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Government Grants (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Government Grants [Abstract]

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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
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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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The tabular disclosure of all contracts made with government.

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