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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2003

or

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

For the transition period from _______________ to _______________

Commission File Number 0-30539

TVIA, INC.

4001 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 982-8588

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes (X) No (  )

On July 31, 2003, 22,199,164 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, were outstanding.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2003

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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(in thousands)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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TVIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 – INTERIM STATEMENTS

     The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2003, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004.

     Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with general accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. It is suggested that these accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of Tvia, Inc. and subsidiary (“the Company”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2003.

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICIES

Use of Estimates

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

Consolidation

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

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments

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

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Restricted Cash

     Under the terms of the agreement with MediaTek for sale of its software business and related software assets, the Company received $600,000 cash consideration as of June 30, 2003 pursuant to the escrow agreement, which requires the fund to be held in escrow for a period of ten months as security to indemnify MediaTek for breaches of covenants, representations or warranties made by the Company.

Inventories

     Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market value and include materials, labor and overhead. Allowances when required are made to reduce excess inventories to their estimated net realizable values.

Property and Equipment

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

Long-Lived Assets

     The Company reviews long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles for impairment. The Company reviews assets to be held and used whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable. The Company measures recoverability of assets by comparing their carrying amount to the future undiscounted cash flows that they are expected to generate. Impairment reflects the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds their fair market value.

Revenue Recognition

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

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

Software Development Costs

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

Research and Development Expenses

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

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Income Taxes

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

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 130 “Reporting Comprehensive Income” establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive income and its components in a full set of financial statements. Comprehensive income or loss includes all changes in equity during a period from transactions and events from non owner sources. A summary of comprehensive loss is as follows (in thousands):

Stock-Based Compensation

     The Company accounts for stock-based employee compensation arrangements using the intrinsic value method as prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB No. 25”) and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 44 “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation” (FIN 44). Accordingly, compensation cost for stock options is measured as the excess, if any, of the fair value of the Company’s stock at the date of grant over the stock option exercise price. Expense associated with stock-based compensation is amortized on an accelerated basis over the vesting period of the individual award consistent with the method described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 28 (“FIN 28”). The Company accounts for stock issued to non-employees in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS No. 123”), SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, Transition and Disclosure” and Emerging Issues Task Force Consensus No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments that are offered to other than employees for acquiring or in conjunction with selling goods or services” (“EITF 96-18”). Under SFAS No. 123, SFAS No. 148 and EITF 96-18, stock option awards issued to non-employees are accounted for at their fair value, determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing method. The fair value of each non-employee stock option or award is remeasured at each period end until a commitment date is reached, which is generally the vesting date.

     The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, to the stock-based employee compensation.

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Net Loss Per Share

     Net loss per share has been calculated in accordance with the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” Basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted loss per share information is the same as basic net loss per share since common shares issuable upon conversion of the stock options and warrants are antidilutive. The total numbers of shares excluded from diluted net loss per share relating to these securities were 4,499,195 and 4,758,071 with an average exercise price of $1.98 and $2.71 for the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

     The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands except per share amounts):

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

     In November 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force, or EITF, reached a consensus on Issue No. 00-21, “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables.” EITF Issue No. 00-21 provides guidance on how to account for arrangements that involve the delivery or performance of multiple products, services and/or rights to use assets. The provisions of EITF Issue No. 00-21 will apply to revenue arrangements entered into in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company believes that the adoption of this standard will have no material impact on its financial statements.

     In May 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity”. SFAS

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No. 150 establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS No. 150 requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances). SFAS No. 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company believes that the adoption of this standard will have no material impact on its financial statements.

Note 3. Balance Sheet Components (in thousands)

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Note 4. Restructuring Charges

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

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

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Note 5. Concentration of Certain Risks

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

Significant customers

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

Concentration of Credit Risk

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

     Accounts receivable were concentrated with customers as follows:

Vendor Concentration

     The Company does not own or operate a fabrication facility, and accordingly relies substantially on two outside foundries, United Manufacturing Corporation (“UMC”) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (“TSMC”) to supply all of the Company’s semiconductor manufacturing requirements. There are significant risks associated with the Company’s reliance on outside foundries, including the lack of ensured wafer supply, limited control over delivery schedules, quality assurance and control, manufacturing yields and production costs and the unavailability of or delays in obtaining access to key process technologies. Any inability of one of the foundries to

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provide the necessary components could result in significant delays and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. In the event either foundry suffers financial difficulties or suffers any damage or destruction to its respective facilities, or in the event of any other disruption of foundry capacity, the Company may not be able to qualify alternative manufacturing sources for existing or new products in a timely manner.

