UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
(Mark One)
x☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended February 3, 2018January 30, 2021
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 0-30877
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Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Bermuda77-0481679
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)
Canon’s Court, 22Victoria Place, 5th Floor, 31 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 12,10, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices)
(441) 296-6395294-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common shares, $0.002 par value per shareMRVLThe NASDAQNasdaq Stock Market LLC
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $5,333,299,261$24,357,535,058 based upon the closing price of $15.59$36.47 per share on the NASDAQNasdaq Global Select Market on July 28, 201731, 2020 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter). Common shares held by each director and executive officer of the registrant, as well as shares held by each holder of more than 5% of the common shares known to the registrant (based on Schedule 13G filings), have been excluded for purposes of the foregoing calculation.
As of March 22, 2018,9, 2021, there were 496.5675.7 million common shares of the registrant outstanding.







DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of Part III of this Form 10-K are incorporated by reference from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 20182021 annual general meeting of shareholders, which proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K. Except with respect to information specifically incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K, the proxy statement is not deemed to be filed as part of this Form 10-K.


TRADEMARKS

Marvell®, Alaska®, ARMADA® Avanta®, Avastar®, Kirkwood®, Link Street®, Prestera®, Xelerated® and Yukon® are registered trademarks of Marvell International Ltd. and/or its affiliates. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I
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PART I2
Item 1.1A.
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Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
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PART II
Item 5.
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Item 6.7.
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Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Item 7A.
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Item 8.
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Item 9A.
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PART III
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MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” "forecasts," "targets," “may,” “can,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted include, but are not limited to:


•the impact of actual or potential public health emergencies such as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19);
•our ability to completeimplement our plans, forecasts and other expectations with respect to our acquisitions and to fully realize the merger with Cavium, Inc. on a timely basis, or at all;anticipated synergies and cost savings in the time frame anticipated;
•our ability to define, design and develop products for the infrastructure and 5G market and to market and sell those products to infrastructure customers;
•our dependence on a small number of customers;
•severe financial hardship or bankruptcy of one or more of our major customers;
•the effects of any potential future acquisitions, strategic investments, divestitures, mergers or joint ventures;
•risks associated with acquisition and consolidation activity in the semiconductor industry;
•our ability and the ability of our customers to successfully compete in the markets in which we serve;
•our dependence upon the hard disk drivestorage market, which is highly cyclical and intensely competitive;
•our ability and our customers’ ability to develop new and enhanced products and the adoption of those products in the market;
•decreases in our gross margin and results of operations in the future due to a number of factors;
•our reliance on independent foundries and subcontractors for the manufacture, assembly and testing of our products;
•the risks associated with manufacturing and selling a majority of our products and our customers’ products outside of the United States;
•the effects of transitioning to smaller geometry process technologies;
•our ability to scale our operations in response to changes in demand for existing or new products and services;
•our ability to limit costs related to defective products;
•our ability to recruit and retain experienced executive management as well as highly-skilled engineering and sales and marketing personnel;
•our ability to mitigate risks related to our information technology systems;
•our ability to protect our intellectual property;property, particularly outside of the U.S.;
•our ability to estimate customer demand and future sales accurately;
•our reliance on third-party distributors and manufacturers' representatives to sell our products;
•the impact of international conflict, trade relations between the U.S. and other countries, and continued economic volatility in either domestic or foreign markets;
•the impact and costs associated with changes in international financial and regulatory conditions;conditions such as the addition of new trade tariffs or embargos;
•the impact of any change in our application of the United States federal income tax laws and the loss of any beneficial tax treatment that we currently enjoy;
•our maintenance of an effective system of internal controls;
•our ability to realize expected benefits from restructuring activities;
•the impact of natural disasters and other catastrophic events; and
•the outcome of pending or future litigation and legal proceedings.
Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the risks discussed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements.




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PART I
Item 1.Business
OverviewItem 1. Business
Our Company
Marvell Technology Group Ltd., together with its consolidated subsidiaries (“Marvell,” the “Company,” “we,” or “us”) is a global fabless semiconductor solutions provider of high-performance application-specific standarddata infrastructure products. Our core strength is developing complex System-on-a-Chip (“SoC”) devices, leveragingWe leverage our extensive and growing technology portfolio of intellectual property in the areas of analog, mixed-signal, compute, digital signal processing, networking, security, and embeddedstorage to address critical data infrastructure needs spanning performance, power, latency and standalonescalability. Our integrated circuits.circuit solutions are architected and designed to move, store, process and secure the world’s data faster and more reliably than anyone else. We also develop integrated hardware platforms along with software that incorporates digital computing technologies designedoffer essential technology to service the mounting compute, networking, security and configured to provide an optimized computing solution. Our broad product portfolio includes devices for storage networkingrequirements of the automotive, carrier, data center and connectivity.enterprise data infrastructure markets. We werecurrently are incorporated in Bermuda in January 1995.Bermuda.
Recent Developments
On November 19, 2017,October 29, 2020, we entered into ana merger agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Cavium, Inc. ("Cavium"Inphi Corporation (“Inphi”), pursuant to which a subsidiary of Marvell will merge with and into Cavium, with Cavium surviving and becoming a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Marvell (the “Merger”). Cavium is a provider of highly integrated semiconductor processors that enable intelligent processing for wired and wireless infrastructure and cloud for networking, communications, storage and security applications. The Merger is primarily intended to create an opportunity for the combined company to emerge as a leader in infrastructure solutions.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement,whereby we will issue 2.1757 common shares and pay $40.00Inphi's stockholders $66 per share in cash without interest,and 2.323 common shares for each Inphi share, which represented purchase consideration of Cavium common stock. The mergerapproximately $10 billion as of that date. We intend to fund the cash consideration will be financed by a mix of cash, newwith $4.0 billion in debt financing, and issuancehave obtained commitments consisting of our common shares.
Consummation$2.5 billion of bridge loan commitments, $875 million of commitments for a 3-year term loan facility and $875 million of commitments for a 5-year term loan facility, in each case, from a syndicate of financial institutions, including, and arranged by, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and in each case the Merger isavailability of such facilities are subject to customary closingterms and conditions, including without limitation: (i)completion of the requiredmerger with Inphi in accordance with the Merger Agreement. The transaction is not subject to any financing condition.
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of calendar 2021, pending approval by Cavium shareholdersInphi's and the Company’s shareholders, which was obtained on March 16, 2018; (ii) the expiration or early terminationour stockholders, as well as regulatory approval and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. As a result of the waiting period applicable totransaction, we, as the consummationparent company, will be domiciled in the United States upon closing of the Merger undertransaction. For periods after closing, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, which expired on January 26, 2018, (iii) the receipt of approval from the Committee on Foreign Investmentcombined company will be subject to taxation in the U.S. ("CFIUS"),United States, which may adversely impact our future effective tax rates and (iv) the receipt of certain foreign regulatory approvals. In certain circumstances, a terminationtax liabilities. A fee of up to $180$460 million may be payable by Marvellus or Cavium$300 million payable by Inphi upon termination of the transaction, as more fully described in the Merger Agreement. If the Merger Agreement is terminated due to failure to obtain stockholder approval, the party whose stockholders did not approve the transaction will be obligated to reimburse the other party up to $25 million for its merger related fees and costs.
Inphi is a global leader in high-speed data movement enabled by optical interconnects. Their product portfolio includes laser drivers, TIA (Trans-Impedance Amplifiers), PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation) and Coherent DSPs (Digital Signal Processors) and data center interconnects. The Company and Inphi both have growing positions in carrier and datacenter, and we anticipate that Inphi’s high-speed electro-optics platform will add to our storage, networking, compute, and security portfolio. Inphi’s electro-optics portfolio along with our copper Ethernet PHY franchise is expected to create an industry-leading highspeed data interconnect platform serving the enterprise, carrier, data center, and automotive end markets.
Our registered and mailing address is Canon’s Court, 22Victoria Place, 5th Floor, 31 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 12,10, Bermuda, and our telephone number there is (441) 296-6395.294-8000. The address of our U.S. operating subsidiary is Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., 5488 Marvell Lane, Santa Clara, California 95054, and our telephone number there is (408) 222-2500. We also have operations in many countries, including China, India, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. Our fiscal year ends on the Saturday nearest January 31.
Available Information
Our website address is www.marvell.com. The information contained on ourany website referred to in this Form 10-K does not form any part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is not incorporated by reference herein.herein unless expressly noted. We make available free of charge through our website our annual reports on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file this material with, or furnish it to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition, the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov, contains reports, proxy statements, and other information that we file electronically with the SEC.
Our Markets and Products
OverOur products address the lastdata infrastructure market with our four focus markets being automotive, carrier, data center and enterprise. Our compute, networking, security and storage technologies are essential and differentiating for these markets. The data infrastructure market has several years, we have transitioned from a suppliervery attractive attributes including long product lifecycles, deep customer relationships and are typically sole-sourced.
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Our portfolio of stand-alone semiconductor components to a supplier of fully integrated platform solutions. Our platform solutions containintegrate multiple analog, mixed-signal and digital intellectual property components in integrated hardware, along withincorporating -hardware, firmware and software that incorporates digital, analogtechnologies and mixed-signal computing and communication technologies, designed and configuredour system knowledge to provide anour customers highly-integrated optimized solution. Our solutions have become increasingly integrated, with more and more components resulting in an all-in-one solution for their end products. In addition to selling standard product solutions, where the exact same product is sold to multiple customers, we also offer customized solutions which are tailored to a given customer’s end product.specific customer's requirements. The acquisition of Avera has extended our ability to offer custom semiconductor solutions for our data infrastructure customers. The demand for such highly integrated platformcustom solutions is generally driven by technological changes and anticipation of the future needs of device manufacturers and end users, including enterprises, campus and service provider networks and, to anhas been increasing extent, data center providers.
A device manufacturer may require technologies leveraged from one end market product into products for other end markets, integrating components and technologies traditionally associated with one end market with components and technologies from another end market. The integration of these various technologies onto a single piece of silicon is referred to as SoC.

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In addition, software has become increasingly important to our business over the last several years and we believe software will become even more relevant as the market expects hardware and software to be delivered as an integrated solution. On-chip software, which acts as the “driver” for the functionality of the chip, has always been a critical part of our business. However, the software and application-level software that we deliver with our products has become significantly more complex as the range of uses and the needs has increased. For example, a solution that we develop for storage or networking can contain software that has a range of functionalities built in. Alternatively, our solution can allow our customers to deployseek greater optimizations and differentiation for their operative systems on top of our chip, as well as deploy their application software on top of our SoC.products and services.
Our current product offerings are primarily in threetwo broad product groups: storage,categories: networking and connectivity.storage. Our networking products include custom ASICs, ethernet solutions and processors. These products address all four of our focus data infrastructure markets: automotive, carrier, data center and enterprise. In storage, we are a market leader in fibre channel products and data storage controller solutions spanning consumer, mobile, desktopprimarily addressing data center, enterprise, and enterpriseedge computing markets. Our storage solutions enable customers to engineer high-volume products for hard disk drives and solid state drives. Our networking products address end markets in cloud, enterprise, small and medium business and service provider networks. Our connectivity products address end markets in consumer, enterprise, desktop, service provider networks and automotive. Our storage, networking and connectivity products power cutting-edge networks and data centers around the world.
The networking and connectivity product group was previously referred to as smart networked devices and solutions.
In connection with the November 2016 announcement of our plan to restructure our operations to refocus our research and development, increase operational efficiency and improve profitability, we divested three businesses in fiscal 2018. As required, we have retrospectively recast our consolidated statements of operations and balance sheets for all periods presented to reflect these businesses as discontinued operations. Unless noted otherwise, the following discussion refers to our continuing operations. Ourtable summarizes net revenue disaggregated by product group for the last three fiscal years is as follows:(in thousands, except percentages):
Year Ended
January 30, 2021February 1, 2020February 2, 2019
(in millions, except for percentages)
Networking$1,683 57 %$1,377 51 %$1,313 46 %
Storage1,152 39 %1,138 42 %1,377 48 %
Other134 4 %184 7 %176 6 %
Total$2,969 $2,699 $2,866 
 Year Ended
 February 3, 2018   January 28, 2017   January 30, 2016  
 (in millions, except for percentages)
Storage$1,254
 52% $1,158
 50% $1,201
 46%
Networking598
 25% 590
 26% 532
 20%
Connectivity364
 15% 318
 14% 441
 17%
Other193
 8% 235
 10% 428
 17%
Total$2,409
   $2,301
   $2,602
  
Storage
Hard Disk Drive Controllers
Hard disk drive ("HDD") controllers provide high-performance input/output ("I/O") interface control between the HDD and the host system. We support a variety of host system interfaces, including Serial Advanced Technology Attachment ("SATA") and Serial Attached SCSI ("SAS"), which support the complete range of enterprise, desktop and mobile HDDs.
We are a leading HDD controller supplier and currently supply products to all of the major hard drive manufacturers.
Our HDD controllers with advanced technology for HDDs provide a technological advantage that enables a higher level of data storage on smaller form factors and higher volumetric densities.
Our advanced HDD controller SoCs incorporate the latest Marvell IPs, using leading advanced semiconductor process nodes.
Solid-State Drive Controllers
Our solid-state-drive ("SSD") controller SoCs are targeted at the fast growing market for flash-based storage systems for the cloud, enterprise, consumer and mobile computing markets. We support a variety of host system interfaces, including SAS, SATA, peripheral component interconnect express ("PCIe"), and non-volatile memory express ("NVMe").
We are a leading supplier of SSD controllers across a range of customers and market segments.
Our advanced SSD controller SoCs incorporate the latest Marvell technology using leading advanced process nodes.
Our SSD controllers are complemented by our fully featured SDK (software development kit) and FTK (Full Turnkey software solutions.)
HDD Components
In fiscal 2017, Marvell re-entered the HDD preamps business. We are working with a number of customers in developing and qualifying our components.

