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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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Note 9. Property, Plant and Equipment

		December 31,
		2015			2016
		(in thousands)
Land		$	14,328			14,328
Building and improvements			22,460			22,821
Machinery			42,770			42,687
Research and development equipment			25,949			26,695
Software			13,260			12,902
Office furniture and equipment			10,655			11,210
Others			24,793			27,269
			154,215			157,912
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(101,373)			(111,915)
Prepayment for purchases of land and equipment			1,619			2,175
		$	54,461			48,172

Depreciation and amortization of these assets for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 were $13,639 thousand, $13,312 thousand and $12,765 thousand, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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