Debt Covenant Borrowing Base Required Accounts Receivable Minimum

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Debt Instrument Face Amount Related Party

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Amount of long-term debt, including related party debt, before deduction of unamortized discount or premium.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of unused borrowing capacity under the long-term financing arrangement that is available to the entity as of the balance sheet date.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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Description of the credit facility's borrowing capacity including discussion of how the borrowing capacity is determined (for example, borrowing capacity based on the amount of current assets).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21475-112644

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 22
-Article 5

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	5 Months Ended
Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Nov. 30, 2015	May. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 1,538,026,000		$ 1,590,655,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF \| Term loan, LIBOR plus 2.60%, due May 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	2.60%
Debt, interest rate description	LIBOR plus 2.60%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 120,000,000		120,000,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF \| Term loan, LIBOR plus 2.70%, due December 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	2.70%
Debt, interest rate description	LIBOR plus 2.70%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 70,000,000		70,000,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF \| Term loan, foreign currency funding-linked base rate plus 1.35%, due May 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.35%
Debt, interest rate description	foreign currency funding-linked base rate plus 1.35%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 150,000,000		150,000,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF \| Term loan, foreign currency funding-linked base rate plus 1.35%, due May 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.35%
Debt, interest rate description	foreign currency funding-linked base rate plus 1.35%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 80,000,000		80,000,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF \| Term Loan, fund floating rate plus 1.60%, due June 2020 (3)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.60%	1.60%
Debt, interest rate description	fund floating rate plus 1.60%
Total effective rate (percentage)	2.50%
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount	$ 110,000,000				$ 150,000,000
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	40,000,000		40,000,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| JAPAN \| Short-term term loans, variable rate, due June 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 7,568,000		15,582,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| JAPAN \| Short-term term loans, fixed rate at 0.50%, due June 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate on convertible senior subordinated notes due April 2014	0.50%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 3,131,000		5,808,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| JAPAN \| Term loans, TIBOR plus 1.00%, due June and November 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.00%
Debt, interest rate description	TIBOR plus 1.00%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 2,001,000		2,800,000
Subsidiary Term Loans [Member] \| JAPAN \| Term loans, fixed rate at 0.53%, due April 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate on convertible senior subordinated notes due April 2014	0.53%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 30,355,000		31,465,000
Senior notes (Level 1) \| 6.625% Senior notes, due June 2021, $75 million related party
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate on convertible senior subordinated notes due April 2014	6.625%
Debt Instrument Face Amount Related Party	$ 75,000,000
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 400,000,000		400,000,000
Senior notes (Level 1) \| 6.375% Senior notes, due October 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate on convertible senior subordinated notes due April 2014	6.375%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 524,971,000		525,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| $200 million revolving credit facility, LIBOR plus 1.25%-1.75%, due December 2019 (1)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	200,000,000.0
Debt Covenant Borrowing Base Required Accounts Receivable Minimum	$ 155,800,000
Debt, interest rate description	LIBOR plus 1.25%-1.75%
Total effective rate (percentage)	2.25%
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Description	borrowing base of our revolving credit facility is $155.8 million, which is adjusted based on the amount of our eligible accounts receivable
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 100,000,000		100,000,000
Current borrowing capacity	55,300,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF \| $100 million revolving credit facility, foreign currency funding-linked base rate plus 1.60%, due June 2016 (2)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	$ 100,000,000					$ 41,000,000
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.60%
Debt, interest rate description	foreign currency funding-linked base rate plus 1.60%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 0		40,000,000
Current borrowing capacity	$ 100,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA \| Revolving credit facility, TAIFX plus a bank-determined spread, due November 2020 (4)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity				$ 39,000,000
Debt, interest rate description	TAIFX plus a bank-determined spread
Total effective rate (percentage)	1.59%
Long-term Debt Including Related Party, Gross	$ 10,000,000		$ 10,000,000
Current borrowing capacity	29,000,000
Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	500,000
Letter of Credit [Member] \| $200 million revolving credit facility, LIBOR plus 1.25%-1.75%, due December 2019 (1)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, borrowing capacity	$ 25,000,000
Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| $200 million revolving credit facility, LIBOR plus 1.25%-1.75%, due December 2019 (1)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate on convertible senior subordinated notes due April 2014	1.75%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.75%
Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| $200 million revolving credit facility, LIBOR plus 1.25%-1.75%, due December 2019 (1)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate on convertible senior subordinated notes due April 2014	1.25%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.25%