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Other Investments	9 Months Ended
Other Investments	Sep. 30, 2016
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Other Investments	7. Other Investments In September 2015, Intersil Corporation (“Intersil”) acquired Great Wall Semiconductor Corporation (“GWS”). At that time, the Company’s gross investment in non-voting convertible preferred stock of GWS totaled $4,999,719, giving the Company an approximately 27% ownership interest in GWS. The Company received cash consideration of $4,999,719 for its investment from Intersil, representing full preference value of its shares of non-voting convertible preferred stock of GWS. Since the investment in GWS had previously been written down to zero, the full amount of the consideration was recorded as a gain from sale of equity method investment in the third quarter of 2015.