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

Note 6. Segment and Geographic Information

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

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

Note 7. Commitments and Contingencies

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

Note 8. Subsequent Event

          On July 3, 2003, the Company sold its software business and software-related assets to MediaTek, Inc. in exchange for $10 million in cash, subject to the completion of milestones and closing conditions. The software assets were developed internally to support the Company’s products, including Home IT, advanced digital video broadcasting, MPEG 4 software, SDK software and software drivers. The development costs related to the software assets were expensed as incurred. Under the agreement, MediaTek will grant to the Company a royalty-free license to continue to use those software assets to support its existing products and fulfill its maintenance obligations to its existing customers. The Company expects to report the gain from this transaction in the results of operations in the quarter ending September 30, 2003 depending on satisfaction of milestones and closing conditions. As part of this transaction, MediaTek hired approximately 75 software-related personnel, all former employees, primarily from Tvia’s China subsidiary.

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first three months ended June 30, 2003 compared to the same period of fiscal 2003 is attributable primarily to a reduction of our research and development operations in Santa Clara, California. As a result of the sale of our software business unit to MediaTek, we expect absolute research and development expenses in the next quarter to decline compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2003.

          Sales, general and administrative. Sales, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel and other costs associated with the management of our business and with the sale and marketing of our products. Sales, general and administrative expenses decreased to $0.7 million in the three months ended June 30, 2003 from $1.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2002. Sales, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues was 127% in the first three months of fiscal year 2003 compared to 173% in the same period of fiscal year 2003. The decrease in sales, general and administrative expenses in absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenues resulted from a reduction in workforce and other cost cutting measures. We expect that sales, general and administrative expenses in the next quarter will be approximately at the same level as the quarter ended June 30, 2003.

          Amortization of deferred stock compensation. We grant stock options to hire, motivate and retain employees. We incurred stock compensation expense of $0 and $198,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

          Interest income. Interest income was $94,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $246,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2002. The decrease resulted from a lower return on our investments and declining levels of amount of cash and investments.

          Provision for income tax. We are taxed in our jurisdictions of operations based on the extent of taxable income generated in each jurisdiction. For income tax purposes, revenues are attributed to the taxable jurisdiction where the sales transactions generating the revenues were initiated. We incurred operating losses in the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, and therefore made no provision for income tax in these periods.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

          During the three months ended June 30, 2003, we used $1.9 million of cash and cash equivalents in our operating activities as compared to $3.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2002. Cash used in operations during the three months ended June 30, 2003 resulted primarily from net loss of $2.1 million partially offset by non-cash items of depreciation and amortization of $0.4 million and a decrease in accrued liabilities and other of $0.3 million. Cash used in operations during the three months ended June 30, 2002 resulted primarily from net loss of $3.7 million offset by a decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $0.4 million and non-cash items of depreciation and amortization of $0.4 million.

          Capital equipment and license technology purchases in the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 were none and $0.2 million, respectively. In June 2003, we received a partial payment of $5.5 million, of which $0.6 is in an escrow account, from a sale of our software unit and related software assets to MediaTek, Inc. of Taiwan. Working capital at June 30, 2003 was $22.5 million.

          The following represent our more significant working capital commitments:

Stock Repurchase

     On November 10, 2001, the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to acquire outstanding common stock in the open market. Under this program, the Board of Directors authorized the acquisition of up to 200,000 of the Company’s common stock. As of June 30, 2003, the Company acquired 143,700 shares on the open market that it holds as treasury stock. At the June 30, 2003 stock price, the proceeds to be used to acquire up to 56,300 shares of the Company’s common stock will have a minimal impact on the Company’s current cash, cash equivalent and short-term investment balances.