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Data Center Storage Solutions
We develop software-enabled silicon solutions for enterprise, data centers and cloud computing businesses. The solutions include SATA port multipliers, bridges, SATA, SAS and NVMe redundant array of independent disk controllers and converged storage processors.
Networking
Ethernet Solutions
We offer a broad portfolio of Ethernet connectivity is pervasive throughout networking infrastructures built for enterprise, smallsolutions spanning controllers, network adapters, physical transceivers and medium business, home office, service provider and data centers.switches. Our Ethernet solutions address a wide variety of end-customer data infrastructure products for those market spaces, from small, cost-effective applianceshigh-reliability automotive sub-systems to large, high-performance modular enterprise and data center solutions.
Our Ethernet products include:
A broad selection of Ethernet switches withintegrate market-optimized innovative features, such as advanced tunneling and routing, high throughput forwarding, and packet processing that make networks more effective at delivering content.content with low-latency and high-reliability. Our Ethernet switch product portfolio ranges from low-power, five-port switches to highly integrated, multi-terabit Ethernet SoC devices that can be interconnected to form massive network solutions;solutions.
AWe complement our Ethernet switch and infrastructure processors with a broad selection of Ethernet physical-layer transceivers for both fiber and copper interconnect with advanced power management, link security, and time synchronization features that complementfeatures. With the acquisition of Aquantia, we have added their multi-gigabit ethernet transceivers to our ethernet product portfolio.
Our Ethernet switchcontrollers and embedded communication processors;network adapters are optimized to accelerate and
A simplify data center and enterprise networking. Our family of single-chipproducts provide exceptional value features and performance enabling the most agile and data-intensive applications. They deliver Ethernet connectivity for enterprise-class workstations all the way up to enterprise and cloud data centers.
Processors
We offer highly integrated semiconductors that provide single or multiple core processors, along with intelligent Layer 2 through 7 processing of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) stack which is the framework that governs network interface devices offered in ultra-small form factorcommunications within enterprise, datacenter, storage, and carrier markets. All of our products are compatible with low-power consumptionstandards-based operating systems and general-purpose software to enable ease of programming, and are supported by our ecosystem partners.
Our OCTEON multi-core infrastructure processor families provide integrated Layer 4 through 7 data and security processing with additional capabilities at Layers 2 and 3 at line speeds. These software-compatible processors integrate next-generation networking I/Os along with advanced security, storage, and application hardware accelerators, offering programmability for the Layer 2 through Layer 7 processing requirements of intelligent networks. The OCTEON processors are targeted for client-server network interface cards.
Embedded Communication Processors
Our rangeuse in a wide variety of SoC-embedded communication processors provide multi-core ARM processor architecture optimized to consume low power while simultaneously delivering high-performance per watt. They provide a combination of I/O peripherals,carrier, data center, and enterprise equipment, including Ethernet, SATA, SAS, PCIe and universal serial bus and are ideally suited for a range of end-customer networking applications, such as home gateways, networked storage, control plane applications, routers, switches, andsecurity UTM appliances, content-aware switches, application-aware gateways, wireless access points, 3G/4G/5G wireless base stations, storage arrays, smart network interface controllers, network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) infrastructure.
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Our OCTEON Fusion-M family of wireless baseband infrastructure processors is a highly scalable product family supporting enterprise small cells, high capacity outdoor picocells and microcells all the way up to multi-sector macrocells for multiple wireless protocols including 5G. The key features include highly optimized processor cores, a highly efficient caching subsystem, high memory bandwidth digital signal processing engines along with a host of hardware accelerators. Additionally, multiple OCTEON Fusion-M chips can be cascaded for even denser deployments or higher order multiple-input and multiple-output, or MIMO. Our OCTEON Fusion-M processors have also been designed into 5G base stations.station radio units to enable Massive MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) antenna and advanced Beamforming implementations.
ConnectivityOur NITROX security processor family provides the functionality required for Layer 3 to Layer 5 secure communication in a single chip. These single chip, custom-designed processors provide complete security protocol processing, encryption, authentication and compression algorithms to reduce the load on the system processor and increase total system throughput. The LiquidSecurity product family is a high-performance hardware-based transaction security solution for cloud data center and enterprise applications. It addresses the high-performance security requirements for private key management and administration. This family is available as an adapter with complete software or as a standalone appliance.
Our LiquidIO Server Adapter family is a high-performance, general-purpose programmable adapter platform that enables cloud data centers and enterprises to offload their server processors for higher performance and power efficiencies. The LiquidIO Server Adapter family is supported by a feature rich software development kit that allows customers and partners to develop high-performance SDN (software defined networking) applications with packet processing, switching, security, tunneling, quality of service, and metering.
Custom ASICs
We develop custom product solutions tailored to individual customer specifications that deliver system-level differentiation for next-generation carrier, networking, data center, machine learning, automotive, aerospace and defense applications. These custom offerings leverage our broad portfolio of technologies being used in our standard products.
Storage
Storage Controllers
We offer a broad portfolio of connectivitystorage controllers for hard disk drives (“HDDs”) and solid-state-drives (“SSDs”) across all high-volume markets. Our controllers integrate several key Marvell technologies spanning compute, networking, security and storage. These key technologies enable our controllers to be optimized performance-power solutions and help our customers high-efficient storage products. Our HDD controllers integrate Marvell’s industry-leading read channel technologies to enable higher volumetric densities at low power profiles and are being used by all the current HDD makers. Our technology density and power differentiators are critical for addressing the fast-growing high-capacity, nearline HDD data center and enterprise markets. To further enhance our HDD controller differentiation and value propositions, we offer customers preamplifier products as part of a chipset with our HDD controllers to increase our customers’ product efficiencies. Our HDD controllers support all the high-volume host system interfaces, including Wi-Fi,Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (“SATA”) and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth integrated SOCs.Serial Attached SCSI (“SAS”), which are critical for the data center and enterprise markets.
Our SSD controller products leverage our strong HDD controller know-how and system-level expertise. We integrate several of our HDD controller IPs with our flash technologies to deliver optimal solutions for data center, enterprise and client computing markets. Our SSD controller products integrate hardware and firmware components to help accelerate our customers’ time to market and maximize the capabilities of our solutions. Like our HDD controllers, our SSD controllers support all the high-volume SSD host system interfaces, including SAS, SATA, peripheral component interconnect express (“PCIe”), non-volatile memory express (“NVMe”) and NVMe over Fabrics (“NVMe-oF”).
We have introduced new controller chipset products to enable innovative flash-based storage architectures in data centers and enterprises. These solutions increase overall data center performance, density and scalability while lowering overall power, resulting in lower total cost of ownership for the infrastructure organizations.
Fibre Channel Products
Our QLogic Fibre Channel product family comprises of host bus adapters (HBAs) and controllers for server and storage system connectivity. These products are integrated intoaccelerate enterprise and data center applications, deliver a wide varietyhighly resilient infrastructure, enable greater server virtualization density along with an advanced set of end devices, such as enterprise access points, home gateways, multimedia devices, gaming, printers, automotive infotainmentdata center diagnostic, orchestration and telematics units, and smart industrial devices.quality of service capabilities to optimize IT productivity. Our latest Fibre Channel products are well-positioned to deliver low-powerwell-suited for use with all-flash arrays by offering best-in-class latency and high-performance functionality with cutting-edge technologies, and to lead the fast-paced developments of Wi-Fi 802.11 and Bluetooth standards. Our connectivity product portfolio includes a single stream 1x1, as well as multi-stream 2x2, 4x4 and 8x8 multiple input multiple output devices. We deliver both the radio control and processing as well as the RF components for a complete customer solution.performance.
Other Products
Printing Solutions & Custom ASIC
Our other products primarily include printer SoC products. Our printer SoC products power many of today’s laser and ink printers and multi-function peripherals. These SoCs include a family of printer-specific standard products, as well as full-custom, application-specific integrated circuits.
Application Processors
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 Our application processors are targeted for non-mobile applications and deliver leading-edge performance for today’s embedded and Internet of Things solutions.


Financial Information about Segments and Geographic Areas
We have determined that we operate in one reportable segment: the design, development and sale of integrated circuits. For information regarding our revenue by geographic area, and property and equipment by geographic area, please see “Note 15 —17 - Segment and Geographic Information” in our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. See “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of the risks associated with our international operations.    

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Customers, Sales and Marketing
Our target customers are original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers, both of which design and manufacture end market devices. Our sales force is strategically aligned along key customer lines in order to offer fully integrated platforms to our customers. In this way, we believe we can more effectively offer a broader set of content into our key customers’ end products, without having multiple product groups separately engage the same customer. We complement and support our direct sales force with manufacturers’ representatives for our products in North America Europe and Asia.Europe. In addition, we have distributors who support our sales and marketing activities in the United States, Europe and Asia. We also use third-party logistics providers who maintain warehouses in close proximity to our customers’ facilities. We expect that a significant percentage of our sales will continue to come from direct sales to key customers.
We use field application engineers to provide technical support and assistance to existing and potential customers in designing, testing and qualifying systems designs that incorporate our products. Our marketing team works in conjunction with our field sales and application engineering force, and is organized around our product groups.
Historically, a relatively small number of customers have accounted for a significant portion of our net revenue. During fiscal year 2021 and 2020, there was no net revenue attributable to a customer, other than one distributor, whose revenues as a percentage of net revenue was 10% or greater of total net revenues. Net revenue attributable to significant customers whose revenues as a percentage of net revenue was 10% or greater of total net revenues is presented in the following table:
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Customer:     
Western Digital*20% 21% 19%
Toshiba14% 14% **%
Seagate11% 9% 14%
Distributor:     
Wintech10% 10% **%
      
* The percentage of net revenues reported for Western Digital for fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2017 includes net revenue of SanDisk, which became a subsidiary of Western Digital in fiscal 2017.
** Less than 10% of net revenue
A significant number of our products are being incorporated into consumer electronics products, including gaming devices and personal computers, which are subject to significant seasonality and fluctuations in demand. Seasonality, including holiday buying trends, may at times negatively impact our results in the first and fourth quarter, and positively impact our results in the second and third quarter of our fiscal years. In addition, the timing of new product introductions by our customers may cause variations in our quarterly revenues, which may not be indicative of future trends.
Year Ended
January 30, 2021February 1, 2020February 2, 2019
Customer:
Western Digital**12 %
Toshiba ****11 %
Seagate**10 %
Distributor:
Wintech13 %12 %*
* Less than 10% of net revenue
** The percentage of net revenue reported for Toshiba for fiscal year 2019 excludes net revenue of Toshiba Memory Corporation after Toshiba divested Toshiba Memory Corporation during fiscal year 2019.
Inventory and Working Capital
We place firm orders for products with our suppliers generally up to 1632 weeks prior to the anticipated delivery date and typically prior to an order for the product. These lead times typically changewere extended from 16 weeks in the prior year based on the manufacturing process and current capacity at the foundries.foundries and substrate suppliers. We often maintain substantial inventories of our products because the semiconductor industry is characterized by short lead time orders and quick delivery schedules.
Backlog
We do not believe that backlog is a meaningful or reliable indicator for future demand, due to the following:
an industry practice that allows customers to cancel or change orders prior to the scheduled shipment dates;
an increasing portion of our revenue comes from products shipped to customers using third-party logistics providers, or “hubs” wherein the product can be pulled at any time by the customer and is therefore never reflected in backlog; and
scheduled future shipments include shipments to distributors for which we do not recognize revenue until the products are sold to end customers.

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Research and Development
We believe that our future success depends on our ability to introduce improvements to our existing products and to develop new products that deliver cost-effective solutions for both existing and new markets. Our research and development efforts are directed largely to the development of high-performance analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing and embedded microprocessor integrated circuits with the smallest die size and lowest power. We devote a significant portion of our resources to expanding our product portfolio based on a broad intellectual property portfolio with designs that enable high-performance, reliable communications over a variety of physical transmission media. We are also focused on incorporating functions currently provided by stand-alone integrated circuits into our integrated platform solutions to reduce our customers’ overall system costs.
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We have assembled a core team of engineers who have experience in the areas of mixed-signal circuit design, digital signal processing, embedded microprocessors, complementary metal oxide semiconductor (“CMOS”) technology and system-level architectures. We have invested and will continue to invest a significant amount in research and development. Our research and development expense was $0.7 billion, $0.8 billion and $1.0 billion in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. See our discussion of research and development expenses in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.
Manufacturing
Integrated Circuit Fabrication
The vast majority of our integrated circuits are fabricated using widely available CMOS processes, which provide greater flexibility to engage independent foundries to manufacture integrated circuits at lower costs. By outsourcing manufacturing, we are able to avoid the cost associated with owning and operating our own manufacturing facility. This allows us to focus our efforts on the design and marketing of our products. We currently outsource a large percentage of our integrated circuit manufacturing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. We also utilize United Microelectronics Corporation, with the remaining manufacturing outsourced to other foundries located primarily in Asia. We work closely with our foundry partners to forecast on a monthly basis our manufacturing capacity requirements. We closely monitor foundry production to ensure consistent overall quality, reliability and yield levels. Our integrated circuits are currently fabricated in several advanced manufacturing processes. Because finer manufacturing processes lead to enhanced performance, smaller silicon chip size and lower power requirements, we continually evaluate the benefits and feasibility of migrating to smaller geometry process technology in order to reduce cost and improve performance.
Assembly and Test
We outsource all product packaging and testing requirements for our products in production to several assembly and test subcontractors primarily located in China, Korea, Singapore, Canada and Taiwan.
Governmental Regulations
Import/Export, National Security and Other Regulations Related to International Operations and Ownership
We are subject to laws and regulations worldwide, which may differ among jurisdictions, affecting our operations in areas including, but not limited to: intellectual property ownership and infringement; tax; import and export requirements; anti-corruption; foreign exchange controls and cash repatriation restrictions; conflict minerals; data privacy requirements; competition; advertising; employment; product regulations; environment, health and safety requirements; and consumer laws. For example, government export regulations apply to the encryption or other features contained in some of our products.
In connection with some of our acquisitions, we have been subject to regulatory conditions imposed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) where we have agreed to implement certain cyber security, physical security and training measures and supply agreements to protect national security. A portion of the business we acquired in the Avera acquisition requires facility security clearances under the National Industrial Security Program. The National Industrial Security Program requires that a corporation maintaining a facility security clearance be effectively insulated from foreign ownership, control or influence (“FOCI”). Because we are organized in Bermuda, we have entered into agreements with the U.S. Department of Defense with respect to FOCI mitigation arrangements that relate to our operation of the portion of the Avera business involving facility clearances.
Primarily as a result of our acquisition of Avera, we are now a party to certain contracts with the U.S. government and its subcontractors. Our contracts with government entities are subject to various procurement regulations and other requirements relating to their formation, administration and performance.
See “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information on regulatory matters.
Environmental Management
We are also subject to environmental rules and regulations in multiple jurisdictions, such as the EU Directive on Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive),China’s regulation on Management Methods for Controlling Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products, and California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.
We believe that our products comply with the current Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, the European legislation that restricts the use of a number of substances, including lead, and the Regulation, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals SVHC Substances Directive. In addition, each of our manufacturing subcontractors compliescertifies to us compliance with ISO 14001:2004, the international standard related to environmental management. We are also working to establish a “conflict-free” supply chain, including ethical sourcing of certain minerals for our products.
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Intellectual Property
Our future revenue growth and overall success depend in large part on our ability to protect our intellectual property. We rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secret laws,secrets, contractual provisions, confidentiality agreements and licenses to protect our intellectual property. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, we have approximately 9,5009,400 active U.S. and foreign patents issued and approximately 2,3001,100 U.S. and foreign patent applications pending on various aspects of our technology. While we believe the duration of our patents generally covers the expected lives of our products, our patents may not collectively or individually cover every feature on innovation in our product. In addition, our efforts may not be sufficient to protect our intellectual property from misappropriation or infringement. See “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of the risks associated with our patents and intellectual property.
We have expended and will continue to expend considerable resources in establishing a patent position designed to protect our intellectual property. While our ability to compete is enhanced by our ability to protect our intellectual property, we believe that in view of the rapid pace of technological change, the combination of the technical experience and innovative skills of our employees may be as important to our business as the legal protection of our patents and other proprietary information.

