| Business Summary | | Sigma
Designs,
Inc.
provides
digital
video
decoding
solutions
for
applications
in
full-screen
full-motion
video
streaming
and
Digital
Versatile
Disk
(DVD)
playback.
The
Company
designs,
manufactures
using
subcontractors
and
market
digital
video
decoding
products
for
use
with
personal
computers
and
other
consumer
information
appliances.
The
emergence
of
digital
video
technology
in
the
personal
computer
(PC)
market
has
dramatically
changed
the
way
in
which
users
interact
with
computers.
Digital
video
integrates
different
elements,
such
as
sound,
video,
and
Web
browsing
to
enhance
the
computing
experience
and
deliver
a
heightened
sense
of
realism.
The
Company's
REALmagic
product
line
incorporates
Moving
Picture
Experts
Group
(MPEG)
technology. | More
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| Financial Summary | | Sigma
Designs,
Inc.
designs,
manufactures
and
markets
multimedia
computer
devices
and
products
for
use
with
personal
computer.
For
the
three
months
ended
4/30/01,
revenues
fell
69%
to
$3.2
million.
Net
loss
totaled
$2.6
million
vs.
an
income
of
$189
thousand.
Revenues
reflect
a
decline
in
sales
in
the
PC
upgrade
market.
Net
loss
reflects
increased
headcount
associated
with
the
expansion
of
product
marketing
and
sales
development
and
additional
engineering
staff. Recent Earnings Announcement For
the
3
months
ended
07/31/2001,
revenues
were
2,982;
after
tax
earnings
were
-2,610. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.) | More
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Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| Thinh Tran, 47 Chairman,
Pres and CEO | $256K | -- | Kit Tsui, 51 CFO,
Chief Accounting Officer, Sec. | 109K | $6.3K | Silvio Perich, 52 Sr.
VP- Worldwide Sales | 215K | -- | Jacques Martinella, 45 VP-Engineering | 222K | -- | Kenneth Lowe, 45 VP-Bus.
Devel. | 105K | -- | Dollar amounts are as of 31-Jan-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
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