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Segment, Product and Geographic Information (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 840,542us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 770,739us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 737,255us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Taiwan [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	310,191us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_TaiwanMember	283,989us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_TaiwanMember	356,793us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_TaiwanMember
China [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	436,462us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_ChinaMember	400,501us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_ChinaMember	334,433us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_ChinaMember
Other Asia Pacific (Korea and Japan) [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	88,047us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_OtherAsiaPacificMember	84,695us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_OtherAsiaPacificMember	43,245us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_OtherAsiaPacificMember
Europe And America [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 5,842us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_EuropeAndAmericaMember	$ 1,554us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_EuropeAndAmericaMember	$ 2,784us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = himx_EuropeAndAmericaMember

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- Definition

Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Article 5

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