     On August 20, 2002, the Board of Directors authorized an additional stock repurchase program to acquire outstanding common stock in the open market. Under this program, the Board of Directors authorized the

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acquisition up to 5 million shares of common stock. As of June 30, 2003, we had not repurchased any shares of common stock under this program.

Leases

     The Company leases its facilities under non-cancelable operating leases expiring at various dates through June 2005.

     The Company places purchase orders with wafer foundries throughout its normal course of business. As of June 30, 2003, the Company had approximately $13,000 of outstanding purchase commitments with a supplier for the purchase of wafers. The Company expects to receive and pay for the wafers, within the next six months, from its existing cash balances.

Future payments due under capital and operating leases and other purchase commitments as of June 30, 2003 are as follows (in thousands):

          Based on our current expectations, we believe that our principal source of liquidity consisting of our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investment, which totaled $27.3 million at June 30, 2003, will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital requirements through at least the next twelve months. We may also utilize cash to acquire or invest in complementary businesses or to obtain the use of complementary technologies.

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Factors that May Affect Future Results

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

          We have incurred significant operating losses in each year since our inception and expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future, primarily as a result of expenses for research and development. Our losses increased as we transitioned our focus away from the personal computer market toward the advanced television and emerging interactive display markets in 1996. We have incurred net losses of approximately $65.0 million from our inception in March 1993 through June 30, 2003. If we continue to incur net losses, we may not be able to expand our business as quickly as we would like. We do not know when or if we will become profitable and if we do become profitable, we may not be able to sustain or increase our profitability.

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

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

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

          Historically we have been, and we expect to continue to be, dependent on a relatively small number of OEMs and distributors for a significant portion of our total revenues. Sales to SMS Electronics, Ltd., iVAST, Inc., Weikeng Industrial, Ltd., Micro Network Korea Co., Ltd. and Kanematsu Devices Corporation accounted for 27%, 15%, 14%, 12% and 11% of total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2003, respectively. Sales to Siemens Communications, Ltd., and Micro Network Korea Co., Ltd. accounted for approximately 41% and 12% of our total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2002, respectively. We may not be able to retain our largest customers or to obtain additional key accounts. Any reduction or delay in sales of our products to one or more key customer or our inability to successfully develop relationships with additional key customers could negatively impact our financial results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	•		our failure to complete new product designs in a timely manner;
	•		our inability to manufacture our new products according to design specifications;
	•		our inability to deliver our products to our customers in a timely manner for any reason, including a lack of manufacturing capacity or the failure of our contracted foundries to meet targeted manufacturing yields; and
	•		our sales force’s and independent distributors’ inability to create adequate demand for our products.

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

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

	•		the general condition of the semiconductor industry market;
	•		fluctuations in the volume of product sales, changes in product mix and pricing concessions on sales;

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	•		the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders;
	•		the timing of investments in, and the results of, research and development;
	•		changes in industry standards;
	•		introduction of interactive television services by service providers;
	•		availability of manufacturing capacity and raw materials, and inventory write-offs;
	•		product introductions and price changes by our competitors;
	•		our ability to specify, develop, introduce and market new products with smaller geometries, more features and higher levels of design integration in accordance with design requirements and design cycles;
	•		the level of orders received that can be shipped in a given period;
	•		changes in earning estimates or investment recommendations by analysts;
	•		changes in investors perceptions; and
	•		the effect of the terrorist attacks in the United States and any related conflicts or similar events worldwide.

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

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

	•		functionality;
	•		performance;
	•		time to market;
	•		price;
	•		conformity to industry standards;
	•		product road maps; and
	•		technical support.

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

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

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

          We do not own or operate our own fabrication facility. We currently depend upon two outside foundries, United Manufacturing Corporation, or UMC, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, or TSMC. We do not have long term supply agreements with these foundries to manufacture our semiconductor products. Both of these foundries are located in Taiwan and each has limited manufacturing capacity.