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From time to time, we may desire or be required to renew or to obtain licenses from third parties in order to further develop and effectively market commercially viable products or in connection with a pending or future claim or action asserted against us. We cannot be sure that any necessary licenses will be available or will be available on commercially reasonable terms.
The integrated circuit industry is characterized by vigorous pursuit and protection of intellectual property rights, which has resulted in significant and often time consuming and expensive litigation. From time to time, we receive, and may continue to receive in the future, notices that claim we have infringed upon, misappropriated or misused the proprietary rights of other parties.
In addition, we have in the past and may in the future be sued by other parties who claim that we have infringed their patents or misappropriated or misused their trade secrets,other intellectual property rights, or who may seek to invalidate one or more of our patents.patents, trademarks, or other rights. Although we defend these claims vigorously, it is possible that we will not prevail in pending or future lawsuits. See “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and “Note 10 —12 - Commitments and Contingencies” in our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of the risks associated with patent litigation matters.
Competition
The markets for our products particularly in networking and connectivity, are intensely competitive, and are characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards, frequent new product introductions and pricing pressures. Competition has intensified as a result of the increasing demand for higher levels of performance, and integration and smaller process geometries. We expect competition to further intensify as current competitors continue to strengthen the depth and breadth of their product offerings, either through in-house development or by acquiring existing technology. In addition, some of our customers have chosen to develop certain semiconductor products internally and this trend may continue to proliferate. We believe that our ability to compete successfully in the rapidly evolving markets for our products depends on a number ofmultiple factors, including, but not limited to:
•the performance, features, quality and price of our products;
•the development execution, timing and success of enhanced and new product introductions by us, our customers and our competitors;
•the emergence, rate of adoption and acceptance of new industry standards;
•market demand trends;
•competitive tactics;
•our ability to obtain adequate foundry capacity with the appropriate technological capability; and
•the number and nature of our competitors in a given market.

Our major competitors for our products include Broadcom Limited, MediaTek,Intel Corporation, Microchip Technology Inc., QUALCOMM, Inc.NXP Semiconductors N.V., Quantenna Communications Inc. andPhison Electronics Corporation, Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Silicon Motion Technology Corporation.Corporation and Socionext Inc. We expect increased competition in the future from both emerging orand established companies, oras well as from alliances among competitors, customers or other third parties, any of which could acquire significant market share. See “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of competitive risks associated with our business.
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Historically, average unit selling prices in the integrated circuit industry in general, and for our products in particular, have decreased over the life of a particular product. We expect that the average unit selling prices of our products will continue to be subject to significant pricing pressures. In order to offset expected declines in the selling prices of our products, we will need to continue to introduce innovative new products and reduce the cost of our products. To accomplish this, we intend to continue to implement design changes that lower the cost of manufacturing, assembly and testing of our products. See “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of pricing risks.
EmployeesHuman Capital
Marvell’s human capital objectives are to attract, retain and develop high quality talent with the technical and other skills necessary to execute on our business objectives. To support these objectives, Marvell’s human resources programs, which include talent acquisition, total rewards, and learning and development, are designed to train and facilitate internal talent mobility to create a high-performing, diverse workforce. Our programs are designed to reward and support employees through competitive pay and benefits as well as enhance the Company’s culture through efforts aimed at making the workplace more engaging and inclusive and develop talent to prepare them for critical roles and leadership positions for the future.
Our Board of Directors and Board committees provide oversight on certain human capital matters. The Audit Committee provides oversight of business risks and the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, both of which have relevance for human capital. The Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board has oversight for Marvell’s Environment, Society and Governance (ESG) strategy, which includes talent attraction and retention and inclusion and diversity. The Executive Compensation Committee provides oversight of the Company’s overall compensation philosophy, policies and programs, and assesses whether the Company’s compensation establishes appropriate incentives for executive officers and employees.
The Company employed 5,340 people as of January 30, 2021. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, our global workforce was comprised of approximately: 99% full time employees and 1% part time employees. Our employees sit across three geographical regions: 50% of employees are based in North America, 38% are in APAC (which includes India) and 12% are in EMEA.
We continually monitor employee turnover, as given the nature of our business, our success depends upon highly trained personnel with the technical skills necessary to execute on our business objectives. We believe the combination of competitive compensation and career growth and development opportunities help to increase employee tenure and reduce voluntary turnover. Intern and entry level professional new hires are an important part of our overall talent pipeline and strategy, as students and entry level professionals often have knowledge in the latest research and innovations, and we hadwant Marvell to benefit from that knowledge.
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
We provide employee wages that we believe are competitive and consistent with employee positions, skill levels, experience, knowledge, and geographic location. We evaluate the effectiveness of our executive compensation and benefit programs and compare those programs against those of our peers within the industry. We align our executives’ long-term equity compensation with our shareholders’ interests by linking realizable pay with performance. Marvell provides comprehensive and affordable health and wellness coverage to all our employees.
Culture, Engagement and Development
Marvell is a totaldynamic, interactive, high-energy workplace, where people are self-motivated and encouraged to make a difference.
We have defined four core behaviors to help guide our actions and interactions with people both inside and outside the company:
•Act with integrity and treat everyone with respect,
•Innovate to solve customer needs,
•Execute with thoroughness and rigor, and
•Help others achieve their objectives.
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Our focus is on creating an environment where people feel respected, valued and engaged. Employee feedback is one way for us to know how we are doing and where we can do better. We regularly conduct Voice of 3,749 employees.the Employee and other surveys. This is a valuable opportunity for all employees to provide open, candid, confidential feedback about what it's like to work at Marvell. We offer a variety of employee training programs, including management training programs aligned with the level of managers, technical training, mandatory compliance trainings and voluntary professional development opportunities. In addition, we organize a wide range of employee events designed to foster a sense of community at Marvell.

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for all individuals and businesses. Our leadership has continued to engage and support employees through the pandemic in a range of ways, including sending frequent communication and resources, providing a number of four day “recharge weekends”, and surveying employees on the experience of working from home. See the Health & Safety section below for more details.
Inclusion & Diversity
At Marvell, we value the uniqueness that an inclusive and diverse global team brings to our company, and we are focused on creating an environment that leverages the perspectives and contributions of each employee. As one part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen our inclusion and diversity, we began to release regular updates to our diversity data to enable our investors, partners and employees to track our progress.

Health & Safety
Marvell is committed to protecting the health and safety of all individuals, including employees, contractors and vendors, affected by our activities. In this regard, we continuously seek to reduce workplace hazards and risks.
The COVID-19 pandemic placed new emphasis on health and safety at Marvell, and we took various steps to promote the health, safety and wellness of our employees during the ongoing crisis.

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Item 1A.Risk Factors
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Investing in our common shares involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below and all information contained in this report before you decide to purchase our common shares. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond our control, including business cycles and seasonal trends of the computing, infrastructure, semiconductor and related industries and end markets. If any of the possible adverse events described below actually occurs, we may be unable to conduct our business as currently planned and our financial condition and operating results could be harmed. In addition, the trading price of our common shares could decline due to the occurrence of any of these risks, and you could lose all or part of your investment.


SUMMARY OF FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT OUR FUTURE RESULTS
The following summarizes the principal factors that make an investment in the Company speculative or risky. This summary should be read in conjunction with the remainder of this “Risk Factors” section and should not be relied upon as an exhaustive summary of the material risks facing our business. The occurrence of any of these risks could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or growth prospects or cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements we have made in this report and those we may make from time to time. You should consider all of the risk factors described in our public filings when evaluating our business.    

•risks related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or other future pandemics, on the global economy and on our customers, suppliers, employees and business;
•risks related to our ability to complete our planned merger with Inphi Corporation on a timely basis, or at all, and limitations and restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement;
•risks related to the extension of lead time due to supply chain disruptions, component shortages that impact the production of our products, and constrained availability from other electronic suppliers impacting our customers' ability to ship their products, which in turn may adversely impact our sales to those customers;
•risks related to our ability to realize anticipated synergies in connection with the Inphi merger and other strategic transactions;
•risks related to changes in general economic conditions, such as the impact of Brexit on the economy in the E.U., political conditions, such as the recent tariffs and trade restrictions with China and other foreign nations, and specific conditions in the end markets we address, including the continuing volatility in the technology sector and semiconductor industry;
•risks related to the ability of our customers, particularly in jurisdictions such as China that may be subject to trade restrictions (including the need to obtain export licenses) to develop their own solutions or acquire fully developed solutions from third-parties;
•risks related to cancellations, rescheduling or deferrals of significant customer orders or shipments, as well as the ability of our customers to manage inventory;
•risks related to the effects of any future acquisitions, divestitures or significant investments;
•risks related to the highly competitive nature of the end markets we serve, particularly within the semiconductor and infrastructure industries;
•risks related to our dependence on a few customers for a significant portion of our revenue;
•risks related to our ability to execute on changes in strategy and realize the expected benefits from restructuring activities;
•risks related to our ability to maintain a competitive cost structure for our manufacturing and assembly and test processes and our reliance on third parties to produce our products;
•risks related to our ability to realize anticipated synergies in connection with our acquisitions and our loss of synergies in connection with our divestitures;
•risks related to any current and future litigation and regulatory investigations that could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources that are needed to successfully maintain and grow our business;
•risks related to gain or loss of a design win or key customer;
•risks related to seasonality or volatility related to sales into the infrastructure market;
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•risks related to failures to qualify our products or our suppliers’ manufacturing lines;
Risks Related•risks related to our ability to develop and introduce new and enhanced products in a timely and effective manner, as well as our ability to anticipate and adapt to changes in technology;
•risks related to failures to protect our intellectual property, particularly outside the U.S.;
•risks related to the potential impact of a significant natural disaster, including earthquakes, fires, floods and tsunamis, particularly in certain regions in which we operate or own buildings, such as Santa Clara, California, and where our third party suppliers operate, such as Taiwan and elsewhere in the Pacific Rim;
•risks related to our ability to attract, retain and motivate a highly skilled workforce, especially managerial, engineering, sales and marketing personnel;
•risks related to our debt obligations;
•risks related to severe financial hardship or bankruptcy of one or more of our major customers; and
•risks related to failures of our customers to agree to pay for NRE (non-recurring engineering) costs or failure to pay enough to cover the costs we incur in connection with NREs.

Our Proposed Mergerquarterly results of operations have fluctuated in the past and could do so in the future. Because our results of operations are difficult to predict, you should not rely on quarterly comparisons of our results of operations as an indication of our future performance. Due to fluctuations in our quarterly results of operations and other factors, the price at which our common shares will trade is likely to continue to be highly volatile. Accordingly, you may not be able to resell your common shares at or above the price you paid. In future periods, our stock price could decline if, amongst other factors, our revenue or operating results are below our estimates or the estimates or expectations of securities analysts and investors. Our stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol “MRVL”. As a result of stock price volatility, we may be subject to securities class action litigation. Any litigation could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources that are needed to successfully maintain and grow our business.

WE ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC

We face risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic which currently has, and may continue in the future to, significantly disrupt and adversely impact our manufacturing, research and development, operations, sales and financial results.

Our business has been, and will continue to be, adversely impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to global macroeconomic effects, the COVID-19 pandemic and related adverse public health measures have caused disruption to our global operations and sales. Our third-party manufacturers, suppliers, third-party distributors, sub-contractors and customers have been, and are expected to continue to be, disrupted by worker absenteeism, quarantines and restrictions on their employees’ ability to work; office and factory closures; disruptions to ports and other shipping infrastructure; border closures; and other travel or health-related restrictions. Depending on the magnitude of such effects on our manufacturing, assembling, and testing activities or the operations of our suppliers, third-party distributors, or sub-contractors, our supply chain, manufacturing and product shipments will be delayed, which could adversely affect our business, operations and customer relationships.

