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Investments in Non-Marketable Equity Securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]

Schedule of Cost Method Investments [Table Text Block]

Following is a summary of such investments which are accounted for using the cost method as of December 31, 2015 and 2016:

		December 31,
		2015			2016
		(in thousands)
Chi Lin Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.		$	625			488
Chi Lin Technology Co., Ltd.			432			432
Jetronics International Corp.			432			-
C Company			8,962			8,962
TIEF Fund, L. P.			-			1,600
eTurboTouch Technology Inc.			477			477
Oculon Optoelectronics Inc.			-			-
Shinyoptics Corp.			283			283
		$	11,211			12,242

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A tabular disclosure of (a) the aggregate carrying amount of all cost-method investments; (b) the aggregate carrying amount of cost-method investments that the investor did not evaluate for impairment for cost-method investments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6872867&loc=d3e40691-111596

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