COMMITMENTS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
COMMITMENTS [Text Block]	COMMITMENTS: Purchase Obligation to Financing Company In July 2011, SemiSouth obtained $15.0 million of financing through the sale, and concurrent licensing back, of its intellectual property ("IP") with a financing company. In connection with this arrangement, the Company entered into a contingent purchase commitment with the financing company for SemiSouth's IP. The contingent purchase commitment requires the Company to purchase the IP previously owned by SemiSouth from its new owner for $15.0 million (plus reimbursement of certain expenses) under certain conditions generally relating to SemiSouth's failure to make certain payments or SemiSouth's insolvency. As of September 30, 2012, the Company has a $15.0 million letter of credit to the financing company to secure the contingent purchase commitment. Additionally, the Company believes it is probable that the financing company that currently owns SemiSouth's intellectual property will exercise its contractual rights to put SemiSouth's intellectual property to the Company under the terms of the contingent purchase agreement between the Company and the financing company. Based on SemiSouth's current financial situation and likely closure, the Company estimates that this intellectual property has no value, and has therefore accrued a charge of $15.3 million related to this contingent obligation. Refer to Note 15, Transactions With Third Party, for further details on SemiSouth. Supplier Agreements The Company purchases wafers through purchase orders from its foundries. All but one of the Company's wafer agreements were executed in U.S. currency. Until June 2011, this one foundry required wafer purchases to be in Japanese yen; however, the purchase price within this agreement was fixed at a base rate and allowed for some sharing of the impact of exchange rate fluctuations from the base rate. The currency fluctuation experienced between the time invoices were submitted to the Company until the time the yen was purchased and remitted to the supplier was a financial responsibility of the Company. The Company accounted for the gain or loss related to the payment of these transactions as part of other income or expense. The Company has renegotiated its supply agreement with this foundry to purchase wafers in U.S. currency. Two of the Company's major suppliers have wafer supply agreements based in U.S. dollars; however, the agreements with these foundries also allow for mutual sharing of the impact of the exchange rate fluctuation between Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar. Each year, the Company's management and these suppliers review and negotiate pricing; the negotiated pricing is denominated in U.S. dollars but is subject to contractual exchange rate provisions. The fluctuation in the exchange rate is shared equally between the Company and each of these suppliers.

COMMITMENTS:

Purchase Obligation to Financing Company

In July 2011, SemiSouth obtained $15.0 million of financing through the sale, and concurrent licensing back, of its intellectual property ("IP") with a financing company. In connection with this arrangement, the Company entered into a contingent purchase commitment with the financing company for SemiSouth's IP. The contingent purchase commitment requires the Company to purchase the IP previously owned by SemiSouth from its new owner for $15.0 million (plus reimbursement of certain expenses) under certain conditions generally relating to SemiSouth's failure to make certain payments or SemiSouth's insolvency. As of September 30, 2012, the Company has a $15.0 million letter of credit to the financing company to secure the contingent purchase commitment. Additionally, the Company believes it is probable that the financing company that currently owns SemiSouth's intellectual property will exercise its contractual rights to put SemiSouth's intellectual property to the Company under the terms of the contingent purchase agreement between the Company and the financing company. Based on SemiSouth's current financial situation and likely closure, the Company estimates that this intellectual property has no value, and has therefore accrued a charge of $15.3 million related to this contingent obligation. Refer to Note 15, Transactions With Third Party, for further details on SemiSouth.

Supplier Agreements

The Company purchases wafers through purchase orders from its foundries. All but one of the Company's wafer agreements were executed in U.S. currency. Until June 2011, this one foundry required wafer purchases to be in Japanese yen; however, the purchase price within this agreement was fixed at a base rate and allowed for some sharing of the impact of exchange rate fluctuations from the base rate. The currency fluctuation experienced between the time invoices were submitted to the Company until the time the yen was purchased and remitted to the supplier was a financial responsibility of the Company. The Company accounted for the gain or loss related to the payment of these transactions as part of other income or expense. The Company has renegotiated its supply agreement with this foundry to purchase wafers in U.S. currency.

Two of the Company's major suppliers have wafer supply agreements based in U.S. dollars; however, the agreements with these foundries also allow for mutual sharing of the impact of the exchange rate fluctuation between Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar. Each year, the Company's management and these suppliers review and negotiate pricing; the negotiated pricing is denominated in U.S. dollars but is subject to contractual exchange rate provisions. The fluctuation in the exchange rate is shared equally between the Company and each of these suppliers.