In addition to operational and customer impacts, the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries including an economic downturn, which has affected and may in the future affect demand for our products and impact our operating results in both the near and long term. There can be no assurance that any decreases in sales resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic will be offset by increased sales in subsequent periods.

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We have experienced and expect to continue to experience disruptions to our business operations resulting from work from home, quarantines, self-isolations, or other movement and restrictions on the ability of our employees to perform their jobs, innovate, work together in teams and collaborate and such disruptions could impact our ability to develop and design our products in a timely manner or meet required milestones or customer commitments. See the Risk Factor entitled “If we are unable to develop and introduce new and enhanced products that achieve market acceptance in a timely and cost-effective manner, our results of operations and competitive position will be harmed.” These disruptions may also impact our ability to win in time sensitive competitive bidding selection processes. See the Risk Factor entitled “We rely on our customers to design our products into their systems, and the nature of the design process requires us to incur expenses prior to customer commitments to use our products or recognizing revenues associated with Caviumthose expenses which may adversely affect our financial results.” In addition, work from home, quarantines, self-isolations, home schooling, continuing macroeconomic related uncertainty or caring for family members may result in heavy psychological, emotional or financial burdens for some of our employees, which may impact their productivity and morale and may lead to higher employee absences and higher attrition rates. See the Risk Factor entitled “We depend on highly skilled personnel to support our business operations. If we are unable to retain and motivate our current personnel or attract additional qualified personnel, our ability to develop and successfully market our products could be harmed.”

Our share repurchase program was temporarily suspended in late March 2020 to preserve cash during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains temporarily suspended in anticipation of the funding of our acquisition of Inphi. See the Risk Factor entitled “There can be no assurance that we will continue to declare cash dividends or effect share repurchases in any particular amount or at all, and statutory requirements under Bermuda Law may require us to defer payment of declared dividends or suspend share repurchases.”

We may become subject to claims or lawsuits by employees, customers, suppliers or other parties regarding actions we take in our operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our efforts to manage these impacts may be unsuccessful, and the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic also depends on factors beyond our knowledge or control, including the duration, severity and geographic scope of the COVID-19 pandemic, the availability, widespread distribution and use of safe and effective vaccines and the actions taken to contain its spread and mitigate its public health and economic effects. Due to the uncertainty regarding the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures and macroeconomic impacts, at this time we are unable to predict the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows. In addition, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will be exacerbated the longer the pandemic continues.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic can also exacerbate other risks discussed below in this Item 1A "Risk Factors" section.

WE ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR PROPOSED MERGER WITH INPHI

Our proposed acquisition of Cavium, Inc. (“Cavium”)Inphi involves a number of risks, including, among others, the risk that we fail to complete the acquisition in a timely manner or at all, regulatory risks, risks associated with our use of a significant portion of our cash and our taking on significant indebtedness, other financial risks, integration risks, and riskrisks associated with the reactions of customers, suppliers and employees.employees.

On October 29, 2020, Marvell entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Marvell, Marvell Technology, Inc. (f/k/a Maui HoldCo, Inc.), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marvell (“HoldCo”), Maui Acquisition Company Ltd, a Bermuda exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo (“Bermuda Merger Sub”), Indigo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo (“Delaware Merger Sub”), and Inphi Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Inphi”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement: (i) Bermuda Merger Sub will be merged with and into Marvell (the “Bermuda Merger”), with Marvell continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo; and (ii) Delaware Merger Sub will be merged with and into Inphi (the “Delaware Merger” and, together with the Bermuda Merger, the “Mergers”), with Inphi continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo. As a result of the transaction, the parent company will be domiciled in the United States upon closing of the transaction.

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Our and Cavium’sInphi’s obligations to consummate the proposed transaction (the "Merger")Mergers are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including, among others: (i) the approval of Cavium'sby Marvell’s shareholders of the merger agreement;Merger Agreement and the Bermuda Merger; (ii) adoption by Inphi’s stockholders of the approval of our shareholders to allow us to issue shares of common stock in connection with the merger agreement;Merger Agreement; and (iii) the receipt of certain regulatory clearance under applicable U.S. and foreign regulations; (iv)approvals. In addition to these requirements, the absence of any law or order prohibiting the proposed transaction; (v) there being no event that would have a material adverse effect on Cavium; and (vi) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Cavium,Merger is subject to certain exceptions,potential delays or disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, litigation, and Cavium’s material compliance with its covenants, in the definitive agreement. We cannot provide assurance that the conditionsability of HoldCo and Marvell to the completion of the proposed transaction will be satisfied in a timely manner or at all, and if the proposed transaction is not completed, we would not realize any of the expected benefits. While some of these conditions have been satisfied, several conditions to the Merger have not yet been satisfied.obtain necessary financing.

The regulatory approvals required in connection with the proposed transaction may not be obtained or may contain materially burdensome conditions. If any conditions or changes to the structure of the proposed transactionMergers are required to obtain these regulatory approvals, they may have the effect of jeopardizing or delaying completion of the proposed transactionMergers or reducing ourthe anticipated benefits.benefits of the transaction to HoldCo. If we agree to any material conditions in order to obtain any approvals required to complete the proposed transaction, ourMergers, HoldCo’s business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

In addition, the use of a significant portion of our cash and the incurrence of substantial indebtedness in connection with the financing of the proposed transactionMergers will reduce ourHoldCo’s liquidity, and may limit ourHoldCo’s flexibility in responding to other business opportunities and increase our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions.

If the Merger isproposed Mergers are not completed by September 19, 2018 (subject to a potential extension to November 19, 2018June 30, 2021 (or March 1, 2022, if extended by either party in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement) under certain circumstances, including in the event receipt of certain required regulatory approvals has not been obtained),obtained, either Marvell or CaviumInphi may choose to terminate the Merger Agreement. Marvell or CaviumInphi may also elect to terminate the Merger Agreement in certain other circumstances, or they may mutually decide to terminate the Merger Agreement at any time prior to the Effective Time,effective time of the Delaware Merger, before or after obtaining shareholder approval, as applicable.

If the proposed transaction isMergers are not completed, our stock price could fall to the extent that our current price reflects an assumption that we will complete it. Furthermore, if the proposed transaction isMergers are not completed and the purchase agreementMerger Agreement is terminated, we would not realize any of the expected benefits of the proposed transaction,Mergers, and we may suffer other consequences that could adversely affect our business, results of operations and stock price, including, among others:

•we could be required to pay a termination fee of up to $180$460 million;
•we will have incurred and may continue to incur costs relating to the proposed transaction,Mergers, many of which are payable by us whether or not the proposed transaction isMergers are completed;
•matters related to the proposed transactionMergers (including integration planning) require substantial commitments of time and resources by our management team and numerous others throughout our organization, which could otherotherwise have been devoted to other opportunities;
•we may be subject to legal proceedings related to the proposed transactionMergers or the failure to complete the proposed transaction;Mergers;
•the failure to complete the proposed transactionMergers may result in negative publicity and a negative perception of us in the investment community; and
•any disruptions to our business resulting from the announcement and pendency of the proposed transaction,Mergers, including any adverse changes in our relationships with our customers, supplied,suppliers, partners or employees, may continue to intensify in the event the proposed transaction isMergers are not consummated.

The benefits we expect HoldCo to realize from the proposed transactionMergers will depend, in part, on ourHoldCo’s ability to integrate the businesses successfully and efficiently. See also the Risk Factor entitled “Any potential future acquisitions, strategic investments, divestitures, mergers or joint ventures may subject us to significant risks, any of which could harm our business."

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Furthermore, uncertainties about the proposed transactionMergers may cause our and/or Cavium’sInphi’s current and prospective employees to experience uncertainty about their futures. These uncertainties may impair our and/or Cavium’sInphi’s ability to retain, recruit or motivate key management, engineering, technical and other personnel. Similarly, our and/or Cavium’sInphi’s existing or prospective customers, licensees, suppliers and/or partners may delay, defer or cease purchasing products or services from or providing products or services to us or Cavium;Inphi; delay or defer other decisions concerning us or Cavium;Inphi; or otherwise seek to change the terms on which they do business with us or Cavium.Inphi. Any of the above could harm us and/or Cavium,Inphi, and thus decrease the benefits we expect HoldCo to receive from the proposed transaction.Mergers.

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The proposed transactionMergers may also result in significant charges or other liabilities, including taxes, that could adversely affect ourHoldCo’s results of operations, such as cash expenses and non-cash accounting charges incurred in connection with ourthe acquisition and/or integration of the business and operations of Cavium.Marvell and Inphi. The amount and timing of these possible charges are not yet known. Further, ourHoldCo’s failure to identify or accurately assess the magnitude of certain liabilities we areHoldCo is assuming in the proposed transaction could result in unexpected litigation or regulatory exposure, unfavorable accounting charges, unexpected increases in taxes due, a loss of anticipated tax benefits or other adverse effects on ourHoldCo’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

Until the completion of the MergerMergers or the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, Marvell and CaviumInphi are each prohibited from entering into certain transactions and taking certain actions that might otherwise be beneficial to Marvell or CaviumInphi and their respective shareholders.shareholders.

Until the Merger isproposed Mergers are completed or the Merger Agreement is terminated, the merger agreement dated November 19, 2017 (the "Merger Agreement")Merger Agreement restricts Marvell and CaviumInphi from taking specified actions without the consent of the other party, and requires CaviumMarvell and Inphi to conduct itstheir respective business and operations in the ordinary course in all material respects and substantially in accordance with pastpast practices. These restrictions may prevent Marvell and CaviumInphi from making appropriate changes to their respective businesses or pursuing attractive business opportunities that may arise prior to the completion of the Merger.proposed Mergers.

The Merger Agreement limits each of Marvell’s and Cavium’sInphi’s ability to pursue alternative transactions, and in certain instances requires payment of a termination fee, which could deter a third party from proposing an alternative transaction.

The Merger Agreement contains provisions that, subject to certain exceptions, limit each of Marvell’s and Cavium’sInphi’s ability to solicit, initiate, encourage or facilitate, or enter into discussions or negotiations with respect to, any inquiries regarding or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to an alternative transaction. In addition, under certain specified circumstances, Marvell or CaviumInphi is required to pay a termination fee of $180$300 million if the Merger Agreement is terminated and, under certain specified circumstances, Marvell is required to pay a termination fee of $400 (or in some cases $460) million if the Merger Agreement is terminated. It is possible that these or other provisions might discourage a potential competing acquirer that might have an interest in acquiring all or a significant part of Marvell or CaviumInphi from considering or proposing an acquisition or might result in a potential competing acquirer proposing to pay a lower per share price to acquire Marvell or CaviumInphi than it might otherwise have proposed to pay.
The Merger is subject to the receipt of CFIUS Approval that may impose measures to protect U.S. national security or other conditions that could have an adverse effect on Marvell, Cavium, or the combined company, or, if not obtained, could prevent completion of the Merger.
Marvell’s obligation to complete the Merger is conditioned on obtaining CFIUS Approval. In deciding whether to grant CFIUS Approval, CFIUS will consider the effect of the Merger on U.S. national security. As a condition to granting CFIUS Approval, CFIUS may take measures and impose conditions, certain of which (a) could materially and adversely affect the combined company’s operating results due to the imposition of requirements, limitations or costs or the placement of restrictions on the conduct of the combined company’s business and (b) could adversely affect the financial position and prospects of the combined company and its ability to achieve the cost savings and other synergies projected to result from the Merger. There can be no assurance that CFIUS will not impose conditions, terms, obligations or restrictions, or that such conditions, terms, obligations or restrictions will not have the effect of delaying completion of the Merger or imposing additional material costs on, or materially limiting the revenues of, the combined company following the Merger.
Any delay in completing the MergerMergers may significantly reduce the benefits expected to be obtained from the Merger.Mergers.

In addition to the required regulatory clearances and approvals, the Merger isMergers are subject to a number of other conditions that are beyond the control of Marvell and CaviumInphi. The failure to satisfy these and thatother conditions may prevent, delay or otherwise materially and adversely affect completion of the Merger.Mergers. Marvell and CaviumInphi cannot predict whether and when these other conditions will be satisfied. Further, the requirements for obtaining the required regulatory clearances and approvals could delay the completion of the MergerMergers for a significant period of time or prevent it from occurring. Any delay in completing the MergerMergers may significantly reduce the synergies projected to result from the MergerMergers and other benefits that Marvell and CaviumInphi expect to achieve if they complete the MergerMergers within the expected timeframe and integrate their respective businesses.

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There can be no assurance that Marvell will be able to secure the funds necessary to pay the cash portion of the Merger Considerationconsideration and refinance certain of Cavium’s existing indebtedness on acceptable terms, in a timely manner or at all.
Marvell
HoldCo intends to fund the cash portion of the Merger Considerationconsideration to be paid to holders of CaviumInphi common stock with a combination of Marvell’s and Cavium’s cash on hand and debt financing.new debt. To this end, Marvell hasand HoldCo have entered into a debtbridge commitment letter containing commitments for a $900$2.5 billion senior 364-day bridge loan and a term loan credit agreement containing commitments for $1.75 billion senior unsecured term loan facilities (consisting of a $875 million 3-year term loan facility and an $850a $875 million bridge5-year term loan facility. However, neither Marvell nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into definitive agreements for the debt financing (or other financing arrangements in lieu thereof), and the obligation of the lenders to provide the debt financing under the debt commitment letter is subject to a number of customary conditions.facility). There can be no assurance that Marvell or HoldCo will be able to obtain the debt financing pursuant to the debtbridge commitment letter.letter or the term loan credit agreement, as applicable.

In the event that the debt financing contemplated by the debtbridge commitment letter or the term loan credit agreement, as applicable, is not available, other financing may not be available on acceptable terms, in a timely manner or at all. If Marvell or HoldCo is unable to obtain debt financing, the Mergerproposed Mergers may be delayed or not be completed.

