BNET Industries
Market Cap:$438.7M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$209.1M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
We are a leading fabless provider of highly integrated circuits including system-on-chip, or SoC, solutions that are used to deliver multimedia entertainment throughout the home. We currently offer four distinct technologies that we market as separate product lines: media processors, VXP video image processing, Ultra-wideband devices and Z-wave devices. Each of these technologies also contributes to our fully integrated SoC offerings. Our media processor product line represents a family of SoC solutions that combine our semiconductors and software and are a critical component of multiple high-growth, consumer applications that process digital video and audio content, including internet protocol TV, or IPTV, connected media player, high definition TVs, or HDTVs, and portable media players. Our media processors provide high definition digital video decoding for multiple compression standards, graphics acceleration, audio decoding, a central processing unit, or CPU, and display control. Our software provides control of media processing and system security management. Together, our media processor semiconductors and software form a complete SoC solution that we believe provides our customers with a foundation from which they can quickly develop feature-rich consumer entertainment products. ...
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mechanicnet Group, Inc.Lung C. Tsai
Number of Employees 326
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing: 334119
Recent Events
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MIPS backs Android at Computex
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TAIPAI, Taiwan \ BUSINESS WIRE \ June 1, 2009 \ Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader...
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Sigma Designs shares dive after 1Q results
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Sigma's Share Price a Cause for Concern?
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Sigma Designs Issues 1Q Financials
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Sigma Designs Introduces IP-Wave Single Chip Solution
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Sigma Designs logs profit, sees stabilizing demand
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Sigma Designs Finished at Highest Level in 4 1/2 Months Friday
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Blusens Relies on Sigma Designs' Technology to Empower HDTV Home Entertainment Device
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MIPS-BasedTM Products at CES 2009 Span Digital Home, Networking and Mobile Markets
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Sigma Demos New Video Technology Solutions at CES
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SAN DIEGO, \ January 16, 2009/PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- DivX, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIVX),...
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Sigma Designs Selects Sidense Memory for IPTV Product
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Sigma Designs: Q2 Forecast Ahead of Expectations
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: After easily surpassing Q1 expectations Wednesday night, video chip company Sigma Designs SIGM told analysts on the conference call afterward that revenue and gross profit for Q2 will be similar to last quarter, which would be ahead of current consensus expecations. Hewing to...
Sigma Designs, Inc., F1Q10 (Qtr End 05/02/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. The first question comes from the line of John Vinh - Collins Stewart. John Vinh - Collins Stewart My first question is on the digital media adapters or the connected media segment. Can you just give us a little bit more color...
Sigma's Share Price a Cause for Concern?
Shlomi Cohen submits: Amdocs Ltd. (NYSE: DOX), which I hold in my portfolio tracked by "Globes", has appeared every so often in the Israeli press in negative items about layoffs or leaving offices. However, it recently held a fairly optimistic analysts' day in New York, which encouraged investors. Sometimes,...
Sigma Designs, Inc., F1Q10 (Qtr End 05/02/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Sigma Designs, Inc. SIGM F1Q10 Earnings Call May 27, 2009 5:00 pm ET
Adobe to bring Flash to home TVs
Adobe Systems plans to bring its Flash graphics platform to home TV sets by the end of the year and says it has persuaded a number of electronics manufacturers to include support for its Flash software in new digital TVs and other devices. ...
Sigma Designs, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 01/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions your first question comes from the line of John Vinh with Collins Stewart. Please proceed John Vinh – Collins Stewart First, just housekeeping question Tom. The second 10% customer, I didn't catch the name of that, can you repeat who that was? Tom Gay Cowim,...
Bottoms Up for Chip Sector
Shlomi Cohen submits: Based on the results reported last week by two semiconductor firms Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) and Marvell Technology Group (Nasdaq: MRVL) that are held in my portfolio, tracked by "Globes", it may be assumed that we have reached a bottom. In the quarter ended January, Marvell's...
Sigma Snaps Up Perennial Smart Grid Hopeful Zensys
Greentech Media submits: By Michael Kanellos Sigma Designs SIGM has bought Zensys for an undisclosed amount. Zensys has been trying to gain traction in the smart grid market but hasn't experienced a tremendous amount of success. by Greentech Media
Sigma Designs, Inc. F3Q 2009 (Qtr End 11/1/2008) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from [Unidentified Analyst] - RBC Capital Markets. [Unidentified Analyst] - RBC Capital Markets As you mentioned, Blu-ray players are now below $200.00 and our price checks specifically show as low as $149.00 to $199.00. If you could give...
Sigma Designs Named a "Fastest Growing" Company Two Years in a Row
FORTUNE 100 Fastest-Growing Corporate American Companies and Deloitte & Touche's Silicon Valley Fast 50 for 2008 Programs Recognize and Award Sigma's Growth MILPITAS, Calif. -- Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM), a leader in digital media processing system-on-chip SoC solutions for consumer electronics today announces it has been ranked #7 on FORTUNE's...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Kit Tsui | Chief Financial Officer |
| Mark Kent | Chief Financial Officer |
| Thomas E. Gay | Chief Financial Officer |
| David L. Lynch | Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing |
| Hung Nguyen | General Manager & Vice President, Wireless Products Division |
| Jacques Martinella | Vice President of Engineering |
| Kenneth Lowe | Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Marketing |
| Julien Nguyen | Managing Partner, Concept Ventures |
| Ernie Santella | Director, Production |
| Jason Chen | Founder & Director, Operations |
| Keith Jack | Director of Product Marketing |
| Maggie Anderson | Manager, HR |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lung C. Tsai | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mechanicnet Group, Inc. |
| Thinh Q. Tran | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
| William J. Almon | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Grandis, Inc. |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mechanicnet Group, Inc. | Current |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | Current |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Trilogy Systems Corporation | Former | |
| Amdahl Corporation | Former | |
| Fujitsu Limited | Former | |
| Stanford University | M.S.E.E. | Former |
| University of Wisconsin | B.S.E.E. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Grandis, Inc. | Current |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Grandis, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Conner Peripherals | President | Former |
| Grandis, Inc. | President | Former |
| Conner Peripherals | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Grandis, Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Former |
Ms. Tsui was appointed Managing Director, Singapore Operations in April 2008. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Tsui was the Vice President of Planning and Administration (February 2007 to April 2008), Chief Financial Officer (January 2001 to February 2007), and Chief Accounting Officer (January 2000 to January 2001). Ms. Tsui joined the Company in November 1982 as its Accounting Manager. During her tenure at the Company, Ms. Tsui was promoted to Director of Finance in February 1990, and to Corporate Secretary in December 1996. Ms. Tsui received a B.S. degree in accounting from San Francisco State University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | General Manager, Singapore | Former |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Director of Finance | Former |
| San Francisco State University | B.S. Degree In Accounting | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Oak Investment Partners | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| CrossWorlds Software | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
Mr. Gay has more than 35 years of experience as a finance professional with the vast majority of his career spent at technology companies. From May 1998 to May 2007, Mr. Gay served as CFO of Catalyst Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CATS), a developer of mixed-signal and memory ICs for telecommunications, consumer, and other markets. At Catalyst, Mr. Gay played a fundamental role in the turnaround of the company during its insolvency period and achieved continued profitability for eight years thereafter. During his tenure, Mr. Gay was responsible for Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Information Technology, Insurance and Facilities. From 1981 to 1998, Mr. Gay held a succession of controller positions at five previous companies where he was generally responsible for all accounting functions and financial processes. These controller positions included the corporate controller for Wireless Access Inc., an earlier term as controller for Catalyst Semiconductor, the corporate controller for Sanmina Corporation, the controller and VP of administration at IndTech Corporation, and a division controller at NEC Electronics, USA. Mr. Gay holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from San Diego State University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. | Vice President of Finance and Administration | Former |
| San Diego State University | B.S. Degree In Accounting | Former |
Mr. Lynch has more than 27 years of professional experience in the semiconductor industry with a record of extraordinary results. From June of 2000 to February of 2008, Mr. Lynch served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Video Products Division of Gennum Corporation, a developer of mixed signal and video processing products for the consumer and professional markets. During his tenure, Mr. Lynch played a fundamental role in re-shaping their semiconductor business and achieving profitable new growth. As Senior Vice President and General Manager, his responsibilities included full profit and loss responsibility for the Video Products division, including management of sales, marketing, product development and supply channels. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Lynch served as the Vice President of Research and Development for Gennum. From 1978 to 1994, Mr. Lynch worked for Bell Northern Research as the Director of Semiconductor Subsystems Design, Senior Manager of IC Development, and additional engineering positions. Mr. Lynch holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science degree from the University of Toronto.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing | Current |
| Image Processing | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Gennum Corporation | Vice President of Research and Development | Former |
| Image Processing | General Manager | Former |
| Bell Northern Research | Former | |
| Micronet, LLC | Former | |
| University of Toronto | Honours Bachelor of Engineering Science (Applied Physics) | Former |
Mr. Hung Nguyen is a seasoned executive and technologist with 21 years of experiences in semiconductor designs for wireless systems, optical drives and hard disk drives. He is a well-recognized authority in the fields of wireless communications and digital signal processing with over 22 patents. Mr. Nguyen joined Sigma Designs as the General Manager & VP of the Wireless Products Division through the acquisition of Blue7 Communications in February 2006. He was the Founder and CEO of Blue7, a privately-held company that developed the Ultra-Wideband Wireless chipsets for consumer electronics. Prior to founding Blue7, Mr. Nguyen worked at NeoMagic where he served as the Deputy General Manager & Sr. Director leading the marketing and engineering teams of the Optical Storage division. At NeoMagic he participated in a successful IPO and the Optical Storage division was later acquired by LSI Logic. Mr. Nguyen also held several management and engineering positions at Quantum Corporation and IBM. Mr. Hung Nguyen received a BSEE with distinction from University of Southern California and a MSEE from Santa Clara University. He was named Inventor of the Year at Quantum in 1995.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | General Manager & Vice President, Wireless Products Division | Current |
| NeoMagic Corporation | Former | |
| Santa Clara University | Msee | Former |
Mr. Martinella has been the Vice President of Engineering, since December 1995. Mr. Martinella joined the Company in May 1994 as Director, VLSI Engineering. From June 1990 to April 1994, Mr. Martinella served in engineering and management positions at Weitek, a graphics chip manufacturer. In addition, Mr. Martinella was an engineer at National Semiconductor, a semiconductor manufacturer, from June 1982 to June 1990. Mr. Martinella received an engineering diploma from "Ecole Superieure d'Electricite" in Paris and an M.S.E.E. from Stanford University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Vice President of Engineering | Current |
| National Semiconductor Corporation | Engineer | Former |
| Weitek Corporation | Former | |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Stanford University | M.S.E.E. | Former |
Mr. Lowe joined the Company in May 2000 as Vice President, Marketing and was promoted to Vice President, Business Development in January 2001. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lowe served as the Director of Multimedia Marketing for Cadence Design Systems. Prior to 1995, Mr. Lowe founded his own technology company, Performix, and also held various marketing management positions at Sierra Semiconductor, Chrontel, and Dataquest. In the late 1980's, Mr. Lowe served as Product Marketing Director of Sigma Designs.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Marketing | Current |
| Gilder Publishing, LLC | Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Marketing , Sigma Designs | Current |
| Chrontel, Inc. | Vice President of Marketing | Former |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Marketing Director | Former |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Director of Multimedia Marketing | Former |
| Dataquest, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Concept Ventures | Founder | Current |
| Concept Ventures | Managing Partner | Current |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Managing Partner, Concept Ventures | Current |
| Nanodimension AG | Current | |
| IT-Farm Corporation | Current | |
| Grandis, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Envision | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Director | Current |
| The Emotions | President | Former |
| Planetweb, Inc | Coo | Former |
| The Emotions | Chief Executive | Former |
| Planetweb, Inc | Vice President of Product Management | Former |
| Concept Ventures | Managing Director | Former |
| The Emotions | Founder | Former |
| Radius Inc. | Director of Product Development | Former |
| August Capital | Co-Investor | Former |
| Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Co-Investor | Former |
| Grandis, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Ecole Polytechnique | Master of Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Director, Production | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Founder & Director, Operations | Current |
| Diamond Multimedia, Inc. | Former | |
| San Jose State University | M.S.E.E. degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Director of Product Marketing | Current |
| Video Demystified | Current | |
| Videobits.Org | Current | |
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Manager, Prod Marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma Designs, Inc. | Manager, HR | Current |
Executive News
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Sigma Signs Bridge Team
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Z-Wave Utilizes Broadband Wireless Technology to Manage Home Energy Savings
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TAIPAI, Taiwan \ (BUSINESS WIRE) \ June 1, 2009 \ Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in digital media processing system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for consumer electronics, today announced that it has begun \','lightyellow','500')"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()">Sigma Introduces Media Processor Optimized for Mainstream Blu-ray Players
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Z-Wave and Energy Savings Go Hand in Hand
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Sigma Designs Issues 1Q Financials
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MIPS(R) Licensees Demo Solutions for Android
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Sigma Introduces New Thin Client Media Processor
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Sigma Introduces New Thin Client Media Processor
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Sigma Introduces Media Processor Optimized for Mainstream Blu-ray Players
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MILPITAS, Calif. \ (BUSINESS WIRE) \ May 27, 2009 \ Sigma Designs®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGM), a leading provider of highly integrated system-on-chip, or SoC, solutions that are used to deliver multimedia \','lightyellow','500')"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()">Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
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Sigma Designs shares dive after 1Q results
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Sigma Designs: Q2 Forecast Ahead of Expectations
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Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
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Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
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Sigma Designs 1Q Net Down 58% On Lower Sales, Charge
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Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
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Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
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Sigma Designs Introduces IP-Wave Single Chip Solution
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