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Investments in Privately Held Companies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Investments in Privately Held Companies |
Summary of investments | Our direct investments are summarized below (in thousands):
|  | Investment Balance as of |  |  |  |  |
|  | December 31, |  | December 31, |  | Accounting |  | Ownership |
Company |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | Method |  | Percentage |
Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co., Ltd. |  | $ | 3,331 |  | $ | 3,331 |  | Consolidated |  | 46 | %
Nanjing JinMei Gallium Co., Ltd. |  |  | 592 |  |  | 592 |  | Consolidated |  | 83 | %
Beijing BoYu Semiconductor Vessel Craftwork Technology Co., Ltd. |  |  | 1,346 |  |  | 1,346 |  | Consolidated |  | 63 | %
|  | $ | 5,269 |  | $ | 5,269 |  |  |  |  |
Donghai County Dongfang High Purity Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. |  | $ | 1,473 |  | $ | 1,498 |  | Equity |  | 46 | %
Xilingol Tongli Germanium Co. Ltd. |  |  | 3,190 |  |  | 4,000 |  | Equity |  | 25 | %
Emeishan Jia Mei High Purity Metals Co., Ltd. |  |  | 915 |  |  | 1,101 |  | Equity |  | 25 | %
|  | $ | 5,578 |  | $ | 6,599 |  |  |  |  |
Summarized income information |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Our share for the |
|  |  | Year Ended |  | Year Ended |
|  |  | December 31, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Net revenue |  | $ | 24,053 |  | $ | 23,266 |  | $ | 35,732 |  | $ | 6,152 |  | $ | 6,124 |  | $ | 9,007 |
Gross profit (loss) |  |  | 1,739 |  |  | (2,191) |  |  | 8,429 |  |  | 482 |  |  | (511) |  |  | 1,975 |
Operating (loss) income |  |  | (3,676) |  |  | (6,869) |  |  | 2,965 |  |  | (938) |  |  | (1,724) |  |  | 588 |
Net (loss) income |  |  | (4,798) |  |  | (7,428) |  |  | 2,850 |  |  | (1,381) |  |  | (1,891) |  |  | 558 |
Summarized balance sheet information |
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Current assets |  | $ | 33,415 |  | $ | 31,672 |
Noncurrent assets |  |  | 28,964 |  |  | 29,701 |
Current liabilities |  |  | 27,274 |  |  | 23,412 |
Noncurrent liabilities |  |  | 180 |  |  | 406 |

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