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Litigation filed against Marvell and CaviumInphi could prevent or delay the completion of the MergerMergers or result in the payment of damages following completion of the Merger.Mergers.

Marvell, CaviumInphi, and members of Cavium’s boardthe boards of directors of both companies currently are and may in the future be parties, among others, to various claims and litigationlitigations related to the Merger Agreement and the Merger, including putative shareholder class actions. TwoFive lawsuits have been filed against Inphi and the Inphi Board in federal court: Wang v. Inphi Corp., et. al. (filed December 24, 2020, Northern District of California); Cohen v. Inphi Corp., et al. (filed January 5, 2021, Southern District of New York); Jones v. Inphi Corp., et al. (filed January 8, 2021, Eastern District of New York); Rosenfeld v. Inphi Corp., et al. (filed January 20, 2021, Northern District of California); and Kearny v. Inphi Corp., et al. (filed January 29, 2021, Northern District of California).Two additional federal complaints have been filed against Inphi, its board of directors, and certain Marvell entities involved in the Merger: MacIntosh v. Inphi Corp., et al. (filed December 30, 2020, Southern District of New York) and CaviumPoe v. Inphi Corp., et al. (filed January 16, 2021, District of Delaware). Three lawsuits have been filed against only Marvell and its board of directors in federal court: Raul v. CaviumMarvell Tech. Group Ltd., et al., No. 18 Civ. 00139 (N.D. Cal. filed Jan. 8, 2018) (“Raul”); and Rosenblatt v. Cavium et al., No. 18-Civ. 00300 (N.D. Cal. filed Jan. 12, 2018) (“Rosenblatt”). Also in connection with the Merger, two additional lawsuits have been filed against Cavium and its board of directors in federal court; Fineberg v. Cavium, Inc., 18-cv-00011 (filed January 2, 2018, Northern District of California) (“Fineberg”); and Stein v. Cavium, Inc., 18-cv-00141 (filed January 8, 2018, Northern2021, Southern District of California)New York); Cardone v. Marvell Tech. Group Ltd., et al. (filed January 11, 2021, Eastern District of New York); and Schumacher v. Marvell Tech. Group, Ltd., et al. (filed January 16, 2021, District of Delaware). The Fineberg and Stein complaints do not name Marvell as a defendant. However, as set forth in the Merger Agreement, no settlement of litigation related to the Merger may be agreed to by Cavium without the prior written consent of Marvell. These four complaintsAll ten lawsuits assert claims for violation of Section 14(a) of and Rule 14a-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act based on allegations that the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Marvell with the SEC on December 21, 201722, 2020 omits material information. The complaints also assert control person claims under Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the CaviumMarvell and Inphi boards of directors. One of the complaints that names only Inphi and its board of directors.                     directors asserts an additional claim for breach of fiduciary duty. As set forth in the Merger Agreement, no settlement of litigation related to the Merger may be agreed to by Inphi without the prior written consent of Marvell.

Among other remedies, the plaintiffs in such matters are seeking to enjoin the Merger. The results of complex legal proceedings are difficult to predict, and could delay or prevent the Merger from becoming effective in a timely manner. Moreover, the pending litigation and any future additional litigation could be time consuming and expensive, could divert Marvell’s and Cavium’sInphi’s management’s attention away from their regular businesses, and, if any one of these lawsuits is adversely resolved against either Marvell or Cavium,Inphi, could have a material adverse effect on Marvell’s or Cavium’sInphi’s respective financial condition or the condition of the combined company.

If a settlement or other resolution is not reached in the potential lawsuits referenced above and the plaintiffs secure injunctive or other relief prohibiting, delaying or otherwise adversely affecting Marvell’s or Cavium’sInphi’s ability to complete the Merger on the terms contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or there is a pending or overtly threatened legal proceeding brought by a governmental party as described above, then the Merger may not become effective in a timely manner or at all.
Factors That May Affect Marvell's Future Results
OurFailure to successfully integrate the businesses of Marvell and Inphi in the expected time frame may adversely affect HoldCo’s future results.

Marvell and Inphi entered into the Merger Agreement with the expectation that the Mergers will result in various benefits, including certain cost savings and operational efficiencies or synergies. To realize these anticipated benefits, the businesses of Marvell and Inphi must be successfully integrated. Historically, Marvell and Inphi have been independent companies, and they will continue to be operated as such until the completion of the Mergers. The integration may be complex and time consuming and may require substantial resources and effort. The management of HoldCo may face significant challenges in consolidating the operations of Marvell and Inphi, integrating the technologies, procedures, and policies, as well as addressing the different corporate cultures of the two companies and retaining key personnel. If the companies are not successfully integrated, the anticipated benefits of the mergers may not be realized fully or at all or may take longer to realize than expected.

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The Change in Jurisdiction Resulting from the Mergers may impact the Rights of our Shareholders

Currently, the rights of Marvell shareholders arise under Bermuda law, the Marvell Memorandum of Association and the Marvell Bye-Laws. Upon completion of the Mergers, Marvell will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo, a Delaware corporation, and former Marvell shareholders will become HoldCo shareholders. The rights of former Marvell shareholders who become HoldCo shareholders will be governed by the HoldCo Charter and the HoldCo Bylaws, as well as U.S. federal law and Delaware law. As a result, some of the rights of HoldCo shareholders could differ from the rights Marvell shareholders currently possess. For example, the HoldCo Charter provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for any complaint asserting any internal corporate claims, including claims in the right of HoldCo that are based upon a violation of a duty by a current or former director, officer, employee or stockholder in such capacity, or as to which Delaware law confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery. The federal district courts of the United States, to the fullest extent permitted by law, will be the exclusive forum for any complaint asserting a cause of action under the Securities Act. The exclusive forum provision does not apply to actions arising under the Exchange Act. Since Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, a state court may permit a defendant to pursue an action arising under the Securities Act in state court. While the Delaware Supreme Court has recently upheld provisions of the certificates of incorporation of other Delaware corporations that are similar to the exclusive forum provision in the HoldCo Charter, a court of a state other than the State of Delaware could decide that such provisions are not enforceable under the laws of that state. The provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with HoldCo or its directors, officers, employees or stockholders, which may discourage such lawsuits against HoldCo and its directors, officers, employees or stockholders. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in the HoldCo Charter to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, HoldCo may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition and results of operationsoperations. In addition, while class actions are generally not available to shareholders under Bermuda law, such actions are generally available under Delaware law. Thus, HoldCo may vary from quarterbe subject to quarter,more shareholder litigation than Marvell and costly litigation could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of HoldCo.

WE ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR STRATEGIC TRANSACTIONS

Recent, current and potential future acquisitions, strategic investments, divestitures, mergers or joint ventures may subject us to significant risks, any of which could harm our business.

Our long-term strategy has included in the past, as discussed below, and may causecontinue to include in the pricefuture identifying and acquiring, investing in or merging with suitable candidates on acceptable terms, or divesting of certain business lines or activities. In particular, over time, we may acquire, make investments in, or merge with providers of product offerings that complement our business or may terminate such activities.

For example:

•On September 19, 2019, we completed the acquisition of Aquantia Corp. (“Aquantia”);
•On November 5, 2019, we completed the acquisition of Avera Semiconductor, the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) business of GlobalFoundries (“Avera”);
•On December 6, 2019, we sold NXP USA, Inc. certain assets related to our Wi-Fi Connectivity business; and
•On October 29, 2020, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Inphi.

Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures include a number of risks and present financial, managerial and operational challenges. Any acquired business, technology, service or product could significantly underperform relative to our expectations and may not achieve the benefits we expect on a timely basis or at all. Given that our resources are limited, our decision to pursue a transaction has opportunity costs; accordingly, if we pursue a particular transaction, we may need to forgo the prospect of entering into other transactions that could help us achieve our strategic objectives.

When we decide to sell assets or a business, we may have difficulty selling on acceptable terms in a timely manner or at all. These circumstances could delay the achievement of our common sharesstrategic objectives or cause us to decline.incur additional expense, or we may sell a business at a price or on terms that are less favorable than we had anticipated, resulting in a loss on the transaction.

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If we do enter into agreements with respect to acquisitions, divestitures, or other transactions, these transactions, or parts of these transactions, may fail to be completed due to factors such as: failure to obtain regulatory or other approvals; disputes or litigation; or difficulties obtaining financing for the transaction.

If we fail to complete a transaction, we may nonetheless have incurred significant expenses in connection with such transaction. Failure to complete a pending transaction may result in negative publicity and a negative perception of us in the investment community.

For all these reasons, our pursuit of an acquisition, investment, divestiture, merger or joint venture could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.

Recent or potential future acquisitions involve a number of risks, including, among others, those associated with our use of a significant portion of our cash and other financial risks and integration risks.

We used a significant portion of our cash and incurred substantial indebtedness in connection with the financing of our acquisition of Cavium, which was completed in fiscal year 2019. In fiscal year 2020, we used cash and indebtedness to finance our acquisition of Aquantia and indebtedness to finance our acquisition of Avera. As of December 11, 2019, we repaid the entire amount of the indebtedness related to the Aquantia and Avera acquisitions. In addition, Marvell and HoldCo intend to fund the cash portion of the Merger consideration and other fees and expenses required to be paid in connection with the Mergers with new debt. Our quarterlyuse of cash to fund our current and future acquisitions has reduced our liquidity and may (i) limit our flexibility in responding to other business opportunities and (ii) increase our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions. Furthermore, the Merger financing agreements contain negative covenants, limitations on indebtedness, liens, sale and leaseback transactions and mergers and other fundamental changes. Marvell’s ability to comply with these negative covenants can be affected by events beyond our control. Our indebtedness and these negative covenants will also have the effect, among other things, of limiting our ability to obtain additional financing, if needed, limiting our flexibility in the conduct of our business and making us more vulnerable to economic downturns and adverse competitive and industry conditions. In addition, a breach of the negative covenants could result in an event of default with respect to the indebtedness, which, if not cured or waived, could result in the indebtedness becoming immediately due and payable and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

WE OPERATE GLOBALLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT RISKS IN MANY JURISDICTIONS

Adverse changes in the political and economic policies of the U.S. government in connection with trade with China and Chinese customers have reduced the demand for our products and damaged our business.

Regulatory activity, such as enforcement of U.S. export control and sanctions laws, and the imposition of tariffs and export regulations, have in the past and may continue to materially limit our ability to make sales to our significant customers in China, which has in the past and may continue to harm our results of operations, reputation and financial condition. For example, the recent U.S. government export restrictions on a number of Chinese customers, such as Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and others have fluctuateddampened demand for our products, adding to the already challenging macroeconomic environment. An increasing number of Marvell products require licenses for export to Huawei and other companies on the Entity List; there can be no assurances that such licenses will be approved by the U.S. Government. Moreover, concerns that U.S. companies may not be reliable suppliers as a result of these and other actions has caused, and may in the future cause, some of our customers in China to amass large inventories of our products well in advance of need or caused some of our customers to replace our products in favor of products from other suppliers. As a result, the Chinese government has adopted a new law with respect to unreliable suppliers. Being designated as an unreliable supplier would have an adverse impact on our business and operations. In addition, there may be indirect impacts to our business that we cannot easily quantify such as the fact that some of our other customers' products which use our solutions, such as hard disk drives, may also be impacted by export restrictions. Customers in China may also choose to develop indigenous solutions, as replacements for products that are subject to U.S. export controls. Several important new restrictions became effective in December 2020 and January 2021, which may further impact our business. If export restrictions related to Chinese customers are sustained for a long period of time, or if other export restrictions were to be imposed, including restrictions on trade with other countries, it will have an adverse impact on our revenues and results of operations.

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We typically sell products to customers in China pursuant to purchase orders rather than long term purchase commitments. Customers in China can generally cancel or defer purchase orders on short notice without incurring a penalty and, therefore, they may be more likely to do so while the tariffs and trade restrictions are in effect. See also, risk Factor entitled “We are subject to order and shipment uncertainties. If we are unable to accurately predict customer demand, we may hold excess or obsolete inventory, which would reduce our gross margin. Conversely, we may have insufficient inventory, which would result in lost revenue opportunities and potential loss of market share as well as damaged customer relationships.” In addition, customers in China that may be subject to trade restrictions or tariffs, may develop their own products or solutions instead of purchasing from us or they may acquire products or solutions from our competitors or other third-party sources that are not subject to the U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions.

Changes to U.S. or foreign tax, trade policy, tariff and import/export regulations may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Changes in U.S. or foreign international tax, social, political, regulatory and economic conditions or in laws and policies governing foreign trade, manufacturing, development and investment in the territories or countries where we currently sell our products or conduct our business have in the past and could do so in the future. Becausefuture adversely affect our business. The prior U.S. presidential administration instituted or proposed changes in trade policies that included the negotiation or termination of trade agreements, the imposition of higher tariffs on imports into the U.S., economic sanctions on individuals, corporations or countries, and other government regulations affecting trade between the U.S. and other countries where we conduct our business. Any new tariffs and other changes in U.S. trade policy could trigger retaliatory actions by affected countries, and certain foreign governments have instituted or are considering imposing trade sanctions on certain U.S. goods. The prior U.S. presidential administration also focused on policy reforms that discouraged corporations from outsourcing manufacturing and production activities to foreign jurisdictions, including through tariffs or penalties on goods manufactured outside the U.S., which required us to change the way we conduct business. The new U.S. presidential administration’s policies are not fully understood but seem likely to include some changes to the status quo, which may cause damage to our business. Political changes and trends such as populism, protectionism, economic nationalism and sentiment toward multinational companies and resulting changes to trade, tax or other laws and policies may be disruptive to our businesses. These changes in U.S. and foreign laws and policies have the potential to adversely impact the U.S. economy or certain sectors thereof, our industry and the global demand for our products, and as a result, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. See also, “Adverse changes in the political and economic policies of the U.S. government in connection with trade with China have reduced the demand for our products and damaged our business” and "Changes in existing taxation benefits, rules or practices may adversely affect our financial results.”

