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Fair Value Measurement (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis which were comprised of the following types of instruments at December 31, 2011 and 2012:
|  | Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2011 Using |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits with original maturities less than three months |  | $ | 72,000 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Marketable securities available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposit with original maturities more than three months |  |  | - |  |  |  | 165 |  |  |  | - |
Investment securities available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate straight bonds |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 5,080 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents : |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits with original maturities less than three months |  |  | 44,000 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Other assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Embedded conversion option |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 174 |
Restricted marketable securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits with original maturities of more than three months |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,266 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  | $ | 116,000 |  |  |  | 1,431 |  |  |  | 5,254 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term debt |  | $ | - |  |  |  | 84,200 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  | $ | - |  |  |  | 84,200 |  |  |  | - |
|  | Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2012 Using |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits with original maturities less than three months |  | $ | 45,000 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Marketable securities available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposit with original maturities more than three months |  |  | - |  |  |  | 172 |  |  |  | - |
Restricted marketable securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time deposits with original maturities of more than three months |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,273 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  | $ | 45,000 |  |  |  | 1,445 |  |  |  | - |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term debt |  | $ | - |  |  |  | 73,000 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  | $ | - |  |  |  | 73,000 |  |  |  | - |
Schedule Of Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis And Associated Losses [Table Text Block] | The following table presents fair value measurements of assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at December 31, 2012 and the associated losses recognized in 2012 (nil in 2011):
|  | Fair Value Measurements at reporting Date Using |
|  | December 31, 2012 |  |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 Impairment loss |
|  | (in thousands) |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in Non-marketable Equity Securities- eTurbo Touch Technology Inc. |  | $ | 477 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 477 |  |  |  | 238 |
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the years ended December 31, 2011:
|  | Corporate straight bonds |  |  | Derivatives- Conversion option |  |  | Total |
|  | (in thousands) |
Balance at January 1, 2011 |  | $ | 5,196 |  |  |  | 1,004 |  |  |  | 6,200 |
Total unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings |  |  | 67 |  |  |  | (830 | ) |  |  | (763 | )
Total unrealized losses included in other comprehensive income, net |  |  | (183 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (183 | )
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 5,080 |  |  |  | 174 |  |  |  | 5,254 |
The amount of total gains (losses) in 2011 included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets and liabilities still held December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 67 |  |  |  | (830 | ) |  |  | (763 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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