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Related-Party Transactions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2012
Related-Party Transactions |
Schedule of material related-party transactions |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended November 30, |
Related Parties |  | Transactions |  | 201 2 |  | 201 1 |
China SemiLEDs |  | Sales of goods |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | 26 |
China SemiLEDs |  | Rendering of service |  | — |  | 240 |
China SemiLEDs |  | Purchase of goods |  | 20 |  | — |
China SemiLEDs |  | Gain on disposal of patents |  | 13 |  | 13 |
Schedule of amounts due from and to China SemiLEDs |
|  | November 30, 201 2 |  | August 31, 201 2 |
Accounts and notes receivable from related parties, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,416 and $1,405 as of November 30, 2012 and August 31, 2012, respectively |  | $ | — |  | $ | 118 |
O ther current liabilities |  | $ | — |  | $ | 65 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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