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

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

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

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

          Processes used to manufacture our products are complex, customized to our specifications and can only be performed by a limited number of manufacturing facilities. The foundries we use have from time to time experienced lower than anticipated manufacturing yields, particularly in connection with the introduction of new products and the installation and start up of new process technologies. In addition, the foundries we use are located in a seismically active area, and earthquakes have caused these foundries to close for repairs, resulting in a delay in manufacturing our products.

          Although we primarily utilize two independent foundries, most of our components are not manufactured at both foundries at any given time. The inability of one of the foundries to provide components could result in significant delays and harm our business. In the event either foundry experienced manufacturing or financial difficulties or suffered any damage or destruction to its facilities, or in the event of any other disruption of foundry capacity, we may not be able to qualify alternative manufacturing sources for existing or new products in a timely

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manner. For example, in September 1999, Taiwan experienced a major earthquake. The earthquake and its resulting aftershocks caused power outages and significant damage to Taiwan’s infrastructure. Similarly, in September 2001, a typhoon hit Taiwan causing businesses in Taipei and the financial markets to close for two days. In addition, as a result of the rapid growth of the semiconductor industry based in the industrial park where both foundries are located, severe constraints have been placed on the water and electricity supply in that region. Any shortages of water or electricity or a natural disaster could adversely affect these foundries’ ability to supply our products, which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

          Sales of our products to our OEM customers and to distributors located outside the United States accounted for 86%, 32%, 67%, 82% and 90% of our total revenues in fiscal years 2003, 2002 and 2001 and three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. We anticipate that sales to customers located outside the United States will continue to represent a significant portion of our total sales in future periods. In addition, many of our domestic customers sell their products outside of North America, thereby indirectly exposing us to risks associated with foreign commerce. Asian economic instability impacts the sales of products manufactured by our customers, as does the Chinese New Year, during which time many manufacturers and businesses close their operations. We may be negatively impacted by the terrorist attacks on the United States and the resulting conflicts worldwide. We could also experience greater difficulties collecting accounts receivable from customers outside of the United States. Accordingly, our operations and revenues are subject to a number of risks associated with foreign commerce.

          To date, we have denominated sales of our products in foreign countries exclusively in United States dollars. As a result, any increase in the value of the United States dollar relative to the local currency of a foreign country will increase the price of our products in that country so that our products become relatively more expensive

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to customers in the local currency of that foreign country. As a result, sales of our products in that foreign country may decline. To the extent any of these types of risks materialize, our business would be materially harmed.

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

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

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

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

          We have made substantial expenditures on research and development and organizational infrastructure consisting of an executive team, finance, sales, marketing and management information systems departments and our design center located in the People’s Republic of China. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 and the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, research and development expenses represented 402%, 107%, 51%, 286% and 395% of our revenues, respectively. We expect to continue to spend substantial financial and other resources on developing and introducing new products and services. While we have implemented actions to reduce our operating expenses, and our operating expenses may increase as a percentage of revenues if our revenues decline. If our revenues do not increase, our business and results of operations could suffer. We base our expense levels in part on our expectations regarding future revenues. If our revenues for a particular quarter are lower than we expect, we may be unable to proportionately reduce our operating expenses for that quarter.

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

          Our success depends on the skills, experience and performance of our executive officers and other key management and technical personnel, many of whom would be difficult to replace. We are particularly dependent on Eli Porat, our Chief Executive Officer and President. The competition for employees with technical skills is intense and we may not be able to attract and retain a sufficient number of such qualified new personnel in the future. The loss of the service of one or more of our key employees, or our failure to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel would inhibit the growth of our business.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          Our success depends in part upon our rights in proprietary technology and processes that we develop and license from, and to, others. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and strategic partners in order to protect proprietary technologies that use our products. We cannot assure you that these measures will provide meaningful protection

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for our proprietary technologies and processes, and they do not prevent independent third party development of competitive products. In addition, it is difficult to monitor unauthorized use of technology, particularly in foreign countries where laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

ITEM 6: EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

          (a) Exhibits

          (b) Reports on Form 8-K

          On May 8, 2002, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K to furnish the press release issued on May 6, 2003 entitled “Tvia, Inc. Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Year Ended March 31, 2003.”

SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.