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Jeffrey D. Fisher has been NVIDIA’s Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales since July 1994. He has over 20 years of sales and
marketing experience in the semiconductor industry. Mr. Fisher holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Purdue University and an M.B.A.
degree from Santa Clara University.
David M. Shannon joined NVIDIA in August 2002 as Vice President and General Counsel. From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Shannon held
various counsel positions at Intel Corporation, including the most recent position of Vice President and Assistant General Counsel.
Mr. Shannon also practiced for eight years in the law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, focusing on complex commercial and
high−technology related litigation. Mr. Shannon holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Pepperdine University.
Di Ma has been Vice President of Operations since July 2000. From 1990 to 2000, Dr. Ma was with Standard Microsystems, most
recently serving as the Senior Vice President of Operations. Previously, Dr. Ma held management positions in engineering at Motorola
and was an adjunct professor at State University of New York. Dr. Ma holds a B.S. in Physics from the National Taiwan University
and an M.S. degree and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York.
Daniel F. Vivoli has been Vice President of Marketing since December 1997. From 1988 to December 1997, Mr. Vivoli held
management positions, most recently as Vice President of Product Marketing, at Silicon Graphics, Inc., a computing technology
company. From 1983 to 1988, Mr. Vivoli held various marketing positions at Hewlett−Packard Company. Mr. Vivoli holds a B.S.E.E.
degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign−Urbana.
Available Information
Our annual report on Form 10−K, quarterly reports on Form 10−Q, current reports on Form 8−K and, if applicable, amendments to
those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act are available free of charge on or through our Internet
website, http://www.nvidia.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Our headquarters complex is located on a leased site in Santa Clara, California and is comprised of five buildings. Additionally, we
lease three other buildings in Santa Clara with one used as warehouse space and the other two used as lab space. Outside of Santa
Clara, we lease space in Berkeley, California; Austin, Texas; Beaverton, Oregon; Bedford, Massachusetts; Bellevue, Washington;
Chandler, Arizona; Durham, North Carolina; Greenville, South Carolina; and Fort Collins, Colorado. These facilities are used as
design centers and/or sales and administrative offices.
Outside of the United States, we lease space in Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; Hsinchu, Taiwan; Yokohama, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Paris,
France; Wurselen, Germany; Munich, Germany; and Theale, England. These facilities are used primarily to support our customers and
operations and as sales and administrative offices.
We believe that we currently have sufficient facilities to conduct our operations for the next twelve months, although we expect to
lease additional facilities throughout the world as our business requires. For additional information regarding obligations under leases,
see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under the subheading "Lease Obligations," which information is hereby
incorporated by reference.
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On December 15, 2000, NVIDIA Corporation and one of our indirect subsidiaries entered into an agreement to purchase certain
graphics chip assets from 3dfx Interactive, Inc., or 3dfx. The asset purchase closed on April 18, 2001. In May 2002, we were served
with a complaint filed by the landlord of 3dfx’s San Jose, California commercial real estate lease. In October 2002, 3dfx filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. In December 2002,
we were served with a complaint filed by the landlord of 3dfx’s Austin, Texas commercial real estate lease. The landlords’ complaints
both assert claims for, among other things, interference with contract, successor liability and fraudulent transfer. The landlords’ are
seeking to recover, among other things, amounts owed on their leases in the aggregate amount of approximately $10 million. In March
2003, we were served with a complaint filed by the Trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court to represent the interests of the 3dfx
bankruptcy estate. The Trustee’s complaint asserts claims for, among other things, successor liability and fraudulent transfer. The
Trustee’s complaint seeks additional payments from us, the amount of which has not been quantified. The landlords’ actions have
been removed to the Bankruptcy Court from the Superior Court of California and consolidated with the Trustee’s action for purposes
of discovery. Discovery is currently proceeding and no trial date has been set. We believe the claims asserted against us are without
merit and we will continue to defend ourselves vigorously.
We are subject to other legal proceedings, but we do not believe that the ultimate outcome of any of these proceedings will have a
material adverse effect on our financial position or overall trends in results of operations. However, if an unfavorable ruling were to
occur in any specific period, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on the results of operations of that period.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS