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Investments in Privately Held Companies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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