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Patent Sale and License (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2014 item | Dec. 31, 2011
Patent Sale and License |  |  |  |
Net cash proceeds from sale of assets | $ 630,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfIntangibleAssets | $ 3,437,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfIntangibleAssets |  |
Memory technology patents |  |  |  |
Patent Sale and License |  |  |  |
Number of intangible assets sold |  |  | 73 mosy_NumberOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsSold / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = mosy_MemoryTechnologyPatentsMember |
Sale of memory technology patents | Memory technology patents |  |  |  |
Patent Sale and License |  |  |  |
Cash consideration |  |  |  | 35,000,000 us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsAcquisitionCostsOrSaleProceeds / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = mosy_MemoryTechnologyPatentsMember / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = mosy_SaleOfPatentsMember
Valuation of right to use patents |  |  |  | $ 800,000 mosy_PatentsRecordedInConnectionWithPatentSaleValuation / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = mosy_MemoryTechnologyPatentsMember / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = mosy_SaleOfPatentsMember
Estimated useful life |  |  |  | 7 years
Sale of memory technology patents | Domestic memory technology patents |  |  |  |
Patent Sale and License |  |  |  |
Number of intangible assets sold |  |  |  | 43 mosy_NumberOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsSold / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = mosy_DomesticMemoryTechnologyPatentsMember / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = mosy_SaleOfPatentsMember
Sale of memory technology patents | Foreign memory technology patents |  |  |  |
Patent Sale and License |  |  |  |
Number of intangible assets sold |  |  |  | 30 mosy_NumberOfFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsSold / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = mosy_ForeignMemoryTechnologyPatentsMember / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = mosy_SaleOfPatentsMember

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