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Investments in Privately-held Companies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Investments in Privately-held Companies

Investments

Our direct investments are summarized below (in thousands):

		Investment Balance as of
		December 31,			December 31,			Accounting		Ownership
Company		2015			2014			Method		Percentage
Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co., Ltd.		$	3,331		$	3,331		Consolidated		46	%
Nanjing Jin Mei Gallium Co., Ltd.			592			592		Consolidated		83	%
Beijing BoYu Semiconductor Vessel Craftwork Technology Co., Ltd.			1,346			1,346		Consolidated		70	%
		$	5,269		$	5,269
Donghai County Dongfang High Purity Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.		$	1,524		$	1,723		Equity		46	%
Xilingol Tongli Germanium Co. Ltd.			5,343			5,351		Equity		25	%
Emeishan Jia Mei High Purity Metals Co., Ltd.			1,081			1,021		Equity		25	%
		$	7,948		$	8,095

Summarized income information

											Our share for the
			Year Ended								Year Ended
			December 31,								December 31,
		2015			2014			2013			2015			2014			2013
Net revenue		$	36,259		$	47,824		$	41,257		$	9,112		$	11,887		$	10,240
Gross profit			8,327			21,436			13,836			1,954			5,340			3,328
Operating income			2,494			9,046			8,174			494			2,059			1,820
Net income			2,371			6,765			6,315			462			1,528			1,377

Summarized balance sheet information

		As of December 31,
		2015			2014
Current assets		$	32,097		$	31,482
Noncurrent assets			35,917			39,275
Current liabilities			18,185			19,923
Noncurrent liabilities			571			169

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