SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of estimated useful lives of fixed assets

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

Building and improvements	10	to	20 years
Machinery, equipment and software	2	to	5 years
Furniture and fixtures			5 years

Schedule of subsidy grant benefits

The Company recognized the following amount of subsidy grant benefits as a reduction of either cost of revenue or research and development expenses, depending on the nature of the grant:

	Years Ended
	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	—	$	6	$	18
Research and development expenses	4,202		3,167		7,866
Total	$	4,202	$	3,173	$	7,884