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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended April 26, 2009

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

Commission file number: 0-23985

NVIDIA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	94-3177549
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)	Identification No.)

2701 San Tomas Expressway

Santa Clara, California 95050

(408) 486-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of principal executive offices)

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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year if changed since last report)

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The number of shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding as of May 15, 2009 was 546.2 million.

NVIDIA CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED APRIL 26, 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
	PART I : FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	a) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008		3
	b) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of April 26, 2009 and January 25, 2009		4
	c) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008		5
	d) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements		6
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		27
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		39
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		40
	PART II : OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		41
Item 1A.	Risk Factors		41
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		56
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities		56
Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders		57
Item 5.	Other Information		57
Item 6.	Exhibits		58
Signature			59

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2009			April 27, 2008
Revenue	$	664,231		$	1,153,388
Cost of revenue		474,535			638,545
Gross profit		189,696			514,843
Operating expenses:
Research and development		301,797			218,830
Sales, general and administrative		118,864			93,034
Total operating expenses		420,661			311,864
Income (loss) from operations		(230,965	)		202,979
Interest income		6,124			14,323
Other income (expense), net		20			(4,284	)
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)		(224,821	)		213,018
Income tax expense (benefit)		(23,483	)		36,213
Net income (loss)	$	(201,338	)	$	176,805

Basic income (loss) per share	$	(0.37	)	$	0.32
Shares used in basic per share computation		542,307			555,673

Diluted income (loss) per share	$	(0.37	)	$	0.30
Shares used in diluted per share computation		542,307			591,989

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)

	April 26, 2009			January 25, 2009
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	512,274		$	417,688
Marketable securities		825,873			837,702
Accounts receivable, net		304,393			318,435
Inventories		327,259			537,834
Prepaid expenses and other		50,885			39,794
Deferred income taxes		-			16,505
Total current assets		2,020,684			2,167,958
Property and equipment, net		601,053			625,798
Goodwill		369,844			369,844
Intangible assets, net		142,446			147,101
Deposits and other assets		44,677			40,026
Total assets	$	3,178,704		$	3,350,727

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	226,114		$	218,864
Accrued liabilities and other		476,058			559,727
Total current liabilities		702,172			778,591
Other long-term liabilities		132,305			151,850
Capital lease obligations, long term		25,351			25,634
Commitments and contingencies - see Note 12
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock		-			-
Common stock		636			629
Additional paid-in capital		2,013,746			1,889,257
Treasury stock, at cost		(1,463,268	)		(1,463,268	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		4,931			3,865
Retained earnings		1,762,831			1,964,169
Total stockholders' equity		2,318,876			2,394,652
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	3,178,704		$	3,350,727

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)

	Three Months Ended
		April 26, 2009		April 27, 2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(201,338	)	$	176,805
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock option purchase		135,735			-
Depreciation and amortization		50,658			41,358
Stock based compensation expense		34,113			42,124
Tax benefit from stock options		(7,595)			-
Other		1,474			1,238
Deferred income taxes		(15,378	)		31,186
Payments under patent licensing arrangement		(88	)		(4,980	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		14,171			15,826
Inventories		211,233			(61,149	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		5,414			(831	)
Deposits and other assets		(4,969	)		(2,258	)
Accounts payable		7,250			(68,608	)
Accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities		(88,552	)		(25,466	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		142,128			145,245
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of marketable securities		(215,088	)		(289,649	)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities		226,960			545,803
Purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets		(20,777	)		(202,173	)
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents		-			(27,948	)
Other		-			(1,500	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(8,905	)		24,533
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments related to stock option purchase		(78,075	)		-
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock plans		39,660			30,457
Payments related to repurchases of common stock		-			(123,896	)
Payments under capital lease obligations		(222	)		-
Net cash used in financing activities		(38,637	)		(93,439	)
Change in cash and cash equivalents		94,586			76,339
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		417,688			726,969
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	512,274		$	803,308

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for income taxes, net	$	919		$	1,982
Other non-cash activities:
Change in unrealized gains from marketable securities	$	1,066		$	8,234

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments except as otherwise noted, considered necessary for a fair statement of results of operations and financial position have been included. The results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for any future period. The following information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 25, 2009.

Fiscal year

We operate on a 52 or 53-week year, ending on the last Sunday in January. Fiscal year 2010 is a 53-week year, compared to fiscal year 2009 which was a 52-week year. The first quarter of fiscal years 2010 and 2009 are both 13-week quarters.

Reclassifications

Certain prior fiscal year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current fiscal year presentation.

Principles of Consolidation

Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NVIDIA Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, cash equivalents and marketable securities, accounts receivable, inventories, income taxes, goodwill, stock-based compensation, warranty liabilities, litigation, investigation and settlement costs and other contingencies. These estimates are based on historical facts and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable.

Revenue Recognition

Product Revenue

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

Our policy on sales to certain distributors, with rights of return, is to defer recognition of revenue and related cost of revenue until the distributors resell the product. We record estimated reductions to revenue for customer programs at the time revenue is recognized. Our customer programs primarily involve rebates, which are designed to serve as sales incentives to resellers of our products in various target markets. We account for rebates in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 01-9, or EITF 01-09, Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer (Including a Reseller of the Vendor’s Products) and, as such, we accrue for 100% of the potential rebates and do not apply a breakage factor. We recognize a liability for these rebates at the later of the date at which we record the related revenue or the date at which we offer the rebate. Rebates typically expire six months from the date of the original sale, unless we reasonably believe that the customer intends to claim the rebate. Unclaimed rebates are reversed to revenue upon expiration of the rebate.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Our customer programs also include marketing development funds, or MDFs. We account for MDFs as either a reduction of revenue or an operating expense in accordance with EITF 01-09. MDFs represent monies paid to retailers, system builders, original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, distributors and add-in card partners that are earmarked for market segment development and expansion and typically are designed to support our partners’ activities while also promoting NVIDIA products. Depending on market conditions, we may take actions to increase amounts offered under customer programs, possibly resulting in an incremental reduction of revenue at the time such programs are offered.

We also record a reduction to revenue by establishing a sales return allowance for estimated product returns at the time revenue is recognized, based primarily on historical return rates. However, if product returns for a particular fiscal period exceed historical return rates we may determine that additional sales return allowances are required to properly reflect our estimated exposure for product returns.

License and Development Revenue

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

Inventories

Inventory cost is computed on an adjusted standard basis, which approximates actual cost on an average or first-in, first-out basis. Inventory costs consist primarily of the cost of semiconductors purchased from subcontractors, including wafer fabrication, assembly, testing and packaging, manufacturing support, including labor and overhead associated with such purchases, final test yield fallout, inventory provisions and shipping costs. We write down our inventory for estimated amounts related to lower of cost or market, obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand, future product purchase commitments, estimated manufacturing yield levels and market conditions. Inventory reserves once established are not reversed until the related inventory has been sold or scrapped.

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

Business Combinations. In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), or SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations. Under SFAS No. 141(R), an entity is required to recognize assets acquired, liabilities assumed, contractual contingencies, and contingent consideration at their fair value on the acquisition date. It further requires that acquisition-related costs be recognized separately from the acquisition and expensed as incurred; that restructuring costs generally be expensed in periods subsequent to the acquisition date; and that changes in accounting for deferred tax asset valuation allowances and acquired income tax uncertainties after the measurement period be recognized as a component of the provision for taxes. In addition, acquired in-process research and development is measured at fair value, capitalized as an indefinite-life intangible asset and tested for impairment pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, or SFAS No. 142. We adopted SFAS No. 141(R) in the first quarter of 2010 and will apply this new accounting standard to any future business combinations.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 141R-1 Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies, or FSP 141R-1. FSP 141R-1 amends the provisions in SFAS No. 141(R) for the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and accounting, and disclosures for assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in business combinations. FSP 141R-1 eliminates the distinction between contractual and non-contractual contingencies, including the initial recognition and measurement criteria in SFAS No. 141(R) and instead carries forward most of the provisions in SFAS No. 141 for acquired contingencies. FSP 141R-1 is effective for contingent assets and contingent liabilities acquired in business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. We adopted FSP 141R-1 in the first quarter of 2010 and will apply this new accounting standard to any future business combinations.

Life of Intangible Assets. In April 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets, or FSP 142-3, which amends the factors considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142. FSP 142-3 requires a consistent approach between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of an asset under SFAS No. 141(R). The FSP also requires enhanced disclosures when an intangible asset’s expected future cash flows are affected by an entity’s intent and/or ability to renew or extend the arrangement. FSP 142-3 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and is applied prospectively. We adopted FSP 142-3 in the first quarter of 2010. The adoption of FSP 142-3 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Fair Value of Financial Instruments. In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, or FSP 107-1 and APB 28-1, which require disclosure in the body or in the accompanying notes of the Company’s summarized financial information for interim reporting periods and in its financial statements for annual reporting periods of the fair value of all financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value, whether recognized or not in the statement of financial position, as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments. We will be required to adopt FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2010. We do not believe the adoption of FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Other-Than-Temporary Impairment. In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments, or FSP No. 115-2 and FAS No. 124-2, which clarify the interaction of the factors that should be considered when determining whether a debt security is other than temporarily impaired. We will be required to adopt FSP No. 115-2 and FAS No. 124-2 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2010. We do not believe the adoption of FSP No. 115-2 and FAS No. 124-2 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Fair Value Considering Volume and Level of Activity. In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly, or FSP 157-4, which clarifies the interaction of the factors that should be considered when evaluating whether there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability when compared with normal market activity for the asset or liability (or similar assets or liabilities). If there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability, further analysis of the transactions or quoted prices is required, and a significant adjustment to the transactions or quoted prices may be necessary to estimate fair value. We will be required to adopt FSP No. 157-4 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2010. We do not believe the adoption of FSP No. 157-4 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 2 – Net Income (Loss) Per Share

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

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2009			April 27, 2008
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Net income (loss)	$	(201,338	)	$	176,805
Denominator:
Denominator for basic net income (loss) per share, weighted average shares		542,307			555,673
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options outstanding		-			36,316
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per share, weighted average shares		542,307			591,989

Net income (loss) per share:
Basic net income (loss) per share	$	(0.37	)	$	0.32
Diluted net income (loss) per share	$	(0.37	)	$	0.30

All of our outstanding stock options and restricted stock units were anti-dilutive during the three months ended April 26, 2009 and excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share due to the net loss for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. Diluted net income (loss) per share does not include the effect of anti-dilutive common equivalent shares from stock options outstanding of 32.3 million for the three months ended April 27, 2008.

Note 3 – Stock Option Purchase

In March 2009, we completed a cash tender offer for certain employee stock options. The tender offer applied to outstanding stock options held by employees with an exercise price equal to or greater than $17.50 per share. None of the non-employee members of our Board of Directors or our officers who file reports under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 were eligible to participate in the tender offer. All eligible options with exercise prices equal to or greater than $17.50 per share but less than $28.00 per share were eligible to receive a cash payment of $3.00 per option in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible option. All eligible options with exercise prices equal to or greater than $28.00 per share were eligible to receive a cash payment of $2.00 per option in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible option.

Our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended April 26, 2009 includes stock-based compensation charges related to the stock option purchase (in thousands):

Cost of revenue	$	11,412
Research and development		90,456
Sales, general and administrative		38,373
Total	$	140,241

A total of 28.5 million options were tendered under the offer for an aggregate cash purchase price of $78.1 million, which was paid in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible options. As a result of the tender offer, we incurred a charge of $140.2 million consisting of $124.1 million related to the remaining unamortized stock based compensation expense associated with the unvested portion of the options tendered in the offer, $11.6 million related to stock-based compensation expense resulting from amounts paid in excess of the fair value of the underlying options, plus $4.5 million related to associated payroll taxes, professional fees and other costs.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Note 4 - Stock-Based Compensation

We measure stock-based compensation expense at the grant date of the related equity awards, based on the fair value of the awards, and recognize the expense using the straight-line attribution method over the requisite employee service period. We estimate the fair value of employee stock options on the date of grant using a binomial model and we use the closing trading price of our common stock on the date of grant as the fair value of awards of restricted stock units, or RSUs. We calculate the fair value of our employee stock purchase plan using the Black-Scholes model.

Equity Incentive Plans

We consider equity compensation to be long-term compensation and an integral component of our efforts to attract and retain exceptional executives, senior management and world-class employees. In March 2009, we introduced RSUs as a form of equity compensation to all employees. Currently, we grant stock options and RSUs under our equity incentive plans. The description of the key features of the NVIDIA Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2007 Plan, PortalPlayer, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan, or 1999 Plan, and 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, may be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 25, 2009.

Options granted to new employees that started before the beginning of fiscal year 2010 generally vest ratably quarterly over a three-year period. In addition, options granted prior to the beginning of fiscal year 2010 to existing employees in recognition of performance generally vest as to 25% of the shares two years and three months after the date of grant and as to the remaining 75% of the shares subject to the option in equal quarterly installments over a nine month period. Beginning in fiscal 2010, options granted to new employees and to existing employees in recognition of performance generally vest as to 33.36% of the shares one year after the date of grant and as to the remaining 66.64% of the shares subject to the option in equal quarterly installments over the remaining period. Options granted under the 2007 Plan generally expire in six years from the date of grant. In general, RSUs vest over three years and are subject to the recipient’s continuing service to NVIDIA. RSUs vest over three years at the rate of 33.36% on pre-determined dates that are close to the anniversary of the grant date and vest ratably on a semi-annual basis thereafter.

In addition to the stock-based compensation expense related to our cash tender offer to purchase certain employee stock options as described in Note 3 – Stock Option Purchase, our condensed consolidated statements of operations include stock-based compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized as inventory, as follows:

	Three Months Ended
		April 26, 2009		April 27, 2008
		(In thousands)
Cost of revenue		$	2,230		$	3,136
Research and development			21,270			24,534
Sales, general and administrative			10,613			14,454
Total		$	34,113		$	42,124

During the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, we granted approximately 4.9 million and 8.7 million stock options, respectively, with an estimated total grant-date fair value of $27.0 million and $87.0 million, respectively, and a per option weighted average grant-date fair value of $5.45 and $9.97, respectively. During the three months ended April 26, 2009, we granted approximately 4.6 million RSUs, with an estimated total grant-date fair value of $46.4 million, and a per RSU weighted average grant-date fair value of $10.17. We did not grant any RSUs during the three months ended April 27, 2008.

Of the estimated total grant-date fair value, we estimated that the stock-based compensation expense related to the equity awards that are not expected to vest was $11.8 million and $17.0 million for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, respectively. As of April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, the aggregate amount of unearned stock-based compensation expense related to our equity awards was $130.1 million and $272.9 million, respectively, adjusted for estimated forfeitures. As of both April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, we expect to recognize the unearned stock-based compensation expense related to stock options over an estimated weighted average amortization period of 2.2 years. As of April 26, 2009, we expect to recognize the unearned stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs over an estimated weighted average amortization period of 2.9 years.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)

Valuation Assumptions

We calculate the grant-date fair value of our equity awards under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (R), or SFAS No. 123(R), Share-based Payment.

Our calculation of the fair value of stock option awards uses implied volatility rather than historical volatility as we expect that implied volatility will be more reflective of market conditions and thus a better indicator of our expected volatility than historical volatility. We also segregate options into groups of employees with relatively homogeneous exercise behavior in order to calculate the best estimate of fair value using the binomial valuation model. As such, the expected term assumption used in calculating the estimated fair value of our stock option awards using the binomial model is based on detailed historical data about employees' exercise behavior, vesting schedules, and death and disability probabilities. Our management believes the resulting binomial calculation provides a reasonable estimate of the fair value of our employee stock options.

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

The fair value of stock options granted under our stock option plans and shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan have been estimated at the date of grant with the following assumptions:

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2009			April 27, 2008
Stock Options		(Using a binomial model)
Weighted average expected life of stock options (in years)		3.8 - 5.8		3.6 - 5.7
Risk free interest rate		1.8% - 2.2	%	2.6% - 2.9	%
Volatility		65% - 72	%	60% - 68	%
Dividend yield		-		-

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2009			April 27, 2008
		(Using a Black-Scholes model)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Weighted average expected life of stock options (in years)		0.5 - 2.0		0.5 - 2.0
Risk free interest rate		0.5% - 1.0	%	1.6% - 1.8	%
Volatility		73	%	68	%
Dividend yield		-		-

Equity Award Activity

The following summarizes the stock option and RSU activities under our equity incentive plans:

	Options Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Stock Options		(In thousands)			(Per Share)
Balances, January 25, 2009		97,454		$	13.83
Granted		4,949		$	9.96
Exercised		(4,158	)	$	4.17
Cancelled		(743	)	$	16.92
Cancellations related to stock options purchase (1)		(28,532	)	$	23.35
Balances, April 26, 2009		68,970		$	8.92

(1) Please refer to Note 3 of these condensed consolidated statements of operations for further discussion related to our stock option purchase in March 2009.

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	RSUs			Weighted Average Grant-date fair value
Restricted Stock Units		(In thousands)			(Per Share)
Balances, January 25, 2009		-		$	-
Awarded		4,563		$	10.17
Vested		-		$	10.20
Forfeited		(10	)	$	10.20
Balances, April 26, 2009		4,553		$	10.17

The following summarizes the stock options and RSUs, or equity awards, available for grant under our equity incentive plans (in thousands):

Balances, January 25, 2009	29,501
Stock options:
Granted	(4,949	)
Exercised	-
Cancelled	743
Cancellations related to stock option purchase (1)	28,532
Restricted Stock Units:
Granted	(4,563	)
Cancelled	10
Balances, April 26, 2009	49,274

(1) Please refer to Note 3 of these condensed consolidated statements of operations for further discussion related to our stock option purchase in March 2009.

Note 5 – Income Taxes

We recognized income tax (benefit) expense of ($23.5) million and $36.2 million for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, respectively. Income tax (benefit) expense as a percentage of income before taxes, or our effective tax rate, was (10.5%) and 17.0% for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, respectively.

The expected tax benefit derived from our loss before tax for the first three months of fiscal year 2010 at the United States federal statutory tax rate of 35% differs from our actual effective tax rate of (10.5%) due primarily to permanent tax differences related to stock-based compensation and losses recognized in tax jurisdictions where no tax benefit has been recognized, partially offset by the U.S. tax benefit of the federal research tax credit. Further, our annual projected effective tax rate of (7.0%) differs from our actual effective tax rate of (10.5%) primarily due to a one-time discrete item related to our stock option purchase completed in March 2009.

Our effective tax rate on income before tax for the first three months of fiscal year 2009 is lower than the United States federal statutory rate of 35% due primarily to income earned in jurisdictions where that tax rate is lower than the United States federal statutory tax rate.

For the three months ended April 26, 2009, there have been no material changes to our tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions. Additionally, there have been no material changes to our unrecognized tax benefits and any related interest or penalties from our fiscal year ended January 25, 2009.

While we believe that we have adequately provided for all uncertain tax positions, amounts asserted by tax authorities could be greater or less than our accrued position. Accordingly, our provisions on federal, state and foreign tax-related matters to be recorded in the future may change as revised estimates are made or the underlying matters are settled or otherwise resolved with the respective tax authorities. As of April 26, 2009, we do not believe that our estimates, as otherwise provided for, on such tax positions will significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months.

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Note 6 - Marketable Securities

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

We performed an impairment review of our investment portfolio as of April 26, 2009. Currently, we have the intent and ability to hold our investments with impairment indicators until maturity. Based on our quarterly impairment review and having considered the guidance in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Staff Position No. 115-1, or FSP No. 115-1, A Guide to the Implementation of Statement 115 on Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, we did not record any other than temporary impairment charges during the first quarters of fiscal years 2010 and 2009. We concluded that our investments were appropriately valued and that no additional other than temporary impairment charges were necessary on our portfolio of available for sale investments as of April 26, 2009.

Net realized gains for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 were $0.8 million. Net realized gains or losses for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 were not material. As of April 26, 2009, we had a net unrealized gain of $5.4 million, which was comprised of gross unrealized gains of $7.4 million, offset by $2.0 million of gross unrealized losses. As of January 25, 2009, we had a net unrealized gain of $4.4 million, which was comprised of gross unrealized gains of $7.8 million, offset by $3.4 million of gross unrealized losses.

As of April 26, 2009, our money market investment in the Reserve International Liquidity Fund, Ltd., or the International Reserve Fund, which was valued at $40.0 million, net of $5.6 million of other than temporary impairment charges that we recorded during fiscal year 2009, was classified as marketable securities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of April 26, 2009 due to the halting of redemption requests in September 2008 by the International Reserve Fund. The $40.0 million value of our holdings in the International Reserve Fund as of April 26, 2009 reflects an initial investment of $130.0 million, reduced by $84.4 million that we received from the International Reserve Fund during the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and the $5.6 million other than temporary impairment charge we recorded against the value of this investment during fiscal year 2009. The $84.4 million we received was our portion of a payout of approximately 65% of the total assets of the International Reserve Fund. We expect to receive the proceeds from our remaining investment in the International Reserve Fund, excluding some or all of the $5.6 million, by October 2009, when all of the underlying securities held by the International Reserve Fund are scheduled to have matured. However, redemptions from the International Reserve Fund are currently subject to pending litigation, which could cause further delay in receipt of our funds.

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Note 7 – Fair Value of Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

We measure our cash equivalents and marketable securities at fair value. The fair values of our financial assets and liabilities are determined using quoted market prices of identical assets or quoted market prices of similar assets from active markets. Level 1 valuations are obtained from real-time quotes for transactions in active exchange markets involving identical assets. Level 2 valuations are obtained from quoted market prices in active markets involving similar assets. Level 3 valuations are based on unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology and include our own data about assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available under the circumstances.

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

	Fair value measurement at reporting date using
			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets		Significant Other Observable Inputs		High Level of Judgment
	April 26, 2009		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
	(In thousands)
Debt securities issued by US Government agencies (1)	$	386,569	$	-	$	386,569	$	-
Corporate debt securities (2)		234,978		-		234,978		-
Debt securities issued by United States Treasury (3)		209,430		-		209,430		-
Money market funds (4)		193,333		153,358		-		39,975
Mortgage-backed securities issued by Government-sponsored entities (2)		160,956		-		160,956		-
Asset-backed Securities (2)		22,704		-		22,704		-
Commercial paper (5)		2,799		-		2,799		-
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities	$	1,210,769	$	153,358	$	1,017,436	$	39,975

(1) Includes $102,650 in Cash and cash equivalents and $283,919 in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2) Included in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(3) Includes $126,089 in Cash and cash equivalents and $83,341 in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(4) Includes $153,358 in Cash and cash equivalents and $39,975 in Marketable Securities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(5) Included in Cash and cash equivalents on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

For our money market funds that were held by the International Reserve Fund at April 26, 2009, we assessed the fair value of the money market funds by considering the underlying securities held by the International Reserve Fund. As the International Reserve Fund has halted redemption requests and is currently believed to be holding all of their securities until maturity, we valued the underlying securities held by the International Reserve Fund at their maturity value using an income approach. Certain of the debt securities held by the International Reserve Fund were issued by companies that had filed for bankruptcy during fiscal year 2009 and, as such, our valuation of those securities was zero. The net result was that, during the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, we estimated the fair value of the International Reserve Fund’s investments to be 95.7% of their last-known value and we recorded an other than temporary impairment charge of $5.6 million. The $40.0 million value of our holdings in the International Reserve Fund as of April 26, 2009 reflects an initial investment of $130.0 million, reduced by $84.4 million that we received from the International Reserve Fund during the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and the $5.6 million other than temporary impairment charge we recorded against the value of this investment during fiscal year 2009. Due to the inherent subjectivity and the significant judgment involved in the valuation of our holdings of International Reserve Fund, we have classified these securities under the Level 3 fair value hierarchy.

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Reconciliation of financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs, or Level 3 inputs (in thousands):

Balance, beginning of period, January 25, 2009	$	124,400
Transfer into Level 3		-
Other than temporary impairment		-
Redemption of funds		(84,425	)
Balance, end of period, April 26, 2009	$	39,975

Total financial assets at fair value classified within Level 3 were 1.3% of total assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of April 26, 2009.

Note 8 - 3dfx

During fiscal year 2002, we completed the purchase of certain assets from 3dfx Interactive, Inc., or 3dfx, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $74.2 million. On December 15, 2000, NVIDIA Corporation and one of our indirect subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, or the APA, which closed on April 18, 2001, to purchase certain graphics chip assets from 3dfx.

In October 2002, 3dfx filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. In March 2003, the Trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court to represent 3dfx’s bankruptcy estate served his complaint on NVIDIA. The Trustee’s complaint asserted claims for, among other things, successor liability and fraudulent transfer and sought additional payments from us. In early November 2005, NVIDIA and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, or the Creditors’ Committee, agreed to a Plan of Liquidation of 3dfx, which included a conditional settlement of the Trustee’s claims against us. This conditional settlement was subject to a confirmation process through a vote of creditors and the review and approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The conditional settlement called for a payment by NVIDIA of approximately $30.6 million to the 3dfx estate. Under the settlement, $5.6 million related to various administrative expenses and Trustee fees, and $25.0 million related to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities owed to the general unsecured creditors of 3dfx. Accordingly, during the three month period ended October 30, 2005, we recorded $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx. The Trustee advised that he intended to object to the settlement.

The conditional settlement reached in November 2005 never progressed through the confirmation process and the Trustee’s case still remains pending appeal. As such, we have not reversed the accrual of $30.6 million - $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx – that we recorded during the three months ended October 30, 2005, pending resolution of the appeal of the Trustee’s case. We do not believe the resolution of this matter will have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

The 3dfx asset purchase price of $95.0 million and $4.2 million of direct transaction costs were allocated based on fair values presented below. The final allocation of the purchase price of the 3dfx assets is contingent upon the outcome of all of the 3dfx litigation. Please refer to Note 12 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding this litigation.

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

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Note 9 - Intangible Assets

We currently amortize our intangible assets with definitive lives over periods ranging from one to ten years using a method that reflects the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible asset are consumed or otherwise used up or, if that pattern can not be reliably determined, using a straight-line amortization method. The components of our amortizable intangible assets are as follows:

	April 26, 2009										January 25, 2009
	Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization				Net Carrying Amount			Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Amortization				Net Carrying Amount
	(In thousands)
Technology licenses		$	134,343		$	(37,968	)		$	96,375		$	130,654		$	(34,610	)		$	96,044
Acquired intellectual property			75,339			(39,274	)			36,065			75,340			(35,200	)			40,140
Patents			18,588			(8,582	)			10,006			18,588			(7,671	)			10,917
Total intangible assets		$	228,270		$	(85,824	)		$	142,446		$	224,582		$	(77,481	)		$	147,101

Amortization expense associated with intangible assets was $8.3 million and $7.5 million for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, respectively. Future amortization expense related to the net carrying amount of intangible assets at April 26, 2009 is estimated to be $25.8 million for the remainder of fiscal 2010, $27.6 million in fiscal 2011, $25.1 million in fiscal 2012, $19.0 million in fiscal 2013, $14.6 million in fiscal 2014, and a total of $30.3 million in fiscal 2015 and fiscal years subsequent of fiscal 2015.

Note 10 - Balance Sheet Components

Certain balance sheet components are as follows:

	April 26, 2009		January 25, 2009
Inventories:	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	25,569	$	27,804
Work in-process		94,770		132,960
Finished goods		206,920		377,070
Total inventories	$	327,259	$	537,834

At April 26, 2009, we had outstanding inventory purchase obligations totaling approximately $457 million.

	April 26, 2009		January 25, 2009
Accrued Liabilities:	(In thousands)
Accrued customer programs (1)	$	229,246	$	239,797
Warranty accrual (2)		112,016		150,629
Accrued payroll and related expenses		49,466		82,449
Accrued legal settlement (3)		30,600		30,600
Deferred rent		11,354		11,643
Deferred revenue		3,907		3,774
Other		39,469		40,835
Total accrued liabilities and other	$	476,058	$	559,727

(1) Please refer to Note 1 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion regarding the nature of accrued customer programs and their accounting treatment related to our revenue recognition policies and estimates.

(2) Please refer to Note 11 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion regarding the warranty accrual.

(3) Please refer to Note 12 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion regarding the 3dfx litigation.

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	April 26, 2009		January 25, 2009
Other Long-term Liabilities:	(In thousands)
Deferred income tax liability	$	59,877	$	75,252
Income taxes payable, long term		46,713		49,248
Asset retirement obligation		9,664		9,515
Other long-term liabilities		16,051		17,835
Total other long-term liabilities	$	132,305	$	151,850

Note 11 - Guarantees

FASB Interpretation No. 45, or FIN 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must recognize a liability for the fair value of the obligation it assumes under that guarantee. In addition, FIN 45 requires disclosures about the guarantees that an entity has issued, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes of the entity’s product warranty liabilities.

Product Defect

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

During fiscal year 2009, we recorded a $196.0 million charge against cost of revenue to cover anticipated customer warranty, repair, return, replacement and other associated costs arising from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of our previous generation media and communications processor, or MCP, and GPU products used in notebook systems. All of our newly manufactured products and all of our products that are currently shipping in volume have a different material set that we believe is more robust.

The previous generation MCP and GPU products that are impacted were included in a number of notebook products that were shipped and sold in significant quantities. Certain notebook configurations of these MCP and GPU products are failing in the field at higher than normal rates. While we have not been able to determine a root cause for these failures, testing suggests a weak material set of die/package combination, system thermal management designs, and customer use patterns are contributing factors. We have worked with our customers to develop and have made available for download a software driver to cause the system fan to begin operation at the powering up of the system and reduce the thermal stress on these chips. We have also recommended to our customers that they consider changing the thermal management of the MCP and GPU products in their notebook system designs. We intend to fully support our customers in their repair and replacement of these impacted MCP and GPU products that fail, and their other efforts to mitigate the consequences of these failures.

We continue to engage in discussions with our supply chain regarding reimbursement to us for some or all of the costs we have incurred and may incur in the future relating to the weak material set. We also continue to seek to access our insurance coverage, which provided us with $8.0 million in related reimbursement during fiscal year 2009. However, there can be no assurance that we will recover any additional reimbursement. We continue to not see any abnormal failure rates in any systems using NVIDIA products other than certain notebook configurations. However, we are continuing to test and otherwise investigate other products. There can be no assurance that we will not discover defects in other MCP or GPU products.

In September, October and November 2008, several putative class action lawsuits were filed against us, asserting various claims related to the impacted MCP and GPU products. Please refer to Note 12 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding this litigation.

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Accrual for product warranty liabilities

Cost of revenue includes the estimated cost of product warranties that are calculated at the point of revenue recognition. Under limited circumstances, we may offer an extended limited warranty to customers for certain products. Additionally, we accrue for known warranty and indemnification issues if a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated. The estimated product warranty liabilities for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008 are as follows:

	April 26, 2009			April 27, 2008
	(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	150,629	(1)		$	5,707
Additions		-				685
Deductions		(38,613)	(2)			-
Balance at end of period	$	112,016			$	6,392

(1) Includes a balance of $145.7 million associated with incremental repair and replacement costs from a weak die/packaging material set. In July 2008, we recorded a $196.0 million charge against cost of revenue to cover anticipated customer warranty, repair, return, replacement and other associated costs arising from a weak die/packaging material set. This charge was subsequently offset by deductions of $50.3 million in deductions towards warranty accrual associated with incremental repair and replacement costs from a weak die/packaging material set.

(2) Includes $31.2 million for the three months ended April 26, 2009 in payments related to the warranty accrual associated with incremental repair and replacement costs from a weak die/packaging material set.

In connection with certain agreements that we have executed in the past, we have at times provided indemnities to cover the indemnified party for matters such as tax, product and employee liabilities. We have also on occasion included intellectual property indemnification provisions in our technology related agreements with third parties. Maximum potential future payments cannot be estimated because many of these agreements do not have a maximum stated liability. As such, we have not recorded any liability in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for such indemnifications.

Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies

3dfx

On December 15, 2000, NVIDIA and one of our indirect subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, or APA, to purchase certain graphics chip assets from 3dfx. The transaction closed on April 18, 2001. That acquisition, and 3dfx’s October 2002 bankruptcy filing, led to four lawsuits against NVIDIA: two brought by 3dfx’s former landlords, one by 3dfx’s bankruptcy trustee and the fourth by a committee of 3dfx’s equity security holders in the bankruptcy estate.

Landlord Lawsuits.

In May 2002, we were served with a California state court complaint filed by the landlord of 3dfx’s San Jose, California commercial real estate lease, Carlyle Fortran Trust, or Carlyle. In December 2002, we were served with a California state court complaint filed by the landlord of 3dfx’s Austin, Texas commercial real estate lease, CarrAmerica Realty Corporation, or CarrAmerica. The landlords both asserted claims for, among other things, interference with contract, successor liability and fraudulent transfer. The landlords sought to recover damages in the aggregate amount of approximately $15 million, representing amounts then owed on the 3dfx leases. The cases were later removed to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California when 3dfx filed its bankruptcy petition and consolidated for pretrial purposes with an action brought by the bankruptcy trustee.

In 2005, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California withdrew the reference to the Bankruptcy Court for the landlords’ actions, and on November 10, 2005, granted our motion to dismiss both landlords’ complaints. The landlords filed amended complaints in early February 2006, and NVIDIA again filed motions to dismiss those claims. On September 29, 2006, the District Court dismissed the CarrAmerica action in its entirety and without leave to amend. On December 15, 2006, the District Court also dismissed the Carlyle action in its entirety. Both landlords filed timely notices of appeal from those orders.

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On July 17, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held oral argument on the landlords’ appeals. On November 25, 2008, the Court of Appeals issued its opinion affirming the dismissal of Carlyle’s complaint in its entirety. The Court of Appeals also affirmed the dismissal of most of CarrAmerica’s complaint, but reversed the District Court’s dismissal of CarrAmerica’s claims for interference with contractual relations and fraud. On December 8, 2008, Carlyle filed a Request for Rehearing En Banc, which CarrAmerica joined. That same day, Carlyle also filed a Motion for Clarification of the Court’s Opinion. On January 22, 2009, the Court of Appeals denied the Request for Rehearing En Banc, but clarified its opinion affirming dismissal of the claims by stating that CarrAmerica had standing to pursue claims for interference with contractual relations, fraud, conspiracy and tort of another, and remanding Carlyle’s case with instructions that the District Court evaluate whether the Trustee had abandoned any claims, which Carlyle might have standing to pursue.

The District Court held a status conference in the CarrAmerica and Carlyle cases on March 9, 2009. That same day, 3dfx’s bankruptcy Trustee filed in the bankruptcy court a Notice of Trustee’s Intention to Compromise Controversy with Carlyle Fortran Trust. According to that Notice, the Trustee would abandon any claims it has against us for intentional interference with contract, negligent interference with prospective economic advantage, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, declaratory relief, unfair business practices and tort of another, in exchange for which Carlyle will withdraw irrevocably its Proof of Claim against the 3dfx bankruptcy estate and waive any further right of distribution from the estate. In light of the Trustee’s notice, the District Court ordered the parties to seek a hearing on the Notice on or before April 24, 2009, ordered Carlyle and CarrAmerica to file amended complaints by May 10, 2009, and set a further Case Management Conference for May 18, 2009. The parties have filed a stipulation requesting that the District Court vacate the May 18, 2009 Case Management Conference date until after Bankruptcy Court renders its decision. At a hearing on May 13, 2009, the Bankruptcy Court ruled that the Trustee had not abandoned any claims against us, and denied the Trustee's Notice of Intention to Compromise Controversy with Carlyle Fortran Trust without prejudice.

On April 2, 2009, Carlyle filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, seeking review of the Court of Appeals decision. We continue to believe that there is no merit to Carlyle or CarrAmerica’s remaining claims.

Trustee Lawsuit.

In March 2003, the Trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court to represent 3dfx’s bankruptcy estate served his complaint on NVIDIA. The Trustee’s complaint asserts claims for, among other things, successor liability and fraudulent transfer and seeks additional payments from us. The Trustee’s fraudulent transfer theory alleged that NVIDIA had failed to pay reasonably equivalent value for 3dfx’s assets, and sought recovery of the difference between the $70 million paid and the alleged fair value, which the Trustee estimated to exceed $50 million. The Trustee’s successor liability theory alleged NVIDIA was effectively 3dfx’s legal successor and was therefore responsible for all of 3dfx’s unpaid liabilities. This action was consolidated for pretrial purposes with the landlord cases, as noted above.

On October 13, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court heard the Trustee’s motion for summary adjudication, and on December 23, 2005, denied that motion in all material respects and held that NVIDIA may not dispute that the value of the 3dfx transaction was less than $108 million. The Bankruptcy Court denied the Trustee’s request to find that the value of the 3dfx assets conveyed to NVIDIA was at least $108 million.

In early November 2005, after several months of mediation, NVIDIA and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, or the Creditors’ Committee, agreed to a Plan of Liquidation of 3dfx, which included a conditional settlement of the Trustee’s claims against us. This conditional settlement was subject to a confirmation process through a vote of creditors and the review and approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The conditional settlement called for a payment by NVIDIA of approximately $30.6 million to the 3dfx estate. Under the settlement, $5.6 million related to various administrative expenses and Trustee fees, and $25.0 million related to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities owed to the general unsecured creditors of 3dfx. Accordingly, during the three month period ended October 30, 2005, we recorded $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx. The Trustee advised that he intended to object to the settlement. The conditional settlement never progressed substantially through the confirmation process.

On December 21, 2006, the Bankruptcy Court scheduled a trial for one portion of the Trustee’s case against NVIDIA. On January 2, 2007, NVIDIA terminated the settlement agreement on grounds that the Bankruptcy Court had failed to proceed toward confirmation of the Creditors’ Committee’s plan. A non-jury trial began on March 21, 2007 on valuation issues in the Trustee’s constructive fraudulent transfer claims against NVIDIA. Specifically, the Bankruptcy Court tried four questions: (1) what did 3dfx transfer to NVIDIA in the APA?; (2) of what was transferred, what qualifies as “property” subject to the Bankruptcy Court’s avoidance powers under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and relevant bankruptcy code provisions?; (3) what is the fair market value of the “property” identified in answer to question (2)?; and (4) was the $70 million that NVIDIA paid “reasonably equivalent” to the fair market value of that property? The parties completed post-trial briefing on May 25, 2007.

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On April 30, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court issued its Memorandum Decision After Trial, in which it provided a detailed summary of the trial proceedings and the parties’ contentions and evidence and concluded that “the creditors of 3dfx were not injured by the Transaction.” This decision did not entirely dispose of the Trustee’s action, however, as the Trustee’s claims for successor liability and intentional fraudulent conveyance were still pending. On June 19, 2008, NVIDIA filed a motion for summary judgment to convert the Memorandum Decision After Trial to a final judgment. That motion was granted in its entirety and judgment was entered in NVIDIA’s favor on September 11, 2008. The Trustee filed a Notice of Appeal from that judgment on September 22, 2008, and on September 25, 2008, NVIDIA exercised its election to have the appeal heard by the United States District Court, where the appeal is pending. The District Court has set the Trustee’s appeal for hearing on June 10, 2009.

While the conditional settlement reached in November 2005 never progressed through the confirmation process, the Trustee’s case still remains pending appeal. As such, we have not reversed the accrual of $30.6 million - $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx – that we recorded during the three months ended October 30, 2005, pending resolution of the appeal of the Trustee’s case. We do not believe the resolution of this matter will have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

The Equity Committee Lawsuit.

On December 8, 2005, the Trustee filed a Form 8-K on behalf of 3dfx, disclosing the terms of the conditional settlement agreement between NVIDIA and the Creditor’s Committee. Thereafter, certain 3dfx shareholders filed a petition with the Bankruptcy Court to appoint an official committee to represent the claimed interests of 3dfx shareholders. The court granted that petition and appointed an Equity Securities Holders’ Committee, or the Equity Committee. The Equity Committee thereafter sought and obtained an order granting it standing to bring suit against NVIDIA, for the benefit of the bankruptcy estate, to compel NVIDIA to pay the stock consideration then unpaid from the APA, and filed its own competing plan of reorganization/liquidation. The Equity Committee’s plan assumes that 3dfx can raise additional equity capital that would be used to retire all of 3dfx’s debts, and thus to trigger NVIDIA’s obligation to pay six million shares of stock consideration specified in the APA. NVIDIA contends, among other things, that such a commitment is not sufficient and that its obligation to pay the stock consideration had long before been extinguished. On May 1, 2006, the Equity Committee filed its lawsuit for declaratory relief to compel NVIDIA to pay the stock consideration. In addition, the Equity Committee filed a motion seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of investor protections for Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd., an equity investment fund that conditionally agreed to pay no more than $51.5 million for preferred stock in 3dfx. The hearing on that motion was held on January 18, 2007, and the Bankruptcy Court approved the proposed protections.

After the Bankruptcy Court denied our motion to dismiss on September 6, 2006, the Equity Committee again amended its complaint, and NVIDIA moved to dismiss that amended complaint as well. On December 21, 2006, the Bankruptcy Court granted the motion as to one of the Equity Committee’s claims, and denied it as to the others. However, the Bankruptcy Court also ruled that NVIDIA would only be required to answer the first three causes of action by which the Equity Committee seeks determinations that (1) the APA was not terminated before 3dfx filed for bankruptcy protection, (2) the 3dfx bankruptcy estate still holds some rights in the APA, and (3) the APA is capable of being assumed by the bankruptcy estate.

Because of the trial of the Trustee’s fraudulent transfer claims against NVIDIA, the Equity Committee’s lawsuit did not progress substantially in 2007. On July 31, 2008, the Equity Committee filed a motion for summary judgment on its first three causes of action. On September 15, 2008, NVIDIA filed a cross-motion for summary judgment. On October 24, 2008, the Court held a hearing on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. On January 6, 2009, the Bankruptcy Court issued a Memorandum Decision granting NVIDIA’s motion and denying the Equity Committee’s motion, and entered an Order to that effect on January 30, 2009. On February 27, 2009, the Bankruptcy Court entered judgment in favor of NVIDIA. The Equity Committee has waived its right to appeal by stipulation entered on February 18, 2009, and the judgment is now final.

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

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

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We voluntarily contacted the SEC regarding the Audit Committee’s review. In late August 2006, the SEC initiated an inquiry related to our historical stock option grant practices. In October 2006, we met with the SEC and provided it with a review of the status of the Audit Committee’s review. In November 2006, we voluntarily provided the SEC with additional documents. We continued to cooperate with the SEC throughout its inquiry. On October 26, 2007, the SEC formally notified us that the SEC’s investigation concerning our historical stock option granting practices had been terminated and that no enforcement action was recommended.

Concurrently with our internal review and the SEC’s inquiry, since September 29, 2006, ten derivative cases were filed in state and federal courts asserting claims concerning errors related to our historical stock option granting practices and associated accounting for stock-based compensation expense. These complaints were filed in various courts, including the California Superior Court, Santa Clara County, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County. The California Superior Court cases were subsequently consolidated as were the cases pending in the Northern District of California. All of the cases purported to be brought derivatively on behalf of NVIDIA against members of our Board and several of our current and former officers and directors. Plaintiffs in these actions alleged claims for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, insider selling, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, waste, and constructive fraud. The Northern District of California action also alleged violations of federal provisions, including Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The plaintiffs sought to recover for NVIDIA, among other things, damages in an unspecified amount, rescission, punitive damages, treble damages for insider selling, and fees and costs. Plaintiffs also sought an accounting, a constructive trust and other equitable relief.

On August 5, 2007, our Board authorized the formation of a Special Litigation Committee to investigate, evaluate, and make a determination as to how NVIDIA should proceed with respect to the claims and allegations asserted in the underlying derivative cases brought on behalf of NVIDIA. Between June 2007 and September 2008 the parties to the actions and the Special Litigation Committee engaged in settlement discussions, including four mediation sessions before the Honorable Edward Infante (Ret.). On September 22, 2008, we disclosed that we had entered into Memoranda of Understanding regarding the settlement of all derivative actions concerning our historical stock option granting practices. On November 10, 2008, the definitive settlement agreements were concurrently filed in the Chancery Court of Delaware and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The settlement agreements do not contain any admission of wrongdoing or fault on the part of NVIDIA, our board of directors or executive officers. The terms of the settlement agreements include, among other things, the agreement by the board of directors to continue and to implement certain corporate governance changes; acknowledgement of the prior amendment of certain options through re-pricings and limitations of the relevant exercise periods; an agreement by Jen-Hsun Huang, our president and chief executive officer, to amend additional options to increase the aggregate exercise price of such options by $3.5 million or to cancel options with an intrinsic value of $3.5 million; an $8.0 million cash payment by our insurance carrier to NVIDIA; and an agreement to not object to attorneys’ fees to be paid by NVIDIA to plaintiffs’ counsel of no more than $7.25 million, if approved by the courts. On January 24, 2009, a Notice of Pendency and Settlement of Shareholder Derivative Actions was mailed to shareholders of record and posted on www.nvidia.com. On March 11, 2009, a final settlement hearing was held in the Delaware Chancery Court and, on the same date, the Court entered a Final Order and Judgment, which approved the settlement and requested attorneys’ fees, and dismissed the Delaware action with prejudice. On March 17, 2009, a final settlement hearing was held in the District Court for the Northern District of California. The following day, the District Court entered an Order and Final Judgment approving the settlement and requested attorneys’ fees, and dismissing the action with prejudice. On April 2, 2009, pursuant to the settlement approved by the District Court, the parties to the action pending in the California Superior Court, Santa Clara County filed a stipulation to have the Santa Clara action dismissed. On April 6, 2009, the Santa Clara Superior Court granted the stipulation and dismissed the action with prejudice.

Department of Justice Subpoena and Investigation, and Civil Cases

On November 29, 2006, we received a subpoena from the San Francisco Office of the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, or DOJ, in connection with the DOJ’s investigation into potential antitrust violations related to GPUs and cards. On October 10, 2008, the DOJ formally notified us that the DOJ investigation has been closed. No specific allegations were made against NVIDIA during the investigation.

As of January 25, 2009, over 50 civil complaints have been filed against us. The majority of the complaints were filed in the Northern District of California, several were filed in the Central District of California, and other cases were filed in several other Federal district courts. On April 18, 2007, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred the actions currently pending outside of the Northern District of California to the Northern District of California for coordination of pretrial proceedings before the Honorable William H. Alsup. By agreement of the parties, Judge Alsup will retain jurisdiction over the consolidated cases through trial or other resolution.

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

Plaintiffs filed their first consolidated complaints on June 14, 2007. On July 16, 2007, we moved to dismiss those complaints. The motions to dismiss were heard by Judge Alsup on September 20, 2007. The court subsequently granted and denied the motions in part, and gave the plaintiffs leave to move to amend the complaints. On November 7, 2007, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion to file amended complaints, ordered defendants to answer the complaints, lifted a previously entered stay on discovery, and set a trial date for January 12, 2009. Plaintiffs filed motions for class certification on April 24, 2008. We filed oppositions to the motions on May 20, 2008. On July 18, 2008, the court ruled on Plaintiffs’ class certification motions. The court denied class certification for the proposed class of indirect purchasers. The court granted in part class certification for the direct purchasers but limited the direct purchaser class to individual purchasers that acquired graphics processing cards products directly from NVIDIA or ATI from their websites between December 4, 2002 and November 7, 2007.

On September 16, 2008, we executed a settlement agreement, or the Agreement, in connection with the claims of the certified class of direct purchaser plaintiffs approved by the court. Pursuant to the Agreement, NVIDIA has paid $850,000 into a $1.7 million fund to be made available for payments to the certified class. We are not obligated under the Agreement to pay plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees, costs, or make any other payments in connection with the settlement other than the payment of $850,000. The Agreement has received final approval from the court and disposes of all claims and appeals raised by the certified class in the complaints against NVIDIA. Because the Court certified a class consisting only of a narrow group of direct purchasers, the Agreement does not resolve any claims that other direct purchasers may assert. In addition, on September 9, 2008, we reached a settlement agreement with the remaining individual indirect purchaser plaintiffs pursuant to which NVIDIA paid $112,500 in exchange for a dismissal of all claims and appeals related to the complaints raised by the individual indirect purchaser plaintiffs. This settlement is not subject to the approval of the court. Pursuant to the settlement, the individual indirect purchaser plaintiffs in the complaints have dismissed their claims and withdrawn their appeal of the class certification ruling. Because the Court did not certify a class of indirect purchasers, this settlement agreement resolves only the claims of those indirect purchasers that were named in the various actions.

Rambus Corporation

On July 10, 2008, Rambus Corporation, or Rambus, filed suit against NVIDIA Corporation, asserting patent infringement of 17 patents claimed to be owned by Rambus. Rambus seeks damages, enhanced damages and injunctive relief. The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California in San Jose, California. On July 11, 2008, NVIDIA filed suit against Rambus in the Middle District of North Carolina asserting numerous claims, including antitrust and other claims. NVIDIA seeks damages, enhanced damages and injunctive relief. Rambus has since dropped two patents from its lawsuit in the Northern District of California. The two cases have recently been consolidated into a single proceeding in the Northern District of California. On April 13, 2009, the Court issued an order staying motion practice and allowing only document discovery to proceed. A case management conference is scheduled for August 21, 2009. On November 6, 2008, Rambus filed a complaint alleging a violation of 19 U.S.C. Section 1337 based on a claim of patent infringement against NVIDIA and 14 other respondents with the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC. The complaint seeks an exclusion order barring the importation of products that allegedly infringe nine Rambus patents. The ITC has instituted the investigation and a trial is currently scheduled to begin August 17, 2009. NVIDIA intends to pursue its offensive and defensive cases vigorously in both actions.

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Product Defect Litigation and Securities Cases

In September, October and November 2008, several putative consumer class action lawsuits were filed against us, asserting various claims arising from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of our previous generation MCP and GPU products used in notebook systems. Most of the lawsuits were filed in Federal Court in the Northern District of California, but three were filed in state court in California, in Federal Court in New York, and in Federal Court in Texas. Those three actions have since been removed or transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, where all of the actions now are currently pending. The various lawsuits are titled Nakash v. NVIDIA Corp., Feinstein v. NVIDIA Corp., Inicom Networks, Inc. v. NVIDIA Corp. and Dell, Inc. and Hewlett Packard, Olivos v. NVIDIA Corp., Dell, Inc. and Hewlett Packard, Sielicki v. NVIDIA Corp. and Dell, Inc., Cormier v. NVIDIA Corp., National Business Officers Association, Inc. v. NVIDIA Corp., and West v. NVIDIA Corp. The First Amended Complaint was filed on October 27, 2008, which no longer asserted claims against Dell, Inc. The various complaints assert claims for, among other things, breach of warranty, violations of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Business & Professions Code sections 17200 and 17500 and other consumer protection statutes under the laws of various jurisdictions, unjust enrichment, and strict liability.

The District Court has entered orders deeming all of the above cases related under the relevant local rules. On December 11, 2008, NVIDIA filed a motion to consolidate all of the aforementioned consumer class action cases. On February 26, 2009, the District Court consolidated the cases, as well as two other cases pending against Hewlett-Packard, under the caption “The NVIDIA GPU Litigation” and ordered the plaintiffs to file lead counsel motions by March 2, 2009. On March 2, 2009, several of the parties filed motions for appointment of lead counsel and briefs addressing certain related issues. On April 10, 2009, the District Court appointed Milberg LLP lead counsel. On May 6, 2009, the plaintiffs filed an Amended Consolidated Complaint, alleging claims for violations of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, Breach of Implied Warranty under California Civil Code Section 1792, Breach of the Implied Warranty of Merchantability under the laws of 27 other states, Breach of Warranty under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Unjust Enrichment, violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, Strict Liability and Negligence, and violation of California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act. On May 14, 2009, the District Court entered a case schedule order, which sets a September 28, 2009 hearing date for an anticipated motion to dismiss, a December 7, 2009 hearing date for anticipated class certification motion, and a July 12, 2010 fact discovery deadline.

In September 2008, three putative securities class actions, or the Actions, were filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California arising out of our announcements on July 2, 2008, that we would take a charge against cost of revenue to cover anticipated costs and expenses arising from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of our previous generation MCP and GPU products and that we were revising financial guidance for our second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The Actions purport to be brought on behalf of purchasers of NVIDIA stock and assert claims for violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. On October 30, 2008, the Actions were consolidated under the caption In re NVIDIA Corporation Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 08-CV-04260-JW (HRL). Lead Plaintiffs and Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel were appointed on December 23, 2008. On February 6, 2009, co-Lead Plaintiff filed a Writ of Mandamus with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the designation of co-Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel. On February 19, 2009, co-Lead Plaintiff filed with the District Court, a motion to stay the District Court proceedings pending resolution of the Writ of Mandamus by the Ninth Circuit. On February 24, 2009, Judge Ware granted the stay. The Writ is still pending in the Court of Appeals. We intend to take all appropriate action with respect to the above cases.

