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Business (Details)	Feb. 28, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013	Apr. 30, 2013	Aug. 31, 2011
Business
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries	8
Ning Xiang
Business
Ownership interest acquired (as a percent)		21.00%	15.00%	51.00%
Ownership interest (as a percent)	87.00%
Taiwan SemiLEDs | Taiwan Bandaoti Zhaoming Co., Ltd.
Business
Ownership interest (as a percent)	100.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

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-Section 50

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