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ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES | 12 Months Ended
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES |
1 | ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Actions Semiconductor Cayman Islands" or "the Company") is a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on July 27, 2005. Actions Semiconductor Cayman Islands and its subsidiaries (the "Group") are principally engaged in the design and development of System-on-a-chip ("SoC") products and total solutions for the development and manufacture of portable media players ("PMPs"), tablets, OTT boxes and the provision of testing solutions. The Group's total solutions include SoCs, solution development kits and detailed specifications of other required components and the providers' information of those components. The Group's total solutions enable its customers to quickly introduce new PMPs, which play multimedia files by compressing to a fraction of their size using any one of a number of audio and video compression technologies, tablet and OTT boxes which equip consumers with the capability of browsing the internet respectively into the mainstream market worldwide. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, the subsidiaries of the Company include the following:
Name of Company |  | Place and date of incorporation/establishment |  | Attributable equity interest held |  | Principal activities
Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Actions Semiconductor Mauritius") |  | Republic of Mauritius ("Mauritius") November 16, 2001 |  | 100% |  | Investment holding
Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Actions Semiconductor Zhuhai") |  | PRC December 28, 2001 |  | 100% |  | Design and manufacture of system-on-a-chip products
Actions (Zhuhai) Microelectronics Co., Ltd. ("Actions Microelectronics Zhuhai") |  | PRC June 5, 2014 |  | 100% |  | Design and manufacture of system-on-a-chip products
Actions (Zhuhai) Technology Co., Ltd. ("Actions Technology Zhuhai") |  | PRC June 5, 2014 |  | 100% |  | Design and manufacture of system-on-a-chip products
Shanghai Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Actions Semiconductor Shanghai ") |  | PRC March 27, 2008 |  | 100% |  | Design and manufacture of system-on-a-chip products
Actions Technology (HK) Company Limited ("Actions Hong Kong") |  | Hong Kong January 13, 1999 |  | 100% |  | Trading of system-on-a-chip products
Actions Microelectronics Co., Ltd. ("Actions Microelectronics Hong Kong") |  | Hong Kong August 17, 2007 |  | 100% |  | Trading of system-on-a-chip products and investment holding
Artek Microelectronics (HK) Co., Limited ("Artek Microelectronics Hong Kong") |  | Hong Kong January 16, 2006 |  | 100% |  | Trading of system-on-a-chip products and investment holding
Artek Microelectronics Co., Ltd. ("Artek Microelectronics Shenzhen") |  | PRC March 14, 2006 |  | 100% |  | Design and manufacture of system-on-a-chip products
Actions Capital Investment Inc. ("Actions Capital BVI") |  | British Virgin Islands February 10, 2006 |  | 100% |  | Investment holding
Actions Capital Investment (Malaysia) Inc. Co., Ltd. ("Actions Malaysia ") (Note) |  | Republic of Malaysia January 13, 2009 |  | 100% |  | Inactive
Actions Development (HK) Co., Ltd |  | Hong Kong January 6, 2015 |  | 100% |  | Inactive
Mavrix Technology, Inc. (“Mavrix”) |  | Cayman Islands June 20, 2006 |  | 93.4% |  | Investment holding
Mavrix Technology (H.K.) Co., Limited (“Mavrix HK”) |  | Hong Kong August 17, 2007 |  | 93.4% |  | Manufacturing and trading of system-on-a-chip products
Shanghai Mavrix Electronics, Ltd. (“Mavrix Shanghai”) |  | PRC October 23, 2006 |  | 93.4% |  | Design and manufacture of system-on-a-chip products
Note: Actions Malaysia was dissolved on October 19, 2015.

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