UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
________________

FORM 10-Q

FORM 10-Q
[x]QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended April 27, 2008

OR

[_]TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 0-23985
 

[X]QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
            For the quarterly period ended April 29, 2007

OR

[_]TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934LOGO
 
Commission file number: 0-23985
NVIDIA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter )charter)
Delaware
94-3177549
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)

2701 San Tomas Expressway
Santa Clara, California 95050
(408) 486-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.smaller reporting company. See definitiondefinitions of “accelerated filer and large“large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer x    Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer    o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o
x                                   Large accelerated filer                                               o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes o No x
 
The number of shares of registrant's common stock, $.001$0.001 par value, outstanding as of May 18, 200715, 2008 was 362,913,421.

554,733,685.
 




NVIDIA CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED APRIL 29, 200727, 2008


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 Page
PART I : FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Page
Item 1.
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
Item 1.
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
3
3
 
4
 
c) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended April 29, 200727, 2008 and April 30, 200629, 2007
5
 
d) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
6
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
2124
Item 3.
 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures Aboutabout Market Risk
3034
Item 4.
 
Controls and Procedures
30
35
 
PART II : OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.1
 Legal Proceedings
31
Item 1A..
 Risk Factors
Legal Proceedings
3136
Item 2.1A.
 
Risk Factors
36
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
4549
Item 3.
 
Defaults Uponupon Senior Securities
4550
Item 4.
 
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
4550
Item 5.
 
Other Information
4550
Item 6.
Exhibits
4651
Signature
Signatures
4752


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
(In thousands, except per share data)


  Three Months Ended 
  
April 27,
2008
  
April 29,
2007
 
Revenue
 
$
1,153,388
  
$
844,280
 
Cost of revenue
  
638,545
   
464,142
 
Gross profit
  
514,843
   
380,138
 
Operating expenses:
        
         Research and development
  
218,830
   
158,321
 
         Sales, general and administrative
  
93,034
   
80,571
 
Total operating expenses
  
311,864
   
238,892
 
Income from operations
  
202,979
   
141,246
 
         Interest income
  
14,323
   
13,208
 
         Other expense, net
  
(4,284
) 
  
(665
)
Income before income tax expense
  
213,018
   
153,789
 
         Income tax expense
  
36,213
   
21,530
 
Net income
 
$
176,805
  
$
132,259
 
         
Basic income per share
 
$
0.32
  
$ 
0.24
 
Shares used in basic per share computation (1)
  
555,673
   
541,247
 
         
Diluted income per share
 
$
0.30
  
$ 
0.22
 
Shares used in diluted per share computation  (1)
  
591,989
   
598,299
 

(1)           Reflects a three-for-two stock split effective on September 10, 2007.
 
  
Three Months Ended
 
  
April 29,
2007
 
April 30,
2006
 
Revenue $844,280 $681,807 
Cost of revenue  464,142  393,134 
Gross profit  380,138  288,673 
Operating expenses:     
Research and development  158,321  123,202 
Sales, general and administrative  80,571  63,962 
Total operating expenses  238,892  187,164 
Income from operations  141,246  101,509 
Interest income  13,208  8,808 
Other expense, net  (665) (245)
Income before income tax expense  153,789  110,072 
Income tax expense  21,530  18,712 
Income before change in accounting principle  132,259  91,360 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax  -  704 
Net income $132,259 $92,064 
       
Basic income per share:      
Income before change in accounting principle $0.37 $0.26 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle  -  - 
Basic net income per share $0.37 $0.26 
      
Shares used in basic per share computation  360,831  347,937 
      
Diluted income per share:     
Income before change in accounting principle $0.33 $0.23 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle  -  0.01 
Diluted net income per share $0.33 $0.24 
       
Shares used in diluted per share computation  398,866  389,428 
        
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.Statements


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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
(In thousands, except share data)thousands)


 
April 29, 2007
 
January 28, 2007
  
April 27,
2008
 
January 27,
2008
 
ASSETS
          
Current assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents $678,951 $544,414  
$
803,308
 
$
726,969
 
Marketable securities  628,073  573,436  
818,331
 
1,082,509
 
Accounts receivable, net  471,519  518,680  
651,800
 
666,494
 
Inventories  332,635  354,680  
420,126
 
358,521
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  43,055  40,560 
Prepaid expenses and other
  
55,428
  
54,336
 
Total current assets  2,154,233  2,031,770  
2,748,993
 
2,888,829
 
Property and equipment, net  271,190  260,828  
522,056
 
359,808
 
Goodwill  291,077  301,425  
371,019
 
354,057
 
Intangible assets, net  50,914  45,511  
125,001
 
106,926
 
Deposits and other assets  33,454  35,729   
40,389
  
38,051
 
 $2,800,868 $2,675,263 
Total assets
 
$
3,807,458
 
$
3,747,671
 
          
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
          
Current liabilities:          
Accounts payable $334,046 $272,075  
$
427,855
 
$
492,099
 
Accrued liabilities  289,821  366,732   
448,697
  
475,062
 
Total current liabilities  623,867  638,807  
876,552
 
967,161
 
Other long-term liabilities  81,107  29,537  
193,728
 
162,598
 
Commitments and contingencies - see Note 13     
Commitments and contingencies - see Note 12
     
Stockholders’ equity:          
Preferred stock  —  —  
-
 
-
 
Common stock  393  388  
623
 
619
 
Additional paid-in capital  1,377,513  1,295,650  
1,727,519
 
1,654,681
 
Treasury stock, at cost  (612,120) (487,120) 
(1,163,528
)
 
(1,039,632
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net  1,284  1,436 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
1,549
 
8,034
 
Retained earnings  1,328,824  1,196,565   
2,171,015
  
1,994,210
 
Total stockholders' equity  2,095,894  2,006,919   
2,737,178
  
2,617,912
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
3,807,458
 
$
3,747,671
 
 $2,800,868 $2,675,263      
     
 
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
(In thousands)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
April 29,
2007
 
April 30,
2006
 
Cash flows from operating activities:    
Net income$132,259 $92,064 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Stock-based compensation expense 37,405  24,111 
Depreciation and amortization 31,334  24,031 
Gross tax benefit from stock-based compensation -  (7,330)
Other 60  153 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:      
Accounts receivable 47,847  (64,135)
Inventories 22,840  (87,958)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (2,642) (3,332)
Deposits and other assets 2,275  (3,406)
Accounts payable 61,344  107,729 
Accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities (26,233)  (32,391)
Net cash provided by operating activities 306,489  49,536 
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Purchases of marketable securities (268,211) (92,344)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities 214,775  22,523 
Purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets (37,627) (67,026)
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents  -  (20,667)
Net cash used in investing activities (91,063) (157,514)
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Payments for stock repurchases (125,000) (50,000)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock plans 44,111  86,655 
Gross tax benefit from stock-based compensation -  7,330 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (80,889) 43,985 
Change in cash and cash equivalents 134,537  (63,993)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 544,414  551,756 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$678,951 $487,763 
       
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:      
Cash paid for income taxes, net$1,916 $24,645 
       
Other non-cash activities:      
Unrealized gains/(losses) from marketable securities$(213)$824 
Deferred stock-based compensation$- $3,604 
  Three Months Ended 
   
April 27,
2008
  
April 29,
2007
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
       
Net income
 
$
176,805
  
$
132,259
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
        
     Stock-based compensation expense related to employees
  
42,124
   
37,405
 
     Depreciation and amortization
  
41,358
   
31,334
 
     Deferred income taxes
  
31,186
   
899
 
     Payments under patent licensing arrangement
  
(4,980
)   
(11,291
)
     Other
  
1,238
   
60
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
        
     Accounts receivable
  
15,826
   
47,847
 
     Inventories
  
(61,149
)   
22,840
 
     Prepaid expenses and other current assets
  
(831
)   
(2,642
)
     Deposits and other assets
  
(2,258
)   
1,376
 
     Accounts payable
  
(68,608
)   
61,344
 
     Accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities
  
(25,466
)   
(26,233
)
    Net cash provided by operating activities
  
145,245
   
295,198
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
        
      Purchases of marketable securities
  
(289,649
)   
(268,211
)
      Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities
  
545,803
   
214,775
 
      Purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets
  
(202,173
)   
(26,336
)
      Acquisition of businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents
  
(27,948
)   
-
 
      Other
  
(1,500
)   
-
 
    Net cash used in investing activities
  
24,533
   
(79,772
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
        
      Payments for stock repurchases
  
(123,896
)   
(125,000
)
      Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock plans
  
30,457
   
44,111
 
    Net cash used in financing activities
  
(93,439
)   
(80,889
)
Change in cash and cash equivalents
  
76,339
   
134,537
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
  
726,969
   
544,414
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
803,308
  
$
678,951
 
         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
        
      Cash paid for income taxes, net
 
$
1,982
  
$
1,916
 
Other non-cash activities:
        
      Unrealized losses from marketable securities
 
$
8,234
  
$
213
 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsStatements.



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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
 



Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentationpresentation
 
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments except as otherwise noted, considered necessary for a fair statement of results of operations and financial position have been included. The results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for any future period. The following information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 28, 2007.27, 2008. 

Fiscal year
 
We operate on a 52 or 53-week year, ending on the last Sunday nearest January 31.in January. The first quarters ofin fiscal yearyears 2009 and 2008 and fiscal year 2007 were both 13-week quarters.

Stock Split

In August 2007, our Board of Directors, or the Board, approved a three-for-two stock split of our outstanding shares of common stock on Monday, August 20, 2007 to be effected in the form of a stock dividend. The stock split was effective on Monday, September 10, 2007 and entitled each stockholder of record on August 20, 2007 to receive one additional share for every two outstanding shares of common stock held and cash in lieu of fractional shares. All share and per-share numbers contained herein have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this stock split.
Reclassifications
 
Certain prior fiscal year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current fiscal year presentation.
 
Principles of Consolidation
 
Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NVIDIA Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, accounts receivable, inventories, income taxes, goodwill, stock-based compensation and contingencies. These estimates are based on historical facts and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable.


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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Revenue Recognition
Product Revenue 
We recognize revenue from product sales when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the product has been delivered, the price is fixed and determinable, and collection is reasonably assured. For most sales, we use a binding purchase order and in certain cases we use a contractual agreement as evidence of an arrangement. We consider delivery to occur upon shipment provided title and risk of loss have passed to the customer based on the shipping terms. At the point of sale, we assess whether the arrangement fee is fixed and determinable and whether collection is reasonably assured. If we determine that collection of a fee is not reasonably assured, we defer the fee and recognize revenue at the time collection becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of payment.
Our policy on sales to certain distributors, with rights of return, is to defer recognition of revenue and related cost of revenue until the distributors resell the product.

Recently IssuedWe record estimated reductions to revenue for customer programs at the time revenue is recognized. Our customer programs primarily involve rebates, which are designed to serve as sales incentives to resellers of our products in various target markets. We account for rebates in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 01-9, or EITF 01-09, Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products) and, as such, we accrue for 100% of the potential rebates and do not apply a breakage factor. Rebates typically expire six months from the date of the original sale, unless we reasonably believe that the customer intends to claim the rebate. Unclaimed rebates are reversed to revenue upon expiration of the rebate.
Our customer programs also include marketing development funds, or MDFs. We account for MDFs as either a reduction of revenue or an operating expense in accordance with EITF 01-09. MDFs represent monies paid to retailers, system builders, original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, distributors and add-in card partners that are earmarked for market segment development and expansion and typically are designed to support our partners’ activities while also promoting NVIDIA products. Depending on market conditions, we may take actions to increase amounts offered under customer programs, possibly resulting in an incremental reduction of revenue at the time such programs are offered.
We also record a reduction to revenue by establishing a sales return allowance for estimated product returns at the time revenue is recognized, based primarily on historical return rates. However, if product returns for a particular fiscal period exceed historical return rates we may determine that additional sales return allowances are required to properly reflect our estimated exposure for product returns.

License and Development Revenue 
For license arrangements that require significant customization of our intellectual property components, we generally recognize this license revenue using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting over the period that services are performed. For all license and service arrangements accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method, we determine progress to completion based on actual direct labor hours incurred to date as a percentage of the estimated total direct labor hours required to complete the project. We periodically evaluate the actual status of each project to ensure that the estimates to complete each contract remain accurate. A provision for estimated losses on contracts is made in the period in which the loss becomes probable and can be reasonably estimated. Costs incurred in advance of revenue recognized are recorded as deferred costs on uncompleted contracts. If the amount billed exceeds the amount of revenue recognized, the excess amount is recorded as deferred revenue. Revenue recognized in any period is dependent on our progress toward completion of projects in progress. Significant management judgment and discretion are used to estimate total direct labor hours. Any changes in or deviations from these estimates could have a material effect on the amount of revenue we recognize in any period.



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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issuedOn January 28, 2008, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, or SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS No. 157 for all financial assets and financial liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements. SFAS No. 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The changes to current practice resulting from the application of SFAS No. 157 relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements.  We are required to adopt the provisionsThe adoption of SFAS No. 157 for financial assets and liabilities did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements, and the resulting fair values calculated under SFAS No. 157 after adoption were not significantly different than the fair values that would have been calculated under previous guidance. Please refer to Note 16 of these Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on our fair value measurements.

Additionally, in February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, or FSP No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, to partially defer FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. FSP No. 157-2 defers the effective date of FAS 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), to fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning with our fiscal quarter ending April 27,after November 15, 2008. We do not believe the adoption of SFAS No. 157FSP 157-2 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations orand cash flows.

In February 2007,On January 28, 2008, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, or SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS No. 159 permits companies to choose to measure certain financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.value using an instrument-by-instrument election. The standard requires that unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected be reported in earnings. Under SFAS No. 159, we did not elect the fair value option for any of our assets and liabilities. The adoption of SFAS No. 159 did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2007, the FASB ratified Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 07-3, or EITF 07-3, Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services to Be Used in Future Research and Development Activities. EITF 07-3 requires non-refundable advance payments for goods and services to be used in future research and development activities to be recorded as an asset and the payments to be expensed when the research and development activities are performed. We adopted the provisions of EITF 07-3 beginning with our fiscal quarter ended April 27, 2008. The adoption of EITF 07-3 did not have any impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), or SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations. Under SFAS No. 141(R), an entity is required to recognize the assets acquired, liabilities assumed, contractual contingencies, and contingent consideration at their fair value on the acquisition date. It further requires that acquisition-related costs be recognized separately from the acquisition and expensed as incurred, restructuring costs generally be expensed in periods subsequent to the acquisition date, and changes in accounting for deferred tax asset valuation allowances and acquired income tax uncertainties after the measurement period impact income tax expense. In addition, acquired in-process research and development, or IPR&D, is capitalized as an intangible asset and amortized over its estimated useful life.  We are required to adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 159141(R) beginning with our fiscal quarter ending April 27, 2008, although earlier26, 2009.  The adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact thatof SFAS No. 159 will have141(R) is expected to change our accounting treatment for business combinations on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.a prospective basis beginning in the period it is adopted.





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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
 

Adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48

On January 29, 2007, we adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, or FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, issued in July 2006. FIN 48 applies to all tax positions related to income taxes subject to FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, or SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Under FIN 48 we recognize the benefit from a tax position only if it is more-likely-than-not that the position would be sustained upon audit based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. The cumulative effect of adoption of FIN 48 did not result in a material adjustment to our tax liability for unrecognized income tax benefits. Our policy to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense did not change as a result of implementing the FIN 48. Please refer to Note 3 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Note 2 - Stock-Based Compensation

At the beginning of fiscal 2007,Effective January 30, 2006, we adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), or SFAS No. 123(R), Share-based Payment,Share-Based Payment. SFAS No. 123(R) which establishes accounting for stock-based awards exchanged for employee services. Accordingly, we measure stock-based compensation expense is measured at grant date, based on the fair value of the awards, and we recognize that compensationis recognized as expense using the straight-line attribution method over the requisite employee service period, which is typically the vesting period of each award.period. We elected to adopt the modified prospective application method beginning January 30, 2006 as provided by SFAS No. 123(R). Our estimates ofWe recognize stock-based compensation expense using the fair valuesstraight-line attribution method. We estimate the value of employee stock options are calculatedon the date of grant using a binomial model.

For option grants prior to our adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), we record stock-based compensation expense equal to the amount that would have been recognized if the fair value method provided in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, or SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosures, had been used.

Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle
Our adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) resulted in a cumulative benefit from accounting change of $0.7 million for the three months ended April 30, 2006, which reflects the net cumulative impact of estimating forfeitures in the determination of period expense by reversing the previously recognized cumulative compensation expense related to those forfeitures, rather than recording forfeitures when they occur as previously permitted.

Thecondensed consolidated income statement includesstatements include stock-based compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized as inventory, as follows:

Three Months Ended
April 29,
 
April 30,
Three Months Ended 
2007
 
2006
 
April 27,
2008
  
April 29,
2007
 
 (In thousands)
 
(In thousands)
 
Cost of revenue$2,809 $1,227 
$
3,136
 
$
2,809
 
Research and development 22,400 14,426 
24,534
 
22,400
 
Sales, general and administrative 12,196  6,572  
14,454
  
12,196
 
Total$37,405 $22,225 
$
42,124
 
$
37,405
 

During the three months ended April 29, 200727, 2008 and April 30, 2006,29, 2007, we granted approximately 4.88.7 million and 5.97.2 million stock options, respectively, with an estimated total grant-date fair value of $56.1$87.0 million and $63.9$56.1 million, respectively, and a per option weighted average grant-date fair value of $11.62$9.97 and $10.86,$7.75, respectively. Of the estimated total grant-date fair value, we estimated that the stock-based compensation expense related to the awards that are not expected to vest was $17.0 million and $10.5 million for the three months ended April 27, 2008 and $12.3 million,April 29, 2007, respectively.

As of April 29, 200727, 2008 and April 30, 2006,29, 2007, the aggregate amount of unearned stock-based compensation expense related to our stock options was $185.3$272.9 million and $190.3$185.3 million, respectively, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, which weforfeitures.  We will recognize the unearned stock-based compensation expense related to stock options over an estimated weighted average amortization period of 2.12.2 years and 2.32.1 years, respectively.

As of April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, we had unearned stock-based compensation related to stock options of $208.4 million and $212.8 million, before the impact of estimated forfeitures.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Valuation Assumptions

In fiscal 2006, we transitioned from a Black-Scholes model to a binomial model for calculating the estimated fair value of new stock-based compensation awards granted under our stock option plans.  We reevaluated the assumptions we used to estimate the value of employee stock options and shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan, beginning with stock options granted and shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan.  At that time, our management also determined that the use of implied volatility is expected to be more reflective of market conditions and, therefore, couldcan reasonably be expected to be a better indicator of our expected volatility than historical volatility. We also segregated options into groups for employees with relatively homogeneous exercise behavior in order to calculate the best estimate of fair value using the binomial valuation model.  As such, the expected term assumption used in calculating the estimated fair value of our stock-based compensation awards using the binomial model is based on detailed historical data about employees' exercise behavior, vesting schedules, and death and disability probabilities.  Our management believes the resulting binomial calculation provides a more refined estimate of the fair value of our employee stock options. For our employee stock purchase plan we continuedcontinue to use the Black-Scholes model.

SFAS No. 123(R) also requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. Forfeitures wereare estimated based on historical experience. If factors change and we employ different assumptions in the application of SFAS No. 123(R) in future periods, the compensation expense that we record under SFAS No. 123(R) may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period.

The fair value of stock options granted during the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively, under our stock option plans and shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan have been estimated at the date of grant using a straight-line attribution method with the following assumptions:

Stock Options:

 
Three Months Ended
 
 
April 29, 2007
 
April 30, 2006
 
 
(Using a 
binomial
model)
 
(Using a 
binomial
model)
 
Weighted average expected life of stock options (in years) 3.9 - 5.8  3.6 - 5.1 
Risk free interest rate 4.6% 4.7%
Volatility 39% - 45% 39% - 41%
Dividend yield —  — 
Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

  
Three Months Ended
 
  
April 27,
2008
April 29,
2007
Stock Options  
April 30, 2006
 (Using a binomial model)		 
(Using the
Black-Scholes
Model)
(Using the
Black-Scholes
model)
Weighted average expected life of stock options (in years)0.5 - 2.0  0.5
3.6 - 2.0
Risk free interest rate3.52% - 5.15%1.6% - 4.6%
Volatility38% - 47%30% - 45%
Dividend yield—5.7  
3.9 - 5.8
Risk free interest rate
2.6% - 2.9
%
4.6
%
Volatility
60% - 68
%
39% - 45
%
Dividend yield
—
—
 


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  Three Months Ended 
  
April 27,
2008
 
  April 29,
2007
 
Employee Stock Purchase Plan   (Using a Black-Scholes model) 
Weighted average expected life of stock options (in years)
  
0.5 - 2.0
  
0.5 – 2.0
 
Risk free interest rate
  
1.6% - 1.8
%
 
4.6% - 5.0
%
Volatility
  
68
%
 
47
%
Dividend yield
  
—
  
—
 
 
Equity Incentive Plans
We consider equity compensation to be long-term compensation and an integral component of our efforts to attract and retain exceptional executives, senior management and world-class employees. We believe that properly structured equity compensation aligns the long-term interests of stockholders and employees by creating a strong, direct link between employee compensation and stock appreciation, as stock options are only valuable to our employees if the value of our common stock increases after the date of grant.

NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIESThe description of the key features of the Nvidia Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2007 Plan, PortalPlayer, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan, or 1999 Plan, and 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, may be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 27, 2008.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

The following summarizes the transactions under our stock optionequity incentive plans:
 
Options Available for Grant
 
Options Outstanding
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share
  Options Available for Grant Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share 
Balances, January 28, 2007 21,780,284 73,994,662 $13.29 
Balances, January 27, 2008
 
44,044,004
 
90,581,073
 
$
13.18
 
Granted (4,833,408) 4,833,408 28.79  
(8,729,705
)
 
8,729,705
 
$
18.21
 
Exercised - (3,900,292) 7.75  
-
 
(2,531,463
)
 
$
4.77
 
Cancelled 739,335  (739,335) 26.59   
502,017
  
(502,017
)
 
$
22.80
 
Balances, April 29, 2007 17,686,211  74,188,443  $14.47 
Balances, April 27, 2008
  
35,816,316
  
96,277,298
 
$
13.81
 


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Note 3 – Income Taxes

The aggregate intrinsic valueIncome tax expense as a percentage of stock options exercisedincome before taxes, or our effective tax rate, was $91.5 million17% for the three months ended April 27, 2008, and $161.8 million14% for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively.

Note 3 - Income Taxes

On January 29, 2007, we adopted FIN 48.2007.  Our effective tax rate is lower than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35% primarily on account of foreign earnings being taxed in foreign jurisdictions at rates below the U.S. statutory tax rate.  The cumulative effect of adoption of FIN 48 did not resultincrease in a material adjustment to our tax liability for unrecognized income tax benefits. At the adoption date of January 29, 2007, we had $63.8 million of unrecognized tax benefits, $61.1 million of which would affect our effective tax rate if recognized. The recognitionto 17% as of April 27, 2008 from 14% at April 29, 2007 was primarily due to the expiration of the remainingfederal research tax credit.

In accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-An Interpretation of SFAS No. 109,” or FIN 48, we classify unrecognized tax benefits would be reportedunder the current liabilities section of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, or as an adjustment to goodwilla reduction of the amount of a net operation loss carryforward or amount refundable, to the extent that we anticipate payment or receipt of pre-acquisition unrecognized tax benefits. cash for income taxes within one year.  Likewise, the amount is classified under the long-term liability section of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet if we anticipate payment or receipt of cash for income taxes during a period beyond a year.There have been no significant changes to these amounts during

For the three months ended April 29, 2007. We have historically classified certain27, 2008, our unrecognized tax benefits as income taxes payable,increased by $5.2 million. If recognized, $4.5 million of the $5.2 million would impact our effective tax rate, and $0.7 million of the $5.2 million would increase our gross deferred tax assets, which is included within the current liabilities section of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.would likely require a full valuation allowance.  As a result, at April 27, 2008, we had $83.0 million of unrecognized tax benefits. If recognized, $63.0 million of the $83.0 million would impact our adoptioneffective tax rate, $6.9 million of FIN 48, we reclassifiedthe $83.0 million would be an adjustment to goodwill as it relates to pre-acquisition unrecognized tax benefits, and $13.1 million of $33.1the $83.0 million to income taxes payable andwould increase our gross deferred tax liability,assets, which is included within the long-term liabilities section of our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.would likely require a full valuation allowance.

Our policy to includeWe recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense did not change as a resultexpense.  As of implementing FIN 48. At the adoption date ofApril 27, 2008 and January 29, 2007,27, 2008, we had accrued $6.2$12.1 million and $11.2 million, respectively, for the payment of interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, which is not included as a component of the $63.8 million ofour unrecognized tax benefits as noted above.benefits.

While we believe that we have adequately provided for all tax positions, amounts asserted by tax authorities could be greater or less than our accrued position. Accordingly, our provisions on federal, state and foreign tax-related matters to be recorded in the future may change as revised estimates are made or the underlying matters are settled or otherwise resolved. As of April 29, 2007,27, 2008, we do not believe that our estimates, as otherwise provided for, on such tax positions will significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months.
 
We are subject to taxation by a number of taxing authorities both in the United States and throughout the world. TheAs of April 27, 2008, the material tax jurisdictions that are subject to examination for our tax years beginning in fiscal year 2002 through fiscal year 2007 include the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, India and China, depending upon the statute of limitations applicable to such particular jurisdiction.Germany and include our fiscal years 2002 through 2008.  As of April 29, 2007,27, 2008, the material tax jurisdictions for which we are currently under examination include the U.S. for U.S. federal tax purposes for fiscal years 2004 through 2006, Taiwan for fiscal year 2003 and 2004, India for fiscal years equivalent 2005 and 2006, and by tax authorities in Canada and TaiwanGermany for fiscal year 2003.equivalent 2006.




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
 

Note 4 -– Net Income Per Share

Basic net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period, using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, the effect of stock options outstanding is not included in the computation of diluted net income per share for periods when their effect is anti-dilutive. The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted net income per share computations for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended
  Three Months Ended 
April 29,
2007
 
April 30,
2006
  
April 27, 
2008
 
April 29,
2007
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
  (In thousands, except per share data) 
Numerator:         
Net income$132,259 $92,064  $176,805 $132,259 
Denominator:          
Denominator for basic net income per share, weighted average shares 360,831 347,937  555,673 541,247 
Effect of dilutive securities:          
Weighted average effect of equity incentive plans 38,035  41,491 
Stock options outstanding  36,316  57,052 
Denominator for diluted net income per share, weighted average shares 398,866  389,428   591,989  598,299 
          
Net income per share:          
Basic net income per share$0.37 $0.26  
$
0.32
 
$
0.24
 
Diluted net income per share$0.33 $0.24  
$
0.30
 
$
0.22
 

Diluted net income per share does not include the effect of anti-dilutive common equivalent shares from stock options outstanding of 12.832.3 million and 6.419.2 million as of April 29, 200727, 2008 and April 30, 2006,29, 2007, respectively.

Note 5 - Marketable Securities
We account for our investment instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, or SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. All of our cash equivalents and marketable securities are treated as “available-for-sale” under SFAS No. 115. Cash equivalents consist of financial instruments which are readily convertible into cash and have original maturities of three months or less at the time of acquisition. Marketable securities consist primarily of highly liquid investments with a maturity of greater than three months when purchased and some equity investments. We classify our marketable securities at the date of acquisition in the available-for-sale category as our intention is to convert them into cash for operations. These securities are reported at fair value with the related unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), a component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax.  Any unrealized losses which are considered to be other-than-temporary impairment, would be recorded in the other expense section of our consolidated statements of income.  As of April 27, 2008, we did not recognize any such other-than-temporary impairment on our securities. Realized gains and losses on the sale of marketable securities are determined using the specific-identification method. Net realized gains for the three months ended April 27, 2008 and April 29, 2007 were $1.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The unrealized gains for the three months ended April 27, 2008 and April 29, 2007 were $2.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively. Refer to Note 16 of these Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on our fair value measurements.