We face additional risks due to the extent of our global operations since a majority of our products, and those of our customers, are manufactured and sold outside of the United States. The occurrence of any or a combination of the additional risks described below would significantly and negatively impact our business and results of operations.

A substantial portion of our business is conducted outside of the United States and, as a result, we are subject to foreign business, political and economic risks. Most of our products are manufactured outside of the United States. Our current qualified integrated circuit foundries are located in the same region within Taiwan. In addition, our primary assembly and test subcontractors are located in the Pacific Rim region. As a result, disruptions affecting the operations of our suppliers in Taiwan, whether political, military or natural disasters will adversely impact our business. In addition, many of our customers are located outside of the United States, primarily in Asia, which further exposes us to foreign risks. Sales shipped to customers with operations in Asia represented approximately 80% and 82% of our net revenue in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively.
We also have substantial operations outside of the United States. These operations are directly influenced by the political and economic conditions of the region in which they are located and, with respect to Israel, possible military hostilities periodically affecting the region that could affect our operations there. We anticipate that our manufacturing, assembly, testing and sales outside of the United States will continue to account for a substantial portion of our operations and revenue in future periods.
Accordingly, we are subject to risks associated with international operations, including:
•the rise or spread of global pandemics or actual or threatened public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations, employees, customers and suppliers;
•political, social and economic instability, including wars, terrorism, political unrest, boycotts, curtailment of trade and other business restrictions;     
•volatile global economic conditions, including downturns in which some competitors may become more aggressive in their pricing practices, which would adversely impact our gross margin;     
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•compliance with domestic and foreign export and import regulations, including pending changes thereto, and difficulties in obtaining and complying with domestic and foreign export, import and other governmental approvals, permits and licenses;
•local laws and practices that favor local companies, including business practices in which we are prohibited from engaging by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption laws and regulations;     
•difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;
•natural disasters, including earthquakes, fires, tsunamis and floods;
•trade restrictions, higher tariffs, worsening trade relationship between the United States and China, or changes in cross border taxation, particularly in light of the tariffs imposed by the prior U.S. presidential administration;     
•transportation delays;
•difficulties of managing distributors;     
•less effective protection of intellectual property than is afforded to us in the United States or other developed countries;
•inadequate local infrastructure; and    
•exposure to local banking, currency control and other financial-related risks.
As a result of having global operations, the sudden disruption of the supply chain and/or disruption of the manufacture of our customer’s products caused by events outside of our control could impact our results of operations by impairing our ability to timely and efficiently deliver our products.
Moreover, the international nature of our business subjects us to risk associated with the fluctuation of the U.S. dollar versus foreign currencies. Decreases in the value of the U.S. dollar versus currencies in jurisdictions where we have large fixed costs, or where our third-party manufacturers have significant costs, will increase the cost of such operations which could harm our results of operations.

WE ARE VULNERABLE TO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING-RELATED RISKS

We rely on independent foundries and subcontractors for the manufacture, assembly and testing of our integrated circuit products, and the failure of any of these third-party vendors to deliver products or otherwise perform as requested or to be able to fulfill our orders could damage our relationships with our customers, decrease our sales and limit our ability to grow our business.

We do not have our own manufacturing or assembly facilities and have very limited in-house testing facilities. Therefore, we currently rely on several third-party foundries to produce our integrated circuit products. We also currently rely on several third-party assembly and test subcontractors to assemble, package and test our products. This exposes us to a variety of risks, including the following:
Regional Concentration
Substantially all of our products are manufactured by third-party foundries located in Taiwan, and other sources are located in China, Germany, South Korea, Singapore and the United States. In addition, substantially all of our third-party assembly and testing facilities are located in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Because of the geographic concentration of these third-party foundries, as well as our assembly and test subcontractors, we are exposed to the risk that their operations may be disrupted by regional disasters including, for example, earthquakes (particularly in Taiwan and elsewhere in the Pacific Rim close to fault lines), tsunamis or typhoons, or by pandemics or other actual or threatened public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, or by political, social or economic instability. In the case of such an event, our revenue, cost of goods sold and results of operations would be negatively impacted. In addition, there are limited numbers of alternative foundries and identifying and implementing alternative manufacturing facilities would be time consuming. As a result, if we needed to implement alternate manufacturing facilities, we could experience significant expenses and delays in product shipments, which could harm our results of operations.
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No Guarantee of Capacity or Supply
The ability of each foundry to provide us with semiconductor devices is limited by its available capacity and existing obligations. When demand is strong, availability of foundry capacity may be constrained or not available, and with limited exceptions, our vendors are not obligated to perform services or supply products to us for any specific period, in any specific quantities, or at any specific price, except as may be provided in a particular purchase order. We place our orders on the basis of our customers’ purchase orders or our forecast of customer demand, and the foundries can allocate capacity to the production of other companies’ products and reduce deliveries to us on short notice. It is possible that foundry customers that are larger and better financed than we are or that have long-term agreements with our main foundries may induce our foundries to reallocate capacity to those customers. Our foundries and outsourced assembly and test suppliersmay reallocate capacity to their customers offering them a better margin or rate of return than provided by the Company. This reallocation could impair our ability to secure the supply of components that we need. In particular, as we and others in our industry transition to smaller geometries, our manufacturing partners may be supply constrained or may charge premiums for these advanced technologies, which may harm our business or results of operations. See also, “We may experience difficulties in transitioning to smaller geometry process technologies or in achieving higher levels of design integration, which may result in reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expenses.” Moreover, if any of our third-party foundry suppliers, outsourced assembly and test suppliers, or other suppliers are unable to secure the necessary raw materials from their suppliers, lose benefits under material agreements, experience power outages, lack sufficient capacity to manufacture our products, encounter financial difficulties or suffer any other disruption or reduction in efficiency, we may encounter supply delays or disruptions, which could harm our business or results of operations.

For example, in response to growth in demand from customers for our products, our operations team is continuing to ramp production with our global supply chain partners. However, we have in the past, and may in the future, experience a number of industry-wide supply constraints affecting the type of high complexity products we provide for data infrastructure. These supply challenges have in the past, and may in the future, limit our ability to fully satisfy the increase in demand for some of our networking products.

While we attempt to create multiple sources for our products, most of our products are not manufactured at more than one foundry at any given time, and our products typically are designed to be manufactured in a specific process at only one of these foundries. Accordingly, if one of our foundries is unable to provide us with components as needed, it would be difficult for us to transition the manufacture of our products to other foundries, and we could experience significant delays in securing sufficient supplies of those components. This could result in a material decline in our revenue, net income and cash flow.

In order to secure sufficient foundry capacity when demand is high and to mitigate the risks described in the foregoing paragraph, we may enter into various arrangements with our foundries, outsourced assembly and test suppliers, or other suppliers that could be costly and harm our results of operations, such as nonrefundable deposits with or loans to such parties in exchange for capacity commitments, or contracts that commit us to purchase specified quantities of integrated circuits over extended periods. We may not be able to make any such arrangement in a timely fashion or at all, and any arrangements may be costly, reduce our financial flexibility, and not be on terms favorable to us. Moreover, if we are able to secure foundry capacity, we may be obligated to use all of that capacity or incur penalties. These penalties may be expensive and could harm our financial results.

Recent supply shortages in the semiconductor industry of multi-layer complex substrates, IC packaging capacity and fab constraints have resulted in increased lead times, inability to meet demand, and increased costs during 2020, and these supply constraints are currently expected to continue throughout 2021.
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Uncertain Yields and Quality
The fabrication of integrated circuits is a complex and technically demanding process. Our technology is transitioning from planar to FINFET transistors. This transition may result in longer qualification cycles and lower yields. Our foundries have from time to time experienced manufacturing defects and lower manufacturing yields, which are difficult to predict, you should notdetect at an early stage of the manufacturing process and may be time consuming and expensive to correct. Changes in manufacturing processes or the inadvertent use of defective or contaminated materials by our foundries could result in lower than anticipated manufacturing yields or unacceptable performance. In addition, we may face lower manufacturing yields and reduced quality in the process of ramping up and diversifying our manufacturing partners. Poor yields from our foundries, or defects, integration issues or other performance problems with our products could cause us significant customer relations and business reputation problems, harm our financial performance and result in financial or other damages to our customers. Our customers could also seek damages in connection with product liability claims, which would likely be time consuming and costly to defend. In addition, defects could result in significant costs. See also, “Costs related to defective products could have a material adverse effect on us.”
To the extent that we rely on quarterly comparisonsoutside suppliers to manufacture or assemble and test our products, we may have a reduced ability to directly control product delivery schedules and quality assurance, which could result in product shortages or quality assurance problems that could delay shipments or increase costs.
Commodity Prices
We are also subject to risk from fluctuating market prices of certain commodity raw materials, including gold and copper, which are incorporated into our end products or used by our suppliers to manufacture our end products. Supplies for such commodities may from time to time become restricted, or general market factors and conditions may affect pricing of such commodities.

We may experience increased actual and opportunity costs as a result of our transition to smaller geometry process technologies.

In order to remain competitive, we have transitioned, and expect to continue to transition, our semiconductor products to increasingly smaller line width geometries. We periodically evaluate the benefits, on a product-by-product basis, of migrating to smaller geometry process technologies. We also evaluate the costs of migrating to smaller geometry process technologies including both actual costs such as increased mask costs and wafer costs and increased costs related to EDA toolsand the opportunity costs related to the technologies we choose to forego. These transitions are imperative for us to be competitive with the rest of the industry and to target some of our product development in high growth areas to these advanced nodes, which has resulted in significant initial design and development costs.
We have been, and may continue to be, dependent on our relationships with our foundry subcontractors to transition to smaller geometry processes successfully. We cannot ensure that the foundries we use will be able to effectively manage any future transitions. If we or any of our foundry subcontractors experience significant delays in a future transition or fail to efficiently implement a transition, we could experience reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expenses, all of which could harm our relationships with our customers and our results of operations.
As smaller geometry processes become more prevalent, we expect to continue to integrate greater levels of functionality, as well as customer and third-party intellectual property, into our products. However, we may not be able to achieve higher levels of design integration or deliver new integrated products on a timely basis, if at all. Moreover, even if we are able to achieve higher levels of design integration, such integration may have a short-term adverse impact on our results of operations, as an indicationwe may reduce our revenue by integrating the functionality of multiple chips into a single chip.

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We rely on our future performance.
Fluctuations incustomers to design our results of operations may be due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, those listed belowproducts into their systems, and those identified throughout this “Risk Factors” section:
changes in general economic and political conditions and specific conditions in the end markets we address, including the continuing volatility in the technology sector and semiconductor industry;
the effects of any acquisitions, divestitures or significant investments, including our merger with Cavium, Inc.;
the highly competitive nature of the end markets we serve, particularly within the semiconductor industry;design process requires us to incur expenses prior to customer commitments to use our products or recognizing revenues associated with those expenses which may adversely affect our financial results.
our dependence on a few customers for a significant portion
One of our revenue;
severe financial hardshipprimary focuses is on winning competitive bid selection processes, known as “design wins,” to develop products for use in our customers’ products. We devote significant time and resources in working with our customers’ system designers to understand their future needs and to provide products that we believe will meet those needs and these bid selection processes can be lengthy. If a customer’s system designer initially chooses a competitor’s product, it becomes significantly more difficult for us to sell our products for use in that system because changing suppliers can involve significant cost, time, effort and risk for our customers. Thus, our failure to win a competitive bid can result in our foregoing revenues from a given customer’s product line for the life of that product. In addition, design opportunities may be infrequent or bankruptcy of one or more of our major customers;

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may be delayed. Our ability to compete in the future will depend, in large part, on our ability to maintain a competitive cost structure fordesign products to ensure compliance with our manufacturingcustomers’ and assembly and test processes and our reliance on third partiespotential customers’ specifications. We expect to produce our products;
any current and future litigation that could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attentioninvest significant time and resources and to incur significant expenses to design our products to ensure compliance with relevant specifications.
We often incur significant expenditures in the development of a new product without any assurance that our customers’ system designers will select our product for use in their applications. We often are neededrequired to successfully maintainanticipate which product designs will generate demand in advance of our customers expressly indicating a need for that particular design. Even if our customers’ system designers select our products, a substantial period of time will elapse before we generate revenues related to the significant expenses we have incurred.
The reasons for this delay generally include the following elements of our product sales and grow development cycle timeline and related influences:
•our business;customers usually require a comprehensive technical evaluation of our products before they incorporate them into their designs,     
cancellations, rescheduling•it can take from six months to three years from the time our products are selected to commence commercial shipments; and     
•our customers may experience changed market conditions or deferralsproduct development issues. The resources devoted to product development and sales and marketing may not generate material revenue for us, and from time to time, we may need to write off excess and obsolete inventory if we have produced product in anticipation of expected demand. We may spend resources on the development of products that our customers may not adopt. If we incur significant customerexpenses and investments in inventory in the future that we are not able to recover, and we are not able to compensate for those expenses, our operating results could be adversely affected. In addition, if we sell our products at reduced prices in anticipation of cost reductions but still hold higher cost products in inventory, our operating results would be harmed.
Additionally, even if system designers use our products in their systems, we cannot assure you that these systems will be commercially successful or that we will receive significant revenue from the sales of our products for those systems. As a result, we may be unable to accurately forecast the volume and timing of our orders or shipments, as well as the abilityand revenues associated with any new product introductions.
Additionally, failure of our customers to manage inventory;
gainagree to pay for NRE (non-recurring engineering) costs or loss of a design win or key customer;
seasonality in sales of consumer devices in which our products are incorporated;
failure to qualifypay enough to cover the costs we incur in connection with NREs may harm our products or our suppliers’ manufacturing lines;financial results. See also, "Research and Development" under Results of Operations.
our ability
If we are unable to develop and introduce new and enhanced products that achieve market acceptance in a timely and effectivecost-effective manner, as well asour results of operations and competitive position will be harmed.

