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Segment, Product and Geographic Information (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 691,789	$ 840,542	$ 770,739
Taiwan [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	254,763	310,191	283,989
China [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	372,538	436,462	400,501
Other Asia Pacific (Korea and Japan) [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	53,053	88,047	84,695
Europe And America [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 11,435	$ 5,842	$ 1,554

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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