Note 6 - 3dfx

During fiscal year 2002, we completed the purchase of certain assets from 3dfx Interactive, Inc., or 3dfx, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $74.2 million. On December 15, 2000, NVIDIA Corporation and one of our indirect subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, or the APA, which closed on April 18, 2001, to purchase certain graphics chip assets from 3dfx. Under the terms of the APA, the cash consideration due at the closing was $70.0 million, less $15.0 million that was loaned to 3dfx pursuant to a Credit Agreement dated December 15, 2000. The APA also provided, subject to the other provisions thereof, that if 3dfx properly certified that all its debts and other liabilities had been provided for, then we would have been obligated to pay 3dfx one million shares, which due to subsequent stock splits now totals foursix million shares, of NVIDIA common stock. If 3dfx could not make such a certification, but instead properly certified that its debts and liabilities could be satisfied for less than $25.0 million, then 3dfx could have elected to receive a cash payment equal to the amount of such debts and liabilities and a reduced number of shares of our common stock, with such reduction calculated by dividing the cash payment by $25.00 per share. If 3dfx could not certify that all of its debts and liabilities had been provided for, or could not be satisfied, for less than $25.0 million, we would not be obligated under the APA to pay any additional consideration for the assets.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
 
In October 2002, 3dfx filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. In March 2003, we were served with a complaint filed by the Trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court which sought,to represent 3dfx’s bankruptcy estate. The Trustee’s complaint asserts claims for, among other things, successor liability and fraudulent transfer and seeks additional payments from us as additional purchase price relatedus. On October 13, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court held a hearing on the Trustee’s motion for summary adjudication. On December 23, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court denied the Trustee’s Motion for Summary Adjudication in all material respects and held that NVIDIA may not dispute that the value of the 3dfx transaction was less than $108.0 million. The Bankruptcy Court denied the Trustee’s request to our purchasefind that the value of certainthe 3dfx assets of 3dfx.conveyed to NVIDIA was at least $108.0 million. In early November 2005, after manyseveral months of mediation, NVIDIA and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, or the Creditors’ Committee, reachedagreed to a Plan of Liquidation of 3dfx, which included a conditional settlement of the Trustee’s claims against NVIDIA. This conditional settlement presented as the centerpiece of a proposed Plan of Liquidation in the bankruptcy case, was subject to a confirmation process through a vote of creditors and the review and approval of the Bankruptcy Court after notice and hearing. The Trustee advised that he intended to object to theconditional settlement which would have called for a payment by NVIDIA of approximately $30.6 million to the 3dfx estate. Under the settlement, $5.6 million related to various administrative expenses and Trustee fees, and $25.0 million related to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities owed to the general unsecured creditors of 3dfx. Accordingly, during the three month period ended October 30, 2005, we recorded $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx.
  The Trustee advised that he intended to object to the settlement. However, the conditional settlement never progressed substantially through the confirmation process.
On December 21, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court determined that it would schedule trial of one portion of the Trustee’s case against NVIDIA. On January 2, 2007, NVIDIA exercised its right to terminate the settlement agreement on grounds that the Bankruptcy Court had failed to proceed toward confirmation of the Creditors’ Committee’s plan. TrialA non-jury trial began on March 21, 2007 on valuation issues in the Trustee's constructive fraudulent transfer claims against NVIDIA. Specifically, the Bankruptcy Court tried four questions: (1) what did 3dfx transfer to NVIDIA in the APA?; (2) of what was transferred, what qualifies as "property" subject to the Bankruptcy Court's avoidance powers under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and relevant bankruptcy code provisions?; (3) what is the fair market value of the "property" identified in answer to question (2)?; and (4) was the $70 million that NVIDIA paid "reasonably equivalent" to the fair market value of that property? At the conclusion of the evidence, the Bankruptcy Court asked the parties to submit post-trial briefing. That briefing is scheduled to be concludedwas completed on May 25, 2007, and we expect a decision to be forthcoming from2007.  On April 30, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court at some point thereafter.issued its Memorandum Decision After Trial, in which it provided a detailed summary of the trial proceedings and the parties' contentions with respect to each of the questions to be tried.  The Bankruptcy Court concluded that "the creditors of 3dfx were not injured by the Transaction."  This decision does not entirely dispose of the Trustee's action, however; still pending are the Trustee's claims for successor liability and intentional fraudulent conveyance.  On May 12, 2008, the Trustee filed a motion for leave to pursue an interlocutory appeal. 

       
The 3dfx asset purchase price of $95.0 million and $4.2 million of direct transaction costs were allocated based on fair values presented below. The final allocation of the purchase price of the 3dfx assets is contingent upon the outcome of all of the 3dfx litigation. Please refer to Note 1312 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding this litigation.

   Fair Market Value  Straight-Line Amortization Period 
  (In thousands)  (Years) 
Property and equipment
 
$
2,433
   
1-2
 
Trademarks
  
11,310
   
5
 
Goodwill
  
85,418
   
--
 
 Total
 
$
99,161
     


 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Note 6 -7 – Business Combinations

On February 20, 2006,10, 2008, we completed our acquisition of ULi Electronics,acquired Ageia Technologies, Inc., or ULi, a core logic developer forAgeia, an industry leader in gaming physics technology. The combination of the personal computer,graphics processing unit, or PC, industry. The acquisition represents our ongoing investment in our platform solution strategyGPU, and has strengthened our sales, marketing, and customer engineering presence in Taiwan and China.physics engine brands is expected to enhance the visual experience of the gaming world. The aggregate purchase price consisted of cashtotal consideration of approximately $53.1$29.7 million.

On March 29, 2006,November 30, 2007, we completed our acquisition of Hybrid Graphics Ltd.Mental Images, Inc., or Hybrid Graphics, a developer of embedded 2D and 3D graphics software for handheld devices.Mental Images, an industry leader in photorealistic rendering technology. Mental Images’ Mental Ray product is considered by many to be the most pervasive ray tracing renderer in the industry. The aggregate purchase price consisted of cashtotal consideration of approximately $36.7$88.3 million. The total consideration also includes approximately $7.8 million which reflects an initial investment we made in Mental Images in prior periods.

On January 5, 2007, we completed our acquisition of PortalPlayer Inc., or PortalPlayer, a leading supplier of semiconductors, firmware, and software for personal media players, or PMPs, and secondary display-enabled computers. We believe that the acquisition will accelerate our ongoing investment in our handheld product strategy. Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition, we paid cash consideration of approximately $344.9 million in exchange for common stock in PortalPlayer and recognized an additional purchase price of $2.9 million, the value of approximately 658,000 options of NVIDIA common stock issued upon conversion of outstanding PortalPlayer stock options. The allocation of the purchase price for the PortalPlayer acquisition has been prepared on a preliminary basis and reasonable changes are expected as additional information becomes available.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
We allocated the purchase price of each of these acquisitions to tangible assets, liabilities and identifiable intangible assets acquired, as well as in-process research and development, or IPR&D, if identified, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of purchase price over the aggregate fair values was recorded as goodwill. The fair value assigned to identifiable intangible assets acquired was based on estimates and assumptions determinedmade by management. Purchased intangibles are amortized on a straight-line basis over their respective useful lives. The allocation of the purchase price for the Mental Images and Ageia acquisitions have been prepared on a preliminary basis and reasonable changes are expected as additional information becomes available.  

As of April 29, 2007,27, 2008, the estimated fair values of the purchase price allocated to assets we acquired and liabilities we assumed on the respective acquisition dates were as follows:  

ULi
 
Hybrid Graphics
 
PortalPlayer
 
(In thousands)
  
Mental
Images
 Ageia 
Fair Market Values
          (In thousands) 
Cash and cash equivalents$21,551 $1,180 $10,174  
$
988
 
$
1,744
 
Marketable Securities -  -  176,492  
- 
 
28
 
Accounts receivable 8,148  808  16,850  
1,462
 
911
 
Inventories 4,896  -�� 2,326 
Other assets 935  73  12,798 
Prepaid and other current assets
 
249
 
3,825
 
Property and equipment 1,010  134  19,991  
1,376
 
166
 
In-process research and development -  602  13,400  
4,000
 
-
 
Goodwill 31,051  27,906  104,468  
63,290
 
16,758
 
Intangible assets:              
Existing technology 2,490  5,179  6,700  
14,400
 
13,450
 
Backlog -  -  2,200 
Customer relationships
 
6,500
 
170
 
Patents -  -  600  
5,000
 
-
 
Customer relationships 653  2,650  2,700 
Trademark -  482  -   
1,200
  
900
 
Non-compete agreements -  72  - 
Total assets acquired 70,734  39,086  368,699   
98,465
  
37,952
 
Current liabilities (16,878) (1,373)  (12,766) 
(6,395
)
 
(7,232
)
Acquisition related costs (781) (740) (8,043) 
(1,208
)
 
(1,000
)
Long-term liabilities -   (301)  (46 )  
(2,542
)
  
-
 
Total liabilities assumed (17,659) (2,414) (20,855)  
(10,145
)
  
(8,232
)
Net assets acquired$53,075 $36,672 $347,844  
$
88,320
 
$
29,720
 
     

 
ULi
 
Hybrid Graphics
Mental Images		 
PortalPlayer
Ageia 
 
(Straight-line depreciation / depreciation/amortization periodperiod)
Property and equipment
2 -5 years
1-2 years
 
Property and equipment4 - 49 months1 - 36 months3 - 60 months
Intangible assets:
       
Existing technology
3 years  3
4-5 years
  3
4 years
 
Customer relationships
3 years  3
4-5 years
  1-3
5 years
 
Backlog-
Patents
  -
5 years
  2 months
-
 
Patents-
Trademark
  -
5 years
  3
5 years
Trademark- 3 years- 
Non-compete agreements- 3 years-  


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

The amount of the IPR&D represents the value assigned to research and development projects of Hybrid Graphics and PortalPlayerMental Images that had commenced but had not yet reached technological feasibility at the time of the acquisition and for which we had no alternative future use. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 2, or SFAS No. 2, Accounting for Research and Development Costs, as clarified by FASB issued Interpretation No. 4, or FIN 4, Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2 to Business Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase Method an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 2, amounts assigned to IPR&D meeting the above-stated criteria were charged to research and development expenses as part of the allocation of the purchase price.
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The pro forma results of operations for these acquisitions have not been presented because the effects of the acquisitions, individually or in the aggregate, were not material to our results.

Note 78 - Goodwill
 
The carrying amount of goodwill is as follows:
 
 
April 29,
2007
 
January 28,
2007
  
April 27,
2008
 
January 27,
2008
 
 
(In thousands)
  (In thousands) 
3dfx $75,326 $75,326  
$
75,326
 
$
75,326
 
MediaQ  35,342  35,342  
35,167
 
35,167
 
ULi  31,051  31,051  
31,115
 
31,115
 
Hybrid Graphics  27,906  27,906  
27,906
 
27,906
 
PortalPlayer  104,468  114,816  
104,473
 
104,473
 
Mental Images
 
63,290
 
63,086
 
Ageia
 
16,758
 
-
 
Other  16,984  16,984   
16,984
  
16,984
 
Total goodwill $291,077 $301,425  
$
371,019
 
$
354,057
 
 
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008,2009, the amount of goodwill related to PortalPlayer decreasedincreased by $10.3$17.0 million primarily due to reflect an increase in the fair value of land acquired based on a third party appraisal obtained by us as a result of our acquisition of PortalPlayer. Please refer to Note 6 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding the PortalPlayer acquisition.Ageia on February 10, 2008.
 

Note 89 - Amortizable Intangible Assets
 
We are currently amortizing our intangible assets with definitive lives over periods ranging from one to five years, primarily on a straight-line basis. The components of our amortizable intangible assets are as follows:
 
 
April 29, 2007
 
January 28, 2007
 April 27, 2008 January 27, 2008 
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
 
Gross Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
 
 
(In thousands)
 (In thousands) 
Technology licenses $49,368 $(23,437)$25,931 $37,516 $(20,480)$17,036  
$
90,562
 
$
(25,865
)
 
$
64,697
 
$
94,970
 
$
(32,630
)
 
$
62,340
 
Patents  34,539 (25,489) 9,050  34,623 (24,569) 10,054  
12,183
 
(5,095
)
 
7,088
 
35,348
 
(27,632
)
 
7,716
 
Acquired intellectual property  50,812 (34,899) 15,913  50,212 (31,894) 18,318  
75,030
 
(21,814
)
 
53,216
 
77,900
 
(41,030
)
 
36,870
 
Trademarks  11,310 (11,310) -  11,310 (11,310) - 
Other  1,494  (1,474) 20  1,494  (1,391) 103   
-
  
-
  
-
  
1,494
  
(1,494
)
  
-
 
Total intangible assets $147,523 $(96,609)$50,914 $135,155 $(89,644)$45,511  
$
177,775
 
$
(52,774
)
 
$
125,001
 
$
209,712
 
$
(102,786
)
 
$
106,926
 

The increase in the grossnet carrying amount of technology licenses as of April 29, 200727, 2008 when compared to January 28, 200727, 2008, is primarily related to approximately $10.6$5.0 million committedof net cash outflows under a confidential patent licensing arrangement entered into during fiscal year 2007, offset by usamortization for the quarter.  Additionally, the increase in net carrying value of acquired intellectual property of $16.3 million is primarily related to intangible assets that resulted from our acquisition of Ageia during the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.  Please refer to Note 7 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.  The decrease in the gross carrying amounts of the intangible assets as of April 27, 2008 relatedwhen compared to payments under a confidential patent licensing arrangement that we entered into during fiscal year 2007. Our aggregate commitment for license payments under this arrangement could range from $97.0 millionJanuary 27, 2008 is due to $110.0 million over a ten year period; however, the net outlay may be reduced by the occurrencewrite off of certain events covered by the arrangement.fully amortized intangible assets.      


 
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Amortization expense associated with intangible assets was $7.0$7.5 million and $4.0$7.0 million for the three months ended April 29, 200727, 2008 and April 30, 2006,29, 2007, respectively.  Future amortization expense related to the net carrying amount of intangible assets at April 29, 200727, 2008 is estimated to be $13.3$23.5 million for the remainder of fiscal 2008, $13.2 million in fiscal 2009, $7.8$27.4 million in fiscal 2010, $3.8$22.7 million in fiscal 2011, $2.9$21.0 million in fiscal 2012, $16.8 million in fiscal 2013, and a total of $9.9$13.6 million in fiscal 20132014 and fiscal years subsequent of fiscal 2013.
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Note 9 - Marketable Securities
We account for our investment instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, or SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. All of our cash equivalents and marketable securities are treated as “available-for-sale” under SFAS No. 115. Cash equivalents consist of financial instruments which are readily convertible into cash and have original maturities of three months or less at the time of acquisition. Marketable securities consist primarily of highly liquid investments with a maturity of greater than three months when purchased and some equity investments. We classify our marketable securities at the date of acquisition in the available-for-sale category as our intention is to convert them into cash for operations. These securities are reported at fair value with the related unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), a component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax. Realized gains and losses on the sale of marketable securities are determined using the specific-identification method. Net realized and unrealized losses for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006 were not material.2014.

Note 10 - Balance Sheet Components

Certain balance sheet components are as follows:
April 29,
2007
 
January 28,
2007
 
(In thousands)
  
April 27,
2008
 
January 27,
2008
 
Inventories:
       (In thousands) 
Raw materials$44,343 $56,261  
$
31,307
 
$
31,299
 
Work in-process 121,930  111,058  
162,386
 
107,835
 
Finished goods 166,362  187,361   
226,433
  
219,387
 
Total inventories$332,635 $354,680  
$
420,126
 
$
358,521
 
At April 29, 2007,27, 2008, we had outstanding inventory purchase obligations totaling approximately $344$654.3 million.
  
April 27,
2008
  
January 27,
2008
 
Accrued Liabilities:    (In thousands) 
Accrued customer programs (1)
 
$
261,589
  
$
271,869
 
Accrued payroll and related expenses
  
88,420
   
122,284
 
Accrued legal settlement (2)
  
30,600
   
30,600
 
Deferred rent
  
11,825
   
11,982
 
Taxes payable
  
8,898
   
7,766
 
Deferred revenue
  
14,708
   
5,856
 
Other
  
32,657
   
24,705
 
 Total accrued liabilities
 
$
448,697
  
$
475,062
 

 
April 29,
2007
 
January 28,
2007
 
 
(In thousands)
 
Accrued Liabilities:
    
Accrued customer programs$153,521 $181,182 
Deferred revenue 4,386  1,180 
Income and other taxes payable 5,607  37,903 
Accrued payroll and related expenses 64,520  81,352 
Deferred rent 12,024  12,551 
Accrued legal settlement 30,600  30,600 
Other 19,163  21,964 
Total accrued liabilities$289,821 $366,732 
 
April 29,
2007
 
January 28,
2007
 
 
(In thousands)
 
Other Long-term Liabilities:
    
Asset retirement obligation$6,411 $6,362 
Accrued payroll taxes related to stock options 8,995  8,995 
Income taxes payable and deferred tax liability 51,929  - 
Other long-term liabilities 13,772  14,180 
Total other long-term liabilities$81,107 $29,537 

(1) Please refer to Note 31 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion regarding the reclassificationnature of income taxes payable from accrued liabilitiescustomer programs and their accounting treatment related to other long-term liabilities as a resultour revenue recognition policies and estimates.
(2) Please refer to Note 12 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion regarding the adoption of FIN 48.3dfx litigation.
  
April 27,
2008
  
January 27,
2008
 
Other Long-term Liabilities:  (In thousands) 
Deferred income tax liability
 
$
114,596
  
$
86,900
 
Income taxes payable, long term
  
49,628
   
44,235
 
Asset retirement obligation
  
6,534
   
6,470
 
Other long-term liabilities
  
22,970
   
24,993
 
 Total other long-term liabilities
 
$
193,728
  
$
162,598
 

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Note 11 - Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income consists of net income and other comprehensive income or loss. Other comprehensive income or loss components include unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities, net of tax. The components of comprehensive income, net of tax, were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
April 29, 2007
 
April 30, 2006
 
 
(In thousands)
 
Net income$132,259 $92,064 
Net change in unrealized (gains) / losses on available-for-sale securities, net of tax (79)  (486)
Reclassification adjustments for net realized gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax (73) (8)
Total comprehensive income$132,107 $91,570 
       
Note 12 - Guarantees
 
FASB Interpretation No. 45, or FIN 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under that guarantee. In addition, FIN 45 requires disclosures about the guarantees that an entity has issued, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes of the entity’s product warranty liabilities.

       The following table summarizes the changes in theWe record a reduction to revenue for estimated product warranty liabilities for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006:
Description
Balance at
Beginning
of Period
 
Additions (1)
 
 
Deductions (2)
 
Balance
at End of
Period (3)
 
 
(In thousands)
 
Three months ended April 29, 2007$17,958 $4,980 $(3,875)$19,063 
             
Three months ended April 30, 2006$10,239 $11,775 $(10,448)$11,566 

(1) Includes $4,746 and $11,775 for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively, towards allowances for sales returns estimated at the time revenue is recognized primarily based on historical return ratesrates. The estimated product returns and is charged as a reduction to revenue.

(2) Includes $3,875 and $10,448estimated product warranty liabilities for the three months ended April 29, 200727, 2008 and April 30, 2006, respectively, written off against the allowance for sales returns.

(3) Includes $15,348 and $11,566 at April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively, relating to allowance for sales returns.are as follows:

  
April 27, 
2008
  
April 29,
2007
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
24,432
  
$
17,958
 
Additions (1)
  
9,550
   
4,980
 
Deductions (2)
  
(8,882
)
  
(3,875
) 
Balance at end of period  (3)
 
$
25,100
  
$
19,063
 
(1) Includes $8,865 and $4,746 for the three months ended April 27, 2008 and April 29, 2007, respectively, towards allowances for sales returns estimated at the time revenue is recognized primarily based on historical return rates and is charged as a reduction to revenue.
(2) Includes $8,882 and $3,875 for the three months ended April 27, 2008 and April 29, 2007, respectively, written off against the allowance for sales returns.
(3) Includes $18,708 and $15,348 at April 27, 2008 and April 29, 2007, respectively, relating to allowance for sales returns.
In connection with certain agreements that we have executed in the past, we have at times provided indemnities to cover the indemnified party for matters such as tax, product and employee liabilities. We have also on occasion included intellectual property indemnification provisions in our technology related agreements with third parties. Maximum potential future payments cannot be estimated because many of these agreements do not have a maximum stated liability. As such, we have not recorded any liability in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for such indemnifications.


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Note 1312 - Commitments and Contingencies

 3dfx
 
Litigation

3dfx

On December 15, 2000, NVIDIA Corporation and one of our indirect subsidiaries entered into thean Asset Purchase Agreement, or APA, to purchase certain graphics chip assets from 3dfx which closed on April 18, 2001.

 
In May 2002, we were served with a California state court complaint filed by the landlord of 3dfx’s San Jose, California commercial real estate lease, CarrAmerica.Carlyle Fortran Trust, or Carlyle. In December 2002, we were served with a California state court complaint filed by the landlord of 3dfx’s Austin, Texas commercial real estate lease, Carlyle Fortran Trust.CarrAmerica Realty Corporation. The landlords’ complaints both asserted claims for, among other things, interference with contract, successor liability and fraudulent transfer andtransfer. The landlords’ sought to recover among other things,money damages, including amounts owed on their leases with 3dfx in the aggregate amount of approximately $15 million. In October 2002, 3dfx filed for chapterChapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. TheIn January 2003, the landlords’ actions were subsequently removed to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California and consolidated, for purposes of discovery, with a complaint filed against NVIDIA by the Trustee in the 3dfx bankruptcy case. Upon motion by NVIDIA in 2005, the District Court withdrew the reference to the Bankruptcy Court andfor the landlordlandlords’ actions, which were removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The Trustee’s lawsuit remained in the Bankruptcy Court.  On November 10, 2005, the District Court granted our motion to dismiss the landlords’ respective amended complaints and allowed the landlords to have until February 4, 2006 to amend their complaints. The landlords re-filed claims against NVIDIA in early February 2006, and NVIDIA again filed motions requesting the District Court to dismiss all suchthose claims. The District Court took both motions under submission. On September 29, 2006, the District Court dismissed the CarrAmerica action in its entirety and without leave to amend. The District Court found, among other things, that CarrAmerica lacked standing to bring the lawsuit and that such standing belongsrests exclusively towith the Bankruptcybankruptcy Trustee. On October 27, 2006, CarrAmerica filed a notice of appeal from that order. On December 15, 2006, the District Court also dismissed the Carlyle complaintaction in its entirety, finding that Carlyle also lacked standing to pursue some of its claims, and that certain other claims were substantively unmeritorious.  Carlyle filed a notice of appeal from that order on January 9, 2007.  Both landlords’ appeals are pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and briefing on both appeals has been consolidated. NVIDIA has filed motions to recover its litigation costs and attorneys fees against both Carlyle and CarrAmerica. ThoseThe District Court has postponed consideration of those motions until after the appeals are currently scheduled for hearing in early August 2007.resolved.

In March 2003, we were served with a complaint filed by the Trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court to represent the interests of the 3dfx3dfx’s bankruptcy estate. The Trustee’s complaint asserts claims for, among other things, successor liability and fraudulent transfer and seeks additional payments from us. On October 13, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court held a hearing on the Trustee’s motion for summary adjudication. On December 23, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court issued its ruling denyingdenied the Trustee’s Motion for Summary Adjudication in all material respects and holdingheld that NVIDIA is prevented from disputingmay not dispute that the value of the 3dfx transaction to NVIDIA was less than $108.0 million. The Bankruptcy Court expressly denied the Trustee’s request to find that the value of the 3dfx assets conveyed to NVIDIA werewas at least $108.0 million. In early November 2005, after manyseveral months of mediation, NVIDIA and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, or the Creditors’ Committee, reachedagreed to a Plan of Liquidation of 3dfx, which included a conditional settlement of the Trustee’s claims against NVIDIA.us. This conditional settlement presented as the centerpiece of a proposed Plan of Liquidation in the bankruptcy case, was subject to a confirmation process through a vote of creditors and the review and approval of the Bankruptcy Court after notice and hearing. The Trustee advised that he intended to object to theconditional settlement which would have called for a payment by NVIDIA of approximately $30.6 million to the 3dfx estate. Under the settlement, $5.6 million related to various administrative expenses and Trustee fees, and $25.0 million related to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities owed to the general unsecured creditors of 3dfx. Accordingly, during the three month period ended October 30, 2005, we recorded $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx.

However,  The Trustee advised that he intended to object to the settlement. The conditional settlement never progressed substantially through the confirmation process.

On December 21, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court determined that it would schedule trial of one portion of the Trustee’s case against NVIDIA. On January 2, 2007, NVIDIA exercised its right to terminate the settlement agreement on grounds that the Bankruptcy Court had failed to proceed toward confirmation of the Creditors’ Committee’s plan. TrialA non-jury trial began on March 21, 2007 on valuation issues in the Trustee's constructive fraudulent transfer claims against NVIDIA. Specifically, the Bankruptcy Court tried four questions: (1) what did 3dfx transfer to NVIDIA in the APA?; (2) of what was transferred, what qualifies as "property" subject to the Bankruptcy Court's avoidance powers under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and relevant bankruptcy code provisions?; (3) what is the fair market value of the "property" identified in answer to question (2)?; and (4) was the $70 million that NVIDIA paid "reasonably equivalent" to the fair market value of that property? At the conclusion of the evidence, the Bankruptcy Court asked the parties to submit post-trial briefing. That briefing is scheduled to be concludedwas completed on May 25, 2007, and we expect a decision to be forthcoming from2007.  On April 30, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court at some point thereafter.issued its Memorandum Decision After Trial, in which it provided a detailed summary of the trial proceedings and the parties' contentions with respect to each of the questions to be tried.  The Bankruptcy Court concluded that "the creditors of 3dfx were not injured by the Transaction."  This decision does not entirely dispose of the Trustee's action, however; still pending are the Trustee's claims for successor liability and intentional fraudulent conveyance.  On May 12, 2008, the Trustee filed a motion for leave to pursue an interlocutory appeal. 

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In addition, whileOn December 8, 2005, the conditional settlement agreement was awaiting the confirmation process, the Bankruptcy Court, over objection of the Creditors’ Committee and NVIDIA, ordered the discovery portion of the Trustee’s litigation to proceed. The expert discovery was completed, but the Bankruptcy Court also ruled on a Trustee discovery motion allowing additional discovery of NVIDIA. Because that order would have required NVIDIA to disclose privileged attorney-client communications, NVIDIA asked the District Court to review that order and to stay its execution while the District Court’s review is pending. The District Court did issue the requested stay order on August 3, 2006. Oral argument on that matter was held on November 15, 2006, and the District Court reversed the Bankruptcy Court’s order by order of its own dated December 15, 2006. The District Court permitted certain limited additional discovery, but concluded that on the record before it, there was no basis to set aside the attorney-client privilege.

Following the Trustee’s filing offiled a Form 8-K on behalf of 3dfx, in which the Trustee disclosed the terms of the proposedconditional settlement agreement between NVIDIA and the Creditor’s Committee,Committee. Thereafter, certain shareholders of 3dfx filed a petition with the Bankruptcy Court to appoint an official committee to represent the claimed interests of 3dfx shareholders. That petition was granted and an Equity HoldersHolders’ Committee was appointed. Since that appointment, the Equity HoldersHolders’ Committee has filed a competing plan of reorganization/liquidation. The Equity HoldersHolders’ Committee’s plan assumes that 3dfx can raise additional equity capital that would be used to retire all of 3dfx’s debts. Upon the payment of that debt, theThe Equity HoldersHolders’ Committee contends that the commitment by an investor to pay in equity capital is sufficient to trigger NVIDIA's obligations under the APA to pay the stock consideration.  NVIDIA would be obligedcontends, among other things, that such a commitment is not sufficient and that its obligation to pay the stock consideration provided for in the APA.has been extinguished. By virtue of stock splits since the execution of the APA, the stock consideration would now total foursix million shares of ourNVIDIA common stock. The Equity Holders’ Committee filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court forseeking an order giving it standing to bring thata lawsuit to enforceobtain the APA.stock consideration. Over our objection, the Bankruptcy Court granted that motion on May 1, 2006 and the Equity Holders’ Committee filed its Complaint for Declaratory Relief against NVIDIA that same day. NVIDIA moved to dismiss the Complaint for Declaratory Relief, and the Bankruptcy Court granted that motion with leave to amend. The Equity Committee thereafter amended its complaint, and NVIDIA moved to dismiss that amended complaint as well. At thea hearing on December 21, 2006, the Bankruptcy Court granted the motion as to one of the Equity Holders’ Committee’s claims, and denied it as to the others. However, the Bankruptcy Court also ruled that NVIDIA would only be required to answer the first three causes of action by which the Equity Holders’ Committee seeks a determination that the APA was not terminated before 3dfx filed for bankruptcy protection, that the 3dfx bankruptcy estate still holds some rights in the APA, and that the APA is capable of being assumed by the bankruptcy estate.  Because of the trial of the Trustee's fraudulent transfer claims against NVIDIA, the Equity Committee's lawsuit has not progressed substantially in 2007.  The next status conference is not scheduled until August 28, 2008. In addition, the Equity Holders Committee filed a motion seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of investor protections for Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd., an equity investment firm that has conditionally agreed to pay no more than $51.5 million for preferred stock in 3dfx. The hearing on that motion was held on January 18, 2007, and the Bankruptcy Court approved the proposed protections.

Proceedings, SEC inquiry and lawsuits related to our historical stock option granting practices

In June 2006, the Audit Committee of the Board of NVIDIA, or the Audit Committee, began a review of our stock option practices based on the results of an internal review voluntarily undertaken by management. The Audit Committee, with the assistance of outside legal counsel, completed its review on November 13, 2006 when the Audit Committee reported its findings to our full Board. The review covered option grants to all employees, directors and consultants for all grant dates during the period from our initial public offering in January 1999 through June 2006. Based on the findings of the Audit Committee and our internal review, we identified a number of occasions on which we used an incorrect measurement date for financial accounting and reporting purposes.

We voluntarily contacted the SEC regarding the Audit Committee’s review and, as of the present date,review.  In late August 2006, the SEC is continuing theinitiated an inquiry ofrelated to our historical stock option grant practices it began in late August 2006.practices. In October 2006, we met with the SEC and provided it with a review of the status of the Audit Committee’s review and inreview. In November 2006, we voluntarily provided the SEC with furtheradditional documents. We continuecontinued to cooperate with the SEC inthroughout its inquiry.  On October 26, 2007, the SEC formally notified us that the SEC's investigation concerning our historical stock option granting practices had been terminated and that no enforcement action was recommended.

Concurrently with our internal review and the SEC’s inquiry, since September 29, 2006, ten derivative cases have been filed in state and federal courts asserting claims concerning errors related to our historical stock option granting practices and associated accounting for stock-based compensation expense. These complaints have been filed in various courts, including the California Superior Court, Santa Clara County, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County. Plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on February 28, 2007. The California Superior Court cases have been consolidated and plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint on April 23, 2007. Plaintiffs in the Delaware action filed an Amended Shareholder Derivative Complaint on February 12, 2008. Plaintiffs in the federal action submitted a Second Amended Consolidated Verified Shareholders Derivative Complaint on March 18, 2008. All of the cases purport to be brought derivatively on behalf of NVIDIA against members of our Board and several of our current and former officers and directors. Plaintiffs in these actions allege claims for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, insider selling, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, waste, and constructive fraud. The Northern District of California action also alleges violations of federal provisions, including Sections 10(b), and 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The plaintiffs seek to recover for NVIDIA, among other things, damages in an unspecified amount, rescission, punitive damages, treble damages for insider selling, and fees and costs. Plaintiffs also seek an accounting, a constructive trust and other equitable relief. We intend to take all appropriate action in response to these complaints. Between May 14, 2007 and May 17, 2007, we filed several motions to dismiss or to stay the federal, Delaware and Santa Clara actions. AllThe Delaware motions were superseded when the Delaware plaintiffs filed the Amended Shareholder Derivative Complaint on February 28, 2008. The federal motions were superseded when the federal plaintiffs submitted the Second Amended Consolidated Verified Shareholders Derivative Complaint on March 18, 2008. We have not yet responded to either of these Complaints.  The Santa Clara motion to stay was denied without prejudice and the motionsparties are yet to be fully briefed, and remain pending.currently engaged in discovery-related proceedings.

On August 5, 2007, our Board authorized the formation of a Special Litigation Committee to investigate, evaluate, and make a determination as to how NVIDIA should proceed with respect to the claims and allegations asserted in the underlying derivative cases brought on behalf of NVIDIA.  Currently, the Special Litigation Committee is continuing its work.
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Department of Justice Subpoena and Investigation, and Civil Cases
 
On November 29, 2006, we received a subpoena from the San Francisco Office of the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, or DOJ, in connection with the DOJ's investigation into potential antitrust violations related to graphics processing unitsGPUs and cards. No specific allegations have been made against us. We are cooperating with the DOJ in its investigation.

As of May 14, 2007, 5113, 2008, 55 civil complaints have been filed against us. The majority of the complaints were filed in the Northern District of California, several were filed in the Central District of California, and other cases were filed in several other Federal district courts.  Although the complaints differ, they generally purport to assert federal and state antitrust claims based on alleged price fixing, market allocation, and other alleged anti-competitive agreements between us and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., or AMD, as a result of its acquisition of ATI Technologies, Inc., or ATI. Many of the cases also assert a variety of state law unfair competition or consumer protection claims on the same allegations and some cases assert unjust enrichment or other common law claims. The complaints are putative class actions alleging classes of direct and/or indirect purchasers of our graphic processing units and cards. The plaintiffs in a few of the Northern District of California actions filed a motion withOn April 18, 2007, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation or JPML, asking that all pending and subsequent cases be consolidated in one court for all pre-trial discovery and motion practice. A hearing on this motion took place on March 29, 2007. The JPML subsequently granted the motion and conditionally transferred all of the actions currently pending outside of the Northern District of California to the Northern District of California for coordination of pretrial proceedings. An initial case management conferenceproceedings before the Honorable William H. Alsup.  By agreement of the parties, Judge Alsup will retain jurisdiction over the consolidated cases through trial or other resolution.
In the consolidated proceedings, two groups of plaintiffs (one representing all direct purchasers of GPUs and the other representing all indirect purchasers) filed consolidated, amended class-action complaints. These complaints purport to assert federal antitrust claims based on alleged price fixing, market allocation, and other alleged anti-competitive agreements between us and ATI Technologies, Inc., or ATI, and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., or AMD, as a result of its acquisition of ATI.  The indirect purchasers’ consolidated amended complaint also asserts a variety of state law antitrust, unfair competition and consumer protection claims on the same allegations, as well as a common law claim for unjust enrichment.
Plaintiffs filed their first consolidated complaints on June 14, 2007.  On July 16, 2007, we moved to dismiss those complaints.  The motions to dismiss were heard by Judge Alsup on September 20, 2007.  The Court subsequently granted and denied the coordinated casesmotions in part, and gave the plaintiffs leave to move to amend the complaints.  On November 7, 2007, the Court granted plaintiffs’ motion to file amended complaints, ordered defendants to answer the complaints, lifted a previously entered stay on discovery, and set a trial date for January 12, 2009.  Discovery is scheduledunderway and Plaintiffs filed motions for class certification on April 24, 2008.  Our oppositions to be heldthe motions were filed on May 24, 2007.20, 2008. We believe the allegations in the complaints are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the cases.
 
Product Defect Contingencies

Our products are complex and may contain defects or experience failures due to any number of issues in design, fabrication, packaging, materials and / or use within a system. If any of our products or technologies contains a defect, compatibility issue or other error, we may have to invest additional research and development efforts to find and correct the issue.  Such efforts could divert our management’s and engineers’ attention from the development of new products and technologies and could increase our operating costs and reduce our gross margin. In addition, an error or defect in new products or releases or related software drivers after commencement of commercial shipments could result in failure to achieve market acceptance or loss of design wins. Also, we may be required to reimburse customers, including for customers’ costs to repair or replace the products in the field, which could cause our revenue to decline. A product recall or a significant number of product returns could be expensive, damage our reputation and could result in the shifting of business to our competitors. Costs associated with correcting defects, errors, bugs or other issues could be significant and could materially harm our financial results.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, one of our customers asserted claims for incremental repair and replacement costs related to an alleged die/packaging material set defect in one of our notebook MCP products. This product was included in a significant number of the customer’s notebook products that have been sold to end users, and has also been shipped to other of our customers in significant quantities. We are evaluating the potential scope of this situation, including the nature and cause of the alleged defect and the merits of the customer’s claim, and to what extent the alleged defect might occur with other of our products.  We are currently unable to estimate the amount of costs that may be incurred by us beyond the normal product warranty accrual that we have taken related to this claim and the alleged defect and, therefore, we have not recorded any additional related costs or a liability in our Condensed Consolidated Financial statements as of, and for the three months ended, April 27, 2008.

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Note 1413 - Stockholders’ Equity
 
Stock Repurchase Program

During fiscal year 2005, we announced that our Board of Directors, or Board had authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of our common stock, subject to certain specifications, up to an aggregate maximum amount of $300 million.  During fiscal year 2007, we announced that ourthe Board hadfurther approved aan increase of $400 million increase to the original stock repurchase program. Subsequently, on May 21, 2007,In fiscal year 2008, we announced a stock repurchase program under which we may purchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock over a three year period through May 2010. As a result of these increases, we have an ongoing authorization from the Board, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an aggregate maximum amount of $1.7 billion.

The repurchases will be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in structured stock repurchase programs, and may be made in one or more larger repurchases, in compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other factors. The program does not obligate NVIDIA to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be suspended at any time at our discretion. As part of our share repurchase program, we have entered into, and we may continue to enter into, structured share repurchase transactions with financial institutions. These agreements generally require that we make an up-front payment in exchange for the right to receive a fixed number of shares of our common stock upon execution of the agreement, and a potential incremental number of shares of our common stock, within a pre-determined range, at the end of the term of the agreement.

    During the three months ended April 29, 2007, we entered into a structured share repurchase transaction to repurchase 4.0 million shares of our common stock for $125.0 million, which we recorded on the trade date of each transaction. Through April 29, 2007,27, 2008, we havehad repurchased 31.468.0 million shares under our stock repurchase program for a total cost of $613.1 million.
$1.16 billion. During the first fiscal quarter ended April 27, 2008, we entered into a structured share repurchase transaction to repurchase 6.3 million shares for $123.9 million which we recorded on the trade date of the transaction.

Convertible Preferred Stock
 
As of April 29, 200727, 2008 and April 30, 2006,January 27, 2008, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

Note 14 - Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income consists of net income and other comprehensive income or loss. Other comprehensive income or loss components include unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities, net of tax. The components of comprehensive income, net of tax, were outstanding.as follows:

  Three Months Ended 
  
April 27, 
2008
  
April 29,
2007
 
  (In thousands) 
Net income
 
$
176,805
  
$
132,259
 
Net change in unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax  (5,631)   (79)
Reclassification adjustments for net realized gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax
  
(854
)
  
(73
)
Total comprehensive income
 
$
170,320
  
$
132,107
 
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Note 15 - Segment Information

Our Chief Executive Officer, who is considered to be our chief operating decision maker, or CODM, reviews financial information presented on an operating segment basis for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2008, we reorganized our operating segments. We now report financial information for four operating segments to our CODM: the Graphics Processing Unit, or GPU Business,business, which is comprised primarily of our GeForce products that support desktop and notebook personal computers, or PCs, plus memory products,products; the Professional Solutions Business,professional solutions business, or PSB, which is comprised of our NVIDIA Quadro professional workstation products and other professional graphics andproducts, including our NVIDIA Tesla high-performance computing products,products; the Mediamedia and Communications Processor,communications processor, or MCP, Business,business which is comprised of NVIDIA nForce core logic and motherboard GPU products,products; and our Consumer Products Business,consumer products business, or CPB, which is comprised primarily of our CPB is comprised of our GoForce and APX mobile brands and consumer products that support handheld personal media players, or PMPs, personal digital assistants, or PDAs, cellular phones and other handheld devices, plusdevices.  CPB also includes license, royalty, and other revenue and associated costs related to video game consoles and other digital consumer electronics devices.

In addition to these operating segments, we have the “All Other” category that includes human resources, legal, finance, general administration and corporate marketing expenses, which total $76.2 million and $68.0 million and $50.1 million for the three months ended April 29, 200727, 2008 and April 30, 2006,29, 2007, respectively, that we do not allocate to our other operating segments.segments as these expenses are not included in the segment operating performance measures evaluated by our CODM. “All Other” also includes the results of operations of other miscellaneous operatingreporting segments that are neither individually reportable, nor aggregated with another operating segment. Revenue in the “All Other” category is primarily derived from sales of components. All relevant prior period amounts have been restated to conform to the presentation of our current fiscal quarter.

Our CODM does not review any information regarding total assets on an operating segment basis. Operating segments do not record intersegment revenue, and, accordingly, there is none to be reported. The accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for NVIDIA as a whole.

 
GPU
 
PSB
 
MCP
 
CPB
 
All Other
 
Consolidated
  GPU PSB MCP CPB All Other Consolidated 
 
(In thousands)
  (In thousands) 
Three Months Ended April 27, 2008:             
Revenue
 
$
701,489
 
$
203,427
 
$
195,093
 
$
42,465
 
$
10,914
 
$
1,153,388
 
Depreciation and amortization expense
 
$
12,714
 
$
4,625
 
$
7,670
 
$
4,918
 
$
11,641
 
$
41,568
 
Operating income (loss)
 
$
169,047
 
$
110,328
 
$
3,580
 
$
(3,850
) 
 
$
(76,126
)
 
$
202,979
 
Three Months Ended April 29, 2007:
                          
Revenue $483,495 $140,873 $148,750 $67,226 $3,936 $844,280  
$
483,495
 
$
140,873
 
$
148,750
 
$
67,226
 
$
3,936
 
$
844,280
 
Depreciation and amortization expense $8,285 $2,187 $6,593 $6,095 $9,162 $32,322  
$
8,285
 
$
2,187
 
$
6,593
 
$
6,095
 
$
9,162
 
$
32,322
 
Operating income (loss) $124,417 $69,307 $7,839 $10,168 $(70,485)$141,246  
$
124,417
 
$
      69,307
 
$
7,839
 
$
10,168
 
$
(70,485
)
 
$
141,246
 
Three Months Ended April 30, 2006:
               
Revenue $404,807 $100,042 $118,384 $57,385 $1,189 $681,807 
Depreciation and amortization expense $6,870 $1,828 $4,278 $3,786 $8,109 $24,871 
Operating income (loss) $87,239 $45,064 $2,983 $17,165 $(50,942) $101,509 
 
Revenue by geographic region is allocated to individual countries based on the location to which the products are initially billed even if our customers’ revenue is attributable to end customers that are located in a different location. The following tables summarize information pertaining to our revenue from customers based on invoicing address in different geographic regions:

April 29,
2007
 
April 30,
2006
  Three Months Ended 
(In thousands)
  
April 27,
2008
 
April 29,
2007
 
Revenue:
     
(In thousands)
 
Taiwan
 
$
391,628
 
$
272,983
 
China
 
367,426
 
238,285
 
Other Asia Pacific
 
167,854
 
109,930
 
United States$101,866 $77,372  
93,831
 
101,866
 
Europe
 
131,954
 
81,550
 
Other Americas 54,544 27,590   
695
  
39,666
 
China 238,285 179,720 
Taiwan 272,983 227,574 
Other Asia Pacific 95,052 111,218 
Europe 81,550  58,333 
Total revenue$844,280 $681,807  
$
1,153,388
 
$
844,280
 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

    No customer representedRevenue from significant customers, those representing approximately 10% or more of total revenue for the three months ended April 29, 2007. One customer represented approximately 14% of revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2006.respective periods is summarized as follows:
 
  Three Months Ended 
  
April 27,
2008
  
April 29,
2007
 
Revenue:        
Customer A
  11%  9%

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Accounts receivable from significant customers, those representing approximately 10% or more of total trade accounts receivable for the respective periods, is summarized as follows:
  
April 27,
2008
  
January 27,
2008
 
Accounts Receivable:       
Customer A
  
11
%
 
12
%
Customer B
  
11
%
 
6
%
Customer C
  
10
%
 
9
%


Note 16 – Fair Value of Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

We measure our cash equivalents and marketable securities at fair value. Our financial assets and liabilities are determined using market prices from both active markets, or Level 1, and less active markets, or Level 2. Level 1 valuations are obtained from real-time quotes for transactions in active exchange markets involving identical assets. Level 2 valuations are obtained from readily-available pricing sources for identical instruments in less active markets. All of our cash equivalents and marketable securities valuations are classified as Level 1 or Level 2 because we value them using quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources and models utilizing market observable inputs.

As of April 27, 2008, we did not have any assets or liabilities without observable market values, or Level 3 assets, that would require a high level of judgment to determine fair value.

  Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value are summarized below:

     Fair value measurement at reporting date using 
     Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets  Significant Other Observable Inputs 
  April 27, 2008  (Level 1)  (Level 2) 
  (In thousands) 
Asset-backed Securities (1) $88,255  $-  $88,255 
Commercial paper (2)  250,365   -   250,365 
Corporate debt securities (3)  274,273   -   274,273 
Debt securities issued by United States Treasury (1)  33,487   -   33,487 
Other Debt securities issued by US Government agencies (4)  297,993   -   297,993 
Mortgage-backed securities issued by Government-sponsored entities (1)  70,172   -   70,172 
Money market funds (5)  304,774   304,774   - 
Equity securities (1)  3,357   -   3,357 
Total assets $1,322,676  $304,774  $1,017,902 


(1)  Included in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(2)  Includes $177,410 in Cash and cash equivalents and $72,955 in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(3)  Includes $1,520 in Cash and cash equivalents and $272,753 in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(4)  Includes $20,640 in Cash and cash equivalents and $277,353 in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(5)  Included in Cash and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements
When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the words “believes,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “allows,” “can,” “will” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future periods and include, but are not limited to, statements as to: the features, benefits, capabilities, performance, impact and production of our products and technologies; product defects and the impact of product defects; causes of product defects; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, assemble and test our products; reliance on a limited number of customers and suppliers; new product lines; design wins; our market position; our competition, sources of competition and our competitive position; the importance of our strategic relationships; average selling prices; enhanced visual experiences; seasonality; customer demand; our continued growth and factors contributing to our growth; our international operations; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; our inventory; acquisitions and investments; stock options; the impact of stock-based compensation expense; our financial results; mix and sources of revenue; capital and operating expenditures; our cash flow and cash balances; uses of cash; liquidity; our investment portfolio and marketable securities; our exchange rate risk; our stock repurchase program; our internal control over financial reporting; our disclosure controls and procedures; recent accounting pronouncements; our intellectual property; compliance with environmental laws and regulations; litigation arising from our historical stock option grant practices and financial restatements; the Department of Justice subpoena and investigation; and litigation matters.   Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.  These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed below as well as difficulties associated with: conducting international operations; slower than anticipated growth; forecasting customer demand; product defects; software or manufacturing defects; defects in product design or materials used to manufacture a product; disruptions in our relationships with our partners and suppliers; supply constraints; unanticipated decreases in average selling prices; increased sales of lower margin products; difficulty in collecting accounts receivable; international and political conditions; changes in international laws; fluctuations in the global credit market; declines in global economic conditions; fixed operating expenses; our inability to decrease inventory purchase commitments; difficulties in entering new markets; slower than expected development of a new market; inventory write-downs; the impact of competitive pricing pressures; fluctuations in investments and the securities market; failure to achieve design wins; changes in customers’ purchasing behaviors; the concentration of sales of our products to a limited number of customers; decreases in demand for our products; delays in the development of new products by us or our partners; delays in volume production of our products; developments in and expenses related to litigation; our inability to realize the benefits of acquisitions; the outcome of litigation or regulatory actions; and the matters set forth under Part II, Item 1A. - Risk Factors. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
     All references to “NVIDIA,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” mean NVIDIA Corporation and its subsidiaries, except where it is made clear that the term means only the parent company.
NVIDIA, GeForce, SLI, Hybrid SLI, GoForce, NVIDIA Quadro, Quadro, NVIDIA nForce, Tesla, NVIDIA APX, PhysX, Ageia, Mental Images, and the NVIDIA logo are our trademarks and/or registered trademarks in the United States and other countries that are used in this document. We may also refer to trademarks of other corporations and organizations in this document.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors”, “Item 6. Selected Financial Data”, our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes thereto, as well as other cautionary statements and risks described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, before deciding to purchase, hold or sell shares of our common stock.

Overview

Our Company
NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the graphic processing unit, or the GPU. Our products are designed to generate realistic, interactive graphics on consumer and professional computing devices. We serve the entertainment and consumer market with our GeForce products, the professional design and visualization market with our Quadro products, and the high-performance computing market with our Tesla products. We have four major product-line operating segments: the GPU Business, the professional solutions business, or PSB, the media and communications processor, or MCP, business, and the consumer products business, or CPB. 

Our GPU business is comprised primarily of our GeForce products that support desktop and notebook personal computers, or PCs, plus memory products. Our PSB is comprised of our NVIDIA Quadro professional workstation products and other professional graphics products, including our NVIDIA Tesla high-performance computing products. Our MCP business is comprised of NVIDIA nForce core logic and motherboard GPU, or mGPU products. Our CPB is comprised of our GoForce and APX mobile brands and products that support handheld personal media players, or PMPs, personal digital assistants, or PDAs, cellular phones and other handheld devices. CPB also includes license, royalty, other revenue and associated costs related to video game consoles and other digital consumer electronics devices.  Original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, original design manufacturers, or ODMs, add-in-card manufacturers, system builders and consumer electronics companies worldwide utilize NVIDIA processors as a core component of their entertainment, business and professional solutions.

We were incorporated in California in April 1993 and reincorporated in Delaware in April 1998. Our headquarter facilities are in Santa Clara, California. Our Internet address is www.nvidia.com. The contents of our website are not a part of this Form 10-Q.
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Recent Developments, Future Objectives and Challenges

GPU Business

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we launched several new GPUs in the GeForce family. The product launches included the GeForce 9600 GT, which provides more than double the performance of our previous GeForce 8600 GTS; the GeForce 9800 GX2, which provides a new dual GPU board featuring Quad SLI technology; GeForce 9800 GTX, which is a flexible GPU that supports both two-way and three-way Scalable Link Interface, or SLI technology.  Additionally, we also launched the GeForce 8800 GT, which is the first after-market consumer graphics card for the Mac Pro and is sold directly by us.

On February 10, 2008, we completed our acquisition of Ageia Technologies, Inc., or Ageia, an industry leader in gaming physics technology. Ageia's PhysX software is widely adopted in several PhysX-based games that are shipping or in development on Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii, and gaming PCs. We believe that the combination of the GPU and physics engine brands will result in an enhanced visual experience for the gaming world.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we gained market share in the standalone desktop, standalone notebook, and integrated notebook graphics categories when compared to first quarter of fiscal year 2008 as reported in the 2008 PC Graphics Report from Mercury Research. 

Professional Solutions Business
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we launched the Quadro FX 3600M Professional which is among the highest performance notebook GPUs.

MCP Business
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we shipped Hybrid SLI DX10 motherboard GPUs – the GeForce 8000 GPU series.  The GeForce 8000 GPU series includes GeForce Boost Hybrid SLI technology, which is designed to double performance when paired with a GeForce 8 desktop GPU.  Additionally, we also launched the NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI MCP which is among the industry’s highly rated overclockable platform for Intel processors.

Consumer Products Business

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we launched the NVIDIA APX 2500 application processor.  The APX 2500 is a computer-on-a-chip designed to meet the growing multimedia demands of today's mobile phone and entertainment user.  We believe that the mobile application processor is an area where we can add a significant amount of value and we also believe it represents a revenue growth opportunity.

Seasonality

Our industry is largely focused on the consumer products market.  Due to seasonality in this market, we typically expect to see stronger revenue performance in the second half of the calendar year related to the back-to-school and holiday seasons.


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Financial Information by Business Segment and Geographic Data

Our Chief Executive Officer, who is considered to be our chief operating decision maker, or CODM, reviews financial information presented on a operating segment basis for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance.

We report financial information for four operating segments to our CODM: the GPU business, which is comprised primarily of our GeForce products that support desktop and notebook PCs, plus memory products; the PSB which is comprised of our NVIDIA Quadro professional workstation products and other professional graphics products, including our NVIDIA Tesla high-performance computing products; the MCP business which is comprised of NVIDIA nForce core logic and motherboard GPU products; and our CPB, which is comprised of our CPB is comprised of our GoForce and APX mobile brands and products that support handheld PMPs, PDAs, cellular phones and other handheld devices.  CPB also includes license, royalty, other revenue and associated costs related to video game consoles and other digital consumer electronics devices.

In addition to these operating segments, we have the “All Other” category that includes human resources, legal, finance, general administration and corporate marketing expenses, which total $76.2 million and $68.0 million for the three months ended April 27, 2008 and April 29, 2007, respectively, that we do not allocate to our other operating segments as these expenses are not included in the segment operating performance measures evaluated by our CODM. “All Other” also includes the results of operations of other miscellaneous reporting segments that are neither individually reportable, nor aggregated with another operating segment. Revenue in the “All Other” category is primarily derived from sales of components. 
Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain items in our consolidated statements of income expressed as a percentage of revenue.
  Three Months Ended 
  
April 27,
2008
  
April 29,
 2007
 
Revenue
  
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
Cost of revenue
  
55.4
  
55.0
 
Gross profit
  
44.6
  
45.0
 
Operating expenses:
       
Research and development
  
19.0
  
18.8
 
Sales, general and administrative
  
8.1
  
9.5
 
Total operating expenses
  
27.1
  
28.3
 
Income from operations
  
17.5
  
16.7
 
Interest and other income, net
  
0.9
  
1.5
 
Income before income tax expense
  
18.4
  
18.2
 
Income tax expense
  
3.1
  
2.6
 
Net income
  
15.3
%
 
15.6
%


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First Quarter of Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008
Revenue
Revenue was $1.15 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, compared to $844.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, which represents an increase of 37%.   For the second quarter of fiscal 2009, we expect a seasonal decline associated with the PC business, although overall, we believe our market and competitive positions continue to be strong.  A discussion of our revenue results for each of our operating segments is as follows:

GPU Business. GPU Business revenue increased by 45% to $701.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, compared to $483.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. This improvement was primarily due to increased sales of our desktop GPU products and notebook GPU products.  Sales of our desktop GPU products increased by approximately 44% compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, primarily due to growth of the Standalone Desktop market as reported in the 2008 PC Graphics Report from twoMercury Research.  Our leadership position in the Standalone Desktop market was driven by our GeForce 8-based products and our new generation of GeForce 9-based products.  Sales of our notebook GPU products increased by approximately 99% compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  Notebook GPU revenue growth was primarily due to share gains in the Standalone Notebook category as reported in the 2008 PC Graphics Report from Mercury Research.  Our share gains in the Standalone Notebook category were primarily a result of shipments of products used in notebook PC design wins related to Intel’s Santa Rosa platform.

PSB. PSB revenue increased by 44% to $203.4 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009,  compared to $140.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  Our professional workstation product sales increased due to an overall increase in shipments of boards and chips.  This increase in shipments was primarily driven by strong shipments of NVIDIA Quadro professional workstation GeForce 8-based products.

MCP Business. MCP Business revenue increased by 31% to $195.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, compared to $148.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. The increase resulted from an increase in sales of both our Intel-based and AMD-based platform products as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  
CPB.  CPB revenue decreased by 37% to $42.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, compared to $67.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  The overall decrease in CPB revenue is primarily driven by a combination of decreases in revenue from our cell phone products, our contractual development arrangements with Sony Computer Entertainment, or SCE, and a drop in royalties from SCE as they transition the PlayStation3 to a new process node.

Concentration of Revenue 
Revenue from sales to customers outside of the United States and other Americas accounted for 26.7%92% and 83% of total accounts receivablerevenue for the first quarter of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively.  Revenue by geographic region is allocated to individual countries based on the location to which the products are initially billed even if the foreign contract equipment manufacturers, or CEMs’, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers’ revenue is attributable to end customers in a different location.
Sales to our significant customers accounted for approximately 11% of our total revenue from one customer during the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.  In the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, there were no sales to any customer in excess of 10% of our total revenue.

Gross Profit
Gross profit consists of total revenue, net of allowances, less cost of revenue. Cost of revenue consists primarily of the cost of semiconductors purchased from subcontractors, including wafer fabrication, assembly, testing and packaging, manufacturing support costs, including labor and overhead associated with such purchases, final test yield fallout, inventory provisions and shipping costs. Cost of revenue also includes development costs for license and service arrangements.
Gross margin is the percentage of gross profit to revenue. Our gross margin can vary in any period depending on the mix of types of products sold. Our gross margin was 44.6% and 45.0% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 and 2008, respectively.  The decline primarily reflects product transition challenges in our GPU business.

Our gross margin is significantly impacted by the mix of products we sell. Product mix is often difficult to estimate with accuracy.  Therefore, if we experience product transition challenges, if we achieve significant revenue growth in our lower margin product lines, or if we are unable to earn as much revenue as we expect from higher margin product lines, our gross margin may be negatively impacted. We expect gross margin to increase during the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. A discussion of our gross margin results for each of our operating segments is as follows:

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GPU Business. The gross margin of our GPU Business decreased for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  This decrease was primarily due to product transition challenges associated with the transition from our previous generation of GeForce 8-series GPUs to ramp-up shipments of our new generation of GeForce 9-series GPUs. 

PSB. The gross margin of our PSB increased for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  This increase was primarily due to increased sales of our GeForce 8-based NVIDIA Quadro products, which began selling in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007 and generally have higher gross margins than our previous generations of NVIDIA Quadro products.

MCP Business. The gross margin of our MCP Business decreased for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  This decrease was primarily due to a shift in product mix toward increased shipments of lower margin Intel-based and AMD-based platform products.

CPB. The gross margin of our CPB decreased for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  This decrease was due to a combination of declines including a decrease in gross profit realized from sales of our products for high-end feature cellular phones and other handheld devices as well as a drop in royalties from SCE as they transition the PlayStation3 to a new process node.  
Operating Expenses
  Three Months Ended      
  
April 27,
2008
  
April 29,
2007
  
$
Change
 
%
Change
 
  (In millions)   
Research and development expenses
 
$
218.8
  
$
158.3
  
$
60.5
  
38
%
Sales, general and administrative expenses
  
93.1
   
80.6
   
12.5
  
16
%
       Total operating expenses
 
$
311.9
  
$
238.9
  
$
73.0
  
31
% 
Research and development as a percentage of net revenue
  
19
%
  
19
%
       
Sales, general and administrative as a percentage of net revenue
  
8
%
  
10
%
       
Research and Development
Research and development expenses were $218.8 million and $158.3 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively, an increase of $60.5 million, or 38%.  The increase is primarily related to an increase in salaries and benefits, and stock-based compensation by approximately $29.1 million as a result of personnel growth in departments related to research and development functions by approximately 1,000 additional personnel due to new hires and our acquisitions of Mental Images and Ageia, as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  Development expenses increased by $8.1 million primarily as a result of increased in prototype materials and engineering consumption due to higher volume of activity related to the product ramps in the current year.  Other increases in research and development expenses are related to increased expenses related to facilities, depreciation and amortization and computer software and equipment as a result of the personnel growth. 
We anticipate that we will continue to devote substantial resources to research and development, and we expect these expenses to increase in absolute dollars in the foreseeable future due to the increased complexity and the greater number of products under development. Research and development expenses are likely to fluctuate from time to time to the extent we make periodic incremental investments in research and development and these investments may be independent of our level of revenue.

Sales, General and Administrative
Sales, general and administrative expenses were $93.1 million and $80.6 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively, an increase of $12.5 million, or 16%.  Labor related and employee expenses and stock-based compensation increased by approximately $7.1 million as a result of personnel growth.  Outside professional fees increased by $4.4 million primarily due to an increase in legal expenses incurred pertaining to the Department of Justice investigation and other litigation. Marketing expenses increased by $3.1 million, primarily due to expenses related to a worldwide sales conference and other marketing related activities.
We expect operating expenses to remain flat or increase slightly in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.

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Interest Income
Interest income consists of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Interest income increased to $14.3 million in first quarter of fiscal year 2009, from $13.2 million in first quarter of fiscal year 2008, primarily due to the result of higher average balances of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities even though the interest rates in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 were significantly lower when compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2008.

Other Expense, net
Other expense, net increased by $3.6 million from $0.7 million in first quarter of fiscal year 2008 to $4.3 million in first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The increased expense is primarily due to the impact of the continuing weakness of the U.S. Dollar on our foreign currency denominated liabilities, which resulted in foreign exchange losses in the quarter.

Income Taxes
We recognized income tax expense of $36.2 million and $21.5 million in the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively.  Income tax expense as a percentage of income before taxes, or our annual effective tax rate, was 17% and 14% in the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Our effective tax rate is lower than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35% primarily on account of foreign earnings being taxed in foreign jurisdictions at rates below the U.S. statutory tax rate.  The increase in our effective tax rate to 17% as of April 27, 2008 from 14% at April 29, 2007.2007 was primarily due to the expiration of the federal research tax credit.
 
Please refer to Note 3 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding the components of our income tax expense.      

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
As of
April 27, 2008
 
As of
January 27, 2008
 
 (In millions) 
Cash and cash equivalents
 $803.3  $727.0 
Marketable securities
  818.3   1,082.5 
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities
 $1,621.6  $1,809.5 


 Three Months Ended 
 April 27, April 29, 
 2008 2007 
  
(In millions)
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
 $
145.2
  
$
295.2
 
Net cash used in investing activities
 
 $
24.5
  
$
(79.8
)
Net cash used in financing activities
 
 $
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As of April 27, 2008, we had $1.62 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, a decrease of $187.8 million from $1.81 billion at the end of fiscal year 2008.  Our portfolio of cash equivalents and marketable securities is managed by several financial institutions. Our investment policy requires the purchase of top-tier investment grade securities, the diversification of asset type and includes certain limits on our portfolio duration.

Operating activities

Operating activities generated cash of $145.2 million and $295.2 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively. While our net income plus the impact of non-cash charges to earnings and deferred income taxes increased during the comparable periods, the changes in operating assets and liabilities resulted in a net decrease in cash flow from operations.  The changes in operating assets and liabilities, resulted from the timing of payments to vendors and an increase in inventories.  Additionally, we made payments of $5.0 million and $11.3 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively, towards a confidential patent licensing arrangement that we entered into during fiscal year 2007.     
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Investing activities

Investing activities have consisted primarily of purchases and sales of marketable securities, acquisitions of businesses and purchases of property and equipment, which include the purchase of property, leasehold improvements for our facilities and intangible assets. Investing activities provided cash of $24.5 million and used cash of $79.8 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively.  Investing activities for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 used cash of approximately $150.0 million for a property that includes approximately 25 acres of land and ten commercial buildings in Santa Clara, California, to facilitate the growth of our business.  Capital expenditures also included new research and development equipment, testing equipment to support our increased production requirements, technology licenses, software, intangible assets and leasehold improvements at our headquarters and international offices.  Additionally, we acquired Ageia during the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.  The cash inflow from maturities of marketable securities provided cash of $545.8 million which offset the expenditures described above to provide a positive cash flow from investing activity.
We expect to spend approximately $150 million to $200 million for capital expenditures during the remainder of fiscal year 2009, primarily for property development, leasehold improvements, software licenses, emulation equipment, computers and engineering workstations.  In addition, we may continue to use cash in connection with the acquisition of new businesses or assets.

Financing activities

Financing activities used cash of $93.4 million and $80.9 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively.  Net cash used by financing activities in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 was primarily due to $123.9 million paid towards our stock repurchase program, offset by cash proceeds of $30.5 million from common stock issued under our employee stock plans.

Liquidity

Cash generated by operations is used as our primary source of liquidity.  Our investment portfolio consisted of cash and cash equivalents, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, mortgage-backed securities issued by Government-sponsored enterprises, equity securities, money market funds and highly liquid debt securities of corporations, municipalities and the United States government and its agencies. As of April 27, 2008, we did not have any investments in auction-rate preferred securities. These investments are denominated in United States dollars.

We account for our investment instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, or SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. All of the cash equivalents and marketable securities are treated as “available-for-sale” under SFAS No. 115. Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate debt securities may have their market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates or if the decline in fair value of our publicly traded debt or equity investments is judged to be other-than-temporary. We may suffer losses in principal if we are forced to sell securities that decline in market value due to changes in interest rates. However, because any debt securities we hold are classified as “available-for-sale,” no gains or losses are realized in our condensed consolidated statements of income due to changes in interest rates unless such securities are sold prior to maturity or unless declines in market values are determined to be other-than-temporary.  These securities are reported at fair value with the related unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax.

At April 27, 2008 and January 27, 2008, we had $1.62 billion and $1.81 billion, respectively, in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.  Our investment policy requires the purchase of top-tier investment grade securities, the diversification of asset type and includes certain limits on our portfolio duration, as specified in our investment policy guidelines. These guidelines also limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issue, issuer or type of instrument. As of April 27, 2008, we were in compliance with our investment policy.  As of April 27, 2008, our investments in the financial sector and government agencies accounted for approximately 34% and 22%, respectively, of our total investment portfolio.  Substantially all of our investments are with A/A2 or better rated securities with the substantial majority of the securities rated AA-/Aa3 or better.  As of April 27, 2008, $872.6 million of our portfolio had a maturity of less than a year, and a substantial majority of our remaining investments have remaining maturities of three years or less.  In the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairments on our portfolio of available-for-sale investments.  
Recent U.S. sub-prime mortgage defaults have had a significant impact across various sectors of the financial markets, causing global credit and liquidity issues. The short-term funding markets experienced issues during the third and fourth quarter of calendar 2007, leading to liquidity disruption in the market. If the global credit market continues to deteriorate, our investment portfolio may be impacted and we could determine some of our investments are impaired, which could adversely impact our financial results.

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Stock Repurchase Program
During fiscal year 2005, we announced that our Board, had authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of our common stock, subject to certain specifications, up to an aggregate maximum amount of $300 million.  During fiscal year 2007, the Board further approved an increase of $400 million to the original stock repurchase program. In fiscal year 2008, we announced that our Board authorized an additional stock repurchase program under which we may purchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock over a three year period through May 2010. As a result of these increases, we have an ongoing authorization from the Board, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an aggregate maximum amount of $1.7 billion. 
The repurchases will be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in structured stock repurchase programs, and may be made in one or more larger repurchases, in compliance with the Exchange Act Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other factors. The program does not obligate NVIDIA to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be suspended at any time at our discretion. As part of our share repurchase program, we have entered into, and we may continue to enter into, structured share repurchase transactions with financial institutions. These agreements generally require that we make an up-front payment in exchange for the right to receive a fixed number of shares of our common stock upon execution of the agreement, and a potential incremental number of shares of our common stock, within a pre-determined range, at the end of the term of the agreement.

During the first fiscal quarter ended April 27, 2008, we entered into a structured share repurchase transaction to repurchase 6.3 million shares for $123.9 million which we recorded on the trade date of the transaction.  Through April 27, 2008, we had repurchased 68.0 million shares under our stock repurchase program for a total cost of $1.16 billion.
Operating Capital and Capital Expenditure Requirements

We believe that our existing cash balances and anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our operating, acquisition and capital requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, there is no assurance that we will not need to raise additional equity or debt financing within this time frame. Additional financing may not be available on favorable terms or at all and may be dilutive to our then-current stockholders. We also may require additional capital for other purposes not presently contemplated. If we are unable to obtain sufficient capital, we could be required to curtail capital equipment purchases or research and development expenditures, which could harm our business. Factors that could affect our cash used or generated from operations and, as a result, our need to seek additional borrowings or capital include:

·decreased demand and market acceptance for our products and/or our customers’ products;
·inability to successfully develop and produce in volume production our next-generation products;
·competitive pressures resulting in lower than expected average selling prices; and
·new product announcements or product introductions by our competitors.

We may continue to use cash in connection with the acquisition of new businesses or assets and capital expenditures related to our property purchases.

 For additional factors see “Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business and Products - Our operating results are unpredictable and may fluctuate, and if our operating results are below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, the trading price of our stock could decline.”
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3dfx Asset Purchase
On December 15, 2000, NVIDIA Corporation and one of our indirect subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, or APA, which closed on April 18, 2001, to purchase certain graphics chip assets from 3dfx. Under the terms of the APA, the cash consideration due at the closing was $70.0 million, less $15.0 million that was loaned to 3dfx pursuant to a Credit Agreement dated December 15, 2000. The Asset Purchase Agreement also provided, subject to the other provisions thereof, that if 3dfx properly certified that all its debts and other liabilities had been provided for, then we would have been obligated to pay 3dfx one million shares, which due to subsequent stock splits now totals six million shares, of NVIDIA common stock. If 3dfx could not make such a certification, but instead properly certified that its debts and liabilities could be satisfied for less than $25.0 million, then 3dfx could have elected to receive a cash payment equal to the amount of such debts and liabilities and a reduced number of shares of our common stock, with such reduction calculated by dividing the cash payment by $25.00 per share. If 3dfx could not certify that all of its debts and liabilities had been provided for, or could not be satisfied, for less than $25.0 million, we would not be obligated under the agreement to pay any additional consideration for the assets.
In October 2002, 3dfx filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. In March 2003, we were served with a complaint filed by the Trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court which sought, among other things, payments from us as additional purchase price related to our purchase of certain assets of 3dfx.  In early November 2005, after several months of mediation, NVIDIA and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, or the Creditors’ Committee, agreed to a Plan of Liquidation of 3dfx, which included a conditional settlement of the Trustee’s claims against us. This conditional settlement was subject to a confirmation process through a vote of creditors and the review and approval of the Bankruptcy Court after notice and hearing. The conditional settlement called for a payment by NVIDIA of approximately $30.6 million to the 3dfx estate. Under the settlement, $5.6 million related to various administrative expenses and Trustee fees, and $25.0 million related to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities owed to the general unsecured creditors of 3dfx. Accordingly, during the three month period ended October 30, 2005, we recorded $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx.  The Trustee advised that he intended to object to the settlement. However, the conditional settlement never progressed substantially through the confirmation process.
On December 21, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court determined that it would schedule trial of one portion of the Trustee’s case against NVIDIA. On January 2, 2007, NVIDIA exercised its right to terminate the settlement agreement on grounds that the Bankruptcy Court had failed to proceed toward confirmation of the Creditors’ Committee’s plan. A non-jury trial began on March 21, 2007 on valuation issues in the Trustee's constructive fraudulent transfer claims against NVIDIA. Specifically, the Bankruptcy Court tried four questions: (1) what did 3dfx transfer to NVIDIA in the APA?; (2) of what was transferred, what qualifies as "property" subject to the Bankruptcy Court's avoidance powers under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and relevant bankruptcy code provisions?; (3) what is the fair market value of the "property" identified in answer to question (2)?; and (4) was the $70 million that NVIDIA paid "reasonably equivalent" to the fair market value of that property? At the conclusion of the evidence, the Bankruptcy Court asked the parties to submit post-trial briefing. That briefing was completed on May 25, 2007.  On April 30, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court issued its Memorandum Decision After Trial, in which it provided a detailed summary of the trial proceedings and the parties' contentions with respect to each of the questions to be tried.  The Bankruptcy Court concluded that "the creditors of 3dfx were not injured by the Transaction."  This decision does not entirely dispose of the Trustee's action, however; still pending are the Trustee's claims for successor liability and intentional fraudulent conveyance.  On May 12, 2008, the Trustee filed a motion for leave to pursue an interlocutory appeal. 
   Please refer to Note 12 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding this litigation.
Product Defect Contingencies

Our products are complex and may contain defects or experience failures due to any number of issues in design, fabrication, packaging, materials and / or use within a system. If any of our products or technologies contains a defect, compatibility issue or other error, we may have to invest additional research and development efforts to find and correct the issue.  Such efforts could divert our management’s and engineers’ attention from the development of new products and technologies and could increase our operating costs and reduce our gross margin. In addition, an error or defect in new products or releases or related software drivers after commencement of commercial shipments could result in failure to achieve market acceptance or loss of design wins. Also, we may be required to reimburse customers, including for customers’ costs to repair or replace the products in the field, which could cause our revenue to decline. A product recall or a significant number of product returns could be expensive, damage our reputation and could result in the shifting of business to our competitors. Costs associated with correcting defects, errors, bugs or other issues could be significant and could materially harm our financial results.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, one of our customers asserted claims for incremental repair and replacement costs related to an alleged die/packaging material set defect in one of our notebook MCP products. This product was included in a significant number of the customer’s notebook products that have been sold to end users, and has also been shipped to other of our customers in significant quantities. We are evaluating the potential scope of this situation, including the nature and cause of the alleged defect and the merits of the customer’s claim, and to what extent the alleged defect might occur with other of our products.  We are currently unable to estimate the amount of costs that may be incurred by us beyond the normal product warranty accrual that we have taken related to this claim and the alleged defect and, therefore, we have not recorded any additional related costs or a liability in our Condensed Consolidated Financial statements as of, and for the three months ended, April 27, 2008.

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Contractual Obligations

At April 27, 2008, we had outstanding inventory purchase obligations and capital purchase obligations totaling approximately $654.3 million and $44.1 million, respectively. There were no other material changes in our contractual obligations from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 27, 2008. Please see Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources” in our Form 10-K for a description of our contractual obligations.

  Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

      As of April 27, 2008, we had no material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Regulation S-K 303(a)(4)(ii).

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

On January 28, 2008, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, or SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS No. 157 for all financial assets and financial liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements. SFAS No. 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The changes to current practice resulting from the application of SFAS No. 157 relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements.  The adoption of SFAS No. 157 for financial assets and liabilities did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements, and the resulting fair values calculated under SFAS No. 157 after adoption were not significantly different than the fair values that would have been calculated under previous guidance. Please refer to Note 16 - Subsequent Eventof these Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on our fair value measurements.

Stock Repurchase ProgramAdditionally, in February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, or FSP No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, to partially defer FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. FSP No. 157-2 defers the effective date of FAS 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), to fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after November 15, 2008. We do not believe the adoption of FSP 157-2 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

On January 28, 2008, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, or SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS No. 159 permits companies to choose to measure certain financial instruments and certain other items at fair value using an instrument-by-instrument election. The standard requires that unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected be reported in earnings. Under SFAS No. 159, we did not elect the fair value option for any of our assets and liabilities. The adoption of SFAS No. 159 did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2007, the FASB ratified Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 07-3, or EITF 07-3, Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services to Be Used in Future Research and Development Activities. EITF 07-3 requires non-refundable advance payments for goods and services to be used in future research and development activities to be recorded as an asset and the payments to be expensed when the research and development activities are performed. We adopted the provisions of EITF 07-3 beginning with our fiscal quarter ended April 27, 2008. The adoption of EITF 07-3 did not have any impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), or SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations. Under SFAS No. 141(R), an entity is required to recognize the assets acquired, liabilities assumed, contractual contingencies, and contingent consideration at their fair value on the acquisition date. It further requires that acquisition-related costs be recognized separately from the acquisition and expensed as incurred, restructuring costs generally be expensed in periods subsequent to the acquisition date, and changes in accounting for deferred tax asset valuation allowances and acquired income tax uncertainties after the measurement period impact income tax expense. In addition, acquired in-process research and development, or IPR&D, is capitalized as an intangible asset and amortized over its estimated useful life.  We are required to adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 141(R) beginning with our fiscal quarter ending April 26, 2009.  The adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) is expected to change our accounting treatment for business combinations on a prospective basis beginning in the period it is adopted.



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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Investment and Interest Rate Risk

At April 27, 2008 and January 27, 2008, we had $ 1.62 billion and $1.81 billion, respectively, in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. We invest in a variety of financial instruments, consisting principally of cash and cash equivalents, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, mortgage-backed securities issued by Government-sponsored enterprises, equity securities, money market funds and highly liquid debt securities of corporations, municipalities and the United States government and its agencies. As of April 27, 2008, we did not have any investments in auction-rate preferred securities. Our investments are denominated in United States dollars.

We account for our investment instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, or SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. All of the cash equivalents and marketable securities are treated as “available-for-sale” under SFAS No. 115. Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate securities may have their market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates or if the decline in fair value of our publicly traded debt or equity investments is judged to be other-than-temporary. We may suffer losses in principal if we are forced to sell securities that decline in securities market value due to changes in interest rates. However, because any debt securities we hold are classified as “available-for-sale,” no gains or losses are realized in our condensed consolidated statements of income due to changes in interest rates unless such securities are sold prior to maturity or unless declines in value are determined to be other-than-temporary. These securities are reported at fair value with the related unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax.
 
As of April 27, 2008, we performed a sensitivity analysis on our floating and fixed rate financial investments. According to our analysis, parallel shifts in the yield curve of both +/- 0.5% would result in changes in fair market values for these investments of approximately $3.6 million.
Recent U.S. sub-prime mortgage defaults have had a significant impact across various sectors of the financial markets, causing global credit and liquidity issues. The short-term funding markets experienced issues during the third and fourth quarter of calendar 2007, leading to liquidity disruption in the market. If the global credit market continues to deteriorate, our investment portfolio may be impacted and we could determine some of our investments are impaired, which could adversely impact our financial results.  Our investments in the financial sector and government agencies accounted for approximately 34% and 22%, respectively, of our total investment portfolio. If the fair value of our investments in these sectors was to decline by 2%-5%, it would result in changes in fair market values for these investments by approximately $15-$37 million.

Exchange Rate Risk
We consider our direct exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations to be minimal.  Currently, sales and arrangements with third-party manufacturers provide for pricing and payment in United States dollars, and, therefore, are not subject to exchange rate fluctuations. Increases in the value of the United States’ dollar relative to other currencies would make our products more expensive, which could negatively impact our ability to compete. Conversely, decreases in the value of the United States’ dollar relative to other currencies could result in our suppliers raising their prices in order to continue doing business with us. Fluctuations in currency exchange rates could harm our business in the future. The aggregate exchange loss included in determining net income was $4.2 million and $0.6 million during the first quarter of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively.
We may enter into certain transactions such as forward contracts which are designed to reduce the future potential impact resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. There were no forward exchange contracts outstanding at April 27, 2008.



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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on their evaluation as of April 27, 2008, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, were effective.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during our fiscal quarter ended April 27, 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls, will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within NVIDIA have been detected.

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PART II

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Please see Part I, Item 1, Note 12 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of our legal proceedings.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

A description of the risk factors associated with our business is set forth below. This description includes any material changes to and supersedes the description of risk factors associated with our business previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2008.

Risks Related to Competition

If we are unable to compete in the markets for our products, our financial results could be adversely impacted.

The markets for our products are highly competitive and are characterized by rapid technological change, new product introductions, evolving industry standards, and declining average selling prices. We believe that our ability to remain competitive will depend on how well we are able to anticipate the features and functions that customers will demand from our products and whether we are able to deliver consistent volumes of our products at acceptable prices and quality levels. We believe other factors impacting our ability to compete are:

·     product performance;
·     product bundling by competitors with multiple product lines;
·     breadth and frequency of product offerings;
·     access to customers and distribution channels;
·     backward-forward software support;
·     conformity to industry standard application programming interfaces; and
·     manufacturing capabilities.

We expect competition to increase both from existing competitors and new market entrants with products that may be less costly than ours, or may provide better performance or additional features not provided by our products, any of which could harm our business. Some of these competitors may have or be able to obtain greater marketing, financial, distribution and manufacturing resources than we do and may be better able to adapt to customer or technological changes. Currently, Intel, which has greater resources than we do, is working on a multi-core architecture code-named Larrabee, which may compete with our products in various markets.  Intel may also release an enthusiast level discrete graphics processing unit, or GPU, based on the Larrabee architecture. In order to compete, we may have to invest substantial amounts in research and development without assurance that our products will be superior to those of our competitors or that the products will achieve market acceptance.

An additional significant source of competition comes from companies that provide or intend to provide competing product solutions. For example, we are the largest supplier of AMD 64 chipsets with 61% segment share in the first quarter of calendar year 2008, as reported in the 2008 First Quarter PC Processor and Chipset report from Mercury Research. Decline in demand for our chipsets in the AMD segment as a result of the offerings of a new or existing competitor could materially impact our financial results.

Our current competitors include the following:

·     suppliers of discrete media and communication processors, or MCPs, that incorporate a combination of networking, audio, communications and input/output functionality as part of their existing solutions, such as AMD,
Broadcom, Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation, or SIS, VIA Technologies, Inc., or VIA, and Intel;

·     suppliers of GPUs, including MCPs that incorporate 3D graphics functionality as part of their existing solutions, such as AMD, Intel, Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd., SIS and VIA;

·     suppliers of GPUs or GPU intellectual property for handheld and digital consumer electronics devices that incorporate advanced graphics functionality as part of their existing solutions, such as AMD, Broadcom, Fujitsu Limited, Imagination Technologies Ltd., ARM Holdings plc, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., or Marvell, NEC Corporation, Qualcomm Incorporated, or Qualcomm, Renesas Technology, Seiko-Epson, Texas Instruments Incorporated, and Toshiba America, Inc.; and

·      suppliers of application processors for handheld and digital consumer electronics devices that incorporate multimedia processing as part of their existing solutions such as Broadcom, Texas Instruments Inc., Qualcomm, Marvell, Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Samsung and ST Microelectronics.

If and to the extent we offer products in new markets, we may face competition from some of our existing competitors as well as from companies with which we currently do not compete. We cannot accurately predict if we will compete successfully in any new markets we may enter. If we are unable to compete in our current or new markets, demand for our products could decrease which could cause our revenue to decline and our financial results to suffer.
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As Intel and AMD continue to pursue platform solutions, we may not be able to successfully compete and our business would be negatively impacted.

We expect substantial competition from both Intel’s and AMD’s strategy of selling platform solutions, such as the success Intel achieved with its Centrino platform solution.  AMD has also announced a platform solution. Additionally, we expect that Intel and AMD will extend this strategy to other segments, including the possibility of successfully integrating a central processing unit, or CPU, and a GPU on the same chip, as evidenced by AMD’s announcement of its Fusion processor project. If AMD and Intel continue to pursue platform solutions, we may not be able to successfully compete and our business would be negatively impacted.

Risks Related to Our Partners and Customers

We depend on foundries to manufacture our products and these third parties may not be able to satisfy our manufacturing requirements, which would harm our business.

We do not manufacture the silicon wafers used for our products and do not own or operate a wafer fabrication facility.  Instead, industry-leading foundries manufacture our semiconductor wafers using their state-of-the-art fabrication equipment and techniques. The foundries, which have limited capacity, also manufacture products for other semiconductor companies, including some of our competitors.  Since we do not have long-term commitment contracts with any of the foundries, they do not have an obligation to provide us with any minimum quantity of product at any time or at any set price, except as may be provided in a specific purchase order.   Most of our products are only manufactured by one foundry at a time.  In times of high demand, the foundries could choose to prioritize their capacity for other companies, reduce or eliminate deliveries to us, or increase the prices that they charge us.  If we are unable to meet customer demand due to reduced or eliminated deliveries or have to increase the prices of our products, we could lose sales to customers, which would negatively impact our revenue and our reputation.

Because the lead-time needed to establish a strategic relationship with a new manufacturing partner could be several quarters, we do not have an alternative source of supply for our products. In addition, the time and effort to qualify a new foundry could result in additional expense, diversion of resources, or lost sales any of which would negatively impact our financial results. We believe that long-term market acceptance for our products will depend on reliable relationships with the third-party manufacturers we use to ensure adequate product supply and competitive pricing to respond to customer demand.
Failure to achieve expected manufacturing yields for our products could negatively impact our financial results and damage our reputation.

 Manufacturing yields for our products are a function of product design, which is developed largely by us, and process technology, which typically is proprietary to the manufacturer. Low yields may result from either product design or process technology failure.  We do not know a yield problem exists until our design is manufactured.  When a yield issue is identified, the product is analyzed and tested to determine the cause. As a result, yield problems may not be identified until well into the production process. Resolution of yield problems requires cooperation by and communication between us and the manufacturer. Because of our potentially limited access to wafer foundry capacity, decreases in manufacturing yields could result in an increase in our costs and force us to allocate our available product supply among our customers. Lower than expected yields could potentially harm customer relationships, our reputation and our financial results.

We are dependent on third parties for assembly, testing and packaging of our products, which reduces our control over the delivery schedule, product quantity or product quality.

Our products are assembled, tested and packaged by independent subcontractors, such as Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., Amkor Technology, JSI Logistics, Ltd., King Yuan Electronics Co., Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd., and ChipPAC. As a result, we do not directly control our product delivery schedules, product quantity, or product quality.  All of these subcontractors assemble, test and package products for other companies, including some of our competitors.  Since we do not have long-term agreements with our subcontractors, when demand for subcontractors to assemble, test or package products is high, our subcontractors may decide to prioritize the orders of other customers over our orders.  Since the time required to qualify a different subcontractor to assemble, test or package our products can be lengthy, if we have to find a replacement subcontractor we could experience significant delays in shipments of our products, product shortages, a decrease in the quality of our products, or an increase in product cost. Any product shortages or quality assurance problems could increase the costs of manufacture, assembly or testing of our products, which could cause our gross margin and revenue to decline.

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Failure to transition to new manufacturing process technologies could adversely affect our operating results and gross margin.

We use the most advanced manufacturing process technology appropriate for our products that is available from our third-party foundries. As a result, we continuously evaluate the benefits of migrating our products to smaller geometry process technologies in order to improve performance and reduce costs. We believe this strategy will help us remain competitive.  Our current product families are manufactured using 0.15 micron, 0.14 micron, 0.13 micron, 0.11 micron, 90 nanometer and 65 nanometer process technologies.   Manufacturing process technologies are subject to rapid change and require significant expenditures for research and development, which could negatively impact our operating expenses and gross margin.

We have experienced difficulty in migrating to new manufacturing processes in the past and, consequently, have suffered reduced yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expense levels. We may face similar difficulties, delays and expenses as we continue to transition our new products to smaller geometry processes. Moreover, we are dependent on our third-party manufacturers to migrate to smaller geometry processes successfully. Some of our competitors own their manufacturing facilities and may be able to move to a new state of the art manufacturing process more quickly than our manufacturing partners.  For example, Intel released a 45 nanometer chip for desktop computers which it is manufacturing in its foundries.  If our suppliers fall behind our competitors in manufacturing processes, the development and customer demand for our products and the use of our products could be negatively impacted. The inability by us or our third-party manufacturers to effectively and efficiently transition to new manufacturing process technologies may adversely affect our operating results and our gross margin.

We rely on third-party vendors to supply software development tools to us for the development of our new products and we may be unable to obtain the tools necessary to develop or enhance new or existing products.

We rely on third-party software development tools to assist us in the design, simulation and verification of new products or product enhancements. To bring new products or product enhancements to market in a timely manner, or at all, we need software development tools that are sophisticated enough or technologically advanced enough to complete our design, simulations and verifications.  In the past, we have experienced delays in the introduction of products as a result of the inability of then available software development tools to fully simulate the complex features and functionalities of our products. In the future, the design requirements necessary to meet consumer demands for more features and greater functionality from our products may exceed the capabilities of available software development tools.  Unavailability of software development tools may result in our missing design cycles or losing design wins either of which could result in a loss of market share or negatively impact our operating results.

Because of the importance of software development tools to the development and enhancement of our products, a critical component of our product development efforts is our partnerships with leaders in the computer-aided design industry, including Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Synopsys, Inc. We have invested significant resources to develop relationships with these industry leaders and have often assisted them in the definition of their new products. We believe that forming these relationships and utilizing next-generation development tools to design, simulate and verify our products will help us remain at the forefront of the 3D graphics, communications and networking segments and develop products that utilize leading-edge technology on a rapid basis. If these relationships are not successful, we may be unable to develop new products or product enhancements in a timely manner, which could result in a loss of market share, a decrease in revenue or negatively impact our operating results.

 We sell our products to a small number of customers and our business could suffer if we lose any of these customers.

We have a limited number of customers and our sales are highly concentrated.  Sales to a significant customer represented approximately 11% of our total revenue during the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.  There were no significant customers during first quarter of fiscal year 2008.  Although a small number of our other customers represents the majority of our revenue, their end customers include a large number of original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and system integrators throughout the world who, in many cases, specify the graphics supplier. Our sales process involves achieving key design wins with leading personal computer, or PC, OEMs and major system builders and supporting the product design into high volume production with key contract equipment manufacturers, or CEMs, original design manufacturers, or ODMs, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers. These design wins in turn influence the retail and system builder channel that is serviced by CEMs, ODMs, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers. Our distribution strategy is to work with a small number of leading independent CEMs, ODMs, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers, and distributors, each of which has relationships with a broad range of system builders and leading PC OEMs. If we were to lose sales to our PC OEMs, CEMs, ODMs, add-in board manufacturers and motherboard manufacturers and were unable to replace the lost sales with sales to different customers, they were to significantly reduce the number of products they order from us, or we were unable to collect accounts receivable from them, our revenue may not reach or exceed the expected level in any period, which could harm our financial condition and our results of operations.

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Any difficulties in collecting accounts receivable, including from foreign customers, could harm our operating results and financial condition.
Our accounts receivable are highly concentrated and make us vulnerable to adverse changes in our customers' businesses, and to downturns in the industry and the worldwide economy.  Three customers accounted for approximately 32% and 27% of our accounts receivable balance at April 27, 2008 and January 27, 2008, respectively.

Difficulties in collecting accounts receivable or the loss of any significant customer could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. We continue to work directly with more foreign customers and it may be difficult to collect accounts receivable from them. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. This allowance consists of an amount identified for specific customers and an amount based on overall estimated exposure. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment in their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required, we may be required to defer revenue recognition on sales to affected customers, and we may be required to pay higher credit insurance premiums, any of which could adversely affect our operating results. In the future, we may have to record additional reserves or write-offs and/or defer revenue on certain sales transactions which could negatively impact our financial results.

Risks Related to Our Business and Products

If our products contain significant defects our financial results could be negatively impacted, our reputation could be damaged and we could lose market share.

Our products are complex and may contain defects or experience failures when first introduced or when we release new versions or enhancements. Such defects or failures could be due to any number of issues in design fabrication, packaging, materials and/or use within a system.  Past products have and future products or enhancements may contain defects, errors or bugs. Our products typically only go through one verification cycle prior to volume production and distribution. As a result, our products may contain undetected defects or flaws prior to volume production and distribution.  If any of our products or technologies contains a defect, compatibility issue or other error, we may have to invest additional research and development efforts to find and correct the issue.  Such efforts could divert our management’s and engineers’ attention from the development of new products and technologies and could increase our operating costs and decrease our gross margin. Additionally, an error or defect in new products or releases or related software drivers after commencement of commercial shipments could result in failure to achieve market acceptance or loss of design wins. Also, we may be required to reimburse customers, including for their costs to repair or replace the products in the field, which could cause our revenue to decline. A product recall or a significant number of product returns could be expensive, damage our reputation, and could result in the shifting of business to our competitors.  Product liability claims brought against us, even if unsuccessful, would likely be time consuming and costly to defend.  Costs associated with finding and correcting defects, errors, bugs or other issues could be significant and could materially harm our financial results and have other adverse results.  

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, one of our customers asserted claims for incremental repair and replacement costs related to an alleged die/packaging material set defect in one of our notebook MCP products. This product was included in a significant number of the customer’s notebook products that have been sold to end users, and has also been shipped to other of our customers in significant quantities. We are evaluating the potential scope of this situation, including the nature and cause of the alleged defect and the merits of the customer’s claim, and to what extent the alleged defect might occur with other of our products.  We are currently unable to estimate the amount of costs that may be incurred by us beyond the normal product warranty accrual that we have taken related to this claim and the alleged defect and, therefore, we have not recorded any additional related costs or a liability in our Condensed Consolidated Financial statements as of, and for the three months ended, April 27, 2008.

Our failure to estimate customer demand properly could adversely affect our financial results.

Our inventory purchases are based upon future demand forecasts or orders from our customers and may not accurately predict the quantity or type of products that our customers will want or will ultimately purchase. In forecasting demand, we make multiple assumptions any of which may prove to be incorrect. Situations that may result in excess or obsolete inventory, which could result in write-downs of the value of our inventory and/or a reduction in average selling prices, and where our gross margin could be adversely affected include:

  ·     if there were a sudden and significant decrease in demand for our products;
 ·  
if there were a higher incidence of inventory obsolescence because of rapidly changing technology and
customer requirements;
  ·     if we fail to estimate customer demand properly for our older products as our newer products are introduced; or
  ·     if our competition were to take unexpected competitive pricing actions.

Conversely, if we underestimate our customers’ demand for our products, our third party manufacturing partners may not have adequate capacity to increase production for us meaning that we may not be able to obtain sufficient inventory to fill our customers’ orders on a timely basis. Even if we are able to increase production levels to meet customer demand, we may not be able to do so in a cost effective or timely manner. Inability to fulfill our customers’ orders on a timely basis, or at all, could damage our customer relationships, result in lost revenue, cause a loss in market share, impact our customer relationships or damage our reputation, any of which could adversely impact our business.

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Because we order products or materials in advance of anticipated customer demand our ability to reduce our inventory purchase commitments quickly in response to lower than expected demand is limited.

We manufacture our products based on forecasts of customer demand in order to have shorter shipment lead times for our customers.  As a result, we may build inventories for anticipated periods of growth which do not occur or may build inventory anticipating demand for a product that does not materialize.  Any inability to sell products to which we have devoted resources could harm our business. In addition, cancellation or deferral of customer purchase orders could result in our holding excess inventory, which could adversely affect our gross margin and restrict our ability to fund operations. Additionally, because we often sell a substantial portion of our products in the last month of each quarter, we may not be able to reduce our inventory purchase commitments in a timely manner in response to customer cancellations or deferrals. We could be subject to excess or obsolete inventories and be required to take corresponding inventory write-downs if growth slows or does not materialize or if we incorrectly forecast product demand, which could negatively impact our financial results.  

Our business results could be adversely affected if our product development efforts are unsuccessful.

In the past, we have experienced delays in the development of new products. Any delay or failure of our GPUs, our other products, or other technologies to meet or exceed specifications of our customers or competitive products could materially harm our business if customers do not buy our products. The success of our new product introductions will depend on many factors, including the following:

·        proper new product definition;
·        timely completion and introduction of new product designs;
·        availability of next-generation software development tools to design, simulate and verify our products;
  . our dependence on third-parties to effectively manufacture, assemble, test and package our new products in a timely
 manner while maintaining product quality;
·        differentiation of new products from those of our competitors;
·        market acceptance of our products and our customers' products; and
·        availability of adequate quantity and configurations of various types of memory products.

Our failure to successfully develop, introduce or achieve market acceptance for new processors or other technologies could impact our revenue, gross margin and other financial results.

Our failure to identify new market or product opportunities or to develop new products could harm our business.

As our GPUs and other processors develop and competition increases, we anticipate that product life cycles at the high end will remain short and average selling prices will decline. In particular, we expect average selling prices and gross margins for our processors to decline as each product matures and as unit volume increases. As a result, we will need to introduce new products and enhancements to existing products to maintain or improve overall average selling prices and our gross margin. In order for our processors to achieve high volumes, leading PC OEMs, ODMs, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers must select our processors for design into their products, and then successfully complete the designs of their products and sell them. We may be unable to successfully identify new product opportunities or to develop and bring to market new products in a timely fashion. Additionally, we cannot guarantee that new products we develop will be selected for design into PC OEMs’, ODMs’, or add-in board and motherboard manufacturers’ products, that any new designs will be successfully completed, or that any new products will be sold.

As the complexity of our products and the manufacturing process for our products increases, there is an increasing risk that we will experience problems with the performance of our products and that there will be delays in the development, introduction or volume shipment of our products. We may experience difficulties related to the production of current or future products or other factors that may delay the introduction or volume sale of new products we develop. In addition, we may be unable to successfully manage the production transition risks with respect to future products. Failure to achieve any of the foregoing with respect to future products or product enhancements could result in rapidly declining average selling prices, reduced margins and reduced demand for products or loss of market share. In addition, products or technologies developed by others may render our processors non-competitive or obsolete or result in our holding excess inventory, which would harm our business.


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If we are unable to achieve design wins, our products may not be adopted by our target markets or customers either of which could negatively impact our financial results.
The success of our business depends to a significant extent on our ability to develop new competitive products for our target markets and customers. We believe achieving design wins, which entails having our existing and future products chosen for hardware components or subassemblies designed by OEMs, ODMs, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers, are an integral part of our future success. Our OEM, ODM, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers’ customers typically introduce new system configurations as often as twice per year, typically based on spring and fall design cycles or in connection with trade shows. Accordingly, when our customers are making their design decisions, our existing products must have competitive performance levels or we must timely introduce new products in order to be included in our customers’ new system configurations. This requires that we:

·     anticipate the features and functionality that customers and consumers will demand;  
·     incorporate those features and functionalities into products that meet the exacting design requirements of our customers;  
·     price our products competitively; and  
·     introduce products to the market within our customers’ limited design cycles.  
If OEMs, ODMs, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers do not include our products in their systems, they will typically not use our products in their systems until at least the next design configuration. Therefore, we endeavor to develop close relationships with our OEMs and ODMs, in an attempt to better anticipate and address customer needs in new products so that we will achieve design wins.
Our ability to achieve design wins also depends in part on our ability to identify and be compliant with evolving industry standards. Unanticipated changes in industry standards could render our products incompatible with products developed by major hardware manufacturers and software developers like AMD, Intel and Microsoft.  If our products are not in compliance with prevailing industry standards, we may not be designed into our customers’ product designs.  However, to be compliant with changes to industry standards, we may have to invest significant time and resources to redesign our products which could negatively impact our gross margin or operating results. If we are unable to achieve new design wins for existing or new customers, we may lose market share and our operating results would be negatively impacted.

We may have to invest more resources in research and development than anticipated, which could increase our operating expenses and negatively impact our operating results.

If new competitors, technological advances by existing competitors, our entry into new markets, or other competitive factors require us to invest significantly greater resources than anticipated in our research and development efforts, our operating expenses would increase. We have increased our engineering and technical resources and had 3,683 and 2,657 full-time employees engaged in research and development as of April 27, 2008 and April 29, 2007, respectively.  Research and development expenditures were $218.8 million and $158.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively.  Research and development expenses included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $24.5 million and $22.4 million in the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively, which we began to record in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 as a result of our adoption of SFAS No. 123(R). If we are required to invest significantly greater resources than anticipated in research and development efforts without an increase in revenue, our operating results could decline. Research and development expenses are likely to fluctuate from time to time to the extent we make periodic incremental investments in research and development and these investments may be independent of our level of revenue which could negatively impact our financial results. In order to remain competitive, which may include entering new markets, we anticipate that we will continue to devote substantial resources to research and development, and we expect these expenses to increase in absolute dollars in the foreseeable future due to the increased complexity and the greater number of products under development as well as hiring additional employees.
Because our gross margin for any period depends on a number of factors, our failure to forecast changes in any of these factors could adversely affect our gross margin.
We continue to pursue improved gross margin. Our gross margin for any period depends on a number of factors, including:

·        the mix of our products sold;
·        average selling prices;
·        introduction of new products;
·        product transitions;
·        sales discounts;
·        unexpected pricing actions by our competitors;
·        the cost of product components; and
·        the yield of wafers produced by the foundries that manufacture our products.

If we do not correctly forecast the impact of any of the relevant factors on our business, we may not be able to take action in time to counteract any negative impact on our gross margin. In addition, if we are unable to meet our gross margin target for any period or the target set by analysts, the trading price of our common stock may decline.

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We may not be able to realize the potential financial or strategic benefits of business acquisitions or strategic investments, which could hurt our ability to grow our business, develop new products or sell our products.

 We have acquired and invested in other businesses that offered products, services and technologies that we believe will help expand or enhance our existing products and business. We may enter into future acquisitions of, or investments in, businesses, in order to complement or expand our current businesses or enter into a new business market. Negotiations associated with an acquisition or strategic investment could divert management’s attention and other company resources. Any of the following risks associated with past or future acquisitions or investments could impair our ability to grow our business, develop new products, our ability to sell our products, and ultimately could have a negative impact on our growth or our financial results:

·        difficulty in combining the technology, products, operations or workforce of the acquired business with our business;
·        difficulty in operating in a new or multiple new locations;
·        disruption of our ongoing businesses or the ongoing business of the company we invest in or acquire;
·        difficulty in realizing the potential financial or strategic benefits of the transaction;
·        difficulty in maintaining uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies;
·        disruption of or delays in ongoing research and development efforts;
·        diversion of capital and other resources;
·        assumption of liabilities;
·diversion of resources and unanticipated expenses resulting from litigation arising from potential or actual business acquisitions or investments;
·     difficulties in entering into new markets in which we have limited or no experience and where competitors in such markets have stronger positions; and
·         impairment of relationships with employees and customers, or the loss of any of our key employees or customers of our target's key employees or customers, as a result of our acquisition or investment
In addition, the consideration for any future acquisition could be paid in cash, shares of our common stock, the issuance of convertible debt securities or a combination of cash, convertible debt and common stock. If we make an investment in cash or use cash to pay for all or a portion of an acquisition, our cash reserves would be reduced which could negatively impact the growth of our business or our ability to develop new products. However, if we pay the consideration with shares of common stock, or convertible debentures, the holdings of our existing stockholders would be diluted. We cannot forecast the number, timing or size of future strategic investments or acquisitions, or the effect that any such investments or acquisitions might have on our operations or financial results.

We are dependent on key employees and the loss of any of these employees could negatively impact our business.

Our future success and ability to compete is substantially dependent on our ability to identify, hire, train and retain highly qualified key personnel.  The market for key employees in the semiconductor industry can be competitive.  None of our key employees is bound by an employment agreement, meaning our relationships with all of our key employees are at will.  For instance, Marvin D. Burkett, Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, informed us on March 21, 2008 of his intention to retire.  Mr. Burkett is expected to remain as CFO while a search is conducted to find his replacement, and he may continue in some capacity with us thereafter. We have commenced the process to recruit a new CFO.  The loss of the services of Mr. Burkett or any of our other key employees without an adequate replacement or our inability to hire new employees as needed could delay our product development efforts, harm our ability to sell our products or otherwise negatively impact our business.

Our operating expenses are relatively fixed and we may not be able to reduce operating expenses quickly in response to any revenue shortfalls.

Our operating expenses, which are comprised of research and development expenses and sales, general and administrative expenses, represented 27% and 28% of our total revenue during the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively.  Operating expenses included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $39.0 million and $34.6 million in the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively, which we began to record in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 as a result of our adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), or SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. Since we often recognize a substantial portion of our revenue in the last month of each quarter, we may not be able to adjust our operating expenses in a timely manner in response to any unanticipated revenue shortfalls. Further, some of our operating expenses, like non-cash stock-based compensation expense can only be adjusted over a longer period of time and cannot be reduced during a quarter.  If we are unable to reduce operating expenses quickly in response to any revenue shortfalls, our financial results would be negatively impacted.


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Expensing employee stock options materially and adversely affects our reported operating results and could also adversely affect our competitive position.

Since inception, we have used stock options and our employee stock purchase program as fundamental components of our compensation packages. We believe that these incentives directly motivate our employees and, through the use of vesting, encourage our employees to remain with us. As a result of adjustments arising from our restatement related to stock option grant dates, our operating results for fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2007 contain recorded amounts of non-cash stock-based compensation expense. For our fiscal years 2000 through 2006, this non-cash stock-based compensation expense was calculated using primarily the intrinsic value-based method under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, or APB 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and related interpretations.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R) which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based compensation payments.  SFAS No. 123(R) requires that we record compensation expense for stock options and our employee stock purchase plan using the fair value of those awards. During the first quarter of fiscal years 2009 and 2008 we recorded $42.1 million and $37.4 million, respectively, related to non-cash stock-based compensation, resulting from our compliance with SFAS No. 123(R), which negatively impacted our operating results. We believe that SFAS No. 123(R) will continue to negatively impact our operating results.

To the extent that SFAS No. 123(R) makes it more expensive to grant stock options or to continue to have an employee stock purchase program, we may decide to incur increased cash compensation costs. In addition, actions that we may take to reduce stock-based compensation expense that may be more severe than any actions our competitors may implement and may make it difficult to attract retain and motivate employees, which could adversely affect our competitive position as well as our business and operating results.

We may be required to record a charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets become impaired, which could negatively impact our operating results.

Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we review our amortizable intangible assets and goodwill for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually. The carrying value of our goodwill or amortizable assets may not be recoverable due to factors such as a decline in stock price and market capitalization, reduced estimates of future cash flows and slower growth rates in our industry or in any of our business units. Estimates of future cash flows are based on an updated long-term financial outlook of our operations. However, actual performance in the near-term or long-term could be materially different from these forecasts, which could impact future estimates. For example, if one of our business units does not meet its near-term and longer-term forecasts, the goodwill assigned to the business unit could be impaired. We may be required to record a charge to earnings in our financial statements during a period in which an impairment of our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets is determined to exist, which may negatively impact our results of operations.

Our operating results are unpredictable and may fluctuate, and if our operating results are below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, the trading price of our stock could decline.
Many of our revenue components fluctuate and are difficult to predict, and our operating expenses are largely independent of revenue. Therefore, it is difficult for us to accurately forecast revenue and profits or losses in any particular period.

Any one or more of the risks discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or other factors could prevent us from achieving our expected future revenue or net income. Accordingly, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. Similarly, the results of any quarterly or full fiscal year period are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for a subsequent quarter or a full fiscal year.

As a result, it is possible that in some quarters our operating results could be below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, which could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline. We believe that our quarterly and annual results of operations may continue to be affected by a variety of factors that could harm our revenue, gross profit and results of operations.


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Risks related to Market Conditions

We are exposed to fluctuations in the market values of our portfolio investments and in interest rates.
 At April 27, 2008 and January 27, 2008, we had $1.62 billion and $1.81 billion, respectively, in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.  We invest in a variety of financial instruments, consisting principally of cash and cash equivalents, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, mortgage-backed securities issued by Government-sponsored enterprises, equity securities, money market funds and highly liquid debt securities of corporations, municipalities and the United States government and its agencies. As of April 27, 2008, we did not have any investments in auction-rate preferred securities. All of our investments are denominated in United States dollars.

We account for our investment instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, or SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. All of our cash equivalents and marketable securities are treated as “available-for-sale” under SFAS No. 115. Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate debt securities may have their market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates or if the decline in fair value of our publicly traded debt or equity investments is judged to be other-than-temporary. We may suffer losses in principal if we are forced to sell securities that decline in market value due to changes in interest rates. However, because any debt securities we hold are classified as “available-for-sale,” no gains or losses are realized in our condensed consolidated statements of income due to changes in interest rates unless such securities are sold prior to maturity or unless declines in value are determined to be other-than-temporary. These securities are reported at fair value with the related unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax.

Recent U.S. sub-prime mortgage defaults have had a significant impact across various sectors of the financial markets, causing global credit and liquidity issues. The short-term funding markets experienced issues during the third and fourth quarter of calendar 2007, leading to liquidity disruption in the market. If the global credit market continues to deteriorate, our investment portfolio may be impacted and we could determine some of our investments are impaired, which could adversely impact our financial results. As of April 27, 2008, our investments in the financial sector and government agencies accounted for approximately 34% and 22%, respectively, of our total investment portfolio. If the fair value of our investments in these sectors was to decline by 2%-5%, it would result in changes in fair market values for these investments by approximately $15-$37 million.

We are subject to risks associated with international operations which may harm our business.
We conduct our business worldwide.  Our semiconductor wafers are manufactured, assembled, tested and packaged by third-parties located outside of the United States. We generated 92% and 83% of total revenues for the first quarter of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively, from sales to customers outside the United States and other Americas. As of April 27, 2008, we had offices in thirteen countries outside of the United States.  The manufacture, assembly, test and packaging of our products outside of the United States, operation of offices outside of the United States, and sales to customers internationally subjects us to a number of risks, including:

·  international economic and political conditions, such as political tensions between countries in which we do business;
·             unexpected changes in, or impositions of, legislative or regulatory requirements;  
·             complying with a variety of foreign laws;
·             differing legal standards with respect to protection of intellectual property and employment practices;  
·             cultural differences in the conduct of business; 
·             inadequate local infrastructure that could result in business disruptions; 
·  exporting or importing issues related to export or import restrictions, tariffs, quotas and other trade barriers and restrictions; 
·  financial risks such as longer payment cycles, difficulty in collecting accounts receivable and fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
·             imposition of additional taxes and penalties; and
·  other factors beyond our control such as terrorism, civil unrest, war and diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and the Avian flu.  

If sales to any of our customers outside of the United States and other Americas are delayed or cancelled because of any of the above factors, our revenue may be negatively impacted.
Our international operations in Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, India, France, Finland, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom are subject to many of the above listed risks. We intend to continue to expand our existing operations and expect to open other international offices. Difficulties with our international operations, including finding appropriate staffing and office space, may divert management’s attention and other resources any of which could negatively impact our operating results.

The economic conditions in our primary overseas markets, particularly in Asia, may negatively impact the demand for our products abroad. All of our international sales to date have been denominated in United States dollars. Accordingly, an increase in the value of the United States dollar relative to foreign currencies could make our products less competitive in international markets or require us to assume the risk of denominating certain sales in foreign currencies. We anticipate that these factors will impact our business to a greater degree as we further expand our international business activities.

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If our products do not continue to be adopted by the desktop PC, notebook PC, workstation, high-performance computing, personal media players, or PMPs, personal digital assistants, or PDAs, cellular handheld devices, and video game console markets or if the demand for new and innovative products in these markets decreases, our business and operating results would suffer.

Our success depends in part upon continued broad adoption of our processors for 3D graphics and multimedia in desktop PC, notebook PC, workstation, high-performance computing, PMPs, PDAs, cellular handheld devices, and video game console applications. The market for processors has been characterized by unpredictable and sometimes rapid shifts in the popularity of products, often caused by the publication of competitive industry benchmark results, changes in pricing of dynamic random-access memory devices and other changes in the total system cost of add-in boards, as well as by severe price competition and by frequent new technology and product introductions. Broad market acceptance is difficult to achieve and such market acceptance, if achieved, is difficult to sustain due to intense competition and frequent new technology and product introductions. Our GPU and MCP businesses together comprised of approximately 78% and 75% of our total revenue for the first quarters of fiscal years 2009 and 2008, respectively. As such, our financial results would suffer if for any reason our current or future GPUs or MCPs do not continue to achieve widespread adoption by the PC market. If we are unable to complete the timely development of new products or if we were unable to successfully and cost-effectively manufacture and deliver products that meet the requirements of the desktop PC, notebook PC, workstation, high-performance computing, PMP, PDA, cellular phone, and video game console markets, we may experience a decrease in revenue which could negatively impact our operating results.

Additionally, there can be no assurance that the industry will continue to demand new products with improved standards, features or performance. If our customers, OEMs, ODMs, add-in-card and motherboard manufacturers, system builders and consumer electronics companies, do not continue to design products that require more advanced or efficient processors and/or the market does not continue to demand new products with increased performance, features, functionality or standards, sales of our products could decline. Decreased sales of our products for these markets could negatively impact our revenue and our financial results.

We are dependent on the PC market and its rate of growth in the future may have a negative impact on our business.

We derive and expect to continue to derive the majority of our revenue from the sale or license of products for use in the desktop PC and notebook PC markets, including professional workstations. A reduction in sales of PCs, or a reduction in the growth rate of PC sales, may reduce demand for our products. These changes in demand could be large and sudden. Since PC manufacturers often build inventories during periods of anticipated growth, they may be left with excess inventories if growth slows or if they incorrectly forecast product transitions. In these cases, PC manufacturers may abruptly suspend substantially all purchases of additional inventory from suppliers like us until their excess inventory has been absorbed, which would have a negative impact on our financial results.

Our business is cyclical in nature and an industry downturn could harm our financial results.

Our business is directly affected by market conditions in the highly cyclical semiconductor industry, including alternating periods of overcapacity and capacity constraints, variations in manufacturing costs and yields, significant expenditures for capital equipment and product development, and rapid technological change. If we are unable to respond to changes in our industry, which can be unpredictable and rapid, in an efficient and timely manner, our operating results could suffer. In particular, from time to time, the semiconductor industry has experienced significant and sometimes prolonged downturns characterized by diminished product demand, increased inventory levels and accelerated erosion of average selling prices. If we cannot take appropriate actions such as reducing our manufacturing or operating costs to sufficiently offset declines in demand, increased inventories, or decreased selling prices during a downturn, our revenue and operating results will suffer.


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Risks Related to Regulatory and other Legal Matters

The United States Department of Justice’s pending investigation into the market for graphics processors and the ongoing civil actions could adversely affect our business.

On November 29, 2006, we received a subpoena from the San Francisco Office of the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, or DOJ, in connection with the DOJ's investigation into potential antitrust violations related to GPUs and cards. No specific allegations have been made against us. We are cooperating with the DOJ in its investigation.

As of May 21,13, 2008, 55 civil complaints have been filed against us. The majority of the complaints were filed in the Northern District of California, several were filed in the Central District of California, and other cases were filed in several other Federal district courts.  On April 18, 2007, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred the actions currently pending outside of the Northern District of California to the Northern District of California for coordination of pretrial proceedings before the Honorable William H. Alsup.  By agreement of the parties, Judge Alsup will retain jurisdiction over the consolidated cases through trial or other resolution.

In the consolidated proceedings, two groups of plaintiffs (one representing all direct purchasers of graphic processing units, or GPUs, and the other representing all indirect purchasers) filed consolidated, amended class-action complaints. These complaints purport to assert federal antitrust claims based on alleged price fixing, market allocation, and other alleged anti-competitive agreements between us and ATI Technologies, Inc., or ATI and AMD, as a result of its acquisition of ATI.  The indirect purchasers’ consolidated amended complaint also asserts a variety of state law antitrust, unfair competition and consumer protection claims on the same allegations, as well as a common law claim for unjust enrichment.

Plaintiffs filed their first consolidated complaints on June 14, 2007.  On July 16, 2007, we moved to dismiss those complaints.  The motions to dismiss were heard by Judge Alsup on September 20, 2007.  The Court subsequently granted and denied the motions in part, and gave the plaintiffs leave to move to amend the complaints.  On November 7, 2007, the Court granted plaintiffs’ motion to file amended complaints, ordered defendants to answer the complaints, lifted a previously entered stay on discovery, and set a trial date for January 12, 2009.  Discovery is underway and Plaintiffs filed motions for class certification on April 24, 2008.  Our oppositions to the motions were filed on May 20, 2008. We believe the allegations in the complaints are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the cases.  Costs of defense and any damages resulting from a ruling against us or a settlement of the litigation could adversely affect our business.  

The matters relating to the Board’s review of our historical stock option granting practices and the restatement of our consolidated financial statements have resulted in litigation, which could harm our financial results.

On August 10, 2006, we announced that the Audit Committee of our Board, with the assistance of outside legal counsel, was conducting a review of our stock option practices covering the time from our initial public offering in 1999, our fiscal year 2000, through June 2006. The Audit Committee reached the conclusion that incorrect measurement dates were used for financial accounting purposes for stock option grants in certain prior periods. As a result, we recorded additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense, and related tax effects, related to stock option grants.

The Audit Committee’s review of our historic stock option practices identified a number of occasions on which the measurement date used for financial accounting and reporting purposes for stock options granted to certain of our employees was different from the actual grant date. To correct these accounting errors, we amended our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2006 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended April 30, 2006 to restate the consolidated financial statements contained in those reports.  This review of our historical stock option granting practices and subsequent restatement required us to incur substantial expenses for legal, accounting, tax and other professional services and diverted our management’s attention from our business.

Additionally, the review and the resulting restatement of our prior financial statements have exposed us to greater risks associated with litigation. Ten derivative complaints have been filed in state and federal court pertaining to allegations relating to stock option grants. We cannot assure you that these or future similar complaints, or any future litigation or regulatory action will result in the same conclusions reached by the Audit Committee. On August 5, 2007, our Board authorized the formation of a Special Litigation Committee to investigate, evaluate, and make a determination as to how we should proceed with respect to the claims and allegations asserted in the underlying derivative cases brought on behalf of NVIDIA.  Currently, the Special Litigation Committee’s review is ongoing.  The conduct and resolution of these matters will be time consuming, expensive and could distract our management’s attention from the conduct of our business.  Furthermore, if we are subject to adverse rulings, we could be required to pay damages or penalties or have other remedies imposed upon us which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.


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Our ability to compete will be harmed if we are unable to adequately protect our intellectual property.

We rely primarily on a combination of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements, and licensing arrangements to protect our intellectual property in the United States and internationally. We have numerous patents issued, allowed and pending in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. Our patents and pending patent applications primarily relate to our products and the technology used in connection with our products. We also rely on international treaties, organizations and foreign laws to protect our intellectual property. The laws of certain foreign countries in which our products are or may be manufactured or sold, including various countries in Asia, may not protect our products or intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. This makes the possibility of piracy of our technology and products more likely. We continuously assess whether and where to seek formal protection for particular innovations and technologies based on such factors as: 
·        the commercial significance of our operations and our competitors’ operations in particular countries and regions; 
·        the location in which our products are manufactured;  
·        our strategic technology or product directions in different countries; and  
·        the degree to which intellectual property laws exist and are meaningfully enforced in different jurisdictions. 

Our pending patent applications and any future applications may not be approved. In addition, any issued patents may not provide us with competitive advantages or may be challenged by third parties. The enforcement of patents by others may harm our ability to conduct our business. Others may independently develop substantially equivalent intellectual property or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or intellectual property. Our failure to effectively protect our intellectual property could harm our business.

Litigation to defend against alleged infringement of intellectual property rights or to enforce our intellectual property rights and the outcome of such litigation could result in substantial costs to us.

We expect that as the number of issued hardware and software patents increases and as competition intensifies, the volume of intellectual property infringement claims and lawsuits may increase. We may become involved in lawsuits or other legal proceedings alleging patent infringement or other intellectual property rights violations by us or by our customers that we have agreed to indemnify them for certain claims of infringement. An unfavorable ruling could include significant damages, invalidation of a patent or family of patents, indemnification of customers, payment of lost profits, or, when it has been sought, injunctive relief.

In addition, we may need to commence litigation or other legal proceedings in order to:
·     assert claims of infringement of our intellectual property;
·     enforce our patents;
·     protect our trade secrets or know-how; or
·     determine the enforceability, scope and validity of the propriety rights of others.
If we have to initiate litigation in order to protect our intellectual property, our operating expenses may increase which could negatively impact our operating results. Our failure to effectively protect our intellectual property could harm our business.

If infringement claims are made against us or our products are found to infringe a third parties’ patent or intellectual property, we or one of our indemnified customers may have to seek a license to the third parties’ patent or other intellectual property rights. However, we may not be able to obtain licenses at all or on terms acceptable to us particularly from our competitors. If we or one of our indemnified customers is unable to obtain a license from a third party for technology that we use or that is used in one of our products, we could be subject to substantial liabilities or have to suspend or discontinue the manufacture and sale of one or more of our products.  We may also have to make royalty or other payments, or cross license our technology. If these arrangements are not concluded on commercially reasonable terms, our business could be negatively impacted. Furthermore, the indemnification of a customer may increase our operating expenses which could negatively impact our operating results.

We are a party to litigation, which, if determined adversely to us, could adversely affect our cash flow and financial results.

We are a party to litigation. There can be no assurance that any litigation to which we are a party will be resolved in our favor. Any claim that is successfully asserted against us may cause us to pay substantial damages, including punitive damages, and other related fees. Regardless of whether lawsuits are resolved in our favor or if we are the plaintiff or the defendant in the litigation, any lawsuits to which we are a party will likely be expensive and time consuming to defend or resolve. Such lawsuits could also harm our relationships with existing customers and result in the diversion of management’s time and attention away from business operations, which could harm our business. Costs of defense and any damages resulting from litigation, a ruling against us, or a settlement of the litigation could adversely affect our cash flow and financial results.

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Our operating results may be adversely affected if we are subject to unexpected tax liabilities.

We are subject to taxation by a number of taxing authorities both in the United States and throughout the world. Tax rates vary among the jurisdictions in which we operate. Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for our income taxes as there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although we believe our tax estimates are reasonable, any of the below could cause our effective tax rate to be materially different than that which is reflected in historical income tax provisions and accruals:

·        the jurisdictions in which profits are determined to be earned and taxed;
·        adjustments to estimated taxes upon finalization of various tax returns;
·        changes in available tax credits;
·        changes in share-based compensation expense;
·        changes in tax laws, the interpretation of tax laws either in the United States or abroad or the issuance of new interpretative
          accounting guidance related to uncertain transactions and calculations where the tax treatment was previously uncertain; and
·         the resolution of issues arising from tax audits with various tax authorities.

Should additional taxes be assessed as a result of any of the above, our operating results could be adversely affected. In addition, our future effective tax rate could be adversely affected by changes in the mix of earnings in countries with differing statutory tax rates, changes in tax laws or changes in the interpretation of tax laws.

Our failure to comply with any applicable environmental regulations could result in a range of consequences, including fines, suspension of production, excess inventory, sales limitations, and criminal and civil liabilities.

We are subject to various state, federal and international laws and regulations governing the environment, including restricting the presence of certain substances in electronic products and making producers of those products financially responsible for the collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of those products. For example, we are subject to the European Union Directive on Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, or RoHS Directive, that restricts the use of a number of substances, including lead, and other hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment in the market in the European Union.    We could face significant costs and liabilities in connection with the European Union Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, or WEEE. The WEEE directs members of the European Union to enact laws, regulations, and administrative provisions to ensure that producers of electric and electronic equipment are financially responsible for the collection, recycling, treatment and environmentally responsible disposal of certain products sold into the market after August 15, 2005.

It is possible that unanticipated supply shortages, delays or excess non-compliant inventory may occur as a result of the RoHS Directive, WEEE, and other domestic or international environmental regulations. Failure to comply with any applicable environmental regulations could result in a range of consequences including costs, fines, suspension of production, excess inventory, sales limitations, criminal and civil liabilities and could impact our ability to conduct business in the countries or states that have adopted these types of regulations.

While we believe that we have adequate internal control over financial reporting, if we or our independent registered public accounting firm determines that we do not, our reputation may be adversely affected and our stock price may decline. 

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires our management to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm to audit the effectiveness of our internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. We have an ongoing program to perform the system and process evaluation and testing necessary to comply with these requirements. However, the manner in which companies and their independent public accounting firms apply these requirements and testing companies’ internal controls, remains subject to some judgment. To date, we have incurred, and we expect to continue to incur increased expense and to devote additional management resources to Section 404 compliance. Despite our efforts, if we identify a material weakness in our internal controls, there can be no assurance that we will be able to remediate that material weakness in a timely manner, or that we will be able to maintain all of the controls necessary to determine that our internal control over financial reporting is effective. In the event that our chief executive officer, chief financial officer or our independent registered public accounting firm determine that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective as defined under Section 404, investor perceptions of us may be adversely affected and could cause a decline in the market price of our stock.


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Changes in financial accounting standards or interpretations of existing standards could affect our reported results of operations.
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.  These principles are constantly subject to review and interpretation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or, SEC, and various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even retroactively affect previously reported transactions.

Provisions in our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws and our agreement with Microsoft could delay or prevent a change in control.  

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. These provisions include the following:
·        the ability of our Board to create and issue preferred stock without prior stockholder approval; 
·        the prohibition of stockholder action by written consent;
·        a classified Board; and
·        advance notice requirements for director nominations and stockholder proposals.

On March 5, 2000, we entered into an agreement with Microsoft in which we agreed to develop and sell graphics chips and to license certain technology to Microsoft and its licensees for use in the Xbox. Under the agreement, if an individual or corporation makes an offer to purchase shares equal to or greater than 30% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, Microsoft may have first and last rights of refusal to purchase the stock. The Microsoft provision and the other factors listed above could also delay or prevent a change in control of NVIDIA.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During fiscal year 2005, we announced that our Board had authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of our common stock, subject to certain specifications, up to an aggregate maximum amount of $300 million.  During fiscal year 2007, the Board further approved an increase of $400 million to the original stock repurchase program. In fiscal year 2008, we announced a stock repurchase program under which we may purchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock over a three year period through May 2010. As a result of this increase,these increases, we have an ongoing authorization from the Board, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an aggregate maximum amount of $1.7 billion.

The repurchases will be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in structured stock repurchase programs, and may be made in one or more larger repurchases, in compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other factors. The program does not obligate NVIDIA to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be suspended at any time at our discretion. As part of our share repurchase program, we have entered into, and we may continue to enter into, structured share repurchase transactions with financial institutions. These agreements generally require that we make an up-front payment in exchange for the right to receive a fixed number of shares of our common stock upon execution of the agreement, and a potential incremental number of shares of our common stock, within a pre-determined range, at the end of the term of the agreement.

During the three months ended April 29, 2007,27, 2008, we entered into a structured share repurchase transaction to repurchase 4.06.3 million shares of our common stock for $125.0$123.9 million which we recorded on the trade date of eachthe transaction. Through April 29, 2007,27, 2008, we havehad repurchased 31.468.0 million shares under our stock repurchase program for a total cost of $613.1 million.$1.16 billion.

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Period:Total Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share (2)  Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans of Programs (3)  Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
January 28, 2008 through February 24, 2008
-
  
-
   
-
  
$
659,356,907
 
February 24, 2008 through March 30, 2008
-
  
-
   
-
  
$
659,356,907
 
March 31, 2008 through April 27, 2008
6,250,000
 
$
19.82
   
6,250,000
  
$
535,460,657
 
Total
6,250,000
 
$
19.82
   
6,250,000
     
 
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements
When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the words “believes,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “allows,” “can,” “will” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future periods and include, but are not limited to, statements as to: the features, benefits, capabilities, performance, impact, production and availability of our technologies and products; seasonality; past or future acquisitions; our strategies and objectives; product cycles; gross margin; product mix; inventories; average selling prices; taxes; growth and factors contributing to growth; stock-based compensation expense; revenue; our expenditures; capital expenditures; our cash flow and cash balances; our liquidity; uses of cash; dividends; investments and marketable securities; our stock repurchase program; our results of operations; competition; our intellectual property; our strategic relationships; customer demand; reliance on a limited number of customers and suppliers; our internal control over financial reporting; our disclosure controls and procedures; recent accounting pronouncements; our international operations; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; our foreign currency risk strategy; compliance with environmental laws and regulations; litigation or regulatory action arising from the review of our stock option grant practices and financial restatements; the Department of Justice subpoena and investigation; litigation, including the class action lawsuits; and the Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed below as well as difficulties associated with conducting international operations; slower than anticipated growth; unanticipated decreases in average selling prices of a particular product; increased sales of lower margin products; difficulty in collecting accounts receivable; our inability to decrease inventory purchase commitments; difficulties in entering new markets; the write-down of the value of inventory; entry of new competitors in our established markets; reduction in demand for our products; market acceptance of our competitors’ products; defects in our products; the impact of competitive pricing pressures; disruptions in our relationships with our key suppliers; fluctuations in general economic conditions; failure to achieve design wins; changes in customers’ purchasing behaviors; international and political conditions; the concentration of sales of our products to a limited number of customers; decreases in demand for our products; delays in the development of new products by us or our partners; delays in volume production of our products; developments in and expenses related to litigation; our inability to realize the benefits of acquisitions; the outcome of litigation or regulatory actions; and the matters set forth under Item 1A. - Risk Factors. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

All references to “NVIDIA,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” mean NVIDIA Corporation and its subsidiaries, except where it is made clear that the term means only the parent company.
NVIDIA, GeForce, SLI, GoForce, NVIDIA Quadro, Quadro, NVIDIA nForce and the NVIDIA logo are our trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and other countries that are used in this document. We may also refer to trademarks of other corporations and organizations in this document.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with “Item 1A. Risk Factors”, our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes thereto, as well as other cautionary statements and risks described elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, before deciding to purchase, hold or sell shares of our common stock.

Overview
Our Company
NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies. Our products are designed to enhance the end-user experience on consumer and professional computing devices. We have four major product-line operating segments: the graphics processing unit, or GPU, Business, the professional solutions business, or PSB, the media and communications processor, or MCP, Business, and the consumer products business, or CPB.

Our GPU Business is comprised primarily of our GeForce products that support desktop and notebook PCs, plus memory products. Our PSB is comprised of our NVIDIA Quadro professional workstation products and other professional graphics and high-performance computing products. Our MCP Business is comprised of NVIDIA nForce core logic and motherboard GPU products. Our CPB is comprised primarily of mobile and consumer products that support handheld personal digital assistants, or PDAs, cellular phones and other handheld devices, plus license, royalty and other revenue and associated costs related to video game consoles and other digital consumer electronics devices.
We were incorporated in California in April 1993 and reincorporated in Delaware in April 1998. Our headquarter facilities are in Santa Clara, California. Our Internet address is www.nvidia.com.
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Recent Developments, Future Objectives and Challenges

GPU Business

During the first quarter of fiscal 2008:

·  our GeForce product was the market leader in the Total Desktop, Standalone Desktop and Standalone Notebook segments in the first quarter of calendar year 2007, based on the latest PC Graphics 2007 Report from Mercury Research.

·  in April 2007, we launched several new DirectX10 GPUs, adding the GeForce 8600, GeForce 8500, and GeForce 8300 to our GeForce 8 series of GPUs, which previously included the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS.

Professional Solutions Business

During the first quarter of fiscal 2008:

·  we launched the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 products, which are professional solutions based on our G80 unified architecture.

·  we expanded our NVIDIA Quadro Plex family with the introduction of the NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCS IV, a new version of the NVIDIA Quadro Plex visual computing system, or VCS, which provides enhanced performance for a wide range of high-performance, graphics-intensive styling and design, oil and gas, and scientific applications.

MCP Business

During the first quarter of fiscal 2008:

·  our NVIDIA nForce products held the leadership position for the AMD segment based on the latest PC Processor and Chipsets report from Mercury Research.

·  we shipped the GeForce 7050 motherboard GPU, which targets the lowest cost segments of the market.

·  we expanded the reach of Scalable Link Interface, or SLI, technology into the performance segments with the launch of the our NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI MCP product for Intel.

Consumer Products Business

During the first quarter of fiscal 2008, we unveiled our first applications processor - the GoForce 6100. The GoForce 6100 is designed for next generation personal media players, or PMPs, and multimedia smart phones. We expect that designs based on the GoForce 6100 will ship later this fiscal year.

Gross Margin Improvement
We continue to remain focused on improving our gross margin. During the first quarter of fiscal 2008, our gross margin was a record 45.0%, an increase of 270 basis points from our gross margin of 42.3% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007.
Our gross margin is significantly impacted by the mix of products that we earn revenue from during each of our fiscal quarters. Product mix is often difficult to estimate with accuracy and, thus, if we achieve significant revenue growth in our lower margin product lines, it may negatively impact our gross margin. We expect to continue to focus on improving our gross margin during the remainder of fiscal 2008.

Seasonality

Our industry is largely focused on the consumer products market. Due to the seasonality in this market, we typically expect to see stronger revenue performance in the second half of the calendar year related to the back-to-school and holiday seasons.
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Subsequent Event

Stock Repurchase Program
On May 21, 2007, we announced a stock repurchase program under which we may purchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock over a three year period through May 2010. As a result of this increase, we have an ongoing authorization from the Board, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an aggregate maximum amount of $1.7 billion.

The repurchases will be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in structured stock repurchase programs, and may be made in one or more larger repurchases, in compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other factors. The program does not obligate NVIDIA to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be suspended at any time at our discretion. As part of our share repurchase program, we have entered into, and we may continue to enter into, structured share repurchase transactions with financial institutions. These agreements generally require that we make an up-front payment in exchange for the right to receive a fixed number of shares of our common stock upon execution of the agreement, and a potential incremental number of shares of our common stock, within a pre-determined range, at the end of the term of the agreement.

During the three months ended April 29, 2007, we entered into a structured share repurchase transaction to repurchase 4.0 million shares of our common stock for $125.0 million, which we recorded on the trade date of each transaction. Through April 29, 2007, we have repurchased 31.4 million shares under our stock repurchase program for a total cost of $613.1 million.
Financial Information by Business Segment and Geographic Data

Our Chief Executive Officer, who is considered to be our chief operating decision maker, or CODM, reviews financial information presented on an operating segment basis for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2008, we reorganized our operating segments. We now report financial information for four operating segments to our CODM: the Graphics Processing Unit, or GPU, Business, which is comprised primarily of our GeForce products that support desktop and notebook PCs, plus memory products; the Professional Solutions Business, or PSB, which is comprised of our NVIDIA Quadro professional workstation products and other professional graphics and high-performance computing products, the Media and Communications Processor, or MCP, Business, which is comprised of NVIDIA nForce core logic and motherboard GPU products, and our Consumer Products Business, or CPB, which is comprised primarily of mobile and consumer products that support handheld PDAs, cellular phones and other handheld devices, plus license, royalty and other revenue and associated costs related to video game consoles and other digital consumer electronics devices.

In addition to these operating segments, we have the “All Other” category that includes human resources, legal, finance, general administration and corporate marketing expenses, which total $68.0 million and $50.1 million for first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and first quarter of fiscal year 2007, respectively, that we do not allocate to our other operating segments. “All Other” also includes the results of operations of other miscellaneous operating segments that are neither individually reportable, nor aggregated with another operating segment. Revenue in the “All Other” category is primarily derived from sales of components.  All relevant prior period amounts have been restated to conform to the presentation of our current fiscal quarter.

Our CODM does not review any information regarding total assets on an operating segment basis. Operating segments do not record intersegment revenue, and, accordingly, there is none to be reported. The accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for NVIDIA as a whole.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain items in our consolidated statements of income expressed as a percentage of revenue.  
 
April 29,
2007
 
April 30,
2006
 
Revenue 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of revenue 55.0  57.7 
Gross profit 45.0  42.3 
Operating expenses:      
Research and development 18.8  18.1 
Sales, general and administrative 9.5  9.4 
Total operating expenses 28.3  27.5 
Income from operations 16.7  14.8 
Interest and other income, net 1.5  1.3 
Income before income tax expense 18.2  16.1 
Income tax expense 2.6  2.7 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax -  0.1 
Net income 15.6% 13.5%
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First Quarters of Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007
Revenue
Revenue was $844.3 million for our first quarter of fiscal year 2008, compared to $681.8 million for our first quarter of fiscal year 2007, which represents an increase of 23.8%. A discussion of our revenue results for each of our operating segments is as follows:
GPU Business. GPU Business revenue increased by 19.4% to $483.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, compared to $404.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The increase was a result of increased sales of our desktop GPU products, notebook products and memory product sales. The increase in sales of our desktop GPU products was led by our GeForce 8-based products that serve the high-end segment. This increase in the high-end segment was offset by a decrease of sales in our mainstream segment, as a result of decreases in unit shipments and average selling prices of our more mature mainstream segment products. Sales of our NVIDIA notebook GPU products improved due to an increased mix of GeForce 8-based and GeForce 7-based products, shipping for notebook PC design wins based on Intel’s Napa platform.

PSB. PSB revenue increased by 40.8% to $140.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, compared to $100.0 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. Our NVIDIA professional workstation product sales increased due to board sales as a result of increased unit shipments and average selling prices of GeForce 7-based products, offset by decreased sales of older products and a slight decrease in chip sales as a result of decreased average selling prices.

MCP Business. MCP Business revenue increased by 25.7% to $148.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, compared to $118.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The overall increase in MCP business revenue is primarily due to sales of newer NVIDIA nForce4 products, NVIDIA nForce5 products, integrated AMD-based desktop products, and integrated Intel-based desktop products, which began shipping after the second quarter of fiscal year 2007.
CPB.  CPB revenue increased by 17.1% to $67.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, compared to $57.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007. The overall increase in CPB revenue is primarily due to sales related to our acquisition of PortalPlayer Inc., or PortalPlayer, in January 2007. We also had increased revenue from our embedded products, and an increase in royalty revenue recognized from both our contractual arrangement with Microsoft related to their Xbox360 video game console and revenue from our contractual arrangements with Sony Computer Entertainment, or SCE, related to their PS3 video game console, and other digital consumer electronics devices. These increases were offset by a decrease in revenue from our contractual development arrangements with SCE.

Concentration of Revenue
Revenue from sales to customers outside of the United States and other Americas accounted for 81.5% and 84.6% of total revenue for the first quarter of fiscal years 2008 and 2007, respectively. Revenue by geographic region is allocated to individual countries based on the location to which the products are initially billed even if the foreign contract equipment manufacturers, or CEMs’, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers’ revenue is attributable to end customers in a different location.
 In the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, there were no sales to any customers in excess of 10% of our total revenue. However, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, sales to one significant customer accounted for approximately 14% of our total revenue. 

Gross Profit
Gross profit consists of total revenue, net of allowances, less cost of revenue. Cost of revenue consists primarily of the cost of semiconductors purchased from subcontractors, including wafer fabrication, assembly, testing and packaging, manufacturing support costs, including labor and overhead associated with such purchases, final test yield fallout, inventory provisions and shipping costs. Cost of revenue also includes development costs for license and service arrangements. Gross margin is the percentage of gross profit to revenue. Our gross margin can vary in any period depending on the mix of types of products sold. Our gross margin was 45.0% and 42.3% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and 2007, respectively. A discussion of our gross margin results for each of our operating segments is as follows:

GPU Business. The gross margin of our GPU Business increased during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, primarily due to increased sales of our GeForce 8 series GPUs, which began selling in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007. Our GeForce 8 series and GeForce 7 series GPUs generally have higher gross margins than our previous generations of GPUs.
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PSB. The gross margin of our PSB increased during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, primarily due to increased sales of our GeForce 8-based NVIDIA Quadro products, which began selling in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007, and GeForce 7-based NVIDIA Quadro products, which generally have higher gross margins than our previous generations of NVIDIA Quadro products.

MCP Business. The gross margin of our MCP Business increased during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, primarily due to increased sales of NVIDIA nForce integrated AMD-based desktop products and NVIDIA nForce integrated Intel-based desktop products, which began shipping after the second quarter of fiscal year 2007, both of which generally have experienced higher gross margins than our previous generations of NVIDIA nForce products.

CPB. The gross margin of our CPB increased during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, primarily due to gross profit realized from sales related to mobile products related to our acquisition of PortalPlayer in January 2007, gross profit realized from sales of our high-end feature cellular phone and other handheld devices, which generally have higher gross margins than our previous cellular handheld products, and increased gross profit from our contractual arrangements with Microsoft and SCE related to their video game consoles.
Gross Margin
The improvement in our gross margin reflects our continuing focus on delivering cost effective product architectures, enhancing business processes and delivering profitable growth. 
Our gross margin is significantly impacted by the mix of products that we earn revenue from during each of our fiscal quarters. The improvement in our gross margin for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 resulted from a number of factors, including:
·  a positive impact from our new GeForce 8 series products;
·  a reduction of revenue from our MCP Business, which historically has had a gross margin that is lower than our overall gross margin;
·  the increase in NVIDIA Quadro workstation product revenue, which historically has been higher than our overall gross margin; and
·  a reduction of revenue from the sale of memory products, which historically have been lower than our overall gross margin

Product mix is often difficult to estimate with accuracy and, thus, if we achieve significant revenue growth in our lower margin product lines, it may negatively impact our gross margin. We expect gross margin to remain relatively flat, or improve slightly, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2008.

Operating Expenses
Research and Development
 
 Three Months Ended
 
 Change
 
April 29, 2007
 
April 30, 2006
 
$
 
 %
 
 (In millions)
Research and Development:
       
Salaries and benefits$ 87.7 $68.0 $ 19.7 29%
Stock-based compensation  22.4  14.4   8.0 56%
Depreciation and amortization  16.5  15.0   1.5 10%
Computer software and lab equipment  14.9  12.9   2.0 16%
Facility expense  11.6  8.1   3.5 43%
New product development  4.2  7.5   (3.3) (44)%
In-process research and development          
License and development project costs (2.4)  (5.8) 3.4 (59)%
Other  3.4  3.1   0.3 10%
Total$158.3 $123.2 $ 35.1 29%
           
Research and development as a percentage of net revenue 19% 18%    
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Research and development expenses increased by $35.1 million, or 29%, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 primarily due to a $19.7 million increase in salaries and benefits and an $8.0 million increase in stock-based compensation, both of which were related to a combination of 660 additional personnel and merit increases to existing personnel. Facilities increased $3.5 million due to increased facilities expense allocation, and computer software and equipment increased $2.0 million primarily due to increased allocation of information technology expenses, both of which were based on the growth in headcount in departments related to research and development functions when compared to the growth in headcount related to sales, general and administrative functions. License and development project costs increased by $3.4 million primarily related to decreased development costs related to our collaboration with SCE and other engineering costs related to a different development contract. Certain of our personnel who usually devote their time to research and development efforts have spent time working on these development projects. The cost associated with the time these individuals spend working on development projects is allocated from research and development to cost of revenue or is capitalized on our balance sheet. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, less time was spent working on development projects so less cost was allocated to cost of revenue or capitalized and, therefore, more cost remained in research and development. Depreciation and amortization increased $1.5 million due to emulation hardware and software programs that were purchased during fiscal year 2007, resulting in a full year of depreciation in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 compared to a partial year of depreciation in fiscal year 2007. These increases were offset by a decrease of $3.3 million in new product development costs as a result of costs related to an overall decrease we experienced during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 in the number of product tape-outs and in prototype materials.

We anticipate that we will continue to devote substantial resources to research and development, and we expect these expenses to increase in absolute dollars in the foreseeable future due to the increased complexity and the greater number of products under development. Research and development expenses are likely to fluctuate from time to time to the extent we make periodic incremental investments in research and development and these investments may be independent of our level of revenue.
Sales, General and Administrative
 
Three Months Ended
 
Change
 
 
April 29, 2007
 
April 30, 2006
 
$
 
%
 
 
(In millions)
 
Sales, General and Administrative:
        
Salaries and benefits$41.9 $32.8 $9.1  28% 
Advertising and promotions 13.7  14.5  (0.8)  (6)% 
Stock-based compensation 12.2  6.6  5.6  85% 
Legal and accounting fees 6.0  2.9  3.1  107% 
Facility expense 2.8  4.0  (1.2)  (30)% 
Depreciation and amortization 2.7  2.1  0.6  29% 
Other 1.3  1.1  0.2  18% 
Total$80.6 $64.0 $16.6  26% 
Sales, general and administrative as a percentage of net revenue 10%  9%      

Sales, general and administrative expenses increased $16.6 million, or 26%, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 to year fiscal year 2007 primarily due to a $9.1 million increase in salaries and benefits and a $5.6 million increase in stock-based compensation, both of which related to a combination of 134 additional personnel and merit increases to existing personnel. Legal and accounting fees increased by $3.1 million primarily due to legal fees related to the 3dfx and Department of Justice, or DOJ, matters described in Note 13 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. These increases were offset by a decrease of $1.2 million in facilities due to decreased facilities expense allocation to sales, general and administrative functions, which was driven by greater incremental headcount growth in departments that are included within the research and development functions.

Operating Expenses
We expect to continue to focus on expense controls during fiscal year 2008. However, despite this expected focus, we anticipate that our operating expenses will increase slightly in the second quarter of fiscal year 2008.
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Interest Income and Interest Expense
Interest income consists of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Interest income was $13.2 million and $8.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal years 2008 and 2007, respectively, an increase of $4.4 million. These increases were primarily the result of higher average balances of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities during the first three months of fiscal year 2008 when compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2007.
Income Taxes

We recognized income tax expense of $21.5 million and $18.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and fiscal year 2007, respectively. Income tax expense as a percentage of income before taxes, or our annual effective tax rate, was 14% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and 17% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007.  Our effective tax rate is lower than the United States Federal Statutory rate of 35% due primarily to income earned in lower tax jurisdictions.

Please refer to Note 3 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding income taxes. 

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
As of April 29, 2007
 
As of January 28, 2007
 
 
(In millions)
 
Cash and cash equivalents$678.9 $544.4 
Marketable securities 628.1  573.4 
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities$1,307.0 $1,117.8 

 
Three Months Ended
 
 
April 29, 2007
 
April 30, 2006
 
  
(In millions)
 
Net cash provided by operating activities $306.5  $49.5 
Net cash used in investing activities $(91.1) $(157.5)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities $(80.9) $44.0 

As of April 29, 2007, we had $1.3 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, an increase of $189.2 million from the end of fiscal year 2007. Our portfolio of cash equivalents and marketable securities is managed by several financial institutions. Our investment policy requires the purchase of top-tier investment grade securities, the diversification of asset type and certain limits on our portfolio duration.

    Operating activities generated cash of $306.5 and $49.5 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and fiscal year 2007, respectively. The cash provided by operating activities has increased due to increases in the net income during the comparable periods. Additionally, during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, operating activities have generated cash in amounts greater than net income primarily due to non-cash charges such as stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization. Improved days sales outstanding and days sales in inventory have contributed to inflows from accounts receivable and inventories.
Investing activities have consisted primarily of purchases and sales of marketable securities, acquisition of businesses and purchases of property and equipment, which include leasehold improvements for our facilities, and intangible assets. Investing activities used cash of $91.1 million and $157.5 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and fiscal 2007, respectively. Net cash used by investing activities during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 was primarily due to $37.7 million for capital expenditures, including purchases of new research and development equipment, hardware equipment, technology licenses, software and intangible assets and $53.4 million of net purchases of marketable securities. We expect to spend approximately $90.0 million to $110.0 million for capital expenditures unrelated to acquisitions during the remainder of fiscal year 2008. In addition, we may continue to use cash in connection with the acquisition of businesses or assets.

Financing activities used cash of $80.9 million and provided cash of $44.0 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and fiscal 2007, respectively. Net cash used by financing activities in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 was primarily due to $125.0 million paid towards our stock repurchase program, offset by cash proceeds of $44.1 million from common stock issued under employee stock plans.
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Stock Repurchase Program
During fiscal year 2005, we announced that our Board of Directors, or Board, had authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of our common stock, subject to certain specifications, up to an aggregate maximum amount of $300 million. During fiscal year 2007, we announced that our Board had approved a $400 million increase to the original stock repurchase program. Subsequently, on May 21, 2007, we announced a stock repurchase program under which we may purchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock over a three year period through May 2010. As a result of these increases, we have an ongoing authorization from the Board, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an aggregate maximum amount of $1.7 billion.

The repurchases will be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in structured stock repurchase programs, and may be made in one or more larger repurchases, in compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other factors. The program does not obligate NVIDIA to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be suspended at any time at our discretion. As part of our share repurchase program, we have entered into, and we may continue to enter into, structured share repurchase transactions with financial institutions. These agreements generally require that we make an up-front payment in exchange for the right to receive a fixed number of shares of our common stock upon execution of the agreement, and a potential incremental number of shares of our common stock, within a pre-determined range, at the end of the term of the agreement.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, we entered into a structured share repurchase transaction to repurchase 4.0 million shares of our common stock for $125.0 million, which we recorded on the trade date of each transaction. Through April 29, 2007, we have repurchased 31.4 million shares under our stock repurchase program for a total cost of $613.1 million.

Operating Capital and Capital Expenditure Requirements

We believe that our existing cash balances and anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our operating, acquisition and capital requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, there is no assurance that we will not need to raise additional equity or debt financing within this time frame. Additional financing may not be available on favorable terms or at all and may be dilutive to our then-current stockholders. We also may require additional capital for other purposes not presently contemplated. If we are unable to obtain sufficient capital, we could be required to curtail capital equipment purchases or research and development expenditures, which could harm our business. Factors that could affect our cash used or generated from operations and, as a result, our need to seek additional borrowings or capital include:

§  decreased demand and market acceptance for our products and/or our customers’ products;
§  inability to successfully develop and produce in volume production our next-generation products;
§  competitive pressures resulting in lower than expected average selling prices; and
§  new product announcements or product introductions by our competitors.

For additional factors see “Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Operations - Our operating results are unpredictable and may fluctuate, and if our operating results are below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, our stock price could decline.”
3dfx Asset Purchase

On December 15, 2000, NVIDIA Corporation and one of our indirect subsidiaries entered into the Asset Purchase Agreement, or the APA, which closed on April 18, 2001, to purchase certain graphics chip assets from 3dfx. Under the terms of the APA, the cash consideration due at the closing was $70.0 million, less $15.0 million that was loaned to 3dfx pursuant to a Credit Agreement dated December 15, 2000. The Asset Purchase Agreement also provided, subject to the other provisions thereof, that if 3dfx properly certified that all its debts and other liabilities had been provided for, then we would have been obligated to pay 3dfx one million shares, which due to subsequent stock splits now totals four million shares, of NVIDIA common stock. If 3dfx could not make such a certification, but instead properly certified that its debts and liabilities could be satisfied for less than $25.0 million, then 3dfx could have elected to receive a cash payment equal to the amount of such debts and liabilities and a reduced number of shares of our common stock, with such reduction calculated by dividing the cash payment by $25.00 per share. If 3dfx could not certify that all of its debts and liabilities had been provided for, or could not be satisfied, for less than $25.0 million, we would not be obligated under the agreement to pay any additional consideration for the assets.
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In October 2002, 3dfx filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. In March 2003, we were served with a complaint filed by the Trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court which sought, among other things, payments from us as additional purchase price related to our purchase of certain assets of 3dfx. In early November 2005, after many months of mediation, NVIDIA and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, or the Creditors’ Committee, reached a conditional settlement of the Trustee’s claims against NVIDIA. This conditional settlement, presented as the centerpiece of a proposed Plan of Liquidation in the bankruptcy case, was subject to a confirmation process through a vote of creditors and the review and approval of the Bankruptcy Court after notice and hearing. The Trustee advised that he intended to object to the settlement, which would have called for a payment by NVIDIA of approximately $30.6 million to the 3dfx estate. Under the settlement, $5.6 million related to various administrative expenses and Trustee fees, and $25.0 million related to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities owed to the general unsecured creditors of 3dfx. Accordingly, during the three month period ended October 30, 2005, we recorded $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx.

However, the conditional settlement never progressed substantially through the confirmation process. On December 21, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court determined that it would schedule trial of one portion of the Trustee’s case against NVIDIA. On January 2, 2007, NVIDIA exercised its right to terminate the settlement agreement on grounds that the Bankruptcy Court had failed to proceed toward confirmation of the Creditors’ Committee’s plan. Trial began on March 21, 2007 on valuation issues in the Trustee's constructive fraudulent transfer claims against NVIDIA. Specifically, the Bankruptcy Court tried four questions: (1) what did 3dfx transfer to NVIDIA in the APA?; (2) of what was transferred, what qualifies as "property" subject to the Bankruptcy Court's avoidance powers under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and relevant bankruptcy code provisions? ; (3) what is the fair market value of the "property" identified in answer to question (2)?; and (4) was the $70 million that NVIDIA paid "reasonably equivalent" to the fair market value of that property? At the conclusion of the evidence, the Bankruptcy Court asked the parties to submit post-trial briefing. That briefing is scheduled to be concluded on May 25, 2007, and we expect a decision to be forthcoming from the Bankruptcy Court at some point thereafter.
Please refer to Note 13 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding this litigation.

Contractual Obligations

There were no material changes in our contractual obligations from those disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended January 28, 2007. Please see Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources” in our Form 10-K for a description of our contractual obligations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of April 29, 2007, we had no material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Regulation S-K 303(a)(4)(ii).

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, or SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS No. 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The changes to current practice resulting from the application of SFAS No. 157 relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. We are required to adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 157 beginning with our fiscal quarter ending April 27, 2008. We do not believe the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, or SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS No. 159 permits companies to choose to measure certain financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The standard requires that unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected be reported in earnings. We are required to adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 159 beginning with our fiscal quarter ending April 27, 2008, although earlier adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that SFAS No. 159 will have on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48

On January 29, 2007, we adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, or FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, issued in July 2006. FIN 48 applies to all tax positions related to income taxes subject to FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, or SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Under FIN 48 we recognize the benefit from a tax position only if it is more-likely-than-not that the position would be sustained upon audit based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. The cumulative effect of adoption of FIN 48 did not result in a material adjustment to our tax liability for unrecognized income tax benefits. Our policy to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense did not change as a result of implementing the FIN 48. Please refer to Note 3 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Interest Rate Risk

We invest in a variety of financial instruments, consisting principally of investments in commercial paper, money market funds and highly liquid debt securities of corporations, municipalities and the United States government and its agencies. These investments are denominated in United States dollars. As of April 29, 2007, we had $1.3 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

We account for our investment instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, or SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. All of the cash equivalents and marketable securities are treated as “available-for-sale” under SFAS No. 115. Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate securities may have their market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates or we may suffer losses in principal if we are forced to sell securities that decline in market value due to changes in interest rates. However, because we classify our debt securities as “available-for-sale”, no gains or losses are recognized due to changes in interest rates unless such securities are sold prior to maturity or declines in fair value are determined to be other than temporary. These securities are reported at fair value with the related unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax.

Exchange Rate Risk
We consider our direct exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations to be minimal. Currently, sales and arrangements with third-party manufacturers provide for pricing and payment in United States dollars, and, therefore, are not subject to exchange rate fluctuations. Increases in the value of the United States’ dollar relative to other currencies would make our products more expensive, which could negatively impact our ability to compete. Conversely, decreases in the value of the United States’ dollar relative to other currencies could result in our suppliers raising their prices in order to continue doing business with us. To date, we have not engaged in any currency hedging activities, although we may do so in the future. Fluctuations in currency exchange rates could harm our business in the future. 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on their evaluation as of April 29, 2007, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, were effective to ensure that the material information required to be disclosed by us in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and instructions for Form 10-Q.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during our quarter ended April 29, 2007, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls, will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within NVIDIA have been detected.
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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Please see Part I, Item 1, Note 13 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of our legal proceedings.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

A description of the risk factors associated with our business is set forth below. This description includes any material changes to and supersedes the description of risk factors associated with our business previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2007.

Risks Related to Our Operations
The matters relating to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, or the Board, review of our historical stock option granting practices and the restatement of our consolidated financial statements have resulted in litigation, which could harm our financial results.

On August 10, 2006, NVIDIA announced that the Audit Committee of the Board, with the assistance of outside legal counsel, was conducting a review of our stock option practices covering the time from NVIDIA’s initial public offering in 1999, our fiscal year 2000, through June 2006. The Audit Committee reached the conclusion that incorrect measurement dates were used for financial accounting purposes for stock option grants in certain prior periods. As a result, NVIDIA recorded additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense, and related tax effects, related to stock option grants.

The Audit Committee’s review of NVIDIA’s historic stock option practices identified a number of occasions on which the measurement date used for financial accounting and reporting purposes for stock options granted to certain of our employees was different from the actual grant date. To correct these accounting errors, we amended our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2006 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended April 30, 2006 to restate the consolidated financial statements contained in those reports.

This review of our historical stock option granting practices required us to incur substantial expenses for legal, accounting, tax and other professional services, diverted our management’s attention from our business, and in the future could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our historical stock option granting practices and the restatement of our prior financial statements have exposed us to greater risks associated with litigation and regulatory proceedings. Ten derivative complaints have been filed in state and federal court pertaining to allegations relating to stock option grants. We cannot assure you that these or future similar complaints, or any future litigation or regulatory action will result in the same conclusions reached by the Audit Committee. The conduct and resolution of these matters will be time consuming, expensive and could distract our management’s attention from the conduct of our business which could negatively impact our business.

We voluntarily contacted the Securities Exchange Commission, or SEC, regarding the Audit Committee’s review and, as of the present date, the SEC is continuing the inquiry of our historical stock option grant practices it began in late August 2006. In October 2006, we met with the SEC and provided it with a review of the status of the Audit Committee’s review and in November 2006 we voluntarily provided the SEC with further documents. We plan to continue to cooperate with the SEC in its inquiry.

While we believe that we have made appropriate judgments in concluding the correct measurement dates for option grants, the SEC may disagree with the manner in which we have accounted for and reported, or not reported, the financial impact of past option grant measurement date errors, and there is a risk that its inquiry could lead to circumstances in which we may have to further restate our prior financial statements, amend prior filings made with the SEC, or otherwise take other actions not currently contemplated. Any such circumstance could also lead to future delays in filing our SEC reports. Furthermore, if we are subject to adverse findings in any of these matters, we could be required to pay damages or penalties or have other remedies imposed upon us which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
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Because our gross margin for any period depends on a number of factors, our failure to forecast any change in such factors could adversely affect our gross margin.

We continue to pursue improved gross margin. Our gross margin for any period depends on a number of factors, such as:
·  the mix of our products sold;
·  average selling prices;
·  introduction of new products;
·  sales discounts;
·  unexpected pricing actions by our competitors;
·  the cost of product components; and
·  the yield of wafers produced by the foundries that manufacture our products.
If we incorrectly forecast the impact of any of the relevant factors on our business, we may be unable to take action in time to counteract any negative impact on our gross margin. In addition, if we are unable to meet our gross margin target for any period or the target set by analysts, the trading price of our common stock may decline.

We are dependent on key personnel and the loss of these employees could negatively impact our business.
Our performance is substantially dependent on the performance of our executive officers and key employees. None of our executive officers or employees is bound by an employment agreement, meaning our relationships with our executive officers and employees are at will. We do not have “key person” life insurance policies on any of our employees. The loss of the services of any of our executive officers, technical personnel or other key employees, particularly Jen-Hsun Huang, our President and Chief Executive Officer, would harm our business. Our success will depend on our ability to identify, hire, train and retain highly qualified technical and managerial personnel. Our failure to attract and retain the necessary technical and managerial personnel would harm our business. The integration of new executives or personnel could disrupt our ongoing operations.

Failure to achieve expected manufacturing yields for existing and/or new products could reduce our gross margin and could adversely affect our ability to compete effectively.
Semiconductor manufacturing yields are a function both of product design, which is developed largely by us, and process technology, which typically is proprietary to the manufacturer. Since low yields may result from either design or process technology failures, yield problems may not be effectively determined or resolved until an actual product exists that can be analyzed and tested to identify process sensitivities relating to the design rules that are used. As a result, yield problems may not be identified until well into the production process. Resolution of yield problems requires cooperation by and communication between us and the manufacturer.

Because of our potentially limited access to wafer fabrication capacity from our manufacturers, any decrease in manufacturing yields could result in an increase in our per unit costs and force us to allocate our available product supply among our customers. This could potentially harm customer relationships, our reputation, our revenue and our gross profit. Our wafer manufacturers may be unable to achieve or maintain acceptable manufacturing yields in the future. Our inability to achieve planned yields from our wafer manufacturers could also reduce our gross margin.

To stay competitive which may include entering new markets, we may have to invest more resources in research and development than anticipated, which could increase our operating expenses and negatively impact our operating results.

If new competitors, technological advances by existing competitors, our entry into new markets, or other competitive factors require us to invest significantly greater resources than anticipated in our research and development efforts, our operating expenses would increase. We have increased our engineering and technical resources and had 2,657 full-time employees engaged in research and development as of April 29, 2007 and 1,997 full-time employees as of April 30, 2006. Research and development expenditures were $158.3 million and $123.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal years 2008 and 2007, respectively. Research and development expenses for the first quarter of fiscal years 2008 and 2007 included $22.4 million and $14.4 million, respectively, related to non-cash stock-based compensation, which we began to record in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 as a result of our adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), or SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. If we are required to invest significantly greater resources than anticipated in research and development efforts without an increase in revenue, our operating results could decline. Research and development expenses are likely to fluctuate from time to time to the extent we make periodic incremental investments in research and development and these investments may be independent of our level of revenue. In order to remain competitive which may include entering new markets, we anticipate that we will continue to devote substantial resources to research and development, and we expect these expenses to increase in absolute dollars in the foreseeable future due to the increased complexity and the greater number of products under development as well as hiring additional employees.
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Our operating expenses are relatively fixed and we may not be able to reduce operating expenses quickly in response to any revenue shortfalls.

Our operating expenses, which are comprised of research and development expenses and sales, general and administrative expenses, represented 28.3% and 27.5% of our total revenue during the first quarter of fiscal years 2008 and 2007, respectively. Operating expenses were $34.6 million and $21.0 million for first quarter of fiscal years 2008 and 2007, respectively, related to non-cash stock-based compensation, which we began to record in fiscal year 2007 as a result of our adoption of SFAS No. 123(R). Since we often recognize a substantial portion of our revenue in the last month of each quarter, we may not be able to adjust our operating expenses in a timely manner in response to any revenue shortfalls. If we are unable to reduce operating expenses quickly in response to any revenue shortfalls, our financial results would be negatively impacted.

Failure to transition to new manufacturing process technologies could adversely affect our operating results and gross margin.

Our strategy is to utilize the most advanced manufacturing process technology appropriate for our products and available from commercial third-party foundries. Use of advanced processes may have greater risk of initial yield problems and higher product cost. Manufacturing process technologies are subject to rapid change and require significant expenditures for research and development. We continuously evaluate the benefits of migrating to smaller geometry process technologies in order to improve performance and reduce costs. We currently use 0.15 micron, 0.14 micron, 0.13 micron, 0.11 micron, 90 nanometer and 65 nanometer process technologies for our families of the graphics processing unit, or GPU, the media and communications processor, or MCP, and the consumer products business, or CPB.

We have experienced difficulty in migrating to new manufacturing processes in the past and, consequently, have suffered reduced yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expense levels. We may face similar difficulties, delays and expenses as we continue to transition our products to smaller geometry processes. Moreover, we are dependent on our relationships with our third-party manufacturers to migrate to smaller geometry processes successfully. Additionally, some of our competitors own their own manufacturing facilities. These competitors may be able to move to a new state of the art manufacturing process more quickly than our manufacturing partners. If our suppliers fall behind our competitors in manufacturing processes, the development and customer demand for our products and the use of our products could be negatively impacted. The inability by us or our third-party manufacturers to effectively and efficiently transition to new manufacturing process technologies may adversely affect our operating results and our gross margin.

Our failure to estimate customer demand properly may result in excess or obsolete inventory or, conversely, may result in inadequate inventory levels, either of which could adversely affect our financial results.

Our inventory purchases are based upon future demand forecasts or orders from our customers, which may not accurately predict the quantity or type of our products that our customers will want in the future or ultimately end up purchasing. In forecasting demand, we must make multiple assumptions any of which may prove to be incorrect. Situations that may result in excess or obsolete inventory, which could result in write-downs of the value of our inventory and/or a reduction in average selling prices, and where our gross margin could be adversely affected include:

·  if there were a sudden and significant decrease in demand for our products;
·  if there were a higher incidence of inventory obsolescence because of rapidly changing technology and customer requirements;
·  if we fail to estimate customer demand properly for our older products as our newer products are introduced; or
·  if our competition were to take unexpected competitive pricing actions.

Conversely, if we underestimate our customers’ demand for either our older or newer products, we may have inadequate manufacturing capability and may not be able to obtain sufficient inventory to fill our customers’ orders on a timely basis. Even if we are able to increase production levels to meet customer demand, we may not be able to do so in a cost effective or timely manner. Inability to fill our customers’ orders on a timely basis could damage our customer relationships, result in lost revenue, cause a loss in market share or damage our reputation, any of which could impact our financial results.
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Because we order materials in advance of anticipated customer demand our ability to reduce our inventory purchase commitments quickly in response to any revenue shortfalls is limited.
Substantially all of our sales are made on the basis of purchase orders rather than long-term agreements. As a result, we may commit resources to the production of products without having received advance purchase commitments from customers. We may build inventories during periods of anticipated growth which does not occur. Any inability to sell products to which we have devoted significant resources could harm our business. In addition, cancellation or deferral of product orders could result in our holding excess inventory, which could adversely affect our gross margin and restrict our ability to fund operations. Additionally, because we often sell a substantial portion of our products in the last month of each quarter, we may not be able to reduce our inventory purchase commitments in a timely manner in response to any revenue shortfalls. We could be subject to excess or obsolete inventories and be required to take corresponding inventory write-downs if growth slows or does not materialize or if we incorrectly forecast product demand, which could negatively impact our gross margin and financial results.  

Our operating results are unpredictable and may fluctuate, and if our operating results are below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, the trading price of our stock could decline.
Many of our revenue components fluctuate and are difficult to predict, and our operating expenses are largely independent of revenue in any particular period. Therefore, it is difficult for us to accurately forecast revenue and profits or losses. As a result, it is possible that in some quarters our operating results could be below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, which could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline. We believe that our quarterly and annual results of operations may continue to be affected by a variety of factors that could harm our revenue, gross profit and results of operations.

Any one or more of the factors discussed in this Form 10-Q or other factors could prevent us from achieving our expected future revenue or net income. Accordingly, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. In addition, the results of any quarterly or full fiscal year period are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for a subsequent quarter or a full fiscal year.
Risks Related to Our Products
If we are unable to achieve design wins, our products may not be adopted by our target markets or customers either of which could negatively impact our financial results.
The future success of our business depends to a significant extent on our ability to develop new competitive products for our target markets and customers. We believe achieving design wins, which entails having our existing and future products chosen for hardware components or subassemblies designed by PC OEMs, ODMs, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers, will aid our future success. Our OEM, ODM, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers’ customers typically introduce new system configurations as often as twice per year, typically based on spring and fall design cycles or in connection with trade shows. Accordingly, when our customers are making their design decisions, our existing products must have competitive performance levels or we must timely introduce new products in order to be included in new system configurations. This requires that we do the following:

·  anticipate the features and functionality that customers and consumers will demand;  
·  incorporate those features and functionalities into products that meet the exacting design requirements of OEMs, ODMs, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers;  
·  price our products competitively; and  
·  introduce products to the market within the limited design cycle for OEMs, ODMs, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers.  
If OEMs, ODMs, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers do not include our products in their systems, they will typically not use our products in their systems until at least the next design configuration. Therefore, we endeavor to develop close relationships with our original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and original design manufacturers, or ODMs, in an attempt to allow us to better anticipate and address customer needs in new products so that our products will achieve design wins.
Our ability to achieve design wins also depends in part on our ability to identify and be compliant with evolving industry standards. Unanticipated changes in industry standards could render our products incompatible with products developed by major hardware manufacturers and software developers, including Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., or AMD, Intel Corporation, or Intel and Microsoft Corporation, or Microsoft. Such changes would require us to invest significant time and resources to redesign our products to be compliant with relevant standards. If our products are not in compliance with prevailing industry standards for a significant period of time, our ability to achieve design wins could suffer. If we are unable to achieve new design wins for existing or new customers, we may lose market share and our operating results would be negatively impacted.
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Achievement of design wins may not result in the success of our products and could result in a loss of market share.
The process of being qualified for inclusion in an OEM or ODM product can be lengthy and could cause us to miss a cycle in the demand of end-users for a particular product feature, which also could result in a loss of market share and harm our business. Even if we do have design wins for OEM and ODM products, we may not be able to successfully develop or introduce new products in sufficient volumes within the appropriate time to meet the OEM, ODM, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers’ design cycles as well as other market demand. Additionally, even if we achieve a significant number of design wins, there can be no assurance that our OEM and ODM customers will actually take the design to production or that the design will be commercially successful. Furthermore, there may be changes in the timing of product orders due to unexpected delays in the introduction of our customers’ products that could negatively impact the success of our products. Any of these factors could result in a loss of market share and could negatively impact our financial results.

Our business results could be adversely affected if our product development efforts are unsuccessful.
 In the past, we have experienced delays in the development of some new products. Any delay in the future or failure of our GPUs or other processors to meet or exceed specifications of competitive products could materially harm our business. The success of our new product introductions will depend on many factors, including the following: 
·  proper new product definition;  
·  timely completion and introduction of new product designs;  
·  the ability of third-party manufacturers to effectively manufacture our new products in a timely manner;
·  dependence on third-party subcontractors for assembly, testing and packaging of our products and in meeting product delivery schedules and maintaining product quality; 
·  the quality of new products; 
·  differentiation of new products from those of our competitors;  
·  market acceptance of our products and our customers' products; and  
·  availability of adequate quantity and configurations of various types of memory products.  

A critical component of our product development effort is our partnerships with leaders in the computer-aided design, or CAD industry. We have invested significant resources to develop relationships with industry leaders, including Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Synopsys, Inc., often assisting these companies in the product definition of their new products. We believe that forming these relationships and utilizing next-generation development tools to design, simulate and verify our products will help us remain at the forefront of the 3D graphics, communications and networking segments and develop products that utilize leading-edge technology on a rapid basis. We believe this approach assists us in meeting the new design schedules of PC OEMs and other manufacturers. If these relationships are not successful, we may not be able to develop new products in a timely manner, which could result in a loss of market share, a decrease in revenue and a negative impact on our operating results. Our failure to successfully develop, introduce or achieve market acceptance for new processors would harm our business.
Our failure to identify new market or product opportunities, or develop new products could harm our business.
As our GPUs and other processors develop and competition increases, we anticipate that product life cycles at the high end will remain short and average selling prices will decline. In particular, we expect average selling prices and gross margins for our processors to decline as each product matures and as unit volume increases. As a result, we will need to introduce new products and enhancements to existing products to maintain or improve overall average selling prices and gross margin. In order for our processors to achieve high volumes, leading PC OEMs, ODMs, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers must select our processor for design into their products, and then successfully complete the designs of their products and sell them. We may be unable to successfully identify new product opportunities or to develop and bring to market new products in a timely fashion. In addition, we cannot guarantee that new products we develop will be selected for design into PC OEMs’, ODMs’, and add-in board and motherboard manufacturers’ products, that any new designs will be successfully completed, or that any new products will be sold.

As the complexity of our products and the manufacturing process for our products increases, there is an increasing risk that we will experience problems with the performance of our products and that there will be delays in the development, introduction or volume shipment of our products. We may experience difficulties related to the production of current or future products or other factors that may delay the introduction or volume sale of new products we develop. In addition, we may be unable to successfully manage the production transition risks with respect to future products. Failure to achieve any of the foregoing with respect to future products or product enhancements could result in rapidly declining average selling prices, reduced margins and reduced demand for products or loss of market share. In addition, technologies developed by others may render our processors non-competitive or obsolete or result in our holding excess inventory, any of which would harm our business.
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We could suffer a loss of market share if our products contain significant defects.

Products as complex as those we offer may contain defects or experience failures when introduced or when new versions or enhancements to existing products are released. In the past, we have discovered defects and incompatibilities with customers’ hardware in some of our products and may experience delays or loss of revenue to correct any defects or incompatibilities in the future. Errors in new products or releases after commencement of commercial shipments could result in failure to achieve market acceptance or loss of design wins. Our products typically go through only one verification cycle prior to beginning volume production and distribution. As a result, our products may contain defects or flaws that are undetected prior to volume production and distribution. If these defects or flaws exist and are not detected prior to volume production and distribution, we may be required to reimburse customers for costs to repair or replace the affected products in the field. We also face the risk of product recalls or product returns resulting from design or manufacturing defects that are not discovered during the manufacturing and testing process. A significant number of product returns due to a defect or recall could damage our reputation, result in our customers working with our competitors, and could adversely impact our financial results. We may also be required to incur additional research and development costs to find and correct the defect, which could divert the attention of our management and engineers from the development of new products. These costs could be significant and could adversely affect our business and operating results. We may also suffer a loss of reputation, loss of revenues and/or a loss in our market share, any of which could materially harm our financial results. 

Risks Related to Our Partners and Customers

We may not be able to realize the potential financial or strategic benefits of business acquisitions, which could hurt our ability to grow our business, develop new products or sell our products.
We have acquired and invested in other businesses that offered products, services and technologies that we believed would help expand or enhance our existing products and services or help expand our distribution channels. We may enter into future acquisitions of, or investments in, businesses, in order to complement or expand our current businesses or enter into a new business market. For example, in February 2006 we completed the acquisition of ULi Electronics, Inc., or ULi, in March 2006 we completed the acquisition of Hybrid Graphics Ltd., or Hybrid Graphics and in January 2007 we completed the acquisition of PortalPlayer, Inc., or PortalPlayer. If we do consider other acquisitions, a strategic alliance or a joint venture, the negotiations could divert management’s attention as well as other resources. Any of the following risks associated with past or future acquisitions or investments could impair our ability to grow our business, develop new products, our ability to sell our products, and ultimately could have a negative impact on our growth or our financial results:

·  difficulty in combining the technology, products, operations or workforce of the acquired business with our business;
·  difficulty in operating in a new or multiple new locations;
·  disruption of our ongoing businesses;
·  disruption of the ongoing business of the company we invest in or acquire;
·  difficulty in realizing the potential financial or strategic benefits of the transaction;
·  difficulty in maintaining uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies;
·  disruption of or delays in ongoing research and development efforts;
·  diversion of capital and other resources;
·  assumption of liabilities;
·  diversion of resources and unanticipated expenses resulting from litigation arising from potential or actual business acquisitions or investments;
·  difficulties in entering into new markets in which we have limited or no experience and where competitors in such markets have stronger positions; and
·  impairment of relationships with employees and customers, or the loss of any of our key employees or customers of our target’s key employees or customers, as a result of our acquisition or investment.
In addition, the consideration for any future acquisition could be paid in cash, shares of our common stock, the issuance of convertible debt securities or a combination of cash, convertible debt and common stock. If we pay all or a portion of the purchase price in cash, our cash reserves would be reduced which could negatively impact the growth of our business or our ability to develop new products. We paid for the acquisitions of Hybrid Graphics, ULi and PortalPlayer with primarily cash. If the consideration is paid with shares of our common stock, or convertible debentures, the holdings of our existing stockholders would be diluted. We cannot forecast the number, timing or size of future acquisitions, or the effect that any such acquisitions might have on our operations or financial results.
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We depend on foundries and independent contractors to manufacture our products and these third parties may not be able to satisfy our manufacturing requirements, which would harm our business.
We do not manufacture the semiconductor wafers used for our products and do not own or operate a wafer fabrication facility. Our products require wafers manufactured with state-of-the-art fabrication equipment and techniques so we utilize industry-leading suppliers to produce our semiconductor wafers. We depend on these suppliers to allocate to us a portion of their manufacturing capacity sufficient to meet our needs, to produce products of acceptable quality and at acceptable manufacturing yields, and to deliver those products to us on a timely basis at acceptable prices. Currently, one foundry manufactures the majority of our products. Our manufacturers may be unable to meet our near-term or long-term manufacturing or pricing requirements. We obtain manufacturing services on a purchase order basis. The foundries we use have no obligation to provide us with any specified minimum quantities of product. These suppliers, including the fabrication facility that produces a majority of our products, fabricate wafers for other companies, including some of our competitors, and could choose to prioritize capacity for other users, reduce or eliminate deliveries to us, or increase the prices that they charge us on short notice. If we are unable to meet customer demand due to reduced or eliminated deliveries, we could lose sales to customers, which would negatively impact our revenue and our reputation. Because the lead-time needed to establish a strategic relationship with a new manufacturing partner could be several quarters, there is no readily available alternative source of supply for any specific product. In addition, the time and effort to qualify a new foundry could result in additional expense, diversion of resources or lost sales any of which would negatively impact our financial results. We believe that long-term market acceptance for our products will depend on reliable relationships with third-party manufacturers we may use to ensure adequate product supply and competitive pricing so that we are able to respond to customer demand.

We are dependent on third parties for assembly, testing and packaging of our products, which reduces our control over the delivery and quantity of our products.
Our processors are assembled, tested and packaged by independent subcontractors, such as Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., or ASE, Amkor Technology, or Amkor, King Yuan Electronics Co., or KYEC, Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd., or SPIL, and ChipPAC. We do not have long-term agreements with any of these subcontractors. As a result of our dependence on third-party subcontractors for assembly, testing and packaging of our products, we do not directly control product delivery schedules or product quality. Demand for qualified independent subcontractors to assemble and test products is high. If demand for these subcontractors exceeds the number of qualified subcontractors, we may experience capacity constraints, which could result in product shortages, a decrease in the quality of our products or an increase in product cost. Any of our subcontractors may decide to prioritize the orders of one of our competitors over our orders. Any product shortages or quality assurance problems could increase the costs of manufacture, assembly or testing of our products, which could cause our gross margin to decline. Due to the amount of time typically required to qualify assemblers and testers, we could experience significant delays in the shipment of our products if we are required to find alternative third parties to assemble, test or package our products or components. Any such delays could result in a loss of reputation or a decrease in sales to our customers.
There can be no assurance that the PlayStation3 will achieve long term commercial success.
In April 2005, we finalized our definitive agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment, or SCE, to jointly develop custom GPU for SCE’s PlayStation3. Our collaboration with SCE includes license fees and royalties for the PlayStation3 and all derivatives, including next-generation digital consumer electronics devices.  In addition, we are licensing software development tools for creating shaders and advanced graphics capabilities to SCE. During the first quarter of fiscal years 2008 and 2007, we recognized $22.7 million and $23.4 million of revenue, respectively, from our contractual arrangements with SCE. Given the intense competition in the game console market, there can be no assurance that the PlayStation3 will achieve long term commercial success,.  If we do not receive royalties as we anticipate, our revenue and gross margin may be adversely affected.

As we continue to work directly with more foreign customers, any difficulties in collecting accounts receivable could harm our operating results and financial condition.
Our accounts receivable are highly concentrated and make us vulnerable to adverse changes in our customers' businesses and to downturns in the economy and the industry. In addition, difficulties in collecting accounts receivable or the loss of any significant customer could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. We continue to work directly with more foreign customers and it may be difficult to collect accounts receivable from them. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. This allowance consists of an amount identified for specific customers and an amount based on overall estimated exposure. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required, we may be required to defer revenue recognition on sales to affected customers and we may be required to pay higher credit insurance premiums, which could adversely affect our operating results. In the future, we may have to record additional reserves or write-offs and/or defer revenue on certain sales transactions which could negatively impact our financial results.
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We rely on third-party vendors to supply software development tools to us for the development of our new products and we may be unable to obtain the tools necessary to develop or enhance new or existing products.
When we design and develop new products or product enhancements, we rely on third-party software development tools to assist us in the design, simulation and verification of new products or enhancements to existing products. Although we currently are not dependent on any one vendor for the supply of these tools, some or all of these tools may not be readily available in the future. Additionally, the software development tools available at the time that we are designing, simulating or verifying a product may not be sophisticated enough or technologically advanced enough for our purposes. For example, we have experienced delays in the introduction of products in the past as a result of the inability of then available software development tools to fully simulate the complex features and functionalities of our products. Therefore, the design requirements necessary to meet consumer demands for more features and greater functionality from our processors in the future may exceed the capabilities of the software development tools that are available to us. If the software development tools we use become unavailable or fail to produce designs that meet consumer demands, we may miss design cycles or lose design wins either of which could result in a loss of market share, a decrease in revenue or negatively impact our operating results.

We sell our products to a small number of customers and our business could suffer by the loss of any of these customers.
We have only a limited number of customers and our sales are highly concentrated. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, there were no sales for any customers in excess of 10% of our total revenue. However, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, sales to one significant customer accounted for approximately 14% of our total revenue. Although a small number of our other customers represents the majority of our revenue, their end customers include a large number of OEMs and system integrators throughout the world who, in many cases, specify the graphics supplier. Our sales process involves achieving key design wins with leading PC OEMs and major system builders and supporting the product design into high volume production with key contract equipment manufacturers, or CEMs, ODMs, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers. These design wins in turn influence the retail and system builder channel that is serviced by CEMs, ODMs, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers. Our distribution strategy is to work with a small number of leading independent CEMs, ODMs, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers, and distributors, each of which has relationships with a broad range of system builders and leading PC OEMs. If we were to lose sales to our PC OEMs, CEMs, ODMs, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers and were unable to replace the lost sales with sales to different customers, or if they were to significantly reduce the number of products they order from us, our revenue may not reach or exceed the expected level in any period, which could harm our financial condition and our results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Competition
As Intel and AMD continue to pursue platform solutions, we may not be able to successfully compete and our business would be negatively impacted.

We expect substantial competition from both Intel’s and AMD’s strategy of selling platform solutions, such as the success Intel achieved with its Centrino platform solution. In addition to the Centrino notebook platform solution, Intel has announced a desktop initiative branded as VIIV. AMD has also announced a platform solution. Additionally, we expect that Intel and AMD will extend this strategy to other segments. If AMD and Intel continue to pursue platform solutions, we may not be able to successfully compete and our business would be negatively impacted.

The market for our products is highly competitive and we may be unable to compete.
The market for our products is highly competitive and is characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and declining average selling prices. We believe that the principal competitive factors in this market are performance, breadth of product offerings, access to customers and distribution channels, backward-forward software support, conformity to industry standard application programming interfaces, manufacturing capabilities, price of processors and total system costs of add-in boards and motherboards. We believe that our ability to remain competitive will depend on how well we are able to anticipate the features and functions that customers will demand and whether we are able to deliver consistent volumes of our products at acceptable levels of quality. We expect competition to increase both from existing competitors and new market entrants with products that may be less costly than ours, or may provide better performance or additional features not provided by our products, which could harm our business.
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For example, we are the largest supplier of AMD 64 chipsets with 61.1% segment share in the first quarter of calendar year 2007, based on the latest PC Processor and Chipset report from Mercury Research. Decline in demand in the AMD segment would harm our business.
An additional significant source of competition is from companies that provide or intend to provide competing product solutions. Some of our competitors may have or be able to obtain greater marketing, financial, distribution and manufacturing resources than we do and may be more able to adapt to customer or technological changes. Our current competitors include the following:  

·  suppliers of discrete MCPs that incorporate a combination of networking, audio, communications and input/output, or I/O, functionality as part of their existing solutions, such as AMD, Broadcom, Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation, or SIS, VIA Technologies, Inc., or VIA, and Intel;
·  suppliers of GPUs, including MCPs that incorporate 3D graphics functionality as part of their existing solutions, such as AMD, Intel, Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd., XGI Technology, Inc., SIS and VIA;
·  suppliers of GPUs or GPU intellectual property for handheld and embedded devices that incorporate advanced graphics functionality as part of their existing solutions, such as AMD, Broadcom, Fujitsu Limited, Imagination Technologies Ltd., ARM Holdings plc, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., or Marvell, NEC Corporation, Qualcomm Incorporated, Renesas Technology, Seiko-Epson, Texas Instruments Incorporated, and Toshiba America, Inc.; and
·  suppliers of application processors for handheld and embedded devices that incorporate multimedia processing as part of their existing solutions such as Broadcom, Texas Instruments Inc., Qualcomm Incorporated, Marvell, Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Samsung and ST Microelectronics.

If and to the extent we offer products outside of the consumer and enterprise PC, notebook, workstation, personal digital assistants, or PDAs, cellular phone, and video game console markets, we may face competition from some of our existing competitors as well as from companies with which we currently do not compete. We cannot accurately predict if we will compete successfully in any new markets we may enter. If we are unable to compete in our current or new markets, our financial results will suffer.

Risks Related to Market Conditions
We are subject to risks associated with international operations which may harm our business.
Our semiconductor wafers are manufactured, assembled, tested and packaged by third-parties located outside of the United States. Additionally, we generated 81.5% of our revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and 84.6% of our revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 from sales to customers outside the United States and other Americas. The manufacture, assembly, test and packaging of our products outside of the United States, operation of offices outside of the United States, and sales to customers outside of the United States and other Americas subjects us to a number of risks associated with conducting business outside of the United States and other Americas, including, but not limited to:
·  international economic and political conditions;  
·  unexpected changes in, or impositions of, legislative or regulatory requirements;  
·  labor issues in foreign countries; 
·  cultural differences in the conduct of business; 
·  inadequate local infrastructure; 
·  delays resulting from difficulty in obtaining export licenses for certain technology, tariffs, quotas and other trade barriers and restrictions; 
·  transportation delays; 
·  longer payment cycles;  
·  difficulty in collecting accounts receivable; 
·  fluctuations in currency exchange rates; 
·  impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations on the price of our products to our customers, or on the supplies that we buy;
·  imposition of additional taxes and penalties; 
·  different legal standards with respect to protection of intellectual property;  
·  the burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws; and  
·  other factors beyond our control, including terrorism, civil unrest, war and diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and the Avian flu.  

If sales to any of our customers outside of the United States and other Americas are delayed or cancelled because of any of the above factors, our revenue may be negatively impacted.
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We have offices outside of the United States, including offices in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, India, France, Russia, Germany, Finland and England. Our operations in our international locations are subject to many of the risks contained in the above list. We intend to continue to expand our existing operations and expect to open other international offices. Difficulties with our international operations, including finding appropriate staffing and office space, may divert management’s attention and other resources any of which could negatively impact our operating results.

We are dependent on the PC market and the rate of its growth has and may in the future have a negative impact on our business.
We derive the majority of our revenue from the sale of products for use in the desktop PC and notebook PC markets, including professional workstations. We expect to continue to derive most of our revenue from the sale or license of products for use in the desktop PC and notebook PC markets in the next several years. A reduction in sales of PCs, or a reduction in the growth rate of PC sales, will reduce demand for our products. Moreover, changes in demand could be large and sudden. Since PC manufacturers often build inventories during periods of anticipated growth, they may be left with excess inventories if growth slows or if they incorrectly forecast product transitions. In these cases, PC manufacturers may abruptly suspend substantially all purchases of additional inventory from suppliers like us until their excess inventory has been absorbed, which would have a negative impact on our business.

If our products do not continue to be adopted by the consumer and enterprise desktop PC, notebook PC, workstation, PDA, cellular handheld devices, and video game console markets or if the demand in these markets for new and innovative products decreases, our business and operating results would suffer.
Our success depends in part upon continued broad adoption of our processors for 3D graphics and multimedia in consumer and enterprise PC, notebook PC, workstation, PDA, cellular handheld devices, and video game console applications. The market for processors has been characterized by unpredictable and sometimes rapid shifts in the popularity of products, often caused by the publication of competitive industry benchmark results, changes in pricing of dynamic random-access memory devices and other changes in the total system cost of add-in boards, as well as by severe price competition and by frequent new technology and product introductions. Broad market acceptance is difficult to achieve and such market acceptance, if achieved, is difficult to sustain due to intense competition and frequent new technology and product introductions. Our GPU and MCP businesses together comprised over 74.8% and 76.7% of revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 and fiscal year 2007. As such, our financial results would suffer if for any reason our current or future GPUs or MCPs do not continue to achieve widespread adoption by the PC market. If we are unable to complete the timely development of products or if we were unable to successfully and cost-effectively manufacture and deliver products that meet the requirements of the consumer and enterprise PC, notebook, workstation, PDA, cellular phone, and video game console markets, we may experience a decrease in revenue which could negatively impact our operating results. Additionally, there can be no assurance that the industry will continue to demand new products with improved standards, features or performance. If our customers, OEMs, ODMs, add-in-card and motherboard manufacturers, system builders and consumer electronics companies, do not continue to design products that require more advanced or efficient processors and/or the market does not continue to demand new products with increased performance, features, functionality or standards, sales of our products could decline.
Our failure to comply with any applicable environmental regulations could result in a range of consequences, including fines, suspension of production, excess inventory, sales limitations, and criminal and civil liabilities.
We may be subject to various state, federal and international laws and regulations governing the environment, including restricting the presence of certain substances in electronic products and making producers of those products financially responsible for the collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of those products. The European Union Directive on Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, or RoHS Directive, is European legislation that restricts the use of a number of substances, including lead, and other hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment in the market in the European Union which became effective on July 1, 2006. Similarly, the State of California has adopted certain restrictions, which go into effect in 2007, that restrict the use of certain materials in electronic products, which are intended to harmonize with the RoHS directive and other states are contemplating similar legislation. China has adopted similar legislation to the RoHS directive which began to go into effect on March 1, 2007.

Also, we could face significant costs and liabilities in connection with the European Union Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, or WEEE. The WEEE directs members of the European Union to enact laws, regulations, and administrative provisions to ensure that producers of electric and electronic equipment are financially responsible for the collection, recycling, treatment and environmentally responsible disposal of certain products sold into the market after August 15, 2005. Implementation in certain European Union member states has been delayed into 2007. Similar legislation has been or may be enacted in other jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Japan, the cumulative impact of which could be significant. We continue to evaluate the impact of specific registration and compliance activities required by WEEE.
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It is possible that unanticipated supply shortages, delays or excess non-compliant inventory may occur as a result of such regulations. Failure to comply with any applicable environmental regulations could result in a range of consequences including costs, fines, suspension of production, excess inventory, sales limitations, criminal and civil liabilities and could impact our ability to conduct business in the countries that have adopted these types of regulations.

We are exposed to fluctuations in the market values of our portfolio investments and in interest rates.
At April 29, 2007 and January 28, 2007, we had $1.3 billion and $1.1 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. We invest our cash in a variety of financial instruments, consisting principally of investments in commercial paper, money market funds and highly liquid debt securities of corporations, municipalities and the United States government and its agencies. These investments are denominated in U.S. dollars.
We account for our investment instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, or SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. All of the cash equivalents and marketable securities are treated as “available-for-sale” under SFAS No. 115. Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate debt securities may have their market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates or if the decline in fair value of our publicly traded equity investments is judged to be other-than-temporary. We may suffer losses in principal if we are forced to sell securities that decline in market value due to changes in interest rates. However, because any debt securities we hold are classified as “available-for-sale,” no gains or losses are recognized due to changes in interest rates unless such securities are sold prior to maturity.

Our business is cyclical in nature and an industry downturn could harm our financial results.
Our business is directly affected by market conditions in the highly cyclical semiconductor industry, including alternating periods of overcapacity and capacity constraints, variations in manufacturing costs and yields, significant expenditures for capital equipment and product development and rapid technological change. If we are unable to respond to changes in our industry, which can be unpredictable and rapid, in an efficient and timely manner, our operating results could suffer. In particular, from time to time, the semiconductor industry has experienced significant and sometimes prolonged downturns characterized by diminished product demand and accelerated erosion of average selling prices. If we cannot take appropriate actions such as reducing our manufacturing or operating costs to sufficiently offset declines in demand during a downturn, our revenue and earnings will suffer.
Political instability in Taiwan and in The People’s Republic of China or elsewhere could harm our business.
Because of our reliance on foundries and independent contractors located in Taiwan and The People’s Republic of China, and because we have offices in these locations, our business may be harmed by political instability in Taiwan, including the worsening of the strained relations between The People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.

Risks Related to Government Action, Regulatory Action, Intellectual Property, and Litigation

The pending investigation by the United States Department of Justice regarding investigation into the market for Graphics Processors could adversely affect our business.

On November 29, 2006, we received a subpoena from the San Francisco Office of the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, or DOJ, in connection with the DOJ's investigation into potential antitrust violations related to graphics processing units and cards. No specific allegations have been made against us. We are cooperating with the DOJ in its investigation. As of May 14, 2007, 51 civil complaints have been filed against us. The majority of our complaints were filed in the Northern District of California, several were filed in the Central District of California, and other cases were filed in several other Federal district courts. Although the complaints differ, they generally purport to assert federal and state antitrust claims based on alleged price fixing, market allocation, and other alleged anti-competitive agreements between us and AMD, as a result of its acquisition of ATI. Many of the cases also assert a variety of state law unfair competition or consumer protection claims on the same allegations and some cases assert unjust enrichment or other common law claims. The complaints are putative class actions alleging classes of direct and/or indirect purchasers of our graphic processing units and cards. The plaintiffs in a few of the Northern District of California actions have filed a motion with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, or JPML, asking that all pending and subsequent cases be consolidated in one court for all pre-trial discovery and motion practice. A hearing on this motion took place on March 29, 2007. The JPML subsequently granted the motion and conditionally transferred all of the actions currently pending outside of the Northern District of California to the Northern District of California for coordination of pretrial proceedings. An initial case management conference for the coordinated cases is scheduled to be held on May 24, 2007. We believe the allegations in the complaints are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the cases. Costs of defense and any damages resulting from a ruling against us or a settlement of the litigation could adversely affect our business.
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Expensing employee stock options materially and adversely affects our reported operating results and could also adversely affect our competitive position.

Since inception, we have used stock options and our employee stock purchase program as fundamental components of our compensation packages. We believe that these incentives directly motivate our employees and, through the use of vesting, encourages our employees to remain with us. As a result of adjustments arising from our restatement related to stock option grant dates, our operating results for fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2007 contain recorded amounts of stock-based compensation expense. For our fiscal 2000 through 2006, this stock-based compensation expense was calculated using primarily the intrinsic value-based method under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, or APB 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and related interpretations.

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued SFAS No. 123(R) which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based compensation payments.  SFAS No. 123(R) requires that we record compensation expense for stock options and our employee stock purchase plan using the fair value of those awards. During the first quarter of fiscal years 2008 and 2007 we recorded $37.4 million and $22.2 million, respectively, related to non-cash stock-based compensation, resulting from our compliance with SFAS 123 (R), which negatively impacted our operating results. We believe that SFAS No. 123(R) will continue to negatively impact our operating results.

To the extent that SFAS No. 123(R) makes it more expensive to grant stock options or to continue to have an employee stock purchase program, we may decide to incur increased cash compensation costs. In addition, actions that we may take to reduce stock-based compensation expense that may be more severe than any actions our competitors may implement may make it difficult to attract retain and motivate employees, which could adversely affect our competitive position as well as our business and operating results.

We are a party to litigation, which, if determined adversely to us, could harm our business and financial condition.

We are a party to litigation. There can be no assurance that actions that have been brought against us or any brought by us will be resolved in our favor. Any claim that is successfully asserted against us may cause us to pay substantial damages and other related fees. Regardless of whether these lawsuits are resolved in our favor or if we are the plaintiff or the defendant in the litigation, any lawsuits to which we are a party will likely be expensive and time consuming to defend or resolve. Such lawsuits could also harm our relationships with existing customers and result in the diversion of management’s time and attention away from business operations, which could harm our business. Costs of defense and any damages resulting from litigation a ruling against us or a settlement of the litigation could adversely affect our cash flow and financial results.

Our ability to compete will be harmed if we are unable to adequately protect our intellectual property.
    We rely primarily on a combination of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements, and licensing arrangements to protect our intellectual property in the United States and internationally. We have numerous patents issued, allowed and pending in the United States and in foreign countries. Our patents and pending patent applications primarily relate to technology used by us in connection with our products. We also rely on international treaties and organizations and foreign laws to protect our intellectual property. The laws of certain foreign countries in which our products are or may be manufactured or sold, including various countries in Asia, may not protect our products or intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. This makes the possibility of piracy of our technology and products more likely. We continuously assess whether and where to seek formal protection for particular innovations and technologies based on such factors as: 
·  the commercial significance of our operations and our competitors’ operations in particular countries and regions; 
·  the location in which our products are manufactured;  
·  our strategic technology or product directions in different countries; and  
·  the degree to which intellectual property laws exist and are meaningfully enforced in different jurisdictions. 
Our pending patent applications and any future applications may not be approved. In addition, any issued patents may not provide us with competitive advantages or may be challenged by third parties. The enforcement of patents by others may harm our ability to conduct our business. Others may independently develop substantially equivalent intellectual property or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or intellectual property. Our failure to effectively protect our intellectual property could harm our business. We have licensed technology from third parties for incorporation in our digital media processors and for defensive reasons, and expect to continue to enter into such license agreements. These licenses may result in royalty payments to third parties, the cross licensing of technology by us or payment of other consideration. If these arrangements are not concluded on commercially reasonable terms, our business could suffer.
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Litigation to defend against alleged infringement of intellectual property rights or to enforce our intellectual property rights and the outcome of such litigation could result in substantial costs to us.
We expect that as the number of issued hardware and software patents increases and as competition intensifies, the volume of intellectual property infringement claims and lawsuits may increase. We may become involved in lawsuits or other legal proceedings alleging patent infringement or other intellectual property rights violations by us or by our customers that we have agreed to indemnify them for certain claims of infringement arising out of the sale of our products to these customers. An unfavorable ruling could include significant damages, invalidation of a patent or family of patents, indemnification of customers, payment of lost profits, or, when it has been sought, injunctive relief.

In addition, we may need to commence litigation or other legal proceedings in order to:
·  assert claims of infringement of our intellectual property;
·  enforce our patents;
·  protect our trade secrets or know-how; or
·  determine the enforceability, scope and validity of the propriety rights of others.
If we have to initiate litigation in order to protect our intellectual property, our operating expenses may increase which could negatively impact our operating results. Our failure to effectively protect our intellectual property could harm our business.

If infringement claims are made against us or we are found to infringe a third parties’ patent, we may seek licenses under the third parties’ patents or other intellectual property rights. In addition, an indemnified customer may be required to obtain a license to a third parties’ patents or intellectual property. However, licenses may not be offered to us at all or on terms acceptable to us, particularly by competitors. If we fail to obtain a license from a third party for technology that we use or that is used in one of our products used by an indemnified customer, we could be subject to substantial liabilities or have to suspend or discontinue the manufacture and sale of one or more of our products either of which could reduce our revenue and harm our business. Furthermore, the indemnification of a customer may increase our operating expenses which could negatively impact our operating results.

Our operating results may be adversely affected if we are subject to unexpected tax liabilities.
We are subject to taxation by a number of taxing authorities both in the United States and throughout the world. Tax rates vary among the jurisdictions in which we operate. Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for our income taxes as there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although we believe our tax estimates are reasonable, any of the below could cause our effective tax rate to be materially different than that which is reflected in historical income tax provisions and accruals:

·  the jurisdictions in which profits are determined to be earned and taxed;
·  adjustments to estimated taxes upon finalization of various tax returns;
·  changes in available tax credits;
·  changes in share-based compensation expense;
·  changes in tax laws, the interpretation of tax laws either in the United States or abroad or the issuance of new interpretative accounting guidance related to uncertain transactions and calculations where the tax treatment was previously uncertain; and
·  the resolution of issues arising from tax audits with various tax authorities.

Should additional taxes be assessed as a result of any of the above, our operating results could be adversely affected. In addition, our future effective tax rate could be adversely affected by changes in the mix of earnings in countries with differing statutory tax rates, changes in tax laws or changes in the interpretation of tax laws.
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While we believe that we currently have adequate internal control over financial reporting, we are exposed to risks from legislation requiring companies to evaluate those internal controls.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires our management to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm to attest to, the effectiveness of our internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. We have an ongoing program to perform the system and process evaluation and testing necessary to comply with these requirements. However, the manner in which companies and their independent public accounting firms apply these requirements and testing companies’ internal controls, remains subject to some uncertainty. To date, we have incurred, and we expect to continue to incur increased expense and to devote additional management resources to Section 404 compliance. Despite our efforts, if we identify a material weakness in internal controls, there can be no assurance that we will be able to remediate such material weakness identified in a timely manner, or that we will be able to maintain all of the controls necessary to determine that our internal control over financial reporting is effective. In the event that our chief executive officer, chief financial officer or our independent registered public accounting firm determine that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective as defined under Section 404, investor perceptions of us may be adversely affected and could cause a decline in the market price of our stock.
Changes in financial accounting standards or interpretations of existing standards could affect our reported results of operations.
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles. These principles are constantly subject to review and interpretation by the SEC and various bodies formed to interpret and create appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even retroactively affect previously reported transactions.

Risks Related to our Common Stock
Provisions in our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws and our agreement with Microsoft could delay or prevent a change in control.
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. These provisions include the following:
·  the ability of the Board to create and issue preferred stock without prior stockholder approval; 
·  the prohibition of stockholder action by written consent;
·  a classified Board; and
·  advance notice requirements for director nominations and stockholder proposals.

On March 5, 2000, we entered into an agreement with Microsoft in which we agreed to develop and sell graphics chips and to license certain technology to Microsoft and its licensees for use in the Xbox. Under the agreement, if an individual or corporation makes an offer to purchase shares equal to or greater than 30% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, Microsoft may have first and last rights of refusal to purchase the stock. The Microsoft provision and the other factors listed above could also delay or prevent a change in control of NVIDIA.
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
During fiscal year 2005, we announced that our Board of Directors, or Board, had authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of our common stock, subject to certain specifications, up to an aggregate maximum amount of $300 million. During fiscal year 2007, we announced that our Board had approved a $400 million increase to the original stock repurchase program. Subsequently, on May 21, 2007, we announced a stock repurchase program under which we may purchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock over a three year period through May 2010. As a result of these increases, we have an ongoing authorization from the Board, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an aggregate maximum amount of $1.7 billion. 

The repurchases will be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in structured stock repurchase programs, and may be made in one or more larger repurchases, in compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, Rule 10b-18, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other factors. The program does not obligate NVIDIA to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be suspended at any time at our discretion. As part of our share repurchase program, we have entered into, and we may continue to enter into, structured share repurchase transactions with financial institutions. These agreements generally require that we make an up-front payment in exchange for the right to receive a fixed number of shares of our common stock upon execution of the agreement, and a potential incremental number of shares of our common stock, within a pre-determined range, at the end of the term of the agreement.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, we entered into a structured share repurchase transaction to repurchase 4.0 million shares of our common stock for $125.0 million, which we recorded on the trade date of each transaction. Through April 29, 2007, we have repurchased 31.4 million shares under our stock repurchase program for a total cost of $613.1 million.

Period
Total Number of Shares Purchased
  
 Average Price Paid per Share
  
 Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans of Programs
  
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
January 29, 2007 - February 25, 2007 -   $-    -   211,869,417 
February 26, 2007 - March 25, 2007 -   $-    -   211,869,417 
March 26, 2006 - April 29, 2007 3,958,555 
(3
)
$31.58 
(2
)
 3,958,555 
(3
)
86,869,417 
Total 3,958,555   $31.58    3,958,555     
(1)On August 9, 2004, we announced that our Board had authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of our common stock, subject to certain specifications, up to an aggregate maximum amount of $300.0 million. On March 6, 2006, we announced that the Board had approved a $400.0 million increase to the original stock repurchase program. Subsequently, on May 21, 2007, we announced a stock repurhaserepurchase program under which we may purchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock over a three year period through May 2010. As a result of these increases, we have an ongoing authorization from the Board, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an aggregate maximum amount of $1.7 billion on the open market, in negotiated transactions or through structured stock repurchase agreements that may be made in one or more larger repurchases.
(2) Represents weighted average price paid per share during the quarter ended April 29, 2007.27, 2008.
(3) As part of our share repurchase program, we have entered into and we may continue to enter into structured share repurchase transactions with financial institutions. During the first quarter of fiscal yearthree months ended April 27, 2008, we entered into a structured share repurchase transaction to repurchase 6.3 million shares for $123.9 million, which we recorded on the trade date of our common stock for $125.0 million.the transaction.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable.    None.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matters were submitted to a vote of our security holders during the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.

None.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

    
None.


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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
 
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT INDEX

  
Incorporated by Reference
 Exhibit No.
 Exhibit Description
Schedule/Form
File Number
Exhibit
Filing Date
      
10.22Fiscal Year 2008 Variable Compensation Plan8-K0-2398510.14/5/2007
      
10.232007 Equity Incentive Plan8-K0-2398510.14/30/2007
      
31.1*Certification of Chief Executive Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    
      
31.2*Certification of Chief Financial Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    
      
32.1#*Certification of Chief Executive Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    
      
32.2#*Certification of Chief Financial Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    
      Incorporated by Reference
 Exhibit No.  Exhibit Description Schedule/Form File Number  Exhibit Filing Date
              
 10.1+ Fiscal Year 2009 Variable Compensation Plan Form 8-K  0-23985   10.1 4/21/2008
                
 10.2*+ NVIDIA Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated           
                
 10.3* Amended and Restated Agreement of Purchase and Sale by and between Harvest-Granite San Tomas LLC and Harvest 2400, LLC dated January 31, 2008           
                
 31.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934           
                
 31.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934           
                
 32.1#* Certification of Chief Executive Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934           
                
 32.2#* Certification of Chief Financial Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934                    
    *  Filed Herewith
    + Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
    #  In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K and SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986, Final Rule: Management’s Reports on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Certification of Disclosure in Exchange Act Periodic Reports, the certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 hereto are deemed to accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.
 
Copies of above exhibits not contained herein are available to any stockholder upon written request to:
Investor Relations: NVIDIA Corporation, 2701 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95050.
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 Date: May 24, 200722, 2008 
NVIDIA Corporation
    By:
/s/ MARVIN D. BURKETT 
 Marvin D. Burkett
 (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

  
Incorporated by Reference
 Exhibit No.
 Exhibit Description
Schedule/Form
File Number
Exhibit
Filing Date
      
10.22Fiscal Year 2008 Variable Compensation Plan8-K0-2398510.14/5/2007
      
10.232007 Equity Incentive Plan8-K0-2398510.14/30/2007
      
31.1*Certification of Chief Executive Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    
      
31.2*Certification of Chief Financial Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    
      
32.1#*Certification of Chief Executive Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    
      
32.2#*Certification of Chief Financial Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    
      Incorporated by Reference
 Exhibit No.  Exhibit Description Schedule/Form File Number  Exhibit Filing Date
              
 10.1+ Fiscal Year 2009 Variable Compensation Plan Form 8-K  0-23985   10.1 4/21/2008
                
 10.2*+ NVIDIA Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated           
                
 10.3* Amended and Restated Agreement of Purchase and Sale by and between Harvest-Granite San Tomas LLC and Harvest 2400, LLC dated January 31, 2008           
                
 31.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934           
                
 31.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934           
                
 32.1#* Certification of Chief Executive Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934           
                
 32.2#* Certification of Chief Financial Officer as required by Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934           
    *  Filed Herewith
    + Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
    #  In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K and SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986, Final Rule: Management’s Reports on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Certification of Disclosure in Exchange Act Periodic Reports, the certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 hereto are deemed to accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.
 

Copies of above exhibits not contained herein are available to any stockholder upon written request to:
Investor Relations: NVIDIA Corporation, 2701 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95050.