Our future success will depend on our ability to anticipatedevelop and adaptintroduce new products and enhancements to changesour existing products that address customer requirements, in technology;
failurea timely and cost-effective manner and are competitive as to a variety of factors. For example, for our products addressing the 5G market, we must successfully identify customer requirements and design, develop and produce products on time that compete effectively as to price, functionality and performance. We sell products in markets that are characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards, frequent new product introductions, and increasing demand for higher levels of integration and smaller process geometries. In addition, the development of new silicon devices is highly complex and, due to supply chain cross-dependencies and other issues, we may experience delays in completing the development, production and introduction of our new products. See also, “We may be unable to protect our intellectual property;property, which would negatively affect our ability to compete.”
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Our ability to adapt to changes and to anticipate future standards, and the rate of adoption and acceptance of those standards, will be a significant natural disaster, including earthquakes, floodsfactor in maintaining or improving our competitive position and tsunamis, particularlyprospects for growth. We may also have to incur substantial unanticipated costs to comply with these new standards. Our success will also depend on the ability of our customers to develop new products and enhance existing products for the markets they serve and to introduce and promote those products successfully and in certain regionsa timely manner. Even if we and our customers introduce new and enhanced products to the market, those products may not achieve market acceptance.

Costs related to defective products could have a material adverse effect on us.

From time to time, we have experienced hardware and software defects and bugs associated with the introduction of our highly complex products. Despite our testing procedures, we cannot ensure that errors will not be found in which we operatenew products or own buildings, such as Santa Clara, California, and where our third party suppliers operate, such as Taiwan and elsewherereleases after commencement of commercial shipments in the Pacific Rim;future. Such errors could result in:    
•loss of or delay in market acceptance of our products;
•material recall and replacement costs;
•delay in revenue recognition or loss of revenue;
•writing down the inventory of defective products;
•the diversion of the attention of our engineering personnel from product development efforts;
•our having to defend against litigation related to defective products or related property damage or personal injury; and     
•damage to our reputation in the industry that could adversely affect our relationships with our customers.
In addition, the process of identifying a recalled product in devices that have been widely distributed may be lengthy and require significant resources. We may have difficulty identifying the end customers of the defective products in the field, which may cause us to incur significant replacement costs, contract damage claims from our customers and further reputational harm. Any of these problems could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.
Despite our best efforts, security vulnerabilities may exist with respect to our products. Mitigation techniques designed to address such security vulnerabilities, including software and firmware updates or other preventative measures, may not operate as intended or effectively resolve such vulnerabilities. Software and firmware updates and/or other mitigation efforts may result in performance issues, system instability, data loss or corruption, unpredictable system behavior, or the theft of data by third parties, any of which could significantly harm our business and reputation.

We rely on third-party distributors and manufacturers’ representatives and the failure of these distributors and manufacturers’ representatives to perform as expected could reduce our future sales.

From time to time, we enter into relationships with distributors and manufacturers’ representatives to sell our products, and we are unable to predict the extent to which these partners will be successful in marketing and selling our products. Moreover, many of our distributors and manufacturers’ representatives also market and sell competing products, and may terminate their relationships with us at any time. Our future performance will also depend, in part, on our ability to attract additional distributors or manufacturers’ representatives that will be able to market and support our products effectively, especially in markets in which we have not previously distributed our products. If we cannot retain and motivate a highly skilled workforce, especially managerial, engineering,or attract quality distributors or manufacturers’ representatives, our sales and marketing personnel.results of operations will be harmed.
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CHANGES IN PRODUCT DEMAND CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS

Unfavorable or uncertain conditions in the 5G infrastructure market may cause fluctuations in our quarterlyrate of revenue growth or financial results.

Markets for 5G infrastructure may not develop in the manner or in the time periods we anticipate. If domestic and global economic conditions worsen, particularly in light of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and potential global recession resulting therefrom, overall spending on 5G infrastructure may be reduced, which would adversely impact demand for our products in these markets. In addition, unfavorable developments with evolving laws and regulations worldwide related to 5G or 5G suppliers may limit global adoption, impede our strategy, and negatively impact our long-term expectations in this area. Even if the 5G infrastructure market develops in the manner or in the time periods we anticipate, if we do not have timely, competitively priced, market-accepted products available to meet our customers’ planned roll-out of 5G wireless communication systems, we may miss a significant opportunity and our business, financial condition, results of operations and other factors, the price at which our common shares will trade is likelycash flows could be materially and adversely affected. See also, “Our sales are concentrated in a few large customers. If we lose or experience a significant reduction in sales to continue to be highly volatile. From January 31, 2016 through February 3, 2018, our common shares traded as low as $8.32 and as high as $24.22 per share. Accordingly, you may not be able to resell your common shares atany of these key customers, if any of these key customers experience a significant decline in market share, or above the price you paid. In future periods, our stock price could decline if amongst other factors,any of these customers experience significant financial difficulties, our revenue or operatingmay decrease substantially and our results are below our estimates or the estimates or expectations of securities analystsoperations and investors. As a result of stock price volatility, wefinancial condition may be subjectharmed.” for additional risks related to securities class action litigation. Any litigation could resultexport restrictions that may impact a customer in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources that are needed to successfully maintain and grow our business.the 5G infrastructure market.

Our sales are concentrated in a few large customers. If we lose or experience a significant reduction in sales to any of these key customers, if any of these key customers experience a significant decline in market share, or if any of these customers experience significant financial difficulties, our revenue may decrease substantially and our results of operations and financial condition may be harmed.

We receive a significant amount of our revenue from a limited number of customers. NetFor example, during fiscal 2021, there was one distributor, whose revenue as a percentage of our net revenue was 10% or greater of total net revenues. In addition, net revenue from our two largest customers, including this distributor,represented 34% and 35%22% of our net revenue for the year ended February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017, respectively.30, 2021. Sales to our largest customers have fluctuated significantly from period to period and year to year and will likely continue to fluctuate in the future, primarily due to the timing and number of design wins with each customer, the continued diversification of our customer base as we expand into new markets, and natural disasters or other issues that may divert a customer’s operations. The loss of any of our large customers or a significant reduction in sales we make to them would likely harm our financial condition and results of operations. To the extent one or more of our large customers experience significant financial difficulty, bankruptcy or insolvency, this could have a material adverse effect on our sales and our ability to collect on receivables, which could harm our financial condition and results of operations. For example, Toshiba Corporation has announced significant financial difficulties not directly related

If we are unable to their semiconductor business but which may have an adverse effect on its overall financial condition or resultincrease the number of large customers in a divestiture of the semiconductor portion of its business that purchaseskey markets, then our products.
Our operating results in the foreseeable future will continue to depend on sales to a relatively small number of customers, as well as the ability of these customers to sell products that incorporate our products. In the future, these customers may decide not to purchase our products at all, purchase fewer products than they did in the past, or alter their purchasing patterns in some other way, particularly because:

•a significant portion of our sales are made on a purchase order basis, which allows our customers to cancel, change or delay product purchase commitments with relatively short notice to us;
•customers may purchase integrated circuitssimilar products from our competitors;
•customers may discontinue sales or lose market share in the markets for which they purchase our products;
•customers, particularly in jurisdictions such as China that may be subject to trade restrictions or tariffs, may develop their own solutions or acquire fully developed solutions from third-parties;
•customers may be subject to severe business disruptions, including, but not limited to, those driven by financial instability;instability, actual or threatened pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, or public health emergencies or other global or regional macroeconomic developments; or
•customers may consolidate (for example, Western Digital acquired SanDisk in 2017, and Toshiba Corporation is party to an agreement to sellsold control of a portion of its semiconductor business)business in 2018), which could lead to changing demand for our products, replacement of our products by the merged entity with those of our competitors and cancellation of orders.


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We are subject to order and shipment uncertainties. If we are unable to accurately predict customer demand, we may hold excess or obsolete inventory, which would reduce our gross margin. Conversely, we may have insufficient inventory or be unable to obtain the supplies or contract manufacturing capacity to meet that demand which would result in lost revenue opportunities and potential loss of market share as well as damaged customer relationships.

We typically sell products pursuant to purchase orders rather than long-term purchase commitments. Customers can generally cancel or defer purchase orders on short notice without incurring a significant penalty. Due to their inability to predict demand or other reasons, some of our customers may accumulate excess inventories and, as a consequence, defer purchase of our products. We cannot accurately predict what or how many products our customers will need in the future. Anticipating demand is difficult because our customers face unpredictable demand for their own products and are increasingly focused more on cash preservation and tighter inventory management. In addition, if regulatory activity, such as enforcementan increasing number of U.S. export controlour chips are being incorporated into consumer products, we anticipate greater fluctuations in demand for our products, which makes it more difficult to forecast customer demand.

We place orders with our suppliers based on forecasts of customer demand and, sanctions laws, werein some instances, may establish buffer inventories to materiallyaccommodate anticipated demand. Our forecasts are based on multiple assumptions, each of which may introduce error into our estimates. For example, our ability to accurately forecast customer demand may be impaired by the delays inherent in our customer’s product development processes, which may include extensive qualification and testing of components included in their products, including ours. In many cases, they design their products to use components from multiple suppliers. This creates the risk that our customers may decide to cancel or change product plans for products incorporating our integrated circuits prior to completion, which makes it even more difficult to forecast customer demand.

Our products are incorporated into complex devices and systems, which creates supply chain cross-dependencies. Due to cross dependencies, any supply chain disruptions could negatively impact the demand for our products in the short term. We have a limited ability to predict the timing of a supply chain correction. In addition, the market share of our customers could be adversely impacted on a long-term basis due to any continued supply chain disruption, which could negatively affect our results of operations. See also, "We rely on independent foundries and subcontractors for the manufacture, assembly and testing of our integrated circuit products, and the failure of any of these third-party vendors to deliver products or otherwise perform as requested could damage our relationships with our customers, decrease our sales and limit our ability to makes sales to any ofgrow our significant customers, it could harm our results of operations, reputation and financial condition.
Any potential future acquisitions, strategic investments, divestitures, mergers or joint ventures may subject us to significant risks, any of which could harm our business.
Our long-term strategy may include identifying and acquiring, investing in or merging with suitable candidates on acceptable terms, or divesting of certain business lines or activities. In particular, over time, we may acquire, make investments in, or merge with providers of product offerings that complement our business or may terminate such activities. Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures include a number of risks and present financial, managerial and operational challenges, including but not limited to:
diversion of management attention from running our existing business;
increased expenses, including, but not limited to, legal, administrative and compensation expenses related to newly hired or terminated employees;
key personnel of an acquired company may decide not to work business"for us;
increased costs to integrate or, in the case of a divestiture, separate the technology, personnel, customer base and business practices of the acquired or divested business or assets;
assuming the legal obligations of the acquired company, including potential exposure to material liabilities not discovered in the due diligence process;
potential adverse effects on reported operating results due to possible write-down of goodwill and other intangible assets associated with acquisitions;
potential damage to customer relationships or loss of synergies in the case of divestitures; and
unavailability of acquisition financing on reasonable terms or at all.
Any acquired business, technology, service or product could significantly under-perform relative to our expectations and may not achieve the benefits we expect from possible acquisitions. Given that our resources are limited, our decision to pursue a transaction has opportunity costs; accordingly, if we pursue a particular transaction, we may need to forgo the prospect of entering into other transactions that could help us achieve our strategic objectives.
When we decide to sell assets or a business, we may have difficulty selling on acceptable terms in a timely manner. These circumstances could delay the achievement of our strategic objectives or cause us to incur additional expense, or we may sell a business at a price or on terms that are less favorable than we had anticipated, resulting in a lossinformation on the transaction.impacts of supply chain cross-dependencies on our business.

If we do enter into agreements with respect to acquisitions, divestitures,overestimate customer demand, our excess or other transactions, weobsolete inventory may fail to complete themincrease significantly, which would reduce our gross margin and adversely affect our financial results. The risk of obsolescence and/or excess inventory is heightened for devices designed for consumer electronics due to factors such as:
failurethe rapidly changing market for these types of products. Conversely, if we underestimate customer demand or if insufficient manufacturing capacity is available, we would miss revenue opportunities and potentially lose market share and damage our customer relationships. In addition, any future significant cancellations or deferrals of product orders or the return of previously sold products could materially and adversely affect our profit margins, increase product obsolescence and restrict our ability to obtain regulatory or other approvals;
IP disputes or other litigation; or
difficulties obtaining financing for the transaction.
For all these reasons,fund our pursuit of an acquisition, investment, divestiture, merger or joint venture could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.operations.
We operate in intensely competitive markets, and ourmarkets. Our failure to compete effectively would harm our results of operations.

The semiconductor industry, and specifically the storage, networking and connectivityinfrastructure markets, areis extremely competitive. We currently compete with a number of large domestic and international companies in the business of designing integrated circuits and related applications, some of which have greater financial, technical and management resources than us. Our efforts to introduce new products into markets with entrenched competitors will expose us to additional competitive pressures. For example, we are facing, and expect we will continue to face, significant competition in the infrastructure, networking market.and SSD storage markets. Additionally, customer expectations and requirements have been evolving rapidly. For example, customers now expect us to provide turnkey solutions and commit to future roadmaps that have technical risks.

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Some of our competitors may be better situated to meet changing customer needs and secure design wins. Increasing competition in the markets in which we operate may negatively impact our revenue and gross margins. For example, competitors with greater financial resources may be able to offer lower prices than us, or they may offer additional products, services or other incentives that we may not be able to match.
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We also may experience discriminatory or anti-competitive practices by our competitors that could impede our growth, cause us to incur additional expense or otherwise negatively affect our business. In addition, some of these competitors may use their market power to dissuade our customers from purchasing from us. For example, certain U.S. and E.U. regulators are currently investigating whether a competitor may have abused its dominant market position to harm competition by forcing customers to deal with it exclusively, bundling its various semiconductors with other products, or by distorting the market by using illegal rebates.
In addition, many of our competitors operate and maintain their own fabrication facilities and have longer operating histories, greater name recognition, larger customer bases, and greater sales, marketing and distribution resources than we do. Furthermore, our current and potential competitors in the data communication and wireless markets have established or may establish financial and strategic relationships among themselves or with existing or potential customers or other third parties to increase the ability of their products to address the needs of customers. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among these competitors may acquire significant market share, which would harm our business. While we continue to pursue similar strategic relationships, and currently have significant financial and technical resources, we cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to compete successfully against existing or new competitors, which would harm our results of operations. As the technology inflections happen, our competitors may get ahead of us and negatively impact our market share.
In addition, the semiconductor industry has experienced increased consolidation over the past several years. For example, Avago Technologies Limited (now Broadcom Limited (“Broadcom”))Microchip Technology acquired Broadcom Corporation in February 2016 and LSI CorporationMicrosemi in May 2014; Intel2018 and ON Semiconductor purchased Quantenna Communications, Inc. in June 2019, NVIDIA Corporation acquired Altera CorporationMellanox Technologies on April 27, 2020 and Infineon acquired Cypress Semiconductors on April 16, 2020. In July 2020, Analog Devices Inc. announced its intent to merge with Maxim Integrated Products Inc. In September 2020, NVIDIA announced its intent to acquire Arm Limited. We license technology from Arm Limited and would be adversely impacted if the pricing for, or availability of, the relevant technology is changed in December 2015; and NXP Semiconductors acquired Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. in December 2015. an adverse manner as a result of this transaction.In addition, Qualcomm recentlyOctober 2020, AMD announced a bidits intent to buy NXP Semiconductors. acquire Xilinx, Inc.Consolidation among our competitors has led, and in the future could lead, to a changing competitive landscape, capabilities and market share, which could put us at a competitive disadvantage and harm our results of operations.

A significant portion of our business is dependent onrevenue comes from the HDDstorage industry, which is highly cyclical, experiences rapid technological change, is subject to industry consolidation, and is facing increased competition from alternative technologies.technologies and is highly cyclical.
The HDD industry is intensely competitive and technology inflections are happening rapidly. This industry has historically been cyclical, with periods of increased demand and rapid growth followed by periods of oversupply and subsequent contraction. These cycles may affect us because some of our largest
We depend on a few customers participate in this industry.
HDD manufacturers tend to order more components than they may need during growth periods, and sharply reduce orders for components during periods of contraction. Rapid technological changes in the HDD industry often result in shifts in market share among the industry’s participants. If the HDD manufacturers using our products do not retain or increase their market share, our sales may decrease.
In addition, the HDD industry has experienced significant consolidation. Consolidation among our customers could lead to changing demand for our products, replacementSSD controllers and as such, the loss of our products by the merged entity with those of our competitors and cancellation of orders, each of which couldany SSD controller customer or a significant reduction in sales we make to them may harm our financial condition and results of operations. If we are unableSSD customers have, and may in the future develop their own controllers, which could pose a challenge to leverage our technologymarket share in the SSD space and customer relationships, we may not capitalize onadversely affect our revenues in the increased opportunities for our products within the combined company.storage business.
Furthermore, future changes in the nature of information storage products and personal computing devices could reduce demand for traditional HDDs. For example, products using alternative technologies, such as SSD and other storage technologies are a source of competition to manufacturers of HDDs. Although we offer SSD controllers, leveraging our technology in hard drives, we cannot ensure that our overall business will not be adversely affected if demand for traditional HDDs decreases. Additionally, we depend on a few
Manufacturers tend to order more components than they may need during growth periods, and sharply reduce orders for components during periods of contraction. Rapid technological changes in the industry often result in shifts in market share among the industry’s participants. If the HDD and SSD manufacturers using our products do not retain or increase their market share, our sales may decrease.
In addition, the storage industry has experienced significant consolidation. Consolidation among our customers will lead to changing demand for our SSD controllersproducts, replacement of our products by the merged entity with those of our competitors and as such, the losscancellation of any SSD controller customer or a significant reduction in sales we make to them mayorders, each of which could harm our financial condition and results of operations. Unlike in the HDD industry, SSD customers may develop their own controllers, which could pose a challenge to our market share in the SSD space.
If we are unable to developleverage our technology and introduce new and enhanced products that achieve market acceptance in a timely and cost-effective manner, our results of operations and competitive position will be harmed.
Our future success will depend on our ability to develop and introduce new products and enhancements to our existing products in a timely and cost-effective manner. We sell products in markets that are characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards, frequent new product introductions, short product life cycles and increasing demand for higher levels of integration and smaller process geometries. In addition, the development of new silicon devices is highly complex, and due to supply chain cross-dependencies and other issues,customer relationships, we may experience delays in completingnot capitalize on the development, productionincreased opportunities for our products within the combined company.
This industry has historically been cyclical, with periods of increased demand and introductionrapid growth followed by periods of oversupply and subsequent contraction. These cycles may affect us because some of our new products. See also, “We may be unable to protect our intellectual property, which would negatively affect our ability to compete.”largest customers participate in this industry.

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Our ability to adapt to changes and to anticipate future standards, andAs a result, the rateaverage selling price of adoption and acceptance of those standards, will be a significant factor in maintaining or improving our competitive position and prospects for growth. We may also have to incur substantial unanticipated costs to comply with these new standards. Our success will also depend on the abilityeach of our customers to develop new products usually declines as individual products mature and enhance existing products forcompetitors enter the markets they serve and to introduce and promote those products successfully and in a timely manner. Even if we and our customers introduce new and enhanced products to the market, those products may not achieve market acceptance.market.

Our gross margin and results of operations may be adversely affected in the future by a number of factors, including decreases in average selling prices of products over time and shifts in our product mix.mix as well as the price increase of certain components and testing and assembly.

The products we develop and sell are primarily used for high-volume applications. As a result, the prices of those products have historically decreased rapidly. In addition, our more recently introduced products tend to have higher associated costs because of initial overall development and production expenses. Therefore, over time, we may not be able to maintain or improve our gross margins. Our financial results could suffer if we are unable to offset any reductions in our average selling prices by other cost reductions through efficiencies, introduction of higher margin products and other means.
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To attract new customers or retain existing customers, we may offer certain price concessions to certain customers, which could cause our average selling prices and gross margins to decline. In the past, we have reduced the average selling prices of our products in anticipation of future competitive pricing pressures, new product introductions by us or by our competitors and other factors. We expect that we will continue to have to reduce prices of existing products in the future. Moreover, because of the wide price differences across the markets we serve, the mix and types of performance capabilities of our products sold may affect the average selling prices of our products and have a substantial impact on our revenue and gross margin. We may enter new markets in which a significant amount of competition exists, and this may require us to sell our products with lower gross margins than we earn in our established businesses. If we are successful in growing revenue in these markets, our overall gross margin may decline. Fluctuations in the mix and types of our products may also affect the extent to which we are able to recover the fixed costs and investments associated with a particular product, and as a result may harm our financial results.
Additionally, because we do not operate our own manufacturing, assembly or testing facilities, we may not be able to reduce our costs as rapidly as companies that operate their own facilities and our costs may even increase, which could also reduce our gross margins.
We rely on independent foundries and subcontractors for Our gross margin could also be impacted by increased cost (including those caused by tariffs), loss of cost savings or dilution of savings due to changes in charges incurred due to inventory holding periods if parts ordering does not correctly anticipate product demand or if the manufacture, assembly and testingfinancial health of our integrated circuit products, and the failure of any of these third-party vendors to deliver productseither contract manufacturers or otherwise perform as requested could damage our relationships with our customers, decrease our sales and limit our ability to grow our business.
We do not have our own manufacturing or assembly facilities and have very limited in-house testing facilities. Therefore, we currently rely on several third-party foundries to produce our integrated circuit products. We also currently rely on several third-party assembly and test subcontractors to assemble, package and test our products. This exposes us to a variety of risks, including the following:
Regional Concentration
Substantially all of our products are manufactured by third-party foundries located in Taiwan, and other sources are located in China and Singapore. In addition, substantially all of our third-party assembly and testing facilities are located in China, Singapore and Taiwan. Because of the geographic concentration of these third-party foundries,suppliers deteriorates as well as our assemblyexcess inventory and test subcontractors, we are exposed to the risk that their operations may be disrupted by regional disasters including, for example, earthquakes (particularly in Taiwaninventory holding and elsewhere in the Pacific Rim close to fault lines), tsunamis or typhoons, or by political, social or economic instability. In the case of such an event, our revenue, cost of goods sold and results of operations would be negatively impacted. In addition, there are limited numbers of alternative foundries and identifying and implementing alternative manufacturing facilities would be time consuming. As a result, if we needed to implement alternate manufacturing facilities, we could experience significant expenses and delays in product shipments, which could harm our results of operations.

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No Guarantee of Capacity or Supply
The ability of each foundry to provide us with semiconductor devices is limited by its available capacity and existing obligations. When demand is strong, availability of foundry capacity may be constrained or not available, and with limited exceptions, our vendors are not obligated to perform services or supply products to us for any specific period, in any specific quantities, or at any specific price, except as may be provided in a particular purchase order. We place our orders on the basis of our customers’ purchase orders or our forecast of customer demand, and the foundries can allocate capacity to the production of other companies’ products and reduce deliveries to us on short notice. It is possible that foundry customers that are larger and better financed than we are or that have long-term agreements with our main foundries may induce our foundries to reallocate capacity to those customers. This reallocation could impair our ability to secure the supply of components that we need. In particular, as we and others in our industry transition to smaller geometries, our manufacturing partners may be supply constrained or may charge premiums for these advanced technologies, which may harm our business or results of operations. See also, “We may experience difficulties in transitioning to smaller geometry process technologies or in achieving higher levels of design integration, which may result in reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expenses.” Moreover, if any of our third-party foundry suppliers are unable to secure necessary raw materials from their suppliers, lose benefits under material agreements, experience power outages, lack sufficient capacity to manufacture our products, encounter financial difficulties or suffer any other disruption or reduction in efficiency, we may encounter supply delays or disruptions, which could harm our business or results of operations.
While we attempt to create multiple sources for our products, most of our products are not manufactured at more than one foundry at any given time, and our products typically are designed to be manufactured in a specific process at only one of these foundries. Accordingly, if one of our foundries is unable to provide us with components as needed, it would be difficult for us to transition the manufacture of our products to other foundries, and we could experience significant delays in securing sufficient supplies of those components. This could result in a material decline in our revenue, net income and cash flow.
In order to secure sufficient foundry capacity when demand is high and to mitigate the risks described in the foregoing paragraph, we may enter into various arrangements with suppliers that could be costly and harm our results of operations, such as nonrefundable deposits with or loans to foundries in exchange for capacity commitments, or contracts that commit us to purchase specified quantities of integrated circuits over extended periods. We may not be able to make any such arrangement in a timely fashion or at all, and any arrangements may be costly, reduce our financial flexibility, and not be on terms favorable to us. Moreover, if we are able to secure foundry capacity, we may be obligated to use all of that capacity or incur penalties. These penalties may be expensive and could harm our financial results.
Uncertain Yields and Quality
The fabrication of integrated circuits is a complex and technically demanding process. Our technology is transitioning from planar to FINFET transistors. This transition may result in longer qualification cycles and lower yields. Our foundries have from time to time experienced manufacturing defects and lower manufacturing yields, which are difficult to detect at an early stage of the manufacturing process and may be time consuming and expensive to correct. Changes in manufacturing processes or the inadvertent use of defective or contaminated materials by our foundries could result in lower than anticipated manufacturing yields or unacceptable performance.obsolescence charges. In addition, we may face lower manufacturing yields and reduced quality in the process of ramping up and diversifying our manufacturing partners. Poor yields from our foundries, or defects, integration issues or other performance problems with our products could cause us significant customer relations and business reputation problems, harm our financial performance and result in financial or other damages to our customers. Our customers could also seek damages in connection with product liability claims, which would likely be time consuming and costly to defend. In addition, defects could result in significant costs. See also, “Costs related to defective products could have a material adverse effect on us.”
To the extent that we rely on outside suppliers to manufacture or assemble and test our products, we may have a reduced ability to directly control product delivery schedules and quality assurance, which could result in product shortages or quality assurance problems that could delay shipments or increase costs.
Commodity Prices
We are also subject to riskrisks from fluctuating market prices of certain commodity raw materials, including gold and copper,components, which are incorporated into our end products or used by our suppliers to manufacture our end products. Supplies for such commoditiesof these components may from time to time become restricted, or general market factors and conditions may affect pricing of such commodities.

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We may experience difficulties For example, recent supply shortages in transitioningthe semiconductor industry of multi-layer complex substrates, IC packaging capacity and fab constraints have resulted in increased lead times, inability to smaller geometry process technologies or in achieving higher levels of design integration, which may result in reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveriesmeet demand, and increased expenses.
In order to remain competitive, we expect to continue to transition our semiconductor products to increasingly smaller line width geometries. This transition requires us to modifycosts. Any increase in the manufacturing processes forprice of components used in our products and to redesign some products. We periodically evaluate the benefits, onwill adversely affect our gross margins.
Entry into new markets, such as markets with different business models, as a product-by-product basis,result of migrating to smaller geometry process technologies toour acquisitions may reduce our costs.gross margin and operating margin. For example, the Avera business uses an ASIC model to offer end-to-end solutions for IP, design team, Fab & packaging to deliver a tested, yielded product to customers. This business model tends to have a lower gross margin. In addition, the past,costs related to this type of business model typically include significant NRE (non-recurring engineering) costs that customers pay based on the completion of milestones. Our operating margin may decline if our customers do not agree to pay for NREs or if they do not pay enough to cover the costs we incur in connection with NREs. In addition, our operating margin may decline if we are unable to sell products in sufficient volumes to cover the development costs that we have experienced some difficultiesincurred.


CHANGES IN OUR EFFECTIVE TAX RATE MAY REDUCE OUR NET INCOME

Changes in shifting to smaller geometry process technologiesexisