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Government Grants (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Government Grants [Abstract] |
Government Grants [Table Text Block] | 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 2010, 2011 and 2012 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$ 30,240 (US$919) |  | October 2008 to September 2010 |  | Multi-standard Decoder iDTV SOC
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

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