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Equity Method Investments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Equity Method Investments Disclosure [Text Block] |
| Note 6. | Equity Method Investments
As of December 31, 2015 and 2016, equity method investments consisted of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |
|  | Amount |  | Holding % |  | Amount |  | Holding % |
|  | (in thousands) |
Viewsil Microelectronics (Kunshan) Limited |  | $ | 3,629 |  |  | 49.00 |  |  | 2,318 |  |  | 49.00 |
Iris Optronics Co., Ltd. |  |  | 19 |  |  | 1.98 |  |  | 44 |  |  | 2.06 |
|  | $ | 3,648 |  |  |  |  |  | 2,362 |  |  |  |
Viewsil Microelectronics (Kunshan) Limited (“Viewsil”) mainly engaged in IC design and sales and was purchased in March 2015. As of December 31, 2015 and 2016, the difference between the carrying amount of the Company’s investment in Viewsil and the underlying equity in the net assets of Viewsil was $1,897 thousand which represents investor level goodwill. For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, the Company’s equity in losses of Viewsil was $71 thousand and $1,266 thousand, respectively. The Company sold the investments in Create Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. in January 2015 for proceeds of $179 thousand and recognized gain on sale of securities of $88 thousand, which is included in “Gains on sale of securities, net”. As of December 31, 2016, it was not practicable for management to estimate the fair values of the Company’s investments in Viewsil and Iris due to the lack of quoted market price and the inability to estimate the fair values without incurring excessive costs. However, management identified no events or changes in circumstance that may significantly affect the Company’s ability on recovering the carrying values of these investments.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66011266&loc=d3e33918-111571 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64825282&loc=d3e32847-111569 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64825282&loc=d3e32787-111569 + Details
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