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Related-party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] | Revenues from related parties are summarized as follows:
|  |  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |
| (in thousands) |
CMO- NingBo |  |  | $ | 123,888 |  | 93,664 |  | 32,045 |
INX |  |  |  | 55,629 |  | 56,221 |  | 26,695 |
CMO- NanHai |  |  |  | 41,241 |  | 63,375 |  | 10,564 |
CME- NingBo |  |  |  | 18,889 |  | 21,673 |  | 6,416 |
TPO Shanghai |  |  |  | 1,077 |  | 4,148 |  | 5,632 |
Chi Hsin- NingBo |  |  |  | 16,806 |  | 12,637 |  | 2,534 |
Others (individually below 5%) |  |  |  | 703 |  | 256 |  | 2,669 |
|  |  | $ | 258,233 |  | 251,974 |  | 86,555 |
Schedule Of Due From Related Party [Table Text Block] | A breakdown by product type for sales to INX and its affiliates is summarized as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Display driver for large-size applications |  | $ | 210,137 |  |  | 190,963 |  |  | 54,813 |
Display driver for consumer electronics applications |  |  | 29,316 |  |  | 40,582 |  |  | 24,965 |
Display driver for mobile handsets |  |  | 14,454 |  |  | 14,748 |  |  | 1,863 |
Others |  |  | 4,249 |  |  | 5,681 |  |  | 4,914 |
|  | $ | 258,156 |  |  | 251,974 |  |  | 86,555 |
Schedule Of Related Party Accounts Receivable [Table Text Block] | The related accounts receivable resulting from the above sales as of December 31, 2012 was as follows:
|  | Amount |
|  | (in thousands) |
CMO- NingBo |  | $ | 31,421 |
INX |  |  | 17,319 |
CMO- NanHai |  |  | 13,390 |
CME- NingBo |  |  | 5,947 |
TPO Shanghai |  |  | 2,115 |
Chi Hsin- NingBo |  |  | 3,210 |
Others (individually below 5%) |  |  | 30 |
|  |  | 73,432 |
Allowance for sales returns and discounts |  |  | (174) |
|  | $ | 73,258 |

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