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H. NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT - NARRATIVE 2 (Details) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 25, 2016	Jun. 24, 2016	Feb. 19, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016 TWD	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Repayments of outstanding balance						$ 163,068	$ 121,386	$ 50,733
Interest rate on line of credit description					not less than the LIBOR borrowing rate plus 1.0%, divided by 0.946 for U.S	not less than the LIBOR borrowing rate plus 1.0%, divided by 0.946 for U.S
Bank acceptance notes outstanding							2,998		$ 307
Unused borrowing capacity							37,700		75,800
Restricted cash, investments or security deposit associated with loan facilities							$ 12,600		1,700
Construction Loan 1
Interest rate on line of credit description					LIBOR Borrowing Rate plus 2.0%	LIBOR Borrowing Rate plus 2.0%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Basis spread on variable rate					0.77167%	0.77167%	0.4295%
Letter of Credit [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									10,000
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA \| Minimum
Maturity dates					6 months	6 months
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA \| Maximum
Maturity dates					12 months	12 months
Comprehensive Credit Line Agreement [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									10,000
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Mar. 15, 2017	Mar. 15, 2017
Debt maturity date					Mar. 15, 2017	Mar. 15, 2017
Note payable									0
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Apr. 22, 2016	Apr. 22, 2016
East West Bank and Comerica Bank [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									10,000
Interest rate on line of credit description					LIBOR Borrowing Rate plus 2.0%	LIBOR Borrowing Rate plus 2.0%
Interest rate description	LIBOR	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate	31.00%
Term of revolving credit facility		5 years
East West Bank and Comerica Bank [Member] \| Minimum
Basis spread on variable rate		2.75%
East West Bank and Comerica Bank [Member] \| Maximum
Basis spread on variable rate		3.00%
East West Bank and Comerica Bank [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									10,000
Revolving line of credit amount outstanding									9,500
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020
Debt maturity date					Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020
East West Bank and Comerica Bank [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									25,000
Interest rate on line of credit description					LIBOR Borrowing Rate plus 2.75% or 3.0%	LIBOR Borrowing Rate plus 2.75% or 3.0%
East West Bank [Member] \| Construction Loan 1
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									22,000
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Sep. 27, 2016	Sep. 27, 2016
Interest rate on line of credit description					LIBOR Borrowing Rate plus 2.75%	LIBOR Borrowing Rate plus 2.75%
Debt maturity date					Sep. 27, 2016	Sep. 27, 2016
East West Bank [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									5,000
Deposit for owners contribution									11,000
Revolving line of credit amount outstanding									2,900
CTBC Bank Co. Ltd. [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity			$ 4,000						10,300
Revolving line of credit amount outstanding									6,300
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Feb. 19, 2016	Feb. 19, 2016
Interest rate on line of credit description			bank's corporate interest rate index plus 0.93% for the secured portion of the credit facility, adjusted monthly. As of the execution of the credit facility, the bank's corporate interest rate index is 0.71%		Bank's corporate interest rate plus 1.5% for unsecured facility and plus 0.93% for secured facility, adjusted monthly, as of execution bank corporate interest rate is 0.71%	Bank's corporate interest rate plus 1.5% for unsecured facility and plus 0.93% for secured facility, adjusted monthly, as of execution bank corporate interest rate is 0.71%
Debt maturity date					Feb. 19, 2016	Feb. 19, 2016
Note payable									0
CTBC Bank Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Taiwan, New Dollars
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity \| TWD					TWD 320,000,000
E. Sun Commercial Bank [Member] \| Credit Agreement [Member]
Interest rate on line of credit description					LIBOR plus 1.7% divided by 0.946	LIBOR plus 1.7% divided by 0.946
E. Sun Commercial Bank [Member] \| First Credit Facility [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									2,600
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Apr. 08, 2016	Apr. 08, 2016
Debt maturity date					Apr. 08, 2016	Apr. 08, 2016
E. Sun Commercial Bank [Member] \| First Credit Facility [Member] \| Taiwan, New Dollars
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity \| TWD					TWD 90,000,000
E. Sun Commercial Bank [Member] \| Second Credit Facility [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									4,000
Revolving line of credit amount outstanding									0
Interest rate on line of credit description					bank's personal monthly time deposit interest rate plus 0.480%	bank's personal monthly time deposit interest rate plus 0.480%
E. Sun Commercial Bank [Member] \| Second Credit Facility [Member] \| Taiwan, New Dollars
