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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Expenses [Table Text Block]

The amount of share-based compensation expenses included in applicable costs of sales and expense categories and related tax effects are summarized as follows:

 

  Year Ended December 31, 
  2010  2011  2012 
  (in thousands) 
          
Cost of revenues $240   124   176 
Research and development  8,803   5,062   5,625 
General and administrative  1,525   872   1,191 
Sales and marketing  1,613   1,005   1,230 
Total compensation recognized in income $12,181   7,063   8,222 
Income tax benefit $2,127   818   1,886
Schedule of Nonvested Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

RSUs activity under the long-term incentive plan during the periods indicated is as follows:

 

    Number of
Underlying
Shares for RSUs		     Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value		  
             
Balance at January 1, 2010     3,837,752     $ 3.23  
Granted     3,488,952       2.47  
Vested     (4,145,854 )     2.84  
Forfeited     (492,468 )     3.10  
Balance at December 31, 2010     2,688,382       2.87  
Granted     2,727,278       1.10  
Vested     (4,096,965 )     1.74  
Forfeited     (146,307 )     2.87  
Balance at December 31, 2011     1,172,388       2.68  
Granted     5,522,279       1.95  
Vested     (3,879,959 )     2.10  
Forfeited     (177,253 )     2.81  
Balance at December 31, 2012     2,637,455       1.99  
Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Expenses Restricted Stock Units [Table Text Block]

The allocation of compensation expenses and related tax effects from the RSUs granted to employees under the long-term incentive plan are summarized as follows:

 

  Year Ended December 31, 
  2010  2011  2012 
  (in thousands) 
          
Cost of revenues $240   124   176 
Research and development  8,153   4,790   5,605 
General and administrative  1,505   863   1,184 
Sales and marketing  1,587   996   1,230 
Total compensation from RSUs $11,485   6,773   8,195 
Income tax benefit $2,127   818   1,886
Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block]

Non-vested share activity of this award during the period indicated is as follows:

 

  Number of
Shares		  Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value		 
       
Balance at January 1, 2010  1,121,000  $0.464 
Vested  (988,000)  0.464 
Forfeited  (133,000)  0.464 
Balance at December 31, 2010  -   -
Imaging Cayman [Member]
  
Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block]

Non-vested share activity of this award for Imaging Cayman during the period indicated is as follows:

 

  Number of
Shares		  

Weighted

Average Grant

Date Fair Value

 
       
Balance at January 1, 2010  5,648,889  $0.33 
Granted  1,380,000   0.33 
Vested  (868,390)  0.33 
Forfeited  (813,722)  0.33 
Balance at December 31, 2010  5,346,777   0.33 
Cancelled  (5,346,777)  0.33 
Balance at December 31, 2011  -   -
Imaging Taiwan [Member]
  
Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block]

Non-vested share activity of this award for Imaging Taiwan during the period indicated is as follows:

 

  

Number of

Shares

  

Weighted

Average Grant

Date Fair Value

 
       
Balance at January 1, 2011  1,939,490  $0.72 
Granted  567,689   0.72 
Vested  (601,129)  0.72 
Forfeited  (28,971)  0.72 
Balance at December 31, 2011  1,877,079   0.72 
Vested  (699,967)  0.72 
Forfeited  (821,365)  0.72 
Balance at December 31, 2012  355,747   0.72
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]
The risk-free rates for the expected term of the options are based on the interest rate of 3 years ROC central government bond at the time of grant.

 

  2012 
Valuation assumptions:    
Expected dividend yield  0%
Expected volatility  43.29%
Expected term (years)  3.125 
Risk-free interest rate  0.87%
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

Stock option activity during the periods indicated is as follows:

 

  Number
of shares		  Weighted
average
exercise 
price		  Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term		 
          
Balance at January 1, 2012  -  $-     
Granted  1,115,000   1.004     
Exercised  -   -     
Forfeited  (65,000)  1.004     
Balance at December 31, 2012  1,050,000   1.004   3.5
Himax Media Solutions [Member]
  
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]
The risk-free rates for the expected term of the options are based on the interest rate of 10 years and 5 years ROC central government bond at the time of grant for the 2007 plan and the 2009 plan, respectively.

 

  2007  2009 
Valuation assumptions:        
Expected dividend yield  0%  0%
Expected volatility  39.94%  51.52%
Expected term (years)  4.375   4.375 
Risk-free interest rate  2.4776%  2%
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]
A summary of stock options activity during the periods indicated is as follows:

 

  Number
of shares		  Weighted
average
exercise 
price		  Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term		 
          
Balance at January 1, 2010  1,693,250  $1.664   2.826 
Granted  -   -     
Exercised  -   -     
Forfeited  (249,375)  1.680     
Balance at December 31, 2010  1,443,875   1.660   2.452 
Granted  444,500   1.834     
Exercised  -   -     
Forfeited  (346,813)  1.717     
Balance at December 31, 2011  1,541,562   1.696   1.803 
Granted  9,750   1.856     
Exercised  -   -     
Forfeited  (372,187)  1.721     
Balance at December 31, 2012  1,179,125   1.690   0.803 
Exercisable at December 31, 2012  1,101,938   1.721