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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K

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  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004

OR

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

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission File Number: 0-30539


TVIA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
              
77-0549628
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)

 
              
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
4001 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054
              
(408) 982-8588
(Address of principal executive offices)
              
(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)
 

Securities registered to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required 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 [  ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes [  ] No [X]

The aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates (based upon the closing sale price on the Nasdaq National Market on May 28, 2004 was approximately $29,814,267.

As of May 28, 2004, there were 22,914,389 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 per share par value, outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Items 10 (as to directors and Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance), 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III incorporate by reference information from the registrant’s proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the registrant’s 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on August 3, 2004.





TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2004 FORM 10-K


 
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PART I
                             
Item 1. Business
                    1    
Item 2. Properties
                    7    
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
                    7    
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
                    7    
PART II
                             
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
                    9    
Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
                    9    
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
                    11    
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
                    25    
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
                    27    
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
                    46    
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
                    46    
PART III
                             
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
                    46    
Item 11. Executive Compensation
                    47    
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholders Matters
                    47    
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
                    48    
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
                    48    
PART IV
                             
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K
                    48    
 

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PART I

Item 1. Business

When used in this Report, the words “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “plans,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These are statements that relate to future periods and include statements as to the benefits of our China subsidiary, the market for digital televisions, use of silicon in the digital television market, benefits of the Federal Communications Commission’s mandates, market share of different technologies, price of raw materials, growth of the advanced television market, the Company’s anticipated revenues, expenses, gross profit and loss; the features, performance, advantages and anticipated benefits of our products, the importance of customer support, the expertise, industry knowledge and capabilities of our sales and marketing staff, our design support, the importance of design support, continued expenditures on research and development, our ability to migrate to smaller process geometries, the key competitive factors in our target markets, our ability to compete, increasing competition in our markets, sources of competition, our intellectual property, strategy, our ability to protect our intellectual property, our backlog as an indicator of future revenues, the status of our relations with our employees, the adequacy of our existing facilities, our dividend policy and our planned retention of our future earnings. 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, those risks discussed below, as well as risks related to slower than anticipated emergence of the interactive television market; general economic conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders; the loss of a key customer; our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner; the volume of our product sales and pricing concessions on volume sales; the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; the availability and pricing of foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials; insufficient customer support; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels of design integration; the effects of new and emerging technologies; the risks and uncertainties associated with our international operations; changes in our products or customer mix; the risk that excess inventory may result in write-offs, price erosion and decreased demand; the level of orders received that can be shipped in a fiscal quarter; and the risks set forth below under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Factors That May Affect Results.” These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

This report contains statistical data that we obtained from industry publications and reports generated by DisplaySearch in April 2004. These industry publications generally indicate that they have obtained their information sources believed to be reliable, but do not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of their information. Although we believe that the publications are reliable, we have not independently verified their data.

All references to “Tvia,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” mean Tvia, Inc. and its subsidiary, except where it is made clear that the term means only the parent company.

We own various trademarks and trade names used in our business. These include CyberPro, FlexiBus, Tvia and the Tvia logo. Other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

History

We were originally incorporated in California as Integraphics Systems, Inc. in March 1993. We changed our name to IGS Technologies in August 1997. In March 2000, we changed our name to Tvia, Inc. In August 2000, we reincorporated in Delaware. Tvia operates in one principal industry segment.

Our subsidiary in Hefei, People’s Republic of China, had 114 employees as of March 31, 2004, including 73 employees in research and development. This facility handles our operations and testing, and performs sales and marketing, in addition to research and development activities. Our market focus is centered on the Asia Pacific

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region, including China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. We believe our Hefei subsidiary affords a cost effective means for us to develop products and supports for our extensive hardware and software alliances. Our subsidiary also gives us a presence in the China market.

Overview

We have historically designed, developed and marketed multi-media display processors for the advanced television and emerging display markets. Our multi-media display processors accept video, graphics and audio signals from terrestrial broadcast, narrow band telephone lines, cable, satellite and the Ethernet and blend them together on one or more displays for a high quality, customized and interactive viewing experience.

We recently changed our focus to designing, developing and marketing our display processors for the interactive-television market as well as a family of flexible, high-quality display processors tailored to the Asia Pacific television manufacturers creating next-generation digital liquid crystal display, or LCD, high definition or HD, and progressive-scan televisions.

We currently offer five product families: the TrueView 5700 family, introduced in calendar year 2004; the CyberPro 5600 family, introduced in calendar year 2003; the CyberPro 5202 family, introduced in calendar year 2002; the CyberPro 5300 family, introduced in calendar year 1999; and the CyberPro 5000 family, introduced in calendar year 1998. These product families currently generate most of our revenues. We sell our products through two channels. First, we sell our products directly to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and recognize revenues at the time of shipment to these OEMs. Finally, we sell our products to a number of distributors. We defer recognition of revenues for sales to our distributors until they have sold our products to end-users. We also generate revenues from licensing software which we believe will continue to constitute a small percentage of total revenues in the future.

Industry Background

There are more than 2 billion standard analog televisions in the world today. Over the next decade, we anticipate that digital television, or DTV, penetration will increase from less than 5 percent in 2003 to more than 50 percent by 2010. We believe this rare, mass-scale global technology expansion will produce unique opportunities for superior silicon revenue growth.

In January 2003, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, issued a mandate that 50 percent of televisions 36 inches and larger must have integrated digital capability by July 2004 and 100 percent a year later. The mandate also requires that all new televisions 13 inches and larger sold after July 1, 2007 comply with this mandate. Several technologies are competing for a share of the DTV market including cathode ray tube, or CRT, digital light processing, or DLP, liquid crystal on silicon, or LCoS, plasma displays, or PDP, and LCD. Presently CRT and DLP are the early price and performance leaders but, in the long term, many expect LCD to emerge as the dominant technology in the 20”- 40” market which accounts for approximately 80 percent of the television market.

According to the market-research firm DisplaySearch, DTV is expected to follow a similar path to that of digital video disks, or DVD. DVD players have enjoyed rapid acceptance over the last few years. There are several factors that have contributed to the success of the DVD player, including ubiquitous content, smaller form factor, improved audio and visual quality and falling prices, a by-product of silicon integration. By comparison, the DTV market is small, but rapidly increasing. Based on current market conditions, we believe DTV unit shipments will increase over the next four years from 20 million in 2004 to 53 million in 2007.

DTV growth drivers will largely mirror those of DVD players. Importantly, two of the largest components of DTV are glass and silicon, which we expect to drop materially in price over the next few years due to new capacity and better integration.

Industry analysts define advanced television, or ATV, or digital displays, as displays that do not contain a digital tuner and integrated MPEG-2 decoder. In the case of LCD televisions, they tune and receive analog video signals and, through enhanced the use of silicon-based processes such as 3D digital comb filtering and de-interlacing, significantly enhance the content so that it approaches the quality of DTV. At the higher price points, the LCD televisions may include add-in board slots for DTV tuners and MPEG-2 decoders.

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According to DisplaySearch, ATVs, which include thin-film-transistor LCD, PDP, and most projection televisions (LCoS and DLP), are expected to grow from 6 million units in 2003 to 47 million units in 2007. This favorably compares to the CRT television market that is expected to decrease from 133 million units in 2003 to 116 million units in 2007.

Within the emerging ATV market, LCD television is the largest and fastest growing sub-segment. Moreover, LCD televisions best illustrate the near-term silicon opportunity resulting from the transition to digital video through the use of silicon. LCD televisions principally receive analog television broadcasts and employ analog interfaces, yet they are incapable of scanning video in an interlaced manner. Interlaced video means that only half the image is scanned in or at any given frame or moment and as such, a viewer is only seeing half an image comprised of either odd or evenly scanned lines. LCDs only scan video progressively, and are fed interlaced or nonprogressive with poor quality analog video signals or are fed digital signals through analog interfaces. As a result, they require silicon de-interlacers. A good de-interlacer either combines the odd and evenly scanned lines as one image or intelligently doubles the alternating scan line, in an effort to clean up the progressively scanned image. Without a good de-interlacing chip, the LCD monitor will robotically fill in missing lines by unintelligently doubling what is scanned. Non-intelligent line doubling or dumb de-interlacing, often results in a poor video image.

Our Solution

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  We believe our display processors provide high quality, efficient silicon de-interlacing and scaling cores that allow our customers to produce high-quality progressive scan CRT television and LCD television at an attractive price.

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  We believe our display processors, software and reference design and design support enable our OEM customers to accelerate their time to market by reducing their systems engineering development. Our engineers work closely with our customers’ engineers to facilitate systems design. These benefits enable our OEM customers to bring products with rich features and differentiated systems to market quickly.

Products

Our products are based on advanced architecture integrated circuits and system designs that provide real time, cost effective and high quality display processing. We currently offer five product families: the TrueView 5700 family, introduced in calendar year 2004; the CyberPro 5600 family, introduced in calendar year 2003; the CyberPro 5202 family, introduced in calendar year 2002; the CyberPro 5300 family, introduced in calendar year 1999; and the CyberPro 5000 family, introduced in calendar year 1998. Our semiconductor solutions include different features, which OEMs can select for inclusion in their products.

The TrueView 5700 is a low pin count, low-cost, highly integrated digital video image display processor providing the key features necessary to design progressive scan CRT television.

The CyberPro5600 supports the evolution of the LCD monitor from a simple screen to an advanced display with multiple and varied applications. Web-pads, in-flight entertainment system, and info-tainment system displays that can process enhanced picture-in-picture and multiple source capabilities with the CyberPro 5600. Features that are optimized specifically for LCD’s include superior de-interlacing, advanced scaler performance and exceptional alpha blending of up to three independent media streams.

The CyberPro 5202 incorporates all the features of our CyberPro 5000, 5005, 5050 and 5055 products. In addition, a 24-bit digital interface directly supports liquid crystal displays, or LCD, and other digital interfaces. Enhanced, flexible alpha-blending capabilities allow overlay of different windows with programmable levels of opacity. Two advanced television encoders allow the user to configure the recording picture in personal video recorder, or PVR, applications. The processor maintains crisp text presentation, even as the opacity of the window is varied. The CyberPro 5202 is designed for displays to multiple devices such as traditional cathode ray tube televisions, advanced televisions, panel displays, emerging interactive displays and LCD products.

The CyberPro 5300 is the first product in the CyberPro 5300 family designed for broadband set-top boxes that require 3D animation, 3D effects or 3D graphics processing capability.

The CyberPro 5305, 5350 and 5355 are similar to our CyberPro 5005, 5050 and 5055 products, but also provide 3D animation, 3D effects or 3D graphics processing capability.

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The CyberPro 5000 is the first product of the CyberPro 5000 family designed for broadband digital set-top boxes and advanced televisions. The CyberPro 5000 has enhanced text, graphics and video processing engines. It also includes two video ports for two simultaneous video streams, high picture quality of broadband video on television, hardware magnified view of web pages on television and a flexible transparency algorithm for blending multiple video, text, graphics, pictures and animation on screen.

The CyberPro 5005 is designed for broadband set-top boxes and advanced televisions with Internet and DVD capability. In addition to CyberPro 5000 features, the 5005 provides MacroVision encryption for copy protection.

The CyberPro 5050 is designed for broadband set-top boxes and advanced televisions that have integrated audio capability. Additional features include an audio digital signal processor engine with audio synthesis, MIDI, I2S, PCM and stereo audio.

The CyberPro 5055 combines all of the features of our CyberPro 5000, 5005 and 5050 products. The CyberPro 5055 provides a solution for broadband set-top boxes and advanced televisions that process multiple media streams including DVD and full duplex audio.

Customers

We target customers in the advanced television and emerging interactive display markets. We began to focus on the emerging interactive display market in 1997, and later expanded our focus to include the advanced television markets. The majority of our sales in fiscal 2004 were to the broadband set-top box market portion of the emerging interactive display market, primarily for video-on-demand applications. In prior years, the majority of our sales were to the emerging interactive display market. Many of our customers manufacture or distribute products in more than one of our target markets.

In fiscal 2004, sales to Kanematsu Devices Corporation, SMS Electronics, Ltd., Weikeng Industrial Co., and Fujitsu-Siemens Computers Gmbh represented 15%, 12%, 12% and 10% of revenues, respectively. In fiscal 2003, sales to Siemens Communications Ltd., Kanematsu Devices Corporation and Micro Network Korea Co., Ltd. represented 24%, 17% and 10% of revenues, respectively. In fiscal 2002, sales to Prediwave Corporation and Motorola Broadband accounted for 62% and 14% of revenues, respectively.

In fiscal 2004, sales to customers in the United States, Europe, Taiwan and Japan comprised of 24%, 24%, 18%, and 15% of revenues, respectively. In fiscal 2003, sales to customers in Europe, Taiwan, Japan, the United States and Korea comprised of 35%, 25%, 16%, 14% and 10% of revenues, respectively. In fiscal 2002, sales to customers in the United States and Taiwan comprised 68% and 22% of revenues, respectively.

Sales and Marketing

We sell and market our display processors through our direct sales force, sales representatives and distributors. For our software products, we also use value added resellers and system integrators that package and use our software products for resale as standard products or custom software development services.

Our products are marketed primarily through reference platforms and evaluation kits designed internally and with industry leading microprocessors, real-time operating systems and other strategic partners directly or indirectly through our partners’ channels to OEMs for evaluation and development. These reference platforms and evaluation kits (hardware and software) have proven to be vital to our success in obtaining new design wins. We also promote our products through our website, trade shows, articles, press releases and joint promotions with our strategic partners.

Our personnel work closely with customers, sales representatives and authorized distributors to define product features, performance, price and market timing of new products. We provide technical support and design assistance directly to OEM customers, regardless of the sales channels used. We believe that a high level of customer support is necessary to successfully develop and maintain long-term relationships with our customers. These relationships begin at the design phase and develop, as customer needs change and evolve. We provide support through both on site customer service and remote support from our facilities.

As of March 31, 2004, we employed a sales and marketing force of 11 people. We believe these personnel have the technical expertise and industry knowledge necessary to support a lengthy and complex sales process.

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We also employed four field applications engineers to assist customers in designing, testing and qualifying system designs that incorporate our integrated circuits and software products. We believe that the depth and quality of this design support team are key to improving our customers’ time to market and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. Our direct sales offices are located in Santa Clara, California, Shenzhen and Hefei, People’s Republic of China. All of our sales offices provide hardware and software applications support.

Research and Development

Our research and development efforts are focused on four areas: device architecture and logic design, physical layer design, software development and device testing. As of March 31, 2004, our research and development staff consisted of 88 employees, (15 of whom were located in the United States and 73 of whom were located in the People’s Republic of China). Our research and development efforts have centered on architecture design, streaming media processing modes, high-speed digital and mixed signal design and software.

We conduct research and development at our design centers in Santa Clara, California and Hefei, People’s Republic of China. Our People’s Republic of China facility is located in a science park near Hefei University of Technology, where employee costs are lower than in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Our research and development expenses for fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002 were $6.8 million, $9.0 million and $12.7 million, respectively. Research and development expenses consist mainly of personnel and other costs associated with the development of product designs, process technology, software and programming hardware. We anticipate that we will continue to commit substantial resources to research and development in the future.

Manufacturing

We have adopted a fabless semiconductor manufacturing model and therefore we outsource all of our semiconductor manufacturing and assembly. This approach allows us to focus our resources on the design, development, testing and marketing of our products and significantly reduces our capital requirements. We develop our designs to be compatible with three foundries, United Manufacturing Corporation, or UMC, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, or TSMC, both of which are located in Hsin Chu, Taiwan, and HuaHong NEC located in the People’s Republic of China. This allows us to shift production from one facility to the other in the event of a capacity constraint at one foundry. We currently use 0.35 micron technology for production of our CyberPro 5000, Cyberpro 5600 and Trueview 5700 families. We use 0.3 micron technology for production of our CyberPro 5300 family and 0.18 micron technology for production of our CyperPro 5202 family.

We internally design and optimize digital and analog cells through our physical layer design group. We believe this allows us to reduce the size of the semiconductor and therefore the cost. This also gives us greater control over the quality and reliability of our multi-media display processors.

Assembly of our devices is performed by Advance Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Belling Corp., Ltd. in ShangHai, People’s Republic of China. We may also use Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd., located in Hsin Chu, Taiwan. Final testing is primarily performed by us at our subsidiary in Hefei, People’s Republic of China.

Competition

The semiconductor industry in general, and the market for integrated circuits for advanced televisions and emerging interactive displays, in particular, is highly competitive. We believe we can compete favorably in each of the key competitive factors in our target markets. These factors are:

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  functionality;

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  performance;

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  time to market;

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  price;

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  conformity to industry standards;

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  product road maps; and

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  technical support.

Our current and primary competitors are ATI Technologies, Inc., Broadcom Corporation, Genesis Microchip, Inc., Pixelworks, Inc., Trident Microsystems, Inc. and Silicon Image, Inc. In addition to these competitors, we expect other major semiconductor manufacturers will enter the market as the advanced television and emerging interactive display markets develop. A number of companies, including International Business Machines Corporation, STMicroelectronics N.V., National Semiconductor, Equator Technologies, Inc., LSI Logic and Philips Electronics N.V., have announced that they are developing or plan to introduce competing products in the advanced television and emerging interactive display markets which could result in significant competition. We expect competition to intensify as current competitors expand their product offerings and new competitors enter the market.

Intellectual Property

We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws and contractual restrictions to establish and protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights that we develop and license from others.

We have been granted two United States patents, containing claims covering various aspects of combining digital streams of video and graphics for presentation on an output display and for changing the size of graphic data for presentation on a television output display. We expect to file patent applications as we deem appropriate to protect our technology and products. We cannot be sure that our patent applications will result in the issuance of patents, or that any issued patents will provide commercially significant protection to our technology.

We also license from others certain audio, graphics and semiconductor technology that is incorporated in our semiconductors and certain intellectual property rights. These licenses are perpetual and survive the termination of the agreements under which we obtained such licenses. The protections we receive from others against infringement under the terms of these licensing agreements are limited and we cannot be sure that alternative technology exists.

In July 2000, we entered into an agreement with Hitachi, Ltd., which has developed proprietary technology on system-on-a-chip SH-4 microprocessors , or SH-4. As a result of our agreement, Hitachi licensed to us the right to use this SH-4 technology for system-on-a-chip integration in our products and to manufacture, distribute and sublicense products using the SH-4 technology. In March 2002, we postponed the product related to this technology indefinitely; accordingly, we wrote off $0.5 million of license technology related to this SH-4 technology.

In December 2000, we entered into an agreement with Oak Technology, Inc. or Oak, which has proprietary 3D graphics technology that permits incorporation of the 3D graphics function onto our chips. As a result of our agreement, we were granted the right to use this 3D graphics technology for 3D graphics integration in our products and to manufacture, distribute and sublicense products using the 3D graphics technology.

In April 2001, we amended the agreement with Oak, in order to license Oak’s proprietary MPEG-2 technology that permits the incorporation of MPEG-2 decoding functions onto our chips. As a result of our agreement, we were granted the right to use this MPEG-2 technology for MPEG-2 integration in our products and to manufacture, distribute and sublicense products using the MPEG-2 decoding technology. In December 2003, we postponed the product related to this technology indefinitely; accordingly, we wrote off $1.5 million of license technology related to this MPEG-2 technology.

In July 2003, we sold our software business and software-related assets to MediaTek, Inc. The software assets were developed internally to support our products, including Home IT, advanced digital video broadcasting, MPEG 4 software, SDK software and software drivers. In connection with this transaction, MediaTek granted to us a royalty-free license to continue to use those software assets to support our existing products and fulfill our maintenance obligations to our existing customers.

We attempt to avoid infringing known proprietary rights of third parties in our product development efforts. It is difficult to proceed with certainty in a rapidly evolving technological environment in which there may be numerous patent applications pending, many of which are confidential when filed, with regard to similar technologies. If our products violate third party proprietary rights, we might not be able to obtain licenses to continue offering these products without substantial reengineering. Efforts to undertake this reengineering might not be

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successful, licenses might be unavailable on commercially reasonable terms, if at all, and litigation might not be avoided or settled without substantial expense and damage awards.

CyberPro and Tvia are registered trademarks, and the Tvia logo is a trademark of Tvia in the United States and other jurisdictions.

Backlog

Our sales are made primarily pursuant to standard purchase orders for delivery of products. Due to industry practice which allows customers to cancel or change orders with limited advance notice prior to shipment, we believe that backlog is not a reliable indicator of future revenue levels.

Seasonality

The electronics industry has historically been subject to seasonal and cyclical fluctuations in demand for its products, and this trend may continue in the future. These industry downturns have been, and may continue to be, characterized by diminished product demand, excess manufacturing capacity and subsequent erosion of average selling prices.

Employees

As of March 31, 2004, we had 141 full time employees including 88 engaged in research and development, 11 engaged in sales and marketing, 29 engaged in operations and 13 engaged in general management and administration activities. Of these employees, 27 work in our Santa Clara facility and 114 work at our facility in the People’s Republic of China. Our employees are not represented by any collective bargaining agreement and we have never experienced a work stoppage. We believe our relations with our employees are good.

Available Information

Our internet address is www.tvia.com. We make available free of charge through a hyperlink on its website our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Forms 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the material is furnished to the SEC. Our website and the information contained therein or connected thereto is not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on From 10-K.

Item 2. Properties

Our headquarters, which also serves as our principal administrative, selling, marketing, customer support, applications engineering and product development facility, is located in Santa Clara, California, and consists of one building of approximately 16,500 square feet under a lease that expires in July 2005. We also lease a building located in Hefei, People’s Republic of China of approximately 15,000 square feet under a lease that expires in June 2005 for our research and development operations in China; and a building located in Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China of approximately 2,500 square feet under a lease that expires in November 2004 for our marketing and customer support in China.

We believe our existing facilities are adequate to meet our needs for the near future and that future growth can be accomplished by leasing additional or alternative space on commercially reasonable terms.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

From time to time we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of business. As of the date of this filing, we do not believe that any of the legal proceedings pending against us or, to the best of our knowledge, threatened against us, will have a significant adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Not applicable.

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Executive Officers

The executive officers of the Company are as follows:

Kenny Liu, 50, has served as our Chairman of the Board since January 1995, and as Chief Executive Officer from January 1995 to November 2001. From January 1989 to March 1994, Mr. Liu served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OPTi Inc., a manufacturer of core logic chip sets for the personal computer market. Mr. Liu received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan, an M.S. in Computer Science from Santa Clara University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University.

Eli Porat, 58, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since November 2001and as President since February 2002. Mr. Porat has served as a director of our Company since March 2001. From January 1997 to November 2001, Mr. Porat was Chief Executive Officer of OpenGrid, Inc., a mobile business solutions company. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Porat was Chief Executive Officer of DSP Group, an audio digital signal processing company. From 1972 to 1983, Mr. Porat was with Intel Corporation. Mr. Porat earned a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Arthur Nguyen, 52, has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2003. He joined us as Corporate Controller in October 2000, serving in that position until February 2003. Prior to joining us, he served as Director of Accounting at marchFIRST, an internet consulting company from November 1999 to September 2000. From July 1996 to October 1999, Mr. Nguyen was Chief Financial Officer of Hayward Quartz Technology, Inc., a semiconductor component manufacturer. Mr. Nguyen received a Master in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the California State University — San Bernardino and a B.S. in Business Administration from California State University — Sacramento. Mr. Nguyen is a Certified Public Accountant.

Jhi-Chung Kuo, 51, a cofounder of the Company, has served as our Vice President of Engineering since April 2002. From July 2000 to March 2002, he served as our Chief Technology Officer. From March 1993 to June 2000, Mr. Kuo served as our Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Kuo received a B.S. in Physics from National Central University in Taiwan and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University.

James Tao, 53, has served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing since March 2002. He joined us in June 1997 as Senior Director of Business Development, and served from November 1999 to March 2002 as Vice President of Business Development. From March 1989 to May 1997, Mr. Tao served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Focus Information Systems, a personal computer peripheral product company. Mr. Tao received an M.B.A. in Telecommunication Management from Golden Gate University and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Hawaii.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

The Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”), is traded on the Nasdaq National Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “TVIA”, until December 4, 2002, when it began to trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the same ticker symbol. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the range of high and low sales prices for the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market and SmallCap Market, applicable.


 
         High
     Low
2002 Quarter Ended:
                                                 
June 30
                    1.90              0.88   
September 30
                    0.99              0.45   
December 31
                    0.77              0.47   
2003 Quarter Ended:
                                                 
March 31
                    0.70              0.51   
June 30
                    1.08              0.65   
September 30
                    2.20              1.03   
December 31
                    3.25              1.57   
2004 Quarter Ended:
                                                 
March 31
                    3.30              1.97   
 

As of May 28, 2004, the Common Stock was held by 181 stockholders of record (not including beneficial holders of stock held in street name). The Company has never declared or paid dividends on its capital stock and does not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. The Company currently intends to retain future earnings for the development of its business.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Compensation Plans

Information regarding securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans can be found under Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

During the year ended March 31, 2004, we did not purchase any of the equity securities of Tvia, although we do have two repurchase programs in place.

On November 10, 2001, the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to acquire outstanding common stock in the open market. Under this program, the Board of Directors authorized the acquisition of up to 200,000 of our common stock. This program does not have a stock repurchase maximum amount or an expiration date. As of March 31, 2004, we had acquired 143,700 shares on the open market that we hold as treasury stock. At the March 31, 2004 stock price, the proceeds to be used to acquire up to 56,300 shares of our common stock will have a minimal impact on our current cash, cash equivalent and short-term investment balances.

On August 20, 2002, the Board of Directors authorized an additional stock repurchase program to acquire up to 5 million shares of outstanding common stock in the open market for a maximum of $0.50. This program does not have an expiration date. As of March 31, 2004, we had not repurchased any shares of common stock under this program.

Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data

The selected consolidated financial data set forth below with respect to our consolidated statements of operations data for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, and with respect to our consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2004 and 2003, are derived from our Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes which are included in this Form 10-K. The selected consolidated statements of operations data for the years ended March 31, 2001 and 2000 and our consolidated balance sheet data at March 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this Form 10-K. The data set forth below should

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be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in this Form 10-K.


 
         Year Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
     2001
     2000

 
         (in thousands, except per share data)
 
    
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues:
                                                                                                             
Product sales
                 $ 2,042           $ 1,771           $ 11,342           $ 12,743           $ 6,528   
Development contracts and other
                    267               461               498               701               529    
Total revenues
                    2,309              2,232              11,840              13,444              7,057   
Cost of revenues:
                                                                                                             
Product sales
                    1,235              1,460              8,522              7,650              3,622   
Development contracts and other
                    88               83               109               68               185    
Total cost of revenues
                    1,323              1,543              8,631              7,718              3,807   
Gross profit
                    986               689               3,209              5,726              3,250   
Operating expenses:
                                                                                                             
Research and development
                    6,823              8,983              12,664              6,774              3,390   
Sales, general and administrative
                    2,667              3,545              5,056              5,695              3,370   
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                                  595               1,572              2,701              1,499   
Restructuring costs
                                  950                                              
Total operating expenses
                    9,490              14,073              19,292              15,170              8,259   
Operating loss
                    (8,504 )             (13,384 )             (16,083 )             (9,444 )             (5,009 )  
Other income (expense), net
                                                                                                             
Interest income
                    401               703               1,818              2,105              49    
Interest expense
                    (11 )             (14 )                           (459 )             (1,081 )  
Gain on sale of software business
                    9,075                                                           
Other income (expense), net
                    9,465              689               1,818              1,646              (1,032 )  
Net income (loss) before extraordinary item
                    961               (12,695 )             (14,265 )             (7,798 )             (6,041 )  
Extraordinary item, net of income taxes
                                                              672                  
Income (loss) before taxes
                    961               (12,695 )             (14,265 )             (8,470 )             (6,041 )  
Income taxes
                    25                                                            
Net income (loss)
                    936               (12,695 )             (14,265 )             (8,470 )             6,041   
Dividend related to convertible preferred stock
                                                              671               2,161   
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
                 $ 936            $ (12,695 )          $ (14,265 )          $ (9,141 )          $ (8,202 )  
Basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders before extraordinary item
                 $ 0.04           $ (0.58 )          $ (0.66 )          $ (0.56 )          $ (2.63 )  
Extraordinary item, net of income taxes
                                                              0.05                 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
                 $ 0.04           $ (0.58 )          $ (0.66 )          $ (0.61 )          $ (2.63 )  
Shares used in computing basic net loss per share to common stockholders
                    22,323              21,952              21,631              15,052              3,118   
Shares used in computing diluted net loss per share to common stockholders
                    23,982              21,952              21,631              15,052              3,118   
 

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         Year Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
     2001
     2000

 
         (in thousands, except per share data)
 
    
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
                                                                                                             
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
                 $ 27,206           $ 24,417           $ 35,505           $ 46,682           $ 6,864   
Working capital
                    28,000              24,273              35,979              50,305              5,915   
Total assets
                    31,403              31,193              43,387              57,435              11,368   
Long term liabilities
                                  486                                           2,959   
Redeemable convertible preferred stock
                                                                            16,594   
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
                 $ 30,059           $ 28,766           $ 40,925           $ 53,422           $ (14,266 )  
 

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included elsewhere in this Report.

When used in this discussion, the words “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future periods and include statements as to expected revenues and sources of revenues, future profitability, the reasonableness of our accounting assumptions and estimates, factors that may affect our gross margin, the effect of certain accounting principles on our consolidated financial statements, future sales to key customers, the level of export sales, the level of our research and development expense, development of new products, research and development in China, uses and adequacy of our current cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, the impact of the adoption of accounting pronouncements, reliance on a small number of original equipment manufacturers, future orders of our products, our ability to compete, increasing competition in our markets and our competitors, sales to customers outside of the United States, effect of foreign currency exchange rates, and changes in interest rates, 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, those risks discussed below, as well as risks relating to as slower than anticipated emergence of the interactive television market; the effect of the terrorist attacks in the United States and any resulting conflicts or similar events worldwide on our customers’ demand of our products; the impact of worldwide events on our operations in China; general economic conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address; dependence on a key customer or OEM; the loss of a key customer; decreases in sales to a key OEM; our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner; the volume of our product sales and pricing concessions on volume sales; the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; purchases of capital assets; changes in our products or customer mix; the risk that excess inventory may result in write-offs, price erosion and decreased demand; the level of orders received that can be shipped in a fiscal quarter; the impact of foreign currency exchange rates; and the matters discussed in “Factors that May Affect Results.” These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

Overview

We design, develop and market display processors for the interactive-television market as well as a family of flexible, high-quality display processors tailored to the Asia Pacific television manufacturers creating next-generation digital LCD, HD, and progressive-scan televisions.

We currently offer five product families: the TrueView 5700 family, introduced in calendar year 2004; the CyberPro 5600 family, introduced in calendar year 2003; the CyberPro 5202 family, introduced in calendar year 2002; the CyberPro 5300 family, introduced in calendar year 1999; and the CyberPro 5000 family, introduced in

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calendar year 1998. These product families currently generate most of our revenues. We sell our products through two channels. First, we sell our products directly to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and recognize revenues at the time of shipment to these OEMs. Second, we sell our products to a number of distributors. We defer recognition of revenues for sales to our distributors until they have sold our products to end-users. We also generate revenues from licensing software, which we believe will continue to constitute a small percentage of total revenues in the future.

Historically, a relatively small number of customers and distributors have accounted for a significant portion of our product sales. Our top four customers accounted for 15%, 12%, 12% and 10% of total revenues in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. Our top three customers accounted for 24%, 17% and 10% of total revenues in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003. Our top two customers accounted for 62% and 14% of total revenues in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.

Various factors have affected and may continue to affect our gross margin. These factors include, but are not limited to, our product mix, the position of our products in their respective life cycles, yields and the mix of our product sales and development contracts and other revenues. For example, newly introduced products generally have higher average selling prices and generate higher gross margins. Both average selling prices and the related gross margins typically decline over product life cycles due to competitive pressures and volume price agreements. Our gross margin and operating results in the future may continue to fluctuate as a result of these and other factors.

The sales cycle for the test and evaluation of our products can range from three months to nine months or more, with an additional three to nine months or more before an OEM customer commences volume production of equipment incorporating our products, if ever. Due to these lengthy sales cycles, we may experience a delay between incurring operating expenses and inventory costs and the generation of revenues from design wins.

We have sustained operating losses on a quarterly and annual basis since inception. As of March 31, 2004, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $62.0 million. These losses resulted from significant costs incurred in the planning and development of our technology and services and from significant marketing costs. We anticipate lower revenues for at least the next several quarters as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. We believe that this is due to a slowdown in the interactive television industry caused by a slower than anticipated emergence of the interactive television market, a general industry inventory correction, delay in customer product introductions in order to incorporate additional third-party features, and general economic uncertainty.

In connection with the grant of stock options to employees, we have recorded stock-based compensation charge related to stock options granted below deemed fair market value cumulatively through March 31, 2003 of approximately $6.4 million. This amount represents the difference between the exercise price of these stock option grants and the deemed fair value of the common stock at the time of grant and it was fully amortized through March 31, 2003. There was no stock-based compensation charge in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.

We have a subsidiary in Hefei, People’s Republic of China, which performs final test, sales and research and development, and an office in Shenzen, People’s Republic of China, to provide complete system support including design and integration to our customers.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net revenue and expenses during the reporting period. We regularly evaluate our estimates and assumptions related to allowances for doubtful accounts, sales returns and allowances, inventory reserves, purchased intangible asset valuations, warranty reserves, and other contingencies. We base our estimates and assumptions on historic experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. To the extent there are material differences between our estimates and the actual results, our future results of operations will be affected.

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We believe the following critical accounting policies, among others, affect the significant judgments and estimates we use in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:

•  
  Revenues. We recognize revenues from product sales upon shipment to OEMs and end users provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, title has transferred, collection of resulting receivables is reasonably assured, there are no customer acceptance requirements, and there are no remaining significant obligations. Reserves for sales returns and allowances are recorded at the time of shipment. Our sales to distributors are made under agreements allowing for returns or credits under certain circumstances. We defer recognition of revenue on sales to distributors until products are resold by the distributor to the end user. As part of our revenue recognition policy, we analyze various factors, including a review of specific transactions, historical experience and current market and economic conditions. Changes in judgments on these factors could impact the timing and amount of revenue recognized.

•  
  Receivables. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of customers to make required payments. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances could be required.

•  
  Inventory. We write down our inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs could be required.

•  
  Impairment of Long-Lived Assets. We evaluate long-lived assets used in operations, including purchased intangible assets, when indicators of impairment, such as reductions in demand or significant economic slowdowns in the semiconductor industry, are present. Reviews are performed to determine whether the carrying value of assets is impaired based on comparison to the undiscounted expected future cash flows. If the comparison indicates that there is impairment, the impaired asset is written down to fair value. Impairment is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of those assets. Significant management judgment is required in the forecast of future operating results that is used in the preparation of expected discounted cash flows. It is reasonably possible that the estimates of anticipated future net revenue, the remaining estimated economic life of the products and technologies, or both, could differ from those used to assess the recoverability of these assets. In that event, additional impairment charges or shortened useful lives of certain long-live assets could be required.

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Results of Operations

The following tables set forth, for the periods indicated, certain consolidated statement of operations data reflected as a percentage of revenues. Our results of operations are reported as a single business segment.


 
         Year Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
                                                                     
Revenues:
                                                                     
Product sales
                    88 %             79 %             96 %  
Development contracts and other
                    12               21               4    
Total revenues
                    100               100               100    
 
Cost of revenues:
                                                                     
Product sales
                    53               65               72    
Development contracts and other
                    4               4               1    
Total cost of revenues
                    57               69               73    
Gross profit
                    43               31               27    
 
Operating expenses:
                                                                     
Research and development
                    295               402               107    
Sales, general and administrative
                    116               159               43    
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                                  27               13    
Restructuring expenses
                                  43                  
Total operating expenses
                    411               631               163    
Operating loss
                    (368 )             (600 )             (136 )  
Other income (expense), net
                                                                     
Interest income
                    17               31               15    
Interest expense
                                                   
Gain on sale of software business
                    393                                
Other income (expense), net
                    410               31               15    
Net income (loss) before taxes
                    42               (569 )             (121 )  
Income taxes
                    1                                
Net income (loss)
                    41 %             (569 )%             (121 )%  
 

Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

Revenues. Revenues were $2.3 million, $2.2 million and $11.8 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Revenues were relatively flat in fiscal year 2004 compared to fiscal year 2003, and decreased by $9.6 million from fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2003. These decreases in revenues in fiscal years 2004 and 2003 compared to fiscal 2002 were primarily due to a slower than anticipated emergence of the interactive television market and general economic conditions in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002. We generate most of our revenues from design wins with new OEMs that rely on third-party manufacturers or distributors to provide inventory management and purchasing functions.

Export revenues, consisting primarily of product sales and development contracts to OEMs, sales representatives and distributors in Asia, represented 76%, 86% and 32% of total revenues in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. All export revenues are denominated in United States dollars. We believe export sales will represent a majority of our revenues in the foreseeable future.

Gross margin. Gross margin increased to 43% in fiscal year 2004 compared to 31% in fiscal year 2003 primarily due to lower overhead burden and sale of inventories previously reserved for in fiscal year 2002. The reduction in overhead burden was due to lower headcount and facilities costs. Gross margin increased to 31% in fiscal year 2003 from 27% in fiscal year 2002 resulting from a write off of $2.1 million of slow moving inventory in fiscal year 2002 and from higher margin non-product revenues such as consulting revenue and software.

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Research and development. Research and development expenses include personnel and other costs associated with the development of product designs, process technology, software and programming hardware. Historically, our research and development expenses reflect our continuing efforts to develop and bring to market innovative and cost effective multi-media display processors that process the rich media content available on the broadband network. We are now focusing our research and development efforts on display processors for the interactive television market.

Research and development expenses were $6.8 million, $9.0 million and $12.7 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decrease in research and development expense in absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenues from fiscal 2003 to fiscal 2004 resulted from the sale of our software business unit to MediaTek, Inc. in July 2003, partially offset by a write-off in license technology. The decrease in research and development expenses in absolute dollars from fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2003 resulted primarily from a reduction of our research and development operations in Santa Clara, California. We now employ 88 employees in research and development, of which 15 are located in the United States and 73 are located in the People’s Republic of China, compared to 276 employees in fiscal year 2002. Our research and development activities in the People’s Republic of China provide software and application specific integrated circuit development support to our domestic operations. The costs of our research and development activities in China are substantially lower than the costs of our activities in Santa Clara. In the foreseeable future, we expect research and development expenses in absolute dollars to slightly increase compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 expenses on an annualized basis.

Sales, general and administrative. Sales, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel and other costs associated with the management of our business and with the sale and marketing of our products. Sales, general and administrative expenses were $2.7 million, $3.5 million and $5.1 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The decreases in sales, general and administrative expenses from fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2003 and from fiscal year 2003 to fiscal year 2004 resulted from a reduction in workforce and other cost cutting measures. In a foreseeable future, we expect sales, general and administrative expenses in absolute dollars to be higher. This increase is expected to be primarily associated with the costs of implementing the provisions as required by section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Amortization of deferred stock compensation. We grant stock options to hire, motivate and retain employees. We incurred stock compensation expense of $0.0 million, $0.6 million and $1.6 million for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

Gain on Sale of Software Unit. The Company recorded a gain on a sale of its software business and software-related assets to MediaTek, Inc. in exchange for $10 million in cash in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. Expenses related to this transaction amounted to $.9 million.

Restructuring Charges. During fiscal 2003, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $950,000 relating to a headcount reduction and an operating lease for an abandoned building. The restructuring was recorded to align the cost structure with changing market conditions. The plan resulted in headcount reduction of approximately 49 employees, which was made up of 55% of research and development staff, 23% of operations staff, 16% of general and administrative staff and 6% of sales and marketing staff. The charge in relation to the operating lease of the abandoned building represents the estimated difference between the total non-discounted future sublease income and the non-discounted lease commitments relating to this building. The restructuring plan has been completed as of March 31, 2004.

The following table summarizes the activity associated with the restructuring liabilities (in thousands):


 
         License
Technology
     Leased
Facilities
     Severances
and Benefits
     Total
Balance at March 31, 2002
                 $            $            $            $    
Additions
                    69               162               719               950    
Non-cash charges
                    (69 )                                         (69 )  
Cash charges
                                  (139 )             (719 )             (858 )  
Balance at March 31, 2003
                                  23                             23    
Cash charges
                                  (23 )                              
Balance at March 31,2004
                 $            $            $            $    
 

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Other income (expense), net. Other income (expense), net consists primarily of interest income, interest expense and the gain on sale of software unit. Other income, net was $9.5 million, $0.7 million and $1.8 million for fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Other income, net, generated in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 primarily resulted from a gain of $9.1 million on sale of our software business and software related assets to MediaTek, Inc. Other income, net, generated in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, was primarily a result of interest income earned from our investments. Other income, net was further offset in fiscal years 2003 and 2002 by a lower return on our investments and declining levels of amount of cash and short-term investments.

Provision for income taxes. We are taxed in our jurisdictions of operations based on the extent of taxable income generated in each jurisdiction. For income tax purposes, revenues are attributed to the taxable jurisdiction where the sales transactions generating the revenues were initiated. A provision for income tax for fiscal 2004 was recorded despite of prior years’ net operating losses. This was attributable to the US federal alternative minimum tax applied on the gain of the software business unit. We incurred operating losses for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, and therefore made no provision for income tax in these fiscal years. As of March 31, 2004, we had federal and state net cumulative operating losses of approximately $44 million and $16 million, respectively, which are available to offset future taxable income. If not used, these net operating losses will expire through 2024 and 2014, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, net cash used in operating activities was $5.4 million, primarily due to operating loss of $8.5 million, a decrease in accrued expenses and accounts payable of $0.7 million, partially offset by a gain on sale of software unit of $9.1 million and non-cash expenses of $3.0 million and a decrease of $0.5 million in inventories. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, net cash used in operating activities was $10.5 million, primarily due to net loss of $12.7 million, a decrease in accrued expenses and accounts payable of $0.9 million and an increase in accounts receivable of $0.2 million, partially offset by non-cash expenses of $2.0 million and decreases of $0.8 million and $0.5 million in prepaid expenses and other current assets, and inventories, respectively. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002, net cash used in operating activities was $8.0 million, primarily due to net loss of $14.3 million, a decrease in accrued expenses of $1.1 million, partially offset by non-cash expenses of $3.2 million and decreases of $1.8 million and $2.8 million in accounts receivable and inventories, respectively.

Cash flows used in investing activities were $2.4 million in the fiscal year 2004 compared to cash flows provided by investing activities of $15.3 million in fiscal year 2003. This decrease was primarily due to the purchase of investments offset by the proceeds from the sale of the software unit. Cash flows provided by investing activities were $15.3 million in the fiscal year 2003 compared to cash flows used in investing activities of $7.2 million in fiscal year 2002. This increase was primarily due to the sale of investments. As of March 31, 2004, we did not have any significant capital purchase commitments.

Net cash flows used in financing activities were $0.1 million and $0.2 million, including repayment of capital leases, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. They were attributable to payments of capital leases, partially offset by the proceeds from the sale of common stock under our Incentive Stock and Employee Stock Purchase Plans. Net cash flows provided by financing activities in fiscal 2002 resulted primarily from the proceeds from the sale of common stock under our Incentive Stock and Employee Stock Purchase Plans.

As of March 31, 2004, our principal source of liquidity consisted of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Working capital at March 31, 2004 was $28.0 million.

The following represent our more significant working capital commitments:

We lease its facilities under non-cancelable operating leases expiring at various dates through July 2005. Under the terms of the leases, the Company is responsible for a portion of the facilities’ operating expenses, insurance and property taxes. We lease certain fixed assets under capital leases expiring at various dates through February 2005. We place purchase orders with wafer foundries throughout our normal course of business. As of March 31, 2004, we had approximately $78,000 of outstanding purchase commitments with a supplier for the purchase of wafers and a packaging subcontractor. We expect to receive and pay for the wafers, within the next six months, from our existing cash balances. Future working capital commitments as of March 31, 2004 were as follows (in thousands):

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Fiscal Year
         Capital
Leases
     Operating
Leases
     Purchase
Commitments
     Total
2005
                    490               171               78               739    
2006
                                  47                             47    
Total minimum lease payments
                    490               218               78               786    
 

Based on our current expectations, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investment, which totaled $27.2 million at March 31, 2004, will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital requirements through at least the next twelve months. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, excluding the cash received from the sale of our software business to MediaTek, we used $5.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”), was issued in January 2003. FIN 46 requires that if an entity is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity, the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of the variable interest entity should be included in the consolidated financial statements of the entity. The provisions of FIN 46 are effective immediately for all arrangements entered into after January 31, 2003. For those arrangements entered into prior to February 1, 2003, the provisions of FIN 46 were required to be adopted at the beginning of the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2003. However, in October 2003, the FASB deferred the effective date of FIN 46 to the end of the first interim or annual period ending after December 31, 2003 for those arrangements entered into prior to February 1, 2003. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity”. SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS No. 150 requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). SFAS No. 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Interim Financial Information (unaudited)

The following table presents selected unaudited quarterly results of operations data for each of the eight quarters in the period ended March 31, 2004. We believe that the historical quarterly information has been prepared substantially on the same basis as the audited financial statements, and the necessary adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, have been included in the amounts below to present fairly unaudited quarterly results of operation data (in thousands, except per share data):


 
         First
Quarter
     Second
Quarter
     Third
Quarter
     Fourth
Quarter
2004:
                                                                                         
Total revenues
                 $ 580            $ 620            $ 628            $ 481    
Gross margin
                    237               266               269               214    
Net loss
                    (2,064 )             7,442              (2,946 )             (1,496 )  
Basic and diluted net loss per share
                 $ (0.09 )          $ 0.34           $ (0.13 )          $ (0.07 )  
Diluted net loss per share
                 $ (0.09 )          $ 0.32           $ (0.13 )          $ (0.07 )  
Shares used in computing basic net loss per share
                    22,145              22,198              22,374              22,500   
Shares used in computing fully diluted net loss per share
                    22,145              23,612              22,374              22,500   

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         First
Quarter
     Second
Quarter
     Third
Quarter
     Fourth
Quarter
2003:
                                                                                         
Total revenues
                 $ 706            $ 587            $ 438            $ 501    
Gross margin
                    250               110               134               195    
Net loss
                    (3,712 )             (4,109 )             (2,818 )             (2,056 )  
Basic and diluted net loss per share
                 $ (0.17 )          $ (0.19 )          $ (0.13 )          $ (0.09 )  
Shares used in computing basic and fully diluted net loss per share
                    21,983              21,969              21,948              22,012   
 

FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT RESULTS

We expect continuing losses and may not achieve profitability which could affect our ability to expand our business.

We have incurred significant operating losses in each year since our inception , except in fiscal year 2004. The net income reported in fiscal year 2004 was primarily due to the sale of our software business. We expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future, primarily as a result of expenses for research and development. Our losses increased as we transitioned our focus away from the personal computer market toward the advanced television and display markets in 1996. We have incurred net losses of approximately $62.0 million from our inception in March 1993 through March 31, 2004. If we continue to incur net losses, we may not be able to expand our business as quickly as we would like. We do not know when or if we will become profitable and if we do become profitable, we may not be able to sustain or increase our profitability.

Because the emergence of the interactive television market has been slower than anticipated, we may not be able to sell our products or sustain our business.

Our multi-media display processors are incorporated into products that allow interactive television. The concept of interactive television and the market for products that facilitate it are new and developing. As a result, our profit potential is unproven and may never materialize. Broad acceptance of advanced televisions and emerging interactive displays will depend on the extent to which consumers use devices other than personal computers to access the Internet. To date, the market for these products has not developed as quickly as our customers and we had previously anticipated. Consequently, certain of our customers have significant inventory of our semiconductors or products that incorporate our semiconductors, thereby limiting the opportunity to sell additional semiconductors to these customers until their present inventories are depleted. Our success will also depend on the ability of OEMs and service providers that work with our OEMs to create demand for and market the products incorporating our semiconductors. Unless a sufficiently large market for advanced televisions and emerging interactive displays and other products that are used for interactive television develops, demand for products incorporating our semiconductor solutions may not be sufficient to sustain our business.

A significant amount of our revenues comes from a few customers and any decrease in revenues from these customers could significantly impact our financial results.

Historically we have been, and we expect to continue to be, dependent on a relatively small number of customers for a significant portion of our total revenues. Sales to Kanematsu Devices Corporation, SMS Electronics, Ltd., Weikeng Industrial Co., and Fujitsu-Siemens Computers Gmbh represented 15%, 12%, 12% and 10% of total revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, respectively. Sales to Siemens Communications Ltd., Kanematsu Devices Corporation and Micro Network Korea Co, Ltd. represented 24%, 17% and 10% of our total revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, respectively. Sales to Prediwave Corporation and Motorola Broadband accounted for approximately 62% and 14% of our total revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002, respectively. We may not be able to retain our largest customers or to obtain additional key accounts. Any reduction or delay in sales of our products to any key customer or our inability to successfully develop relationships with additional key customers could negatively impact our financial results.

Our operating expenses may increase as we build our business and these increased expenses may impact our ability to become profitable.

We have made substantial expenditures on research and development and organizational infrastructure consisting of an executive team, finance, sales, marketing and management information systems departments and

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our design center located in the People’s Republic of China. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, research and development expenses represented 295%, 402% and 107% of our revenues, respectively. We expect to continue to spend financial and other resources on developing and introducing new products and services, and on our research and development activities in China. While we have implemented actions to reduce our operating expenses, our operating expenses may increase as a percentage of revenues if our revenues decline. If our revenues do not increase, our business and results of operations could suffer. We base our expense levels in part on our expectations regarding future revenues. If our revenues for a particular quarter are lower than we expect, we may be unable to proportionately reduce our operating expenses for that quarter.

Customers may cancel or defer significant purchase orders, or our distributors may return our products, which would cause our inventory levels to increase and our revenues to decline.

We sell our products on a purchase order basis through our direct sales channel, sales representatives and distributors, and our customers may cancel or defer purchase orders at any time with little or no penalty. We recognize revenues from sales to our distributors when they have sold our products to their customers. We recognize revenues on sales to our OEM customers when we ship our products to the OEM. We permit certain of our distributors to return products to us. If our customers cancel or defer significant purchase orders or our distributors return our products, our inventories would increase and our revenues would decrease, which would materially harm our business as increases in inventory reserves could be required. Refusal of OEM customers to accept shipped products or delays or difficulties in collecting accounts receivable could have an adverse effect on our business.

Because of our long product development process and sales cycle, we incur substantial expenses before we generate revenues and may not recover our expenditures.

To develop market acceptance of our products, we must dedicate significant resources to research and development, production and sales and marketing. We develop products based on forecasts of demand and we incur substantial product development expenditures prior to generating associated revenues. Our customers typically perform numerous tests and extensively evaluate our products before incorporating them into their systems. The time required for testing, evaluating and designing our products into a customer’s equipment can take up to nine months or more, with an additional three to nine months or more before an OEM customer commences volume production of equipment incorporating our products, if ever. Because of this lengthy development cycle, we may experience a delay between the time we accrue expenses for research and development and sales and marketing efforts and the time when we generate revenues, if any.

Furthermore, achieving a design win with a customer does not necessarily mean that this customer will order large volumes of our products. A design win is not a binding commitment by a customer to purchase our products. Rather, it is a decision by a customer to use our products in the design process. In addition, our customers can choose at any time to discontinue using our products in that customer’s designs or product development efforts. If our products are chosen to be incorporated into a customer’s products, we may still not realize significant revenues from that customer if that customer’s products are not commercially successful. As a result, our profitability from quarter to quarter and from year to year may be materially affected by the number and timing of our new product introductions in any period and the level of acceptance gained by these products.

If we fail to successfully develop, introduce and sell new products, we may be unable to effectively compete in the future.

We operate in a highly competitive, quickly changing environment marked by new and emerging products and technologies. Our success depends on our ability to develop, introduce and successfully market new products and enhance our existing products in the advanced television and emerging interactive display markets. The development of these new products is highly complex and, from time to time, we have experienced delays in completing their development and introduction. Any one of the following factors could affect our ability to develop, introduce and sell new products and could materially harm our business:

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  our failure to complete new product designs in a timely manner;

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  our inability to manufacture our new products according to design specifications;

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  our inability to deliver our products to our customers in a timely manner for any reason, including a lack of manufacturing capacity or the failure of our contracted foundries to meet targeted manufacturing yields; and

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  our sales force’s and independent distributors’ inability to create adequate demand for our products.

Our future operating results are likely to fluctuate and may fail to meet expectations which could cause our stock price to decline.

Our operating results have varied in the past and are likely to do so in the future as we attempt to meet consumer demand in the markets for advanced televisions and emerging interactive displays. Our future operating results will depend on many factors and may fail to meet our expectations for a number of reasons. Any failure to meet these expectations or those of securities analysts and investors could cause our stock price to fluctuate or decline significantly. A number of factors, including those listed below, may cause fluctuations in our operating results and stock price:

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  the general condition of the semiconductor industry market;

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  fluctuations in the volume of product sales, changes in product mix and pricing concessions on sales;

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  the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders;

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  the timing of investments in, and the results of, research and development;

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  changes in industry standards;

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  introduction of interactive television services by service providers;

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  availability of manufacturing capacity and raw materials, and inventory write-offs;

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  product introductions and price changes by our competitors;

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  our ability to specify, develop, introduce and market new products with smaller geometries, more features and higher levels of design integration in accordance with design requirements and design cycles;

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  the level of orders received that can be shipped in a given period;

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  changes in earning estimates or investment recommendations by analysts;

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  changes in investors perceptions; and

•  
  the effect of the terrorist attacks in the United States and any related conflicts or similar events worldwide.

Our industry is highly competitive, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to effectively compete.

The market for advanced televisions and emerging interactive displays in particular, and the semiconductor industry in general, are highly competitive. We compete with a number of domestic and international suppliers of semiconductors in our targeted markets. We expect competition to intensify as current competitors expand their product offerings and new competitors enter our targeted markets. We believe that we must compete on the basis of a variety of factors, including:

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  functionality;

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  performance;

•  
  time to market;

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  price;

•  
  conformity to industry standards;

•  
  product road maps; and

•  
  technical support.

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We currently compete with ATI Technologies, Inc., Broadcom Corporation, Genesis Microchip, Inc., Pixelworks, Inc., Trident Microsystems, Inc. and Silicon Image, Inc. In addition to these competitors, we expect other major semiconductor manufacturers will enter our targeted markets as the broadband set-top box, advanced television and information access device markets become more established. A number of companies, including International Business Machines Corporation, STMicroelectronics N.V., National Semiconductor Corporation, Equator Technologies, Inc., LSI Logic and Philips Electronics N.V., have announced that they are developing or plan to introduce competing products in the advanced television and emerging interactive display markets which could result in significant competition.

Some of our current and potential competitors operate their own fabrication facilities or have a longer operating history and significantly greater financial, sales and marketing resources. They may also have preexisting relationships with our customers or potential customers. As a result, these competitors may be able to adapt more quickly to new or emerging products, develop new technologies, or address changes in customer requirements or devote greater resources to the development and promotion of strategic relationships among themselves or with existing or potential customers. It is possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors could emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. Increased competition could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition by, for example, increasing pressure on our profit margin or causing us to lose sales opportunities.

We depend on three independent foundries to manufacture our products based on our forecasts, which could result in an oversupply or undersupply of products.

We do not own or operate our own fabrication facility. We currently depend upon three outside foundries, United Manufacturing Corporation, or UMC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, or TSMC, both are located in Taiwan and HuaHong NEC in the People’s Republic of China. We do not have long term supply agreements with these foundries to manufacture our semiconductor products and each has limited manufacturing capacity.

The foundries require us to provide forecasts of our anticipated manufacturing orders in advance of receiving purchase orders from our customers. This may result in product shortages or excess product inventory. Obtaining additional supply in the face of product shortages may be costly or not possible, especially in the short term. Our failure to adequately forecast demand for our products would materially harm our business. For example, in fiscal 2002 we took an inventory charge related to slow moving inventory. The foundries may allocate capacity to the production of other companies’ products while reducing delivery to us on short notice.

We may encounter periods of semiconductor oversupply, resulting in pricing pressure, as well as undersupply, resulting in a risk that we could be unable to fulfill our customers’ requirements.

The semiconductor industry has historically been characterized by wide fluctuations in the demand for, and supply of, its products. These fluctuations have resulted in circumstances when supply and demand for the industry’s products have been widely out of balance. Our operating results may be materially harmed by industry wide semiconductor oversupply, which could result in severe pricing pressure or inventory write-downs. For example, in fiscal 2002 we took a charge for slow moving inventory, which negatively impacted our gross margin for fiscal 2002. On the other hand, in a market with undersupply, we would have to compete with larger companies for limited manufacturing capacity. If material shortages occur, we may incur additional costs to procure the scarce components or be unable to have our products manufactured in a timely manner or in quantities necessary to meet our requirements. Since we outsource all of our manufacturing, we are particularly vulnerable to supply shortages. As a result, we may be unable to fill orders and may lose customers. Any future industry wide oversupply or undersupply of semiconductors would materially harm our business and have a negative impact on our earnings.

If we have to qualify new independent foundries for any of our products and do not have sufficient supply of our products on hand, we may lose revenues and damage our customer relationships.

Processes used to manufacture our products are complex, customized to our specifications and can only be performed by a limited number of manufacturing facilities. The foundries we use have from time to time experienced lower than anticipated manufacturing yields, particularly in connection with the introduction of new products and

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the installation and start up of new process technologies. In addition, the foundries we use are located in a seismically active area, and earthquakes have caused these foundries to close for repairs, resulting in a delay in manufacturing our products.

Although we primarily utilize two independent foundries, most of our components are not manufactured at both foundries at any given time. The inability of one of the foundries to provide components could result in significant delays and harm our business. In the event either foundry experienced manufacturing or financial difficulties or suffered any damage or destruction to its facilities, or in the event of any other disruption of foundry capacity, we may not be able to qualify alternative manufacturing sources for existing or new products in a timely manner. For example, in September 1999, Taiwan experienced a major earthquake. The earthquake and its resulting aftershocks caused power outages and significant damage to Taiwan’s infrastructure. Similarly, in September 2001, a typhoon hit Taiwan causing businesses in Taipei and the financial markets to close for two days. In addition, as a result of the rapid growth of the semiconductor industry based in the industrial park where both foundries are located, severe constraints have been placed on the water and electricity supply in that region. Any shortages of water or electricity or a natural disaster could adversely affect these foundries’ ability to supply our products, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

Even our current outside foundries would need to have manufacturing processes qualified in the event of a disruption at the other foundry, which we may not be able to accomplish in a timely manner sufficient to prevent an interruption in the supply of the affected products. We cannot assure you that any existing or new foundries would be able to produce integrated circuits with acceptable manufacturing yields in the future, or will continue to have sufficient capacity to meet our needs. If our manufacturing requirements are not satisfied, our business would be materially harmed.

Our semiconductors are complex to manufacture and may have errors or defects which could be costly to correct.

The manufacture of semiconductors is a complex process. Foundries may not achieve acceptable product yields from time to time due to the complexity of the integrated circuit design, inadequate manufacturing processes and other reasons. We refer to the proportion of final acceptable integrated circuits that have been processed, assembled and tested relative to the gross number of integrated circuits that could have been produced from the raw materials as our product yields. Identifying defects and determining the reason for low yields may be discovered after production has begun and at various stages of the production cycle. Our failure to discover defects early in the production cycle will result in higher costs and may require a diversion of our technical personnel and resources away from product development in order to correct the defect. In addition, defective products that have been released into the market and distributed to our customers and end users may result in harm to our reputation, significant warranty costs, diversion of our technical and managerial resources and potential product liability claims that would be costly to defend.

Our software is complex and may have bugs or defects which could be costly to correct.

Our products depend on complex software that we develop internally and license from others. Complex software often contains defects, particularly when first introduced or when new versions are released. Determining whether our software has defects may occur after our products are released into the market and distributed to our customers and end users, and may result in harm to our reputation, significant warranty costs, diversion of our technical resources and potential product liability claims that would be costly to defend and divert managerial resources.

We face foreign business, political and economic risks because a majority of our sales are to customers outside of the United States.

Sales of our products to our OEM customers and to distributors located outside the United States accounted for 76%, 86% and 32% of our total revenues in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002. We anticipate that sales to customers located outside the United States will continue to represent a significant portion of our total sales in future periods. In addition, many of our domestic customers sell their products outside of North America, thereby indirectly exposing us to risks associated with foreign commerce. Asian economic instability impacts the sales of products

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manufactured by our customers, as does the Chinese New Year, during which time many manufacturers and businesses close their operations. We may be negatively impacted by the terrorist attacks on the United States and the resulting conflicts worldwide. We could also experience greater difficulties collecting accounts receivable from customers outside of the United States. Accordingly, our operations and revenues are subject to a number of risks associated with foreign commerce.

To date, we have denominated sales of our products in foreign countries exclusively in United States dollars. As a result, any increase in the value of the United States dollar relative to the local currency of a foreign country will increase the price of our products in that country so that our products become relatively more expensive to customers in the local currency of that foreign country. As a result, sales of our products in that foreign country may decline. To the extent any of these types of risks materialize, our business would be materially harmed.

If the industries into which we sell our products experience recession or other cyclical effects impacting our customers’ budgets, our operating results could be negatively impacted.

The primary customers for our products are companies in the advanced television and emerging display device markets. Any significant downturn in these particular markets or in general economic conditions which result in the cutback of research and development budgets or capital expenditures would likely result in the reduction in demand for our products and services and could harm our business. For example, the United States economy, including the semiconductor industry, has experienced a recession, which has negatively impact our business and operating results. A further decline in the United States economy could result from further terrorist attacks in the United States. If the economy continues to decline as a result of the recent economic, political and social turmoil, existing and perspective customers may continue to reduce their design budgets or delay implementation of our products, which could further harm our business and operating results.

In addition, the markets of semiconductor products are cyclical. In recent years, some Asian countries have experienced significant economic difficulties, including devaluation and instability business failures and a depressed business environment. These difficulties triggered a significant downturn in the semiconductor market, resulting in reduced budgets for chip design tools. In addition, the electronics industry has historically been subject to seasonal and cyclical fluctuations in demand for its products, and this trend may continue in the future. These industry downturns have been, and my continue to be, characterized by diminished product demand, excess manufacturing capacity and subsequent erosion of average selling prices. As a result, our future operating results may reflect substantial fluctuations from period to period as a consequence of these industry patterns, general economic conditions affecting the timing of orders from customers and other factors. Any negative factors affecting the semiconductor industry, including the downturns described here, could significantly harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The rapid growth of our business and operations has strained and may continue to strain our administrative, operational and financial resources, and our failure to manage our future growth could affect our operations and our future ability to expand.

We have in the past and may in the future experience rapid growth and expansion in our business and operations. Our growth has placed, and may continue to place, a significant strain on our administrative, operational and financial resources and increased demands on our systems and controls. Our future growth may require the implementation of a variety of new and upgraded operational and financial systems, procedures and controls, including improvement of our accounting and other internal management systems, all of which may require substantial managerial effort. We cannot assure you that these efforts would be accomplished successfully. Our growth has resulted in a continuing increase in the level of responsibility for both existing and new management personnel, and may require that we recruit, hire and train a substantial number of new personnel. Our failure to manage our past and future growth could prevent us from successfully achieving market acceptance for our products, disrupt our operations, delay our expansion and harm our business.

We depend on key personnel, the loss of whom would impair or inhibit the growth of our business.

Our success depends on the skills, experience and performance of our executive officers and other key management and technical personnel, many of whom would be difficult to replace. We are particularly dependent on Eli Porat, our Chief Executive Officer and President. The competition for employees with technical skills is

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intense, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, and we may not be able to attract and retain a sufficient number of such qualified new personnel in the future. The loss of the service of one or more of our key employees, or our failure to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel would inhibit the growth of our business.

We rely on strategic relationships to commercialize our products, and these relationships may require that we expend significant resources without guarantees that our endeavors will be profitable.

We rely on strategic relationships with some of our customers who we believe are the market leaders in our target markets. These relationships often involve the proposed development by us of new products involving significant technological challenges. Since the proposed products under development may offer potential competitive advantages to our customers, considerable pressure is frequently placed on us to meet development schedules. While an essential element of our strategy involves establishing such relationships, these projects require substantial amounts of our limited resources, with no guarantee of revenues to us, and could materially detract from or delay the completion of other important development projects. Delays in development could impair the relationship between our customers and us and negatively impact sales of the products under development. Moreover, our customers may develop their own solutions for products currently supplied by us, which could have an adverse effect on our business.

We depend on third party subcontractors for assembly of our semiconductors which reduces our control over the delivery, quantity, quality, or cost of our products.

Substantially all of our products are assembled by one of three subcontractors, two of which are located in Taiwan, and one in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Typically, we procure services from these subcontractors on a purchase order basis. Their availability to assemble our products could be adversely affected if either subcontractor experiences financial difficulties or suffers any damage or destruction to its facilities or any other disruption of its assembly capacity. Because we rely on third party subcontractors for assembly of our products, we cannot directly control product delivery schedules. We have experienced in the past, and may experience in the future, product shortages or quality assurance problems that could increase the cost of manufacturing or testing of our products. It is time consuming and difficult to find and qualify alternative assemblers. If we are forced to find substitute subcontractors, shipments of our products could be delayed. Any problems associated with the delivery, quantity or cost of our products could harm our business.

Political instability in the People’s Republic of China or Taiwan could harm our manufacturing and research and development capabilities and negatively impact our product sales.

We operate our research and development facility in the People’s Republic of China. In addition, most all of our products are manufactured and assembled outside of the United States at facilities operated by third parties in Taiwan. The political and economic conditions in the region, including the People’s Republic of China’s dispute with Taiwan, may adversely impact our operations including manufacture and assembly of our products and research and development efforts. We cannot assure you that restrictive laws or policies on the part of either the People’s Republic of China or the United States will not constrain our ability to operate in both countries. If we are required to relocate our facilities, our business will be disrupted and our costs associated with research and development will increase.

If our competitors use our intellectual property and proprietary rights, our ability to compete would be impaired.

Our success depends in part upon our rights in proprietary technology and processes that we develop and license from, and to, others. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and strategic partners in order to protect proprietary technologies that use our products. We cannot assure you that these measures will provide meaningful protection for our proprietary technologies and processes, and they do not prevent independent third party development of competitive products. In addition, it is difficult to monitor unauthorized use of technology, particularly in foreign countries where laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States.

We currently have patent applications pending in the United States, and we may seek additional patents in the future. Because the content of patent applications in the United States is not publicly disclosed until the patent

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is issued, applications may have been filed which relate to our products or processes. We cannot assure you that our current patent applications or any future patent applications will result in a patent being issued with the scope of the claims we seek, if at all, or whether any patents we have or may receive will be challenged or invalidated. The failure of any patents to provide protection to our technology would make it easier for our competitors to offer similar products.

We may face intellectual property infringement claims that could be costly and could result in the loss of proprietary rights which are necessary to our business.

Other parties may assert patent infringement claims against us, including claims against technology that we license from others, and our products or processes may infringe issued patents of others. Litigation is common in the semiconductor industry and any litigation could result in significant expense to us. Litigation would also divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, whether or not the litigation is determined in our favor. Litigation could also require us to develop non-infringing technology or enter into royalty or license agreements. These royalty or license agreements may not be available on acceptable terms, including limitations on representations and warranties regarding infringement and indemnification in the event of infringement claims. Our failure or inability to develop non-infringing technology, license the proprietary rights on a timely basis or receive appropriate protection on licensed technology would harm our business.

Regulation of our customers’ products may slow the process of introducing new products and could impair our ability to compete.

The Federal Communications Commission, or the FCC, has broad jurisdiction over our target markets. Various international entities or organizations may also regulate aspects of our business or the business of our customers. Although our products are not directly subject to regulation by any agency, the transmission pipes, as well as much of the equipment into which our products are incorporated, are subject to direct government regulation. For example, before they can be sold in the United States, advanced televisions and emerging interactive displays must be tested and certified by Underwriters Laboratories and meet FCC regulations. Accordingly, the effects of regulation on our customers or the industries in which our customers operate may, in turn, harm our business. FCC regulatory policies affecting the ability of cable operators or telephone companies to offer certain services and other terms on which these companies conduct their business may impede sales of our products. In addition, our business may also be adversely affected by the imposition of tariffs, duties and other import restrictions on systems of suppliers or by the imposition of export restrictions on products that we sell internationally. Changes in current laws or regulations or the imposition of new laws or regulations in the United States or elsewhere could harm our business.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Quantitative and Qualitative Discussion of Market Interest Rate Risk

Our cash equivalents and short-term investments are exposed to financial market risk due to fluctuation in interest rates, which may affect our interest income and, in the future, the fair market value of our investments. We manage the exposure to financial market risk by performing ongoing evaluations of our investment portfolio and we presently invest entirely in short-term investment grade government and corporate securities. These securities are highly liquid and generally mature within 12 months from the purchase date. Due to the short maturities of our investments, the carrying value should approximate the fair value. In addition, we do not use our investments for trading or other speculative purposes. We have performed an analysis to assess the potential effect of reasonably possible near term changes in interest and foreign currency exchange rates. The effect of any change in foreign currency exchange rates is not expected to be material to our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. Due to the short duration of our investment portfolio, an immediate 10% change in interest rates would not have a material effect on the fair market value of our portfolio. Therefore, we would not expect our operating results or cash flows to be affected to any significant degree by the effect of a sudden change in market interest rates on our securities portfolio.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

We are an international company, selling our products globally and, in particular, in Japan, Korea, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. Although we transact our business in United States dollars, we cannot assure you that future fluctuations in the value of the United States dollar will not affect the competitiveness of our products,

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gross profits realized, and results of operations. Further, we incur expenses in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan and other countries that are denominated in currencies other than United States dollars. We cannot estimate the effect that an immediate 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates would have on our future operating results or cash flows as a direct result of changes in exchange rates. However, we do not believe that we currently have any significant direct foreign currency exchange rate risk and have not hedged exposures denominated in foreign currencies or any derivative financial instruments.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements


 
         Page
Consolidated Financial Statements of Tvia, Inc.
                             
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
                    28    
Consolidated Balance Sheets
                    29    
Consolidated Statements of Operations
                    30    
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
                    31    
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                    32    
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                    33    
Financial Statement Schedule
                             
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
                    51    
Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2004
                    52    
 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Tvia, Inc.:

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, of stockholders’ equity and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Tvia, Inc. and its subsidiary at March 31, 2004 and 2003, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Jose, California
June 14, 2004

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)


 
         March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
ASSETS
                                                 
 
Current Assets:
                                                 
Cash and cash equivalents
                 $ 3,259           $ 11,080   
Short term investments
                    23,947              13,337   
Accounts receivable, net
                    295               331    
Inventories
                    602               1,055   
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
                    1,241              411    
Total current assets
                    29,344              26,214   
Property and equipment, net
                    1,947              3,209   
Other assets
                    112               1,770   
Total assets
                 $ 31,403           $ 31,193   
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
                                                 
 
Current Liabilities:
                                                 
Accounts payable
                 $ 201            $ 351    
Accrued expenses
                    657               1,175   
Short-term portion of capital leases
                    486               415    
Total current liabilities
                    1,344              1,941   
Long-term portion of capital leases
                                  486    
Total liabilities
                    1,344              2,427   
 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
                                                 
 
Stockholders’ Equity
                                                 
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized;
none outstanding
                                     
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 125,000 shares authorized; 22,576 and 22,139 shares outstanding, respectively
                    23               22    
Additional paid-in-capital
                    92,798              92,444   
Accumulated comprehensive income
                    8               6    
Accumulated deficit
                    (62,020 )             (62,956 )  
Treasury stock
                    (750 )             (750 )  
Total stockholders’ equity
                    30,059              28,766   
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                 $ 31,403           $ 31,193   
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)


 
         Year Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
Revenues:
                                                                     
Product sales
                 $ 2,042           $ 1,771           $ 11,342   
Development contracts and other
                    267               461               498    
Total revenues
                    2,309              2,232              11,840   
 
Cost of revenues:
                                                                     
Product sales (excluding amortization of deferred compensation of $0, $9 and $19, respectively)
                    1,235              1,460              8,522   
Development contracts and other
                    88               83               109    
Total cost of revenues
                    1,323              1,543              8,631   
Gross profit
                    986               689               3,209   
 
Operating expenses:
                                                                     
Research and development (excluding amortization of deferred stock compensation of $0, $155 and $590, respectively)
                    6,823              8,983              12,664   
Sales, general and administrative (excluding amortization of deferred stock compensation of $0, $431and $963, respectively)
                    2,667              3,545              5,056   
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                                  595               1,572   
Restructuring charges
                                  950                  
Total operating expenses
                    9,490              14,073              19,292   
Operating loss
                    (8,504 )             (13,384 )             (16,083 )  
 
Other income (expense), net:
                                                                     
Interest income
                    401               703               1,818   
Interest expense
                    (11 )             (14 )                
Sale of software business
                    9,075                               
Other income (expense), net
                    9,465              689               1,818   
Income (loss) before income taxes
                    961               (12,695 )             (14,265 )  
Provision for income taxes
                    25                                
Net income (loss)
                 $ 936            $ (12,695 )          $ (14,265 )  
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share:
                 $ 0.04           $ (0.58 )          $ (0.66 )  
Shares used in computing basic net income (loss)
                    22,323              21,952              21,631   
Shares used in computing diluted net income (loss)
                    23,982              21,952              21,631   
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands, except share data)


 
         Common Stock
    

 
         Shares
     Par
Amount
     Additional
Paid-in
Capital
     Deferred
Stock
Compensation
     Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
     Accumulated
Deficit
     Treasury
Stock
     Stockholders’
Equity
Balance at March 31, 2001
                    21,853,833           $ 22            $ 92,075           $ (2,167 )          $ 148            $ (35,996 )          $ (660 )          $ 53,422   
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                                                              1,572                                                        1,572   
Issuance of common stock under ESPP and through exercises of stock options
                    307,915                            313                                                                       313    
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments
                                                                            (117 )                                         (117 )  
Net loss
                                                                                          (14,265 )                           (14,265 )  
Balance at March 31, 2002
                    22,161,748              22               92,388              (595 )             31               (50,261 )             (660 )             40,925   
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                                                              595                                                         595    
Purchase of treasury stock
                    (143,700 )                                                                                   (90 )             (90 )  
Repurchase of common stock
                    (93,691 )                           (14 )                                                                     (14 )  
Issuance of common stock under ESPP and through exercises of stock options
                    238,865                            70                                                                       70    
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments
                                                                            (25 )                                         (25 )  
Net loss
                                                                                          (12,695 )                           (12,695 )  
Balance at March 31, 2003
                    22,163,222              22               92,444                            6               (62,956 )             (750 )             28,766   
Issuance of common stock under ESPP and through exercises of stock options
                    412,767              1               354                                                                       355    
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments
                                                                            2                                           2    
Net income
                                                                                          936                             936    
Balance at March 31, 2004
                    22,575,989           $ 23            $ 92,798           $            $ 8            $ (62,020 )          $ (750 )          $ 30,059   
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)


 
         Year Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
                                                                     
Net income (loss)
                 $ 936            $ (12,695 )          $ (14,265 )  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
                                                                     
Depreciation and amortization
                    1,559              1,312              1,091   
Amortization of deferred stock compensation
                                  595               1,572   
Write-down of license technology
                    1,449              69               500    
Gain on sale of software unit
                    (9,075 )                              
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                     
Accounts receivable
                    36               (167 )             1,777   
Inventories
                    453               455               2,833   
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
                    (80 )             851               90    
Accounts payable
                    (150 )             (340 )             (441 )  
Accrued expenses
                    (518 )             (596 )             (1,110 )  
Net cash used in operating activities
                    (5,390 )             (10,516 )             (7,953 )  
 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
                                                                     
Sale (purchase) of available-for-sale investments
                    (10,608 )             15,698              (3,762 )  
Proceeds from sale of software unit
                    8,373                               
Purchase of property and equipment
                    (92 )             (366 )             (2,062 )  
Purchase of intangible assets
                    (44 )             (27 )             (1,358 )  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
                    (2,371 )             15,305              (7,182 )  
 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
                                                                     
Repayments of obligations under capital leases
                    (415 )             (120 )                
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
                    355               56               313    
Treasury stock repurchase
                                  (90 )                
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
                    (60 )             (154 )             313    
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                    (7,821 )             4,635              (14,822 )  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                    11,080              6,445              21,267   
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                 $ 3,259           $ 11,080           $ 6,445   
 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
                                                                     
Interest paid
                 $ 11            $ 14            $    
Acquisition of property and equipment under capital leases
                 $            $ 1,021           $    
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Business

Tvia, Inc. (“the Company” or “Tvia”) was incorporated in California in March 1993 and reincorporated as a Delaware corporation in August 2000. Tvia designs, develops and markets multi-media display processors for the advanced television and emerging interactive display markets. The Company’s products, which consist of integrated circuits and proprietary software, process video, graphics and audio signals from terrestrial broadcast, narrow band telephone lines, cable, satellite and Ethernet and blend them together on one or more displays for a high quality, customized and interactive viewing experience. The Company sells its multi-media display processors to manufacturers of advanced television and emerging interactive displays. The Company has a subsidiary in the People’s Republic of China that supports the Company’s research and development activities and performs product testing and sales and marketing functions.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles 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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences could be material and affect the results of operations reported in future periods.

Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements herein presented include the results and financial position of Tvia and its wholly-owned subsidiary in China. The functional currency of the Chinese subsidiary is the U.S. dollar; accordingly, all gains and losses arising from foreign currency transactions in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are included in the consolidated statements of operations. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments

The Company considers all highly liquid investment securities with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase to be cash and cash equivalents. Management determines the appropriate classification of short-term investments at the time of purchase and evaluates such designations as of each balance sheet date. To date, all short-term investments have been classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, if any, included as a component of accumulated comprehensive loss in stockholders’ equity, net of any related tax effects. Interest, dividends and realized gains and losses are included in other expense (income) in the consolidated statements of operations.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market and include materials, labor and overhead. Allowances when required are made to reduce excess inventories to their estimated net realizable values. Due to competitive pressures and technological innovation, it is possible that estimates of net realizable value would change in the near term.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are carried at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful life of two to five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the asset life or the remaining lease term. Management has determined asset lives based on their historical experience of technical obsolescence of equipment and the short life of tooling that is specific to certain product families.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles for impairment. The Company reviews assets to be held and used whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable. The Company measures recoverability of assets by comparing their carrying amount to the future undiscounted cash flows that they are expected to generate. If an asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment reflects the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its fair market value. The Company wrote off $1.5 million of licensed technology in the third quarter of fiscal year 2004.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue from product sales upon shipment to the original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and end users provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, title has transferred, collection of resulting receivables is reasonably assured, there are no customer acceptance requirements, and there are no remaining significant obligations. Reserves for sales returns and allowances are recorded at the time of shipment. Our sales to distributors are made under agreements allowing for returns or credits under certain circumstances. The Company defers recognition of revenue on sales to distributors until products are resold by the distributor to the end user. The Company warrants its products; warranty claims historically have been insignificant.

The Company also sells software development kits and application modules to OEMs. The Company recognizes sales of software development kits and application modules when an agreement has been executed or a definitive purchase order has been received and the product has been delivered, no significant obligations with regard to implementation remain, the fee is fixed and determinable and collectibility is probable. The maintenance portion of the arrangements is recognized over the maintenance period on a straight-line basis.

Software Development Costs

The Company accounts for software development costs in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 86, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed.” The Company has expensed all software development costs to date as substantially all of such development costs have been incurred prior to the Company’s products attaining technological feasibility.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related costs of employees engaged in research, design and development activities. The Company expenses all research and development related expenses in the period in which such expenses are incurred.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for on the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized based on the estimated future tax effects of differences between the financial and tax basis of assets and liabilities under the provision of enacted tax laws. The effects of deferred taxes of a change in tax rate is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred taxes to the amounts expected to be realized.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity during a period from transactions and events from non-owner sources. The primary component of comprehensive income (loss) for the Company includes unrealized gains and losses are disclosed in the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ equity. A summary of comprehensive gain (loss) is as follows (in thousands):


 
         For the Year Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
Net income (loss)
                 $ 936            $ (12,695 )          $ (14,265 )  
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale investments
                    2               (25 )             (117 )  
Comprehensive income (loss)
                 $ 938            $ (12,720 )          $ (14,382 )  
 

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based employee compensation arrangements using the intrinsic value method as prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB No. 25”) and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 44 “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation” (FIN 44). Accordingly, compensation cost for stock options is measured as the excess, if any, of the fair value of the Company’s stock at the date of grant over the stock option exercise price. Expense associated with stock-based compensation is amortized on an accelerated basis over the vesting period of the individual award consistent with the method described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 28 (“FIN 28”). The Company accounts for stock issued to non-employees in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS No. 123”) and Emerging Issues Task Force Consensus No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments that are offered to other than employees for acquiring or in conjunction with selling goods or services” (“EITF 96-18”). Under SFAS No. 123 and EITF 96-18, stock option awards issued to non-employees are accounted for at their fair value, determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing method. The fair value of each non-employee stock option or award is remeasured at each period end until a commitment date is reached, which is generally the vesting date. The following table illustrates the effect on net income (loss) and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123, to the stock-based employee compensation.


 
         For the Year Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002

 
         (In thousands, except per share data)
 
    
Net income (loss) as reported
                 $ 936            $ (12,695 )          $ (14,265 )  
Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income (loss)
                                  595               1,572   
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects
                    (1,315 )             (2,195 )             (3,765 )  
Pro forma net income (loss)
                 $ (379 )          $ (14,295 )          $ (16,458 )  
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share:
                                                                     
As reported
                 $ 0.04           $ (0.58 )          $ (0.66 )  
Pro forma
                 $ (0.02 )          $ (0.65 )          $ (0.76 )  
 

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Historical net income (loss) per share has been calculated in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” Basic net income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted income (loss) per share information

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

is the same as basic net income (loss) per share since common shares issuable upon conversion of stock options and warrants are antidilutive.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”), was issued in January 2003. FIN 46 requires that if an entity is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity, the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of the variable interest entity should be included in the consolidated financial statements of the entity. The provisions of FIN 46 are effective immediately for all arrangements entered into after January 31, 2003. For those arrangements entered into prior to February 1, 2003, the provisions of FIN 46 were required to be adopted at the beginning of the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2003. However, in October 2003, the FASB deferred the effective date of FIN 46 to the end of the first interim or annual period ending after December 31, 2003 for those arrangements entered into prior to February 1, 2003. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity”. SFAS No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS No. 150 requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). SFAS No. 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

3. Balance Sheet Components (in thousands)


 
         March 31,
2004
     March 31,
2003
Accounts receivable, net:
                                                 
Accounts receivable
                 $ 298            $ 381    
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts
                    (3 )             (50 )  
 
                 $ 295            $ 331    
Allowance for doubful accounts:
                                                 
Balance at beginning of the year
                 $ 50            $ 112    
Addition
                    15               8    
Utilized
                    (62 )             (70 )  
Balance at end of the year
                 $ 3            $ 50    
Short-term investments:
                                                 
U.S. government and agency securities
                 $ 6,000           $ 2,810   
U.S. corporate and bank debt
                    17,947              10,527   
 
                 $ 23,947           $ 13,337   
Inventories:
                                                 
Raw materials
                 $ 165            $ 446    
Work-in-process
                    42               3    
Finished goods
                    395               606    
 
                 $ 602            $ 1,055   

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3. Balance Sheet Components (in thousands) (Continued)


 
         March 31,
2004
     March 31,
2003
Property and equipment, net:
                                                 
Furniture and fixtures (Useful life of two years)
                 $ 39            $ 85    
Machinery and equipment (Useful life of two to five years)
                    2,775              3,158   
Software (Useful life of two to five years)
                    2,851              3,713   
 
                    5,665              6,956   
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
                    (3,718 )             (3,747 )  
 
                 $ 1,947           $ 3,209   
Other assets:
                                                 
License technology (Amortized over five years)
                 $ 81            $ 1,969   
Less: Amortization
                    (1 )             (231 )  
License technology, net
                    80               1,738   
Deposits
                    32               32    
 
                 $ 112            $ 1,770   
 

As a result of a recent change in the Company’s product focus, the Company wrote off a licensed technology which had a cost of $1.9 million and accumulated amortization of $0.4 million.

Accrued expenses:
                                                 
Accrued compensation costs
                 $    421            $ 593    
Accrued software maintenance
                    13               99    
Other
                    223               483    
 
                 $ 657            $  1,175   
 

4. Short-term Investments

The value of the Company’s investments by major security type is as follows:


 
         As of March 31, 2004
    

 
         Amortized
Cost
     Aggregate
Fair Value
     Unrealized
Gain

 
         (In thousands)
 
    
U.S. government and agency securities
                 $ 6,000           $ 6,000           $    
U.S. corporate and bank debt
                    17,939              17,947              8    
Total
                 $ 23,939           $ 23,947           $ 8    
 


 
         As of March 31, 2003
    

 
         Amortized
Cost
     Aggregate
Fair Value
     Unrealized
Gain

 
         (In thousands)
 
    
U.S. government and agency securities
                 $ 2,806           $ 2,810           $ 4    
U.S. corporate and bank debt
                    10,525              10,527              2    
Total
                 $ 13,331           $ 13,337           $ 6    
 

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5. Sale of Software Business and Software-Related Assets

On July 3, 2003, the Company sold its software business and software-related assets to MediaTek, Inc for $10.0 million. The software assets were developed internally to support the Company’s products, including Home IT, advanced digital video broadcasting, MPEG 4 software, SDK software and software drivers. The development costs related to the software assets were expensed as incurred. Under the agreement, MediaTek granted to the Company a royalty-free license to continue to use those software assets to support its existing products and fulfill its maintenance obligations to its existing customers. The Company reported a gain of $9.1 million from this transaction in the results of operations in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. At March 31, 2004, $750,000 was in an escrow account and was received in April 2004.

6. Restructuring Charges

During fiscal 2003, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $950,000 relating to a headcount reduction and an operating lease for an abandoned building. The restructuring was recorded to align the cost structure with changing market conditions. The plan resulted in headcount reduction of approximately 49 employees, which was made up of 55% of research and development staff, 23% of operations staff, 16% of general and administrative staff and 6% of sales and marketing staff. The charge in relation to the operating lease of the abandoned building represents the estimated difference between the total non-discounted future sublease income and the non-discounted lease commitments relating to this building.

The following table summarizes the activity associated with the restructuring liabilities (in thousands):


 
         License
Technology
     Leased
Facilities
     Severances
and Benefits
     Total
Balance at March 31, 2002
                 $            $            $            $    
Additions
                    69               162               719               950    
Non-cash charges
                    (69 )                                         (69 )  
Cash charges
                                  (139 )             (719 )             (858 )  
Balance at March 31, 2003
                                  23                             23    
Cash charges
                                  (23 )                              
Balance at March 31,2004
                 $            $            $            $    
 

7. Income Taxes

The Company recorded a provision of $25,000 for Federal alternative minimum tax and none for state and foreign income taxes in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. There were no provisions for income taxes in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

The components of the net deferred income tax asset were as follows:


 
         March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003

 
         (in thousands)
 
    
Net operating losses
                 $ 16,073           $ 16,052   
Reserves and accruals not deductible for tax purposes
                    977               1,208   
Available tax credit carryforwards
                    2,784              2,512   
Other timing differences
                    1,870              1,775   
 
                    21,704              21,547   
Valuation allowance
                    (21,704 )             (21,547 )  
Net deferred tax asset
                 $            $    
 

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7. Income Taxes (Continued)

At March 31, 2004, the Company had net cumulative operating loss carryforwards for federal and state income tax reporting purposes of approximately $44 million and $16 million, respectively. The federal net operating loss carryforwards expire on various dates through 2024. The state net operating loss carryforwards expire on various dates through 2014. As of March 31, 2004, the Company had federal and state research and development tax credit carryforwards of approximately $1.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, available to offset future taxes. Utilization of net operating losses may be subject to annual limitations due to ownership change limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Service and similar state provisions. A valuation allowance has been recorded for the entire deferred tax asset as a result of uncertainty regarding the realization of the asset balance due to the net losses incurred and lack of taxable income.

The China subsidiary of the Company has been granted a full exemption from Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) in accordance with the China Law of Enterprise Income Tax, for the first two years and a 50% reduction in EIT for the next three years, commencing from the first profitable year after offsetting all tax losses carried forward (available for carry forward for a maximum of five years). As of March 31, 2004, no EIT was payable.

The difference between the actual tax provision (benefit) and the amount obtained by applying the U.S. Federal statutory rate to income (loss) before provision for income taxes (benefit) is as follows:


 
         March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
Tax provision (benefit) at statutory rate
                    34.0 %             (34.0 %)  
Net operating losses not currently benefited
                    0.0 %             33.8 %  
Valuation allowance
                    25.4 %             (1.5 %)  
Other
                    3.6 %             1.7 %  
Utilization of net operating losses
                    (60.2 %)             0.0 %  
 
                    2.8 %             0.0 %  
 

8. Earnings per Share

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share data):


 
         Year Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
Net income (loss)
                 $ 936            $ (12,695 )          $ (14,265 )  
Basic and diluted:
                                                                     
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding
                    22,340              22,053              21,925   
Less: Weighted average shares of common stock subject to repurchase
                    (17 )             (101 )             (294 )  
Weighted average shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per share
                    22,323              21,952              21,631   
Diluted effect of common share equivalents
                    1,659                               
Weighted average shares used in computing diluted net income (loss) per share
                    23,982              21,952              21,631   
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share
                 $ 0.04           $ (0.58 )          $ (0.66 )  
Options and warrants excluded from the computation Of diluted net income (loss) per share
                    1,364               4,710              4,162   
 

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9. Stockholders’ Equity and Employee Compensation Plans

Stock Option Plans

2000 Stock Incentive Plan and 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”) provides for the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock to directors, employees and consultants. The 2000 Plan provides for the issuance of incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options. The 2000 Plan provides for the issuance of up to 2,333,333 shares of common stock, plus, commencing on January 1, 2001, annual increases equal to the lesser of 73,000 shares (amended on August 21, 2001 to 730,000 shares), 3% of the fully diluted outstanding common stock on January 1 of each year, or a lesser amount determined by the Board of Directors. Pursuant to the 2000 Plan, the exercise price for incentive stock options is at least 100% of the fair market value on the date of grant or for employees owning in excess of 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock, 110% of the fair market value on the date of grant. For non-qualified stock options, the exercise price is no less than 85% of the fair market value on the date of grant. Options generally expire in 10 years. Options generally vest ratably over four years beginning the date of grant. As of March 31, 2004, 2,194,844 options were available for grant under the 2000 Plan.

In March 2000, the Board of Directors adopted an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). A total of 333,333 shares (amended in May 2004 to 833,333 shares) of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance under the ESPP, plus, commencing on April 1, 2001, annual increases equal to the lesser of 83,333 shares, 3% of the outstanding common stock on such date, or a lesser amount determined by the Board of Directors. Each participant may purchase up to 4,000 shares on any purchase date. The ESPP permits eligible employees to contribute up to 15% of cash compensation toward the semi-annual purchase of the Company’s common stock. The purchase price is 85% of the fair market value on the day prior to the beginning of the six-month period at which an eligible employee is enrolled, or the end of each six-month offering period, whichever is lower. Employees purchased 117,745, 39,851 and 251,289 in fiscal 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. As of March 31, 2004, 589,047 shares were available for purchase under the ESPP.

1999 Stock Incentive Plan

The Stock Incentive Plan (the “1999 Plan”) provides for the issuance of up to 5,166,667 shares of the Company’s common stock to directors, employees and consultants. The 1999 Plan provides for the issuance of restricted stock bonuses, restricted stock purchase rights, incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options. Pursuant to the 1999 Plan, the exercise price for incentive stock options is at least 100% of the fair market value on the date of grant or for employees owning in excess of 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock, 110% of the fair market value on the date of grant. For non-qualified stock options, the exercise price is no less than 85% of the fair market value on the date of grant.

Options generally expire in 10 years. Vesting periods are determined by the Board of Directors; however, options generally vest ratably over four years beginning one year after the date of grant. Options may be exercised prior to full vesting. Any unvested shares so exercised are subject to a repurchase right in favor of the Company with the repurchase price to be equal to the original purchase price of the stock. The right to repurchase at the original price lapses at a minimum rate of 20% per year over five years from the date the options granted. The 2000 Plan is the successor to the 1999 Plan. Since the 2000 Plan became effective, no further grants were made under the 1999 Plan.

1994 Stock Option Plan

The Stock Option Plan (the “1994 Plan”) provides for the issuance of options to acquire the Company’s common stock to directors, employees and consultants. The 1994 Plan provides for the issuance of incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options. Pursuant to the 1994 Plan, the exercise price for incentive stock options is at least 100% of the fair market value on the date of grant or for employees owning in excess of 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock, 110% of the fair market value on the date of grant. For non-qualified stock

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9. Stockholders’ Equity and Employee Compensation Plans (Continued)

options, the exercise price is no less than 85% of the fair market value on the date of grant. Options generally expire in 10 years. Options generally vest ratably over five years beginning the date of grant. In June 1999, all options outstanding under the 1994 Plan were cancelled and reissued under the 1999 Plan with the same terms and conditions as the previous options.

Out of Plan Options

In November 2001, the Company issued two out of plan non-qualified options to acquire the Company’s common stock. One grant was for 800,000 shares, vesting over a 4 year period. The second grant was for 200,000 shares, vesting over a 6 year period but with a provision for earlier vesting one year after the grant date provided that certain criteria are achieved. Both grants had an exercise price of $1.27 per share, the fair market value on the date of grant, and expire in 10 years.

The following table summarizes activity under all of the Company’s stock option plans and out-of-plan options:


 
         Outstanding
Options
     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Balance at March 31, 2001
                    2,761,057           $ 4.97   
Granted
                    2,530,324              1.66   
Exercised
                    (56,623 )             0.26   
Cancellations
                    (1,073,105) (1)             6.51   
Balance at March 31, 2002
                    4,161,653              2.62   
Granted
                    2,233,401              0.86   
Exercised
                    (199,014 )             0.26   
Cancellations
                    (1,746,232 )             2.81   
Balance at March 31, 2003
                    4,449,808              1.79   
Granted
                    1,347,333              1.43   
Exercised
                    (295,022 )             0.64   
Cancellations
                    (607,736 )             1.88   
Balance at March 31, 2004
                    4,894,383           $ 1.74   
 

(1)     Includes 624,028 options cancelled pursuant to the Company’s agreements with certain officers and employees.

Options Outstanding
    Options Exercisable
    
Number
Outstanding at
March 31, 2004
         Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
          Weighted Average
Exercise Price
          Number
Exercisable at
March 31, 2004
          Weighted Average
Exercise Price
242,378                     5.56           $ 0.27              242,378           $ 0.27   
844,824                     8.56              0.50              430,117              0.50   
500,333                     8.91              0.66              115,603              0.58   
1,000,000                     7.67              1.27              1,000,000              1.27   
54,081                     7.09              1.50              52,101              1.50   
1,015,000                     9.50              1.57                               
592,681                     7.73              1.88              448,545              1.87   
498,754                     6.46              4.60              472,476              4.70   
111,665                     6.01              8.86              111,039              8.86   
34,667                     6.33              11.00              31,775              11.00   
4,894,383                     8.06           $ 1.74              2,904,034           $ 2.10   
 

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9. Stockholders’ Equity and Employee Compensation Plans (Continued)

The weighted average fair values of options granted in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002 were $1.43, $0.86 and $1.66, respectively. The fair value of each option grant and stock purchase right is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:


 
         Stock Incentive Plans
March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
Risk-free Interest Rate
                    2.65%              1.25%                 4.12%   
Expected Life of Options from Grant Date
                    4 years              4 years              4 years   
Expected Dividend Yield
                       0.0%                 0.0%                    0.0%   
Expected Stock Volatility
                    92.0%              90.0%              115.0%   
 

 
         Employee Stock Purchase Plans
March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
Risk-free Interest Rate
                    0.94%              1.25%              2.71%   
Expected Life of Options from Grant Date
                    0.5 years              0.5 years              0.5 years   
Expected Dividend Yield
                       0.0%                 0.0%                 0.0%   
Expected Stock Volatility
                    85.0%              90.0%              54.0%   
 

The weighted average fair values of the purchase rights granted in fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2002 were $0.48, $0.18 and $1.59, respectively.

Deferred Stock Compensation

Deferred stock compensation represents the aggregate difference, at the grant date, between the respective exercise price of stock options and the fair value of the underlying stock. The deferred stock compensation expense is amortized on an accelerated basis over the vesting period of the individual award, generally four years. This method is in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 28. The Company had not recorded any unearned stock-based compensation in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, and has amortized deferred stock compensation of $0.0 million, $0.6 million and $1.6 million, in these periods, respectively.

Stock Repurchase Agreements

In connection with the exercise of options pursuant to the 1999 Plan, employees entered into restricted stock purchase agreements with the Company. Under the terms of these agreements, the Company has a right to repurchase any shares at the original exercise price of the shares upon termination of employment. The repurchase right lapses ratably over the vesting term of the original grant. As of March 31, 2004, no shares were subject to repurchase by the Company.

401(k) Plan

The Company maintains a retirement and deferred savings plan for its employees in the United States of America (the “401(k) Plan”), who meet certain age and service requirements. The 401(k) Plan provided that each participant may defer up to 15% of their annual compensation on a pre-tax basis, not to exceed the dollar limit that is set by law, with the Company contributing a matching 25 percent of their contribution, up to 3 percent of their annual compensation. Substantially all of the Company’s employees are eligible to participate in the Tvia 401(k) Plan. The Company contributed $59,000, $98,000 and $37,000 to the 401(k) Plan for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

10. Concentration of Certain Risks

The Company is subject to the risks associated with similar technology companies. These risks include, but are not limited to: history of operating losses, dependence on a small number of key individuals, customers and suppliers, competition from larger, more established companies, the impact of rapid technological changes and changes in customer demand/requirements.

Revenues to significant customers, those representing approximately 10% or more of total revenues for the respective periods, are summarized as follows:


 
         For the Year
Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
Customer A
                    15 %             17 %             *    
Customer B
                    12 %             24 %             *    
Customer C
                    12 %             *               *    
Customer D
                    10 %             *               *    
Customer E
                    *               10 %             *    
Customer F
                    *               *               62 %  
Customer G
                    *               *               14 %  
 

(* = less than 10%)

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of bank deposits and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents in checking and money market accounts in financial institutions. The Company’s accounts receivable are derived primarily from sales to OEMs and distributors. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains an allowance for potential doubtful accounts.

As of March 31, 2004 and 2003, accounts receivable were concentrated with customers as follows:


 
         March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
Accounts Receivable:
                                                 
Customer A
                    20 %             *    
Customer B
                    15 %             *    
Customer C
                    *               48 %  
Customer D
                    17 %             22 %  
Customer E
                    *               21 %  
 

(* = less than 10%)

The Company recorded bad debt expense of $15,000 and $8,000 for fiscal years 2004 and 2003, respectively.

Vendor Concentration

The Company does not own or operate a fabrication facility, and accordingly relies substantially on three outside foundries, United Manufacturing Corporation (“UMC”) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (“TSMC”), both are located in Taiwan and HuaHong NEC in the People’s Republic of China, to supply all of the Company’s semiconductor manufacturing requirements. There are significant risks associated with the Company’s reliance on outside foundries, including the lack of ensured wafer supply, limited control over delivery schedules, quality assurance and control, manufacturing yields and production costs and the unavailability of or delays in obtaining access to key process technologies. Any inability of one of the foundries to provide the necessary components could result in significant delays and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business,

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

10. Concentration of Certain Risks (Continued)

financial condition and results of operations. In the event either foundry suffers financial difficulties or suffers any damage or destruction to its respective facilities, or in the event of any other disruption of foundry capacity, the Company may not be able to qualify alternative manufacturing sources for existing or new products in a timely manner.

Substantially all of the Company’s products are assembled and tested by one of three third-party subcontractors, Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd., and Advance Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., both located in Taiwan, and Belling Corp., Ltd. in the People’s Republic of China. The availability of assembly and testing services from these subcontractors could be adversely affected in the event any subcontractor experiences financial difficulties or suffers any damage or destruction to its respective facilities, or in the event of any other disruption of assembly and testing capacity. As a result of this reliance on third-party subcontractors for assembly and testing of its products, the Company cannot directly control product delivery schedules, which has in the past, and could in the future, result in product shortages or quality assurance problems that could increase the cost of manufacture, assembly or testing of the Company’s products.

11. Segment and Geographic Information

The Company is organized and operates in one reportable segment, which is the development, manufacture and sale of streaming media integrated circuits for the advanced television and emerging interactive display markets.

The Company has operations in the United States and China. The operating expenses of the China subsidiary for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, and the total assets as of the respective dates in China were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The following table summarizes revenues by geographic area as a percentage of total revenues:


 
         For the Year
Ended March 31,
    

 
         2004
     2003
     2002
United States
                    24 %             14 %             68 %  
Europe
                    24 %             35 %             *      
Taiwan
                    18 %             25 %             22 %  
Japan
                    15 %             16 %             *      
Korea
                    *                 10 %             *      
 

(* Less than 10%)

12. Commitments and Contingencies

Stock Repurchase

On November 10, 2001, the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to acquire outstanding common stock in the open market. Under this program, the Board of Directors authorized the acquisition of up to 200,000 of the Company’s common stock. As of March 31, 2004, the Company acquired 143,700 shares on the open market that it holds as treasury stock.

On August 20, 2002, the Board of Directors authorized an additional stock repurchase program to acquire outstanding common stock in the open market. Under this program, the Board of Directors authorized the acquisition up to 5 million shares of common stock. As of March 31, 2004, we had not repurchased any shares of common stock under this program.

Litigation

The Company is subject to various claims which arise in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, the Company is unaware of any claims which would have a material adverse effect on the financial position, liquidity or results of operations of the Company.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

12. Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

Leases Commitments

The Company leases its facilities under non-cancelable operating leases expiring at various dates through July 2005. Under the terms of the leases, the Company is responsible for a portion of the facilities’ operating expenses, insurance and property taxes. Rent expense under operating leases for the years ended March 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, were approximately $0.2 million, $0.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

The Company leases certain fixed assets under capital leases expiring at various dates through February 2005.

Future payments due under leases as of March 31, 2004 are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year
         Capital
Leases
     Operating
Leases
2005
                 $ 490            $ 171    
2006
                                  47    
Total minimum lease payments
                    490            $ 218    
Less: Amount representing interest
                    (4 )                      
Present value of minimum payments
                    486                        
Less: Current portion
                    (486 )                      
Long-term portion
                 $                        
 

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Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Our disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to meet, and management believes that they meet, reasonable assurance standards. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, subject to the limitations noted above, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that material information relating to us, including our consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Annual Report on Form 10-K was being prepared.

(b) Changes in internal controls. There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) identified in connection with the evaluation described in Item 8A(a) above that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART III

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

The information required by this item (with respect to Directors) is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Election of Directors” contained in the Company’s Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Company’s 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on August 4, 2004 (the “Proxy Statement”). Certain information required by this item concerning executive officers is set forth in Part I of this Report under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant.”

Item 405 of Regulation S-B calls for disclosure of any known late filing or failure by an insider to file a report required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act. This disclosure is contained in the section entitled “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company has a separately designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The members of the Audit Committee are James Bunker (Chairperson), R. David Dicciocio and Mark Mangiola, all of whom meet the independence standards established by The Nasdaq Stock Market for serving on an audit committee. The Board of Directors has determined that R. David Dicciocio and Mark Mangiola are each an “audit committee financial expert” as defined SEC regulations.

The Company’s Board of Directors adopted a Code of Ethics for all of its directors and officers on March 22, 2004. The Company’s Code of Ethics is available on the Company’s website at http://www.tvia.com. To date, there have been no waivers under the Company’s Code of Ethics. The Company will post any waivers, if and when granted, under its Code of Ethics on the Company’s website at http://www.tvia.com.

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Item 11. Executive Compensation

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information under the captions “Election of Directors — Director Compensation,” “Executive Compensation,” and “Election of Directors —Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” contained in the Proxy Statement.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholders Matters

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” contained in the Proxy Statement.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

Set forth in the table below is certain information regarding the number of shares of Common Stock that were subject to outstanding stock options or other compensation plan grants and awards as of March 31, 2004.

Plan Category
         Number of
Securities to be
Issued Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options, Warrants
and Rights
     Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
     Number of Securities
Remaining Available
for Future Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plans (Excluding
Securities Reflected
In Column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
                    3,894,383 (1)          $ 1.94              2,850,891   
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
                    1,214,997 (2)(3)(4)          $ 1.68                 
Totals
                    5,109,380           $ 1.96              2,850,891 (5)  
 

 
(1)     Includes shares to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options and warrants granted under the 1999 Plan and the 2000 Plan. Options or warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock are no longer granted under the 1999 Plan.

(2)     In November 2001, the Company issued two out-of-plan non-qualified options. The first grant is for 800,000 shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price of $1.27, the fair market value on the date of grant. The option vests over a four year period. The second grant is for 200,000 shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price of $1.27, the fair market value on the date of grant. If certain performance objectives are met, the second option will vest ratably over 48 months beginning on the last day of the first month following the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date. If the performance objectives are not met, the option will vest in full on the sixth anniversary of the vesting commencement date.

(3)     Includes warrants to purchase 26,666 and 166,665 shares of Common Stock at exercise prices of $3.00 and $3.75 per share, respectively. The warrants were issued between December 1997 and January 2000 to related party guarantors of loans previously incurred by the Company. The loans were repaid. Each of the warrants has a term of five years and terminates between April 2004 and January 2005.

(4)     Includes warrants to purchase 13,333 and 8,333 shares of Common Stock at exercise prices of $3.00 and $3.75 per share, respectively. The warrants were issued to a bank in June 1999 and in December 1999 in connection with loans previously incurred by the Company. The loans were repaid. The warrants have a term of five years and terminate in June 2004 and December 2004.

(5)     Includes 589,047 shares reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). The number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP increases on April 1, of every year, by the lesser of: 83,333 shares; 3% of the outstanding Common Stock on such date; or a lesser amount determined by the Board of Directors. Each participant may purchase up to 4,000 shares on any purchase date. The ESPP permits eligible employees to contribute up to 15% of cash compensation toward the semi-annual purchase

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  of the Company’s Common Stock. The purchase price is 85% of the fair market value on the day prior to the beginning of the six-month period at which an eligible employee is enrolled, or the end of each six-month offering period, whichever is lower.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained under the captions “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” contained in the Proxy Statement.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information under the caption “Ratification of Independent Auditors — Principal Accountant Fees and Services” and “Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures” contained in the Proxy Statement.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)     Documents filed as part of this report:

(1) Financial Statements

Reference is made to the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements of Tvia, Inc., under Item 8 of Part II hereof.

(2) Financial Statement Schedules

The following financial statement schedule of Tvia, Inc. is filed as part of this Form 10-K.

Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

All other financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or not required or because the information is included elsewhere in the Consolidated Financial Statements or the Notes thereto.

(3) Exhibits

See Item 15(c) below. Each management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed has been identified.

(b)     Reports on Form 8-K.

On February 3, 2004, the Company furnished a current report on Form 8-K furnishing under Item 12 the Company’s press release relating to its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2003.

(c)     Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
         Description of Document
3(i).1
              
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Amendment No. 8 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
3(ii).1
              
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.1
              
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.2
              
Form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of April 3, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).

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Exhibit
Number
         Description of Document
4.3
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued April 30, 1999 to James Mah (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.4
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued June 21, 1999 to Far East National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.5
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued July 8, 1998 to C. Y. Lee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.6
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued December 30, 1999 to Far East National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024))
4.7
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued January 25,2000 to C.Y. Lee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.8
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued January 25, 2000 to James Mah (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.1#
              
Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan of Tvia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.2#
              
Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Tvia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002).
10.3#
              
Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Tvia, Inc.
10.4
              
Form of Directors and Officers’ Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.5
              
TSMC Terms and Conditions dated November 15, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.6
              
UMC Wafer Foundry Standard Terms and Conditions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.7#
              
Form of Executive Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.9
              
Multi-Tenant Single-Building Modified-Net Lease dated October 27, 1995 between Koll/Intereal Bay Area and Integraphics System, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.10
              
First Amendment to Lease Agreement dated January 15, 1999 between Koll/Intereal Bay Area and IGS Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.11
              
Second Amendment to Lease Agreement dated May 6, 1999 between Koll/Intereal Bay Area and IGS Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.12#
              
Promissory Note entered by and between the Company and Jack Guedj dated April 11, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001).

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Exhibit
Number
         Description of Document
10.13#
              
Option Agreement between the Company and Eli Porat dated November 30, 2001(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2001).
10.14#
              
Option agreement between the Company and Eli Porat dated November 30, 2001(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2001).
10.15†
              
Technology License Agreement by and between the Company and Oak Technology, Inc. dated December 29, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002).
10.16†
              
Addendum to Technology License Agreement by and between the Company and Oak Technology, Inc. dated April 25, 2001(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002).
10.17#
              
Agreement and Release of Claims by and between the Company and Jack Guedj dated January 31, 2002(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002).
21.1
              
Subsidiaries of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003).
23.1
              
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
              
Power of Attorney (see page 53 of this Form 10-K).
31.1
              
Rule 13a-14(a) certification of Chief Executive Officer
31.2
              
Rule 13a-14(a) certification of Chief Financial Officer
32.1**
              
Statement of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C.ss.1350).
32.2**
              
Statement of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C.ss.1350).
 
**     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 Form 10-K 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.


#     Indicates management contact or compensatory plan or arrangement.

†     Confidential treatment has been requested or granted with respect to certain portions of these agreements.

(d)     Financial Statement Schedules.

See Item 15(a)(1) and (a)(2) above.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial Statement Schedule

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Tvia, Inc.:

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our report dated June 14, 2004 appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Tvia, Inc. also included an audit of the financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(a)(2) of this Form 10-K. In our opinion, this financial statement schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Jose, California
June 14, 2004

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(in thousands)

Description
         Balance at
Beginning
of Period
     Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
     Deductions
     Balance at
End of
Period
Year Ended March 31, 2004
Allowance for doubtful accounts
                 $ 50            $ 15            $ 62            $ 3    
 
Year Ended March 31, 2003
Allowance for doubtful accounts
                 $ 112           $ 8           $ 70           $ 50   
 
Year Ended March 31, 2002
Allowance for doubtful accounts
                 $ 439           $ 100           $ 427           $ 112   
 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  TVIA, INC.  
   
Date: June 21, 2004    
   
  By                           /s/ ELI PORAT  

  Eli Porat 
  Chief Executive Officer and President 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Eli Porat and Arthur Nguyen, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact or their substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name
         Title
     Date
/s/ ELI PORAT
Eli Porat
              
Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
    
June 21, 2004
  
/s/ ARTHUR NGUYEN

Arthur Nguyen
              
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
    
June 21, 2004
  
/s/ KENNY LIU

Kenny Liu
              
Chairman of the Board
    
June 21, 2004
  
/s/ STEVEN CHENG

Steven Cheng
              
Director
    
June 21, 2004
  
/s/ JAMES BUNKER

James Bunker
              
Director
    
June 21, 2004
  
/s/ MARK MANGIOLA

Mark Mangiola
              
Director
    
June 21, 2004
  
/s/ R. DAVID DICIOCCIO

R. David Dicioccio
              
Director
    
June 21, 2004
 

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number
         Description of Document
3(i).1
              
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Amendment No. 8 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
3(ii).1
              
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.1
              
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.2
              
Form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of April 3, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.3
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued April 30, 1999 to James Mah (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.4
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued June 21, 1999 to Far East National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.5
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued July 8, 1998 to C. Y. Lee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.6
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued December 30, 1999 to Far East National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024))
4.7
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued January 25,2000 to C.Y. Lee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
4.8
              
Warrant to Purchase Stock issued January 25, 2000 to James Mah (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.1#
              
Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan of Tvia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.2#
              
Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Tvia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002).
10.3#
              
Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Tvia, Inc.
10.4
              
Form of Directors and Officers’ Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.5
              
TSMC Terms and Conditions dated November 15, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.6
              
UMC Wafer Foundry Standard Terms and Conditions (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.7#
              
Form of Executive Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.9
              
Multi-Tenant Single-Building Modified-Net Lease dated October 27, 1995 between Koll/Intereal Bay Area and Integraphics System, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).

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Exhibit
Number
         Description of Document
10.10
              
First Amendment to Lease Agreement dated January 15, 1999 between Koll/Intereal Bay Area and IGS Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.11
              
Second Amendment to Lease Agreement dated May 6, 1999 between Koll/Intereal Bay Area and IGS Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-34024)).
10.12#
              
Promissory Note entered by and between the Company and Jack Guedj dated April 11, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001).
10.13#
              
Option Agreement between the Company and Eli Porat dated November 30, 2001(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2001).
10.14#
              
Option agreement between the Company and Eli Porat dated November 30, 2001(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2001).
10.15†
              
Technology License Agreement by and between the Company and Oak Technology, Inc. dated December 29, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002).
10.16†
              
Addendum to Technology License Agreement by and between the Company and Oak Technology, Inc. dated April 25, 2001(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002).
10.17#
              
Agreement and Release of Claims by and between the Company and Jack Guedj dated January 31, 2002(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002).
21.1
              
Subsidiaries of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003).
23.1
              
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
              
Power of Attorney (see page 53 of this Form 10-K).
31.1
              
Rule 13a-14(a) certification of Chief Executive Officer
31.2
              
Rule 13a-14(a) certification of Chief Financial Officer
32.1**
              
Statement of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C.ss.1350).
32.2**
              
Statement of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C.ss.1350).
 
**     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 Form 10-K 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.


#     Indicates management contact or compensatory plan or arrangement.

†     Confidential treatment has been requested or granted with respect to certain portions of these agreements.

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