Intel Corporation

On February 17, 2009, Intel Corporation filed suit against NVIDIA Corporation, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief relating to a licensing agreement that the parties signed in 2004. The lawsuit was filed in Delaware Chancery Court. Intel seeks an order from the Court declaring that the license does not extend to certain future NVIDIA chipset products, and enjoining NVIDIA from stating that it has licensing rights for these products. The lawsuit seeks no damages from NVIDIA. If Intel successfully obtains such a court order, we could be unable to sell our MCP products for use with certain Intel processors and our competitive position would be harmed.

On March 23, 2009, we filed our answer to Intel's complaint and also asserted counterclaims for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, breach of contract, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Our counterclaims seek an order declaring that NVIDIA has the right to sell certain chipset products with Intel's processors under the 2004 licensing agreement, and enjoining Intel from interfering with NVIDIA's licensing rights. In addition, the counterclaims seek a finding that Intel has materially breached its obligations under the 2004 licensing agreement, and requests various remedies for that breach, including termination of Intel's cross licensing rights. On April 16, 2009, Intel filed its answer to our counterclaims.

The case is still in its preliminary stages and no trial date has been set. NVIDIA disputes Intel’s claims and intends to vigorously defend these claims, as well as pursue its counterclaims.

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Note 13 - Stockholders’ Equity

Stock Repurchase Program

During fiscal year 2005, we announced that our Board of Directors, or Board, had authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of our common stock, subject to certain specifications, up to an aggregate maximum amount of $300 million. During fiscal year 2007, the Board further approved an increase of $400 million to the original stock repurchase program. In fiscal year 2008, we announced a stock repurchase program under which we may purchase up to an additional $1.0 billion of our common stock over a three year period through May 2010. On August 12, 2008, we announced that our Board further authorized an additional increase of $1.0 billion to the stock repurchase program. As a result of these increases, we have an ongoing authorization from the Board, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an aggregate maximum amount of $2.7 billion through May 2010.

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

During the three months ended April 26, 2009, we did not enter into any structured share repurchase transactions or otherwise purchase any shares of our common stock. Through April 26, 2009, we have repurchased an aggregate of 90.9 million shares under our stock repurchase program for a total cost of $1.46 billion. As of April 26, 2009, we are authorized, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an additional amount of $1.24 billion through May 2010.

Please refer to Note 3 and Note 4 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding stock-based compensation related to our March 2009 stock option purchase and related to equity awards granted under our equity incentive programs.

Convertible Preferred Stock

As of April 26, 2009 and January 25, 2009, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

Note 14 - Comprehensive Income (Loss)

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

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2009			April 27, 2008
	(In thousands)
Net income (loss)	$	(201,338	)	$	176,805
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax		1,609			(5,631	)
Reclassification adjustments for net realized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities included in net income (loss), net of tax		(543	)		(854	)
Total comprehensive income (loss)	$	(200,272	)	$	170,320

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Note 15 - Segment Information

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

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

In addition to these operating segments, we have the “All Other” category that includes human resources, legal, finance, general administration, corporate marketing expenses and charges related to the stock option purchase, all of which total up to $199.4 million and $76.2 million for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and April 27, 2008, respectively, that we do not allocate to our other operating segments as these expenses are not included in the segment operating performance measures evaluated by our CODM. “All Other” also includes the results of operations of other miscellaneous reporting segments that are neither individually reportable, nor aggregated with another operating segment. Revenue in the “All Other” category is primarily derived from sales of components.

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

	GPU			PSB		MCP			CPB			All Other			Consolidated
Three Months Ended April 26, 2009:	(In thousands)
Revenue	$	354,871		$	106,148	$	186,444		$	11,881		$	4,887		$	664,231
Depreciation and amortization expense	$	15,455		$	5,122	$	9,750		$	4,371		$	15,960		$	50,658
Operating income (loss)	$	(11,647	)	$	32,282	$	(7,873	)	$	(29,885	)	$	(213,842	)	$	(230,965	)
Three Months Ended April 27, 2008:
Revenue	$	701,489		$	203,427	$	195,093		$	42,465		$	10,914		$	1,153,388
Depreciation and amortization expense	$	12,714		$	4,625	$	7,670		$	4,918		$	11,641		$	41,568
Operating income (loss)	$	169,047		$	110,328	$	3,580		$	(3,850	)	$	(76,126	)	$	202,979

Revenue by geographic region is allocated to individual countries based on the location to which the products are initially billed even if our customers’ revenue is attributable to end customers that are located in a different location. The following tables summarize information pertaining to our revenue from customers based on invoicing address in different geographic regions:

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2009		April 27, 2008
Revenue:	(In thousands)
China	$	260,150	$	367,426
Taiwan		166,436		391,628
Other Americas		70,603		695
Other Asia Pacific		70,484		167,854
United States		51,890		93,831
Europe		44,668		131,954
Total revenue	$	664,231	$	1,153,388

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Revenue from significant customers, those representing 10% or more of total revenue aggregated approximately 22% of our total revenue from two customers for the three months ended April 26, 2009 and approximately 11% of our total revenue from another customer for the three months ended April 27, 2008.

Accounts receivable from significant customers, those representing 10% or more of total accounts receivable aggregated approximately 27% of our accounts receivable balance from two customers at April 26, 2009 and approximately 38% of our accounts receivable balance from three customers at January 25, 2009.

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

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “goal,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “potential” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results, performance, time frames or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, time frames or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks, uncertainties and other factors in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors.” Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this filing. You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We hereby qualify our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

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

NVIDIA, GeForce, SLI, Hybrid SLI, GoForce, NVIDIA Quadro, Quadro, NVIDIA Quadro Plex, NVIDIA nForce, PureVideo, CUDA, Tesla, NVIDIA APX, PhysX, Ageia, Mental Images, Mental Ray, and the NVIDIA logo are our trademarks and/or registered trademarks in the United States and other countries that are used in this document. We may also refer to trademarks of other corporations and organizations in this document.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with “Item 6. Selected Financial Data” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 25, 2009 and Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors”, of our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes thereto, as well as other cautionary statements and risks described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, before deciding to purchase, hold or sell shares of our common stock.

Overview

Our Company

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

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

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

Recent Developments, Future Objectives and Challenges

GPU Business

Our market share in the total desktop standalone GPU segment grew from 63 percent to 69 percent from the fourth quarter of calendar 2008 to the first quarter of calendar 2009, as reported in Mercury Research’s First Quarter PC Graphics Report in April 2009. In addition to graphics leadership, we are focusing on leading the industry with physics processing and evangelizing the benefits of utilizing the GPU for parallel computing.

Our PhysX engine and library is now available for PCs, game consoles and smart phones. Game developers can utilize PhysX to create environments using physics simulations that are dynamic, realistic and interactive. PhysX has been adopted by many of the video game industry’s top companies.

Microsoft’s DirectX Compute is a new GPU Computing application programming interface, or API, that runs on our current CUDA architecture under both Windows VISTA and Windows 7. DirectX Compute allows developers to harness the parallel computing power of our GPU’s to create compelling computing applications in consumer and professional markets. As part of the DirectX Compute presentation at the Game Developer Conference (GDC) in March 2009, we demonstrated three such applications running on a GeForce GTX 280 GPU. We support languages and API’s that enable developers to access the parallel processing power of the GPU. In addition to DirectX Compute and our CUDA C extensions, there are other programming models available including OpenCL. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, we released our OpenCL driver and software development kit to developers participating in our OpenCL software Early Access Program.

Professional Solutions Business

Corporate demand, which comprises a substantial percentage of the demand for professional workstation products, has not shown any significant signs of economic recovery. This appears to reflect ongoing constrained corporate budgets and redeployment and/or upgrade activity of older equipment by customers. Workstation product revenue currently comprises a significant portion of our total PSB revenue. Therefore, until corporate demand recovers, we expect this trend to continue to have a negative impact on our overall Company gross profit and gross margin, as the gross margin experienced by our PSB is generally higher than our overall Company gross margin.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, five new consumer applications were launched that are accelerated by the CUDA architecture on our GPUs – Super LoiloScope Mars, for video editing, ArcSoft SimHD, for DVD image enhancement, Nero Move It and Cyberlink MediaShow Espresso, for video format conversion, and Motion DSP vReveal, for real-time video quality enhancement. We recently collaborated with a leading Chinese geophysical services provider to unveil the launch of a new Tesla-based hardware and seismic software suite that accelerates the performance of complex seismic data computation for oil and gas companies in China. We also collaborated with the investment banking division of a leading European financial institution to replace their CPU cores with a smaller cluster consisting of CPU servers and two Tesla GPU-based S1070 systems, which require significantly less power. Factoring the acceleration in processing times achieved using Tesla GPUs, the division is using almost 200 times less electricity than before.

MCP Business

We are currently focused on energizing the PC market by transforming Intel Atom PCs into a premium experience typically found in higher priced laptops and desktops. Our strategy is to combine the GeForce® 9400 GPU found in new desktop and notebook PCs with the Intel Atom CPU. This combination, which is code-named Ion, creates a platform that enables a premium PC experience in a small form factor – enabling netbooks, small form factor, all-in-one PCs to play rich media content and popular games in high definition.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, we saw signs of increased demand for our products designed for the mainstream AMD integrated desktop market as well as for our Ion products and other products that are designed for the Intel-based integrated notebook market.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, we collaborated with Acer to introduce the Acer AspireRevo. The Acer AspireRevo is no larger than a typical hardcover book, but has a fully capable desktop with advanced graphics and several multimedia features.

Consumer Products Business

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, we demonstrated the Tegra 600 Series computer-on-a-chip that enables an always-on, always-connected HD netbook that can go days between battery charges.

Stock Option Purchase

In March 2009, we completed a cash tender offer for certain employee stock options. We use equity to promote employee retention and provide an incentive vehicle valued by employees that is also aligned to stockholder interest. However, our stock price had declined significantly during fiscal 2009, and all of the eligible options were “out-of-the-money” (i.e., had exercise prices above our then-current common stock price). Therefore, we provided an incentive to employees with an opportunity to obtain a cash payment for their eligible options, while reducing our existing overhang and potential stockholder dilution from such stock options. The tender offer applied to outstanding stock options held by employees with an exercise price equal to or greater than $17.50 per share. None of the non-employee members of our Board of Directors or our officers who file reports under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including our former Chief Financial Officer, Marvin D. Burkett, were eligible to participate in the tender offer.

All eligible options with exercise prices equal to or greater than $17.50 per share but less than $28.00 per share were eligible to receive a cash payment of $3.00 per option in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible option. All eligible options with exercise prices equal to or greater than $28.00 per share were eligible to receive a cash payment of $2.00 per option in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible option. A total of 28.5 million options were tendered under the offer for an aggregate cash purchase price of $78.1 million, which was paid in exchange for the cancellation of the eligible options. As a result of the tender offer, we incurred a charge of $140.2 million consisting of the remaining unamortized stock based compensation expense associated with the unvested portion of the options tendered in the offer, stock-based compensation expense resulting from amounts paid in excess of the fair value of the underlying options, plus associated payroll taxes and professional fees. The stock option purchase charge of $140.2 million relates to personnel associated with cost of revenue (for manufacturing personnel), research and development, and sales, general and administrative of $11.4 million, $90.5 million, and $38.3 million, respectively.

Financial Information by Business Segment and Geographic Data

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

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

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain items in our condensed consolidated statements of operations expressed as a percentage of revenue.

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2009				April 27, 2008
Revenue		100.0		%	100.0	%
Cost of revenue		71.4			55.4
Gross margin		28.6			44.6
Operating expenses:
Research and development		45.4			19.0
Sales, general and administrative		17.9			8.1
Total operating expenses		63.3			27.1
Income (loss) from operations		(34.7	)		17.5
Interest and other income, net		0.9			0.9
Income (loss) before income tax expense		(33.8	)		18.4
Income tax expense (benefit)		(3.5	)		3.1
Net income (loss)		(30.3	)	%	15.3	%

First Quarter of Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009

Revenue

Revenue was $664.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, compared to $1.15 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, which represents a decrease of 42%. We expect revenue to increase slightly during the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. A discussion of our revenue results for each of our operating segments is as follows:

GPU Business. GPU Business revenue decreased by 49% to $354.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, compared to $701.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. This decrease resulted from decreased sales of our desktop GPU, notebook GPU and memory products. Sales of our desktop GPU and memory products decreased approximately 48% and 64%, respectively, in fiscal year 2010 when compared to fiscal year 2009. These decreases were primarily due to the year-over-year decline in the Standalone Desktop market segment as reported in the May 2009 PC Graphics Report from Mercury Research. This decline was primarily driven by the decline in unit demand due to the recessionary conditions in the economy, a combination of market migration from desktop PCs towards notebook PCs and a shift in the mix of products sold towards lower priced products which negatively impacted the average sales price, or ASP, of our products. However, as an offset to these conditions, we maintained our leadership position in the Standalone Desktop market segment as reported in the May 2009 PC Graphics Report from Mercury Research which was driven primarily by our GeForce 9-based products. Sales of our notebook GPU products decreased by approximately 51% compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. This decline was primarily driven by a combination of the decline in unit demand due to the recessionary conditions in the economy and a decline in the ASPs due to increased competition in the marketplace. Memory sales declined as a result of a decline in sales of our high-end desktop GPU products.

PSB. PSB revenue decreased by 48% to $106.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, compared to $203.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. Both ASPs and unit shipments of professional workstation products decreased primarily due to the decline in corporate spending as a result of the recessionary conditions in the economy. This appears to reflect ongoing constrained corporate budgets and redeployment and/or upgrade activity of older equipment by customers.

MCP Business. MCP Business revenue decreased by 4% to $186.4 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, compared to $195.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The decrease resulted from a decline in the sale of our higher priced AMD-based platform products offset by an increase in sales of our Intel-based platform products as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The increase in Intel-based product sales was driven by sales of our GeForce 9400M mGPU, which we launched in October 2008 along with Apple Inc. for their new lineup of Mac notebooks, and our new GeForce 9400 and 9300 mGPUs for Intel desktop PCs.

CPB. CPB revenue decreased by 72% to $11.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, compared to $42.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The overall decrease in CPB revenue is primarily driven by a combination of decreases in revenue from our cell phone products, decreases in revenue from certain contractual development arrangements with Sony Computer Entertainment, or SCE, and a drop in royalties from SCE due to lower seasonal sales of PS3 Playstations.

Concentration of Revenue

Revenue from sales to customers outside of the United States accounted for 92% of total revenue for both the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 and the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. Revenue by geographic region is allocated to individual countries based on the location to which the products are initially billed even if the foreign contract equipment manufacturers, or CEMs’, add-in board and motherboard manufacturers’ revenue is attributable to end customers in a different location.

Revenue from significant customers, those representing 10% or more of total revenue aggregated approximately 22% of our total revenue from two customers for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 and approximately 11% of our total revenue from another customer for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.

Gross Profit and Gross Margin

Gross profit consists of total revenue, net of allowances, less cost of revenue. Cost of revenue consists primarily of the cost of semiconductors purchased from subcontractors, including wafer fabrication, assembly, testing and packaging, manufacturing support costs, including labor and overhead associated with such purchases, final test yield fallout, inventory and warranty provisions and shipping costs. Cost of revenue also includes development costs for license, service arrangements and stock-based compensation related to personnel associated with manufacturing.

Gross margin is the percentage of gross profit to revenue. Our gross margin can vary in any period depending on the mix of types of products sold. Our gross margin is significantly impacted by the mix of products we sell. Product mix is often difficult to estimate with accuracy. Therefore, if we experience product transition challenges, if we achieve significant revenue growth in our lower margin product lines, or if we are unable to earn as much revenue as we expect from higher margin product lines, our gross margin may be negatively impacted.

Our overall gross margin was 28.6% and 44.6% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decline in gross margin for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 when compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 was driven primarily by the decline in desktop GPU gross margin and the impact of the stock-based compensation charges related to the stock option purchase completed in March 2009. The decline in desktop GPU gross margin reflects the impact of ASP regression in our products caused by a combination of the recessionary conditions in the economy and increased competitive pricing pressures that we began to experience during the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The ASP regression was also driven by a combination of market migration from desktop PCs towards notebook PCs and an overall market shift in the mix of products towards lower priced products. These factors were further exacerbated in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 as a result of losses we incurred selling certain older, transitioning products. These losses were only partially offset by a net benefit of approximately $8 million arising from a combination of new inventory write downs that we recorded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 offset by the sell-through of inventory that had previously been written down in the fourth quarter of 2009.

We will continue to focus on improving our gross margin by delivering cost effective product architectures, enhancing business processes and delivering profitable growth. As such, we expect gross margin to increase during the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2010.

A discussion of our gross margin results for each of our operating segments is as follows:

GPU Business. The gross margin of our GPU business decreased during fiscal year 2010 as compared to fiscal year 2009. This decrease was primarily due to the ASP decline in our GeForce 9-based and previous generations of desktop products resulting from the recessionary conditions in the economy and increased competition. The ASP regression was also driven by a combination of market migration from desktop PCs towards notebook PCs and an overall market shift in the mix of products towards lower priced products. These factors were further exacerbated in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 as a result of losses we incurred selling certain older, transitioning products. This decrease in gross margins was only partially offset by a net benefit arising from a combination of new inventory write downs that we recorded during the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 offset by the sell-through of inventory that had previously been written down in the fourth quarter of 2009.

PSB. The gross margin of our PSB decreased during fiscal year 2010 as compared to fiscal year 2009. This decrease was primarily due to a decline in ASPs caused primarily by pricing pressure from an overall decline in corporate spending as a result of the recessionary conditions in the economy.

MCP Business. The gross margin of our MCP Business decreased slightly for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. This decrease was primarily due to a shift in product mix toward increased shipments of lower margin Intel-based and AMD-based platform products.

CPB. The gross margin of our CPB decreased for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 as compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. This decrease was due to a decline in the sales of our cell phone products and other handheld devices, the negative impact of approximately $10.0 million of additional inventory reserves taken during the quarter related to this business, as well as a drop in royalties from SCE.

Operating Expenses

	Three Months Ended
	April 26, 2009			April 27, 2008				$ Change			% Change
	(In millions)
Research and development expenses	$	301.8			$	218.8			$	83.0	38	%
Sales, general and administrative expenses		118.9				93.1				25.8	28	%
Total operating expenses	$	420.7			$	311.9			$	108.8	35	%
Research and development as a percentage of net revenue		45.4	%			19.0	%
Sales, general and administrative as a percentage of net revenue		17.9	%			8.1	%

Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $301.8 million and $218.8 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, an increase of $83.0 million, or 38%. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, research and development expenses included stock-based compensation of $90.5 million related to the purchase of certain outstanding options that were tendered in March 2009. The increase in research and development expenses was also driven by an increase of $2.5 million in depreciation and amortization due to the impact of the property and equipment and intangible asset purchased since fiscal year 2009. These increases were offset by decreases that were primarily related to our cost reduction initiatives across several discretionary spending areas, which resulted in decreased expenses related to travel and entertainment by $2.4 million, development expenses by $4.1 million and computer software and equipment by $3.1 million. Additionally, stock-based compensation related to on-going vesting of equity awards during the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 decreased by $3.3 million primarily due to the cancellation of stock options as a result of the purchase of certain outstanding options that were tendered in March 2009. Salaries and benefits remained comparable during the periods as a result of a decline in the bonus and incentive expense for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 offset by the growth in headcount in departments related to research and development functions by approximately 100 personnel.

In order to remain competitive, we anticipate that we will continue to devote substantial resources to research and development. Research and development expenses are likely to fluctuate from time to time to the extent we make periodic incremental investments in research and development and these investments may be independent of our level of revenue.

Sales, General and Administrative

Sales, general and administrative expenses were $118.9 million and $93.1 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, an increase of $25.8 million, or 28%. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, sales, general and administrative expenses included stock-based compensation of $38.3 million related to the purchase of certain outstanding options that were tendered in March 2009. The increase in sales, general and administrative expenses was also driven by an increase in depreciation and amortization by $3.5 million due to the impact of the property and equipment purchased since fiscal year 2009. Outside professional fees also increased by $5.2 million primarily due to an increase in legal expenses incurred pertaining to on-going litigation matters. These increases were offset by decreases in salaries and benefits primarily due to the decrease in the bonus and incentives expenses for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. Additionally, as a result of our cost reduction initiatives across several discretionary spending areas, we decreased expenses related to travel and entertainment by $2.5 million, employee expenses by $1.8 million, fees and charges by $1.3 million, marketing expenses by $2.0 million and computer software and equipment by $2.9 million. Additionally, stock-based compensation related to on-going vesting of equity awards decreased by $3.8 million primarily due to the cancellation of stock options as a result of the purchase of certain outstanding options that were tendered in March 2009.

We expect operating expenses to decrease in the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2010.

Interest Income

Interest income consists of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Interest income decreased to $6.1 million in first quarter of fiscal year 2010, from $14.3 million in first quarter of fiscal year 2009, primarily due to the result of lower interest rates in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 which were lower when compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. Additionally, average balances of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were lower in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 when compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.

Other Expense, net

Net other expenses decreased by $4.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 when compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, other expense was higher, primarily due to the impact of the weakness of the U.S. Dollar on our foreign currency denominated liabilities, which resulted in foreign exchange losses. During the first quarter of 2010, the fluctuations in the U.S. Dollar did not result in material foreign exchange losses.

Income Taxes

We recognized income tax expense (benefit) of ($23.5) million and $36.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 and 2009, respectively. Income tax expense (benefit) as a percentage of income before taxes, or our effective tax rate, was (10.5%) and 17.0% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Our effective tax rate on income before tax for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 is lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% due primarily to income earned in jurisdictions where that tax rate is lower than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate.

Please refer to Note 5 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding the components of our income tax expense.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

	As of April 26, 2009			As of January 25, 2009
	(In millions)
Cash and cash equivalents		$	512.3	$	417.7
Marketable securities			825.8		837.7
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities		$	1,338.1	$	1,255.4

	Three Months Ended
	April 26,				April 27,
	2009				2008
		(In millions)
Net cash provided by operating activities		$	142.1		$	145.2
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		$	(8.9	)	$	24.5
Net cash used in financing activities		$	(38.6	)	$	(93.4	)

As of April 26, 2009, we had $1.34 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, an increase of $82.7 million from $1.26 billion at the end of fiscal year 2009. Our portfolio of cash equivalents and marketable securities is managed by several financial institutions. Our investment policy requires the purchase of top-tier investment grade securities, the diversification of asset type and includes certain limits on our portfolio duration.

Operating activities

Operating activities generated cash of $142.1 million and $145.2 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our net income (loss) plus the impact of non-cash charges to earnings such as depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation and charges related to the stock option purchase and deferred income taxes decreased during the comparable periods due the net loss in the first fiscal quarter of 2010. Additionally, the changes in operating assets and liabilities resulted in a net decrease in cash flow from operations. The changes in operating assets and liabilities resulted from the reduced spending, timing of payments to vendors. Additionally, the reduction in inventories also resulted from rescheduling actions that were implemented in response to our high inventory levels at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 as well as a result of the increase in revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010.

Investing activities

Investing activities have consisted primarily of purchases and sales of marketable securities, acquisitions of businesses and purchases of property and equipment, which include the purchase of property, leasehold improvements for our facilities and intangible assets. Investing activities used cash of $8.9 million and provided cash of $24.5 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively.

We expect to spend approximately $100 million to $150 million for capital expenditures during the remainder of fiscal year 2010, primarily for leasehold improvements, software licenses, emulation equipment, computers and engineering workstations. In addition, we may continue to use cash in connection with the acquisition of new businesses or assets.

Financing activities

Financing activities used cash of $38.6 million and $93.4 million during the first quarters of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively. Net cash used by financing activities in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 was primarily due to $78.1 million paid towards the stock option purchase, offset by cash proceeds of $39.7 million from common stock issued under our employee stock plans. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we used $123.9 million to repurchase our common stock.

Liquidity

Our primary source of liquidity is cash generated by our operations. Our investment portfolio consisted of cash and cash equivalents, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, mortgage-backed securities issued by government-sponsored enterprises, equity securities, money market funds and debt securities of corporations, municipalities and the United States government and its agencies. These investments are denominated in United States dollars. As of April 26, 2009, we did not have any investments in auction-rate preferred securities.

As of April 26, 2009 and January 25, 2009, we had $1.34 billion and $1.26 billion, respectively, in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Our investment policy requires the purchase of top-tier investment grade securities, the diversification of asset types and includes certain limits on our portfolio duration, as specified in our investment policy guidelines. These guidelines also limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issue, issuer or type of instrument. As of April 26, 2009, we were in compliance with our investment policy. As of April 26, 2009, our investments in government agencies and government sponsored enterprises represented approximately 63% of our cash equivalents and marketable securities, while the financial sector, which has been negatively impacted by recent market liquidity conditions, accounted for approximately 14% of our total cash equivalents and marketable securities. Substantially all of our investments are with A/A2 or better rated securities with the substantial majority of the securities rated AA-/Aa3 or better.

We performed an impairment review of our investment portfolio as of April 26, 2009. Currently, we have the intent and ability to hold our investments with impairment indicators until maturity. Based on our quarterly impairment review and having considered the guidance in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Staff Position No. 115-1, or FSP No. 115-1, A Guide to the Implementation of Statement 115 on Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, we did not record any other than temporary impairment charges during the first quarters of fiscal years 2010 and 2009. Please refer to Note 6 and Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details. We concluded that our investments were appropriately valued and that no other than temporary impairment charges were necessary on our portfolio of available for sale investments as of April 26, 2009.

Net realized gains (losses) for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 was $0.8 million. Net realized gains (losses) for first quarter of fiscal year 2009 was not material. As of April 26, 2009, we had a net unrealized gain of $5.4 million, which was comprised of gross unrealized gains of $7.4 million, offset by $2.0 million of gross unrealized losses. As of January 25, 2009, we had a net unrealized gain of $4.4 million, which was comprised of gross unrealized gains of $7.8 million, offset by $3.4 million of gross unrealized losses.

As of April 26, 2009, our money market investment in the International Reserve Fund, which was valued at $40.0 million, net of $5.6 million of other than temporary impairment charges that we recorded during fiscal year 2009, was classified as marketable securities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet due to the halting of redemption requests in September 2008 by the International Reserve Fund. The $40.0 million value of our holdings in the International Reserve Fund as of April 26, 2009 reflects an initial investment of $130.0 million, reduced by $84.4 million that we received from the International Reserve Fund during the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and the $5.6 million other than temporary impairment charge we recorded against the value of this investment during fiscal year 2009. The $84.4 million we received was our portion of a payout of approximately 65% of the total assets of the International Reserve Fund. We expect to receive the proceeds from our remaining investment in the International Reserve Fund, excluding some or all of the $5.6 million, by October 2009, when all of the underlying securities held by the International Reserve Fund are scheduled to have matured. However, redemptions from the International Reserve Fund are currently subject to pending litigation, which could cause further delay in receipt of our funds.

Our accounts receivable are highly concentrated and make us vulnerable to adverse changes in our customers' businesses, and to downturns in the industry and the worldwide economy. Two customers accounted for approximately 27% of our accounts receivable balance at April 26, 2009. While we strive to limit our exposure to uncollectible accounts receivable using a combination of credit insurance and letters of credit, difficulties in collecting accounts receivable could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. These difficulties are heightened during periods when economic conditions worsen. We continue to work directly with more foreign customers and it may be difficult to collect accounts receivable from them. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. This allowance consists of an amount identified for specific customers and an amount based on overall estimated exposure. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment in their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required, we may be required to defer revenue recognition on sales to affected customers, and we may be required to pay higher credit insurance premiums, any of which could adversely affect our operating results. In the future, we may have to record additional reserves or write-offs and/or defer revenue on certain sales transactions which could negatively impact our financial results.

Stock Repurchase Program

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

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, we did not enter into any structured share repurchase transactions or otherwise purchase any shares of our common stock. Through April 26, 2009, we have repurchased an aggregate of 90.9 million shares under our stock repurchase program for a total cost of $1.46 billion. As of January 25, 2009, we are authorized, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase shares of our common stock up to an additional amount of $1.24 billion through May 2010.

Operating Capital and Capital Expenditure Requirements

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

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

For additional factors see “Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business and Industry - Our revenue may fluctuate while our operating expenses are relatively fixed, which makes our results difficult to predict and could cause our results to fall short of expectations.”

3dfx Asset Purchase

On December 15, 2000, NVIDIA Corporation and one of our indirect subsidiaries entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, or APA, which closed on April 18, 2001, to purchase certain graphics chip assets from 3dfx. Under the terms of the APA, the cash consideration due at the closing was $70.0 million, less $15.0 million that was loaned to 3dfx pursuant to a Credit Agreement dated December 15, 2000. The APA also provided, subject to the other provisions thereof, that if 3dfx properly certified that all its debts and other liabilities had been provided for, then we would have been obligated to pay 3dfx one million shares, which due to subsequent stock splits now totals six million shares, of NVIDIA common stock. If 3dfx could not make such a certification, but instead properly certified that its debts and liabilities could be satisfied for less than $25.0 million, then 3dfx could have elected to receive a cash payment equal to the amount of such debts and liabilities and a reduced number of shares of our common stock, with such reduction calculated by dividing the cash payment by $25.00 per share. If 3dfx could not certify that all of its debts and liabilities had been provided for, or could not be satisfied, for less than $25.0 million, we would not be obligated under the agreement to pay any additional consideration for the assets.

In October 2002, 3dfx filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. In March 2003, we were served with a complaint filed by the Trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court which sought, among other things, payments from us as additional purchase price related to our purchase of certain assets of 3dfx. In early November 2005, NVIDIA and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, or the Creditors’ Committee, agreed to a Plan of Liquidation of 3dfx, which included a conditional settlement of the Trustee’s claims against us. This conditional settlement was subject to a confirmation process through a vote of creditors and the review and approval of the Bankruptcy Court. The conditional settlement called for a payment by NVIDIA of approximately $30.6 million to the 3dfx estate. Under the settlement, $5.6 million related to various administrative expenses and Trustee fees, and $25.0 million related to the satisfaction of debts and liabilities owed to the general unsecured creditors of 3dfx. Accordingly, during the three month period ended October 30, 2005, we recorded $5.6 million as a charge to settlement costs and $25.0 million as additional purchase price for 3dfx. The Trustee advised that he intended to object to the settlement.

Please refer to Note 12 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding this litigation.

Product Defect

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2009, we recorded a $196.0 million charge against cost of revenue to cover anticipated customer warranty, repair, return, replacement and other associated costs arising from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of our previous generation MCP and GPU products used in notebook systems. All of our newly manufactured products and all of our products that are currently shipping in volume have a different material set that we believe is more robust.

Determining the amount of the $196.0 million charge related to this issue required management to make estimates and judgments based on historical experience, test data and various other assumptions including estimated field failure rates that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. The results of these judgments formed the basis for our estimate of the total charge to cover anticipated customer warranty, repair, return and replacement and other associated costs. However, if actual repair, return, replacement and other associated costs and/or actual field failure rates exceed our estimates, we may be required to record additional reserves, which would increase our cost of revenue and materially harm our financial results.

In September, October and November 2008, several putative class action lawsuits were filed against us, asserting various claims related to the impacted MCP and GPU products. Please refer to Note 12 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding this litigation.

Contractual Obligations

At April 26, 2009, we had outstanding inventory purchase obligations totaling approximately $457 million. There were no other material changes in our contractual obligations from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 25, 2009. Please see Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources” in our Form 10-K for a description of our contractual obligations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of April 26, 2009, we had no material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Regulation S-K 303(a)(4)(ii).

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

Please see Note 1 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of adoption of new accounting pronouncements.