Business	3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2020
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Business	1. Business SemiLEDs Corporation (“SemiLEDs” or the “parent company”) was incorporated in Delaware on January 4, 2005 and is a holding company for various wholly owned subsidiaries. SemiLEDs and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) develop, manufacture and sell high performance light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). The Company’s core products are LED components, as well as LED chips and lighting products. LED components have become the most important part of its business. A portion of the Company’s business consists of the sale of contract manufactured LED products. The Company’s customers are concentrated in a few select markets, including Taiwan, the United States, Germany and India. As of November 30, 2020, SemiLEDs had two wholly owned subsidiaries. SemiLEDs Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., or Taiwan SemiLEDs, is the Company’s wholly owned operating subsidiary, where a substantial portion of the assets is held and located, and where a portion of our research, development, manufacturing and sales activities take place. Taiwan SemiLEDs owns a 97% equity interest in Taiwan Bandaoti Zhaoming Co., Ltd., formerly known as Silicon Base Development, Inc., which is engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and a substantial portion of marketing and sale of LED components, and where most of the Company’s employees are based. On November 27, 2019, SemiLEDs entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with XianChang Ma (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to purchase all of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Hong Kong subsidiary, Semileds International Corporation Limited, and its wholly owned subsidiary Xuhe Guangdian Co Ltd. for $100,000 and an additional $40,000 for the transaction costs. The Purchaser paid $140,000 to the Company, and the transaction was completed in January 2020. The Purchaser also subscribed for approximately 4% of the Company’s outstanding common shares on January 17, 2020 (see Note 7). SemiLEDs’ common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “LEDS”.

Business

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2020

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

1. Business

SemiLEDs Corporation (“SemiLEDs” or the “parent company”) was incorporated in Delaware on January 4, 2005 and is a holding company for various wholly owned subsidiaries. SemiLEDs and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) develop, manufacture and sell high performance light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). The Company’s core products are LED components, as well as LED chips and lighting products. LED components have become the most important part of its business. A portion of the Company’s business consists of the sale of contract manufactured LED products. The Company’s customers are concentrated in a few select markets, including Taiwan, the United States, Germany and India.

As of November 30, 2020, SemiLEDs had two wholly owned subsidiaries. SemiLEDs Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., or Taiwan SemiLEDs, is the Company’s wholly owned operating subsidiary, where a substantial portion of the assets is held and located, and where a portion of our research, development, manufacturing and sales activities take place. Taiwan SemiLEDs owns a 97% equity interest in Taiwan Bandaoti Zhaoming Co., Ltd., formerly known as Silicon Base Development, Inc., which is engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and a substantial portion of marketing and sale of LED components, and where most of the Company’s employees are based. On November 27, 2019, SemiLEDs entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with XianChang Ma (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to purchase all of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Hong Kong subsidiary, Semileds International Corporation Limited, and its wholly owned subsidiary Xuhe Guangdian Co Ltd. for $100,000 and an additional $40,000 for the transaction costs. The Purchaser paid $140,000 to the Company, and the transaction was completed in January 2020. The Purchaser also subscribed for approximately 4% of the Company’s outstanding common shares on January 17, 2020 (see Note 7).

SemiLEDs’ common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “LEDS”.