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Segment, Product and Geographic Information (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 685,167	$ 802,917	$ 691,789
Taiwan [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	176,951	199,985	254,763
China [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	421,208	507,470	372,538
Other Asia Pacific (Philippines, Korea and Japan) [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	67,779	54,159	53,053
Europe And America [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 19,229	$ 41,303	$ 11,435

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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=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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