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity \| TWD					TWD 120,000,000
Mega International Commercial Bank [Member] \| First Credit Facility [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									4,000
Revolving line of credit amount outstanding									0
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Dec. 22, 2015	Dec. 22, 2015
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Debt maturity date					Dec. 22, 2015	Dec. 22, 2015
Mega International Commercial Bank [Member] \| Second Credit Facility [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									2,000
Revolving line of credit amount outstanding									2,000
Interest rate on line of credit description					not less than the LIBOR borrowing rate plus 1.2%, divided by 0.946 for U.S. dollar borrowings	not less than the LIBOR borrowing rate plus 1.2%, divided by 0.946 for U.S. dollar borrowings
Mega International Commercial Bank [Member] \| Second Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate
Basis spread on variable rate					0.76%	0.76%
Base lending rate plus					1.0	1.0
Mega International Commercial Bank [Member] \| Second Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Basis spread on variable rate					1.90%	1.90%
China Construction Bank
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									13,200
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt maturity date					Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Note payable									$ 0
Effective interest rate					0.00%				0.00%
Bank acceptance notes outstanding									$ 300
Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Finance Lease [Member]
Note payable									2,900
Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Finance Lease 1 [Member]
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Debt maturity date					Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018
Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Finance Lease 1 [Member] \| Purchase and Sale Contract and a Finance Lease Agreement
Note payable									3,700
Lease purchase price \| TWD					TWD 115,240,903
Intial payment amount					40,240,903	$ 1,300
Financial lease term				3 years
Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Finance Lease 1 [Member] \| Purchase and Sale Contract and a Finance Lease Agreement \| Minimum
Lease payment range price					2,088,804	100
Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Finance Lease 1 [Member] \| Purchase and Sale Contract and a Finance Lease Agreement \| Maximum
Lease payment range price					TWD 2,364,650	$ 100
Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Finance Lease 2 [Member]
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Debt maturity date					Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Note payable									5,800
Lease purchase price					TWD 312,927,180	$ 10,100
Financial lease term					3 years	3 years
Financial lease Interest rate					4.00%	4.00%
Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Finance Lease 2 [Member] \| Minimum
Intial payment amount					TWD 6,772,500	$ 200
Lease payment range price \| TWD					62,927,180
Chailease Finance Co. Ltd. [Member] \| Finance Lease 2 [Member] \| Maximum
Intial payment amount					TWD 7,788,333	300
Lease payment range price						$ 2,000
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 2
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									10,333
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2016
Debt maturity date					Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 30, 2016
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 2 \| Corporate Interest Rate Index [Member] \| Minimum
Basis spread on variable rate					1.50%	1.50%
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 3
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									6,600
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Feb. 06, 2017	Feb. 06, 2017
Debt maturity date					Feb. 06, 2017	Feb. 06, 2017
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 3 \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Basis spread on variable rate					1.70%	1.70%
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 3 \| Taiwan Deposit Index [Member]
Basis spread on variable rate					0.41%	0.41%
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 4
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									6,000
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Nov. 27, 2016	Nov. 27, 2016
Debt maturity date					Nov. 27, 2016	Nov. 27, 2016
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 5
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									10,000
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Mar. 15, 2017	Mar. 15, 2017
Debt maturity date					Mar. 15, 2017	Mar. 15, 2017
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 5 \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Basis spread on variable rate					1.50%	1.50%
Revolving Line of Credit \| Revolving Line of Credit 5 \| Taiwan Interbank Offered Rate [Member]
Basis spread on variable rate					0.90%	0.90%
Revolving Line of Credit \| East West Bank and Comerica Bank [Member]
Revolving line of credit maximum borrowing capacity									$ 40,000
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Jun. 24, 2016	Jun. 24, 2016
Debt maturity date					Jun. 24, 2016	Jun. 24, 2016
Revolving line of credit, maturity date					Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018