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Income Taxes (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes	$ 75,400	$ 65,886	$ 16,808
Taiwan Operations [Member]
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes	77,130	73,461	22,370
Cayman Operations [Member]
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes	(57)	(7,395)	(7,038)
Us Operations [Member]
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes	(2,251)	(1,597)	151
China Operations [Member]
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes	506	1,388	1,293
Korea Operations [Member]
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes	55	29	32
Japan Operations [Member]
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]
Earnings before income taxes	$ 17	$ 0	$ 0

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This element represents the income or loss from continuing operations attributable to the economic entity which may also be defined as revenue less expenses from ongoing operations, after income or loss from equity method investments, but before income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 10

-Article 5

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