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Government Grants
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
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Note 12. Government Grants

 

The Company entered into several contracts with Department of Industrial Technology of Ministry of Economic Affairs (DOIT of MOEA) and Institute for Information Industry (III) during 2009, 2010 and 2011 primarily for the development of certain new leading products or technologies. Details of these contracts are summarized below:

 

Authority       Total Grant   Execution Period   Product Description
        (in thousands)        
                 
DOIT of MOEA   NT$   22,670  (US$703)   August 2007 to July 2009   Display Port IC
DOIT of MOEA       30,240  (US$919)   October 2008 to September 2010   Multi-standard Decoder iDTV SOC
III       1,860  (US$57)   March 2009 to November 2009   Himax Headquarter Excellent Program (I)
III       4,340  (US$140)   January 2010 to November 2011   Himax Headquarter Excellent Program (II)
III       18,700  (US$582)   January 2010 to December 2011   LCOS Projector Development Program
III       23,220  (US$770)   June 2011 to February 2013   CMOS Development Program

 

Government grants recognized by the Company as a reduction of research and development expense and general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income in 2009, 2010 and 2011 were $534 thousand, $819 thousand and $688 thousand, respectively.