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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Jazz [Member]

Lease [Line Items]

Schedule of Future Minimum Payments Under Operating Leases

		2015				2016				2017				2018				2019				Total
Operating leases		$	2,665			$	2,674			$	851			$	413			$	383			$	6,986

TPSCo [Member]

Lease [Line Items]

Schedule of Future Minimum Payments Under Operating Leases

		2015				2016				2017				2018				2019				Total
Operating leases		$	13,273			$	12,771			$	11,558			$	10,913			$	2,590			$	51,105

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Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

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