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Government Grants
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
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Note 13. 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 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

 

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 2010, 2011 and 2012 were $819 thousand, $688 thousand and $216 thousand, respectively.