Business	6 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2013
Business
Business	1. Business Business—SemiLEDs Corporation (“SemiLEDs”) was incorporated in Delaware on January 4, 2005 and is a holding company for various wholly and majority owned subsidiaries and joint ventures. SemiLEDs and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) develop, manufacture and sell high performance light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). The Company’s core products are LED chips and LED components, but lighting products have also become an increasingly important part of the Company’s business. A portion of the Company’s business consists of the sale of contract manufactured LED components. The Company’s customers are concentrated in a few select markets, including China, Taiwan, Russia and the United States. On December 8, 2010, SemiLEDs completed its initial public offering in the United States and sold 6,038 thousand new common shares. The Company’s common shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “LEDS.” As of February 28, 2013, SemiLEDs had seven wholly owned subsidiaries and a 51% equity interest in Ning Xiang Technology Co., Ltd., which it acquired in August 2011. The most significant of these consolidated subsidiaries is SemiLEDs Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. located in Hsinchu, Taiwan where a substantial portion of research, development, manufacturing, marketing and sales activities currently take place and where a substantial portion of the assets are held and located.

Business

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2013

1. Business

Business—SemiLEDs Corporation (“SemiLEDs”) was incorporated in Delaware on January 4, 2005 and is a holding company for various wholly and majority owned subsidiaries and joint ventures. SemiLEDs and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) develop, manufacture and sell high performance light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). The Company’s core products are LED chips and LED components, but lighting products have also become an increasingly important part of the Company’s business. A portion of the Company’s business consists of the sale of contract manufactured LED components. The Company’s customers are concentrated in a few select markets, including China, Taiwan, Russia and the United States.

On December 8, 2010, SemiLEDs completed its initial public offering in the United States and sold 6,038 thousand new common shares. The Company’s common shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “LEDS.”

As of February 28, 2013, SemiLEDs had seven wholly owned subsidiaries and a 51% equity interest in Ning Xiang Technology Co., Ltd., which it acquired in August 2011. The most significant of these consolidated subsidiaries is SemiLEDs Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. located in Hsinchu, Taiwan where a substantial portion of research, development, manufacturing, marketing and sales activities currently take place and where a substantial portion of the assets are held and located.