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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract] |
Schedule of useful lives of property, plant and equipment |
| Years
Furniture, test or manufacturing equipment | 5
Computers and software | 2 – 3
Automobiles | 5
Leasehold improvements | Lesser of the term of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the assets
Schedule of changes in AOCI, including the amounts reclassified to income |
|  | Foreign currency translation and unrealized gain, net of tax |
|  | (in thousands) |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 79,621 |
Loss recorded in other comprehensive loss |  |  | (6,671 | )
Less: Gain reclassified from AOCI to income |  |  | (7,088 | )
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  |  | 65,862 |
Loss recorded in other comprehensive loss |  |  | (2,902 | )
Unrealized gain from available-for-sale investments |  |  | 673 |
Less: Loss reclassified from AOCI to income |  |  | 121 |
Balance at December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 63,754 |
Summary of the total potential ordinary shares that were excluded from the diluted per share calculation |
|  | Years ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  |  |  |  |  | (in thousands) |  |  |  |  |
Anti-dilutive stock options and awards/units outstanding |  |  | 1,784 |  |  |  | 1,734 |  |  |  | 2,002 |
Total(1) |  |  | 1,784 |  |  |  | 1,734 |  |  |  | 2,002 |
| (1) | Calculated using the treasury stock method, which assumes proceeds are used to reduce the dilutive effect of outstanding stock awards. Assumed proceeds include the unrecognized deferred compensation of share awards, and assumed tax proceeds from excess stock-based compensation deductions.

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