Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies	18. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES FCI provided their employees with collateral for personal loans which is deposited at a designated bank and the amount deposited was US$425 thousand and US$415 thousand at December 31, 2015 and 2016, respectively. Such amounts were accounted for as restricted cash. Operating Leases The Company entered into various operating lease agreements for office space that expire on various dates through March 2022. The Company recognized rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 of US$1,981 thousand, US$2,453 thousand and US$2,595 thousand, respectively. The minimum operating lease payments expected under these leases as of December 31, 2016 were US$1,866 thousand, US$1,463 thousand, US$590 thousand, US$288 thousand, and US$261 thousand for the years ending December 31, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. Litigation The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcome of such proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not believe that the outcome of any of these matters will have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows. Any litigation, however, involves potential risk and potentially significant litigation costs, and therefore there can be no assurance that any litigation which is now pending or which may arise in the future would not have such a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows. All American Semiconductor, Inc. (“All American” or “AASI”) was a former distributor for the Company. On April 25, 2007, All American filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At the time of the filing, the Company had US$256 thousand of unpaid accounts receivable from All American. On April 17, 2009 SMI USA and related entities were named as defendants in an adversary proceeding filed by the AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust (“CLT”) in the bankruptcy case pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. The CLT was seeking the return of allegedly avoidable transfers in the amount of US$854 thousand. SMI USA filed an answer and affirmative defenses. In March 2010, SMI USA settled with the CLT by paying the amount of US$220 thousand and on April 1, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court granted the motion to approve stipulations to compromise controversy. On August 23, 2010, the Court entered an order dismissing the adversary proceeding. In June 2011, Liquidating Trustee for the CLT filed the AASI Creditor Liquidating Trustee’s Seventeenth Omnibus Objection to Claims but in August 2011, withdrew it with respect to SMI USA’s proof of claim. As a holder of allowed claims, we are entitled to receive distribution pursuant to the bankruptcy plan. From 2012 to 2016, we received total distributions of US$263 thousand from the CLT and believe we have received full payout of the settled claim.

18. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

FCI provided their employees with collateral for personal loans which is deposited at a designated bank and the amount deposited was US$425 thousand and US$415 thousand at December 31, 2015 and 2016, respectively. Such amounts were accounted for as restricted cash.

Operating Leases

The Company entered into various operating lease agreements for office space that expire on various dates through March 2022. The Company recognized rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 of US$1,981 thousand, US$2,453 thousand and US$2,595 thousand, respectively. The minimum operating lease payments expected under these leases as of December 31, 2016 were US$1,866 thousand, US$1,463 thousand, US$590 thousand, US$288 thousand, and US$261 thousand for the years ending December 31, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Litigation

The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims, either asserted or unasserted, which arise in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcome of such proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not believe that the outcome of any of these matters will have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial position or cash flows. Any litigation, however, involves potential risk and potentially significant litigation costs, and therefore there can be no assurance that any litigation which is now pending or which may arise in the future would not have such a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

All American Semiconductor, Inc. (“All American” or “AASI”) was a former distributor for the Company. On April 25, 2007, All American filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At the time of the filing, the Company had US$256 thousand of unpaid accounts receivable from All American. On April 17, 2009 SMI USA and related entities were named as defendants in an adversary proceeding filed by the AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust (“CLT”) in the bankruptcy case pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. The CLT was seeking the return of allegedly avoidable transfers in the amount of US$854 thousand. SMI USA filed an answer and affirmative defenses. In March 2010, SMI USA settled with the CLT by paying the amount of US$220 thousand and on April 1, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court granted the motion to approve stipulations to compromise controversy. On August 23, 2010, the Court entered an order dismissing the adversary proceeding. In June 2011, Liquidating Trustee for the CLT filed the AASI Creditor Liquidating Trustee’s Seventeenth Omnibus Objection to Claims but in August 2011, withdrew it with respect to SMI USA’s proof of claim. As a holder of allowed claims, we are entitled to receive distribution pursuant to the bankruptcy plan. From 2012 to 2016, we received total distributions of US$263 thousand from the CLT and believe we have received full payout of the settled claim.