share issuance to Nanya that pricing is established |  |  |  | 30 days | 30 days |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Member] | Inotera [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination Required Shareholder Affirmative Vote Percentage |  |  |  | 66.66% | 66.66% |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Member] | Inotera [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Maximum [Member] | Private Placement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition of Remaining Inotera Shares, Potential Consideration [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Value of equity interests issuable to Nanya as consideration for Inotera shares not already owned |  |  |  | $ 1.0 | TWD 31.5 |  |  |  |
[1] | Entity is a variable interest entity.

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