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Business (Details) - subsidiary	Aug. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2014	Nov. 30, 2014
Business
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries	6
Ning Xiang
Business
Ownership interest acquired (as a percent)		6.00%
Ownership interest (as a percent)	93.00%	93.00%	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
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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