The amount of investment of redeemable non controlling interests approved by government.

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The percentage of equity issued on conversion of noncontrolling interests.

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The redeemable noncontrolling interests ownership percentage.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Value of new stock classified as temporary equity issued during the period.

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Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2021	Jan. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Issue of redeemable noncontrolling interests			$ 1,514	$ 48,102
Beijing Tongmei Xtal Technology
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Issue of redeemable noncontrolling interests		$ 1,500		$ 48,100
Redeemable noncontrolling interests ownership percentage				7.06%
Investments, government approved	$ 49,000
Percentage of equity issued on conversion of noncontrolling interests	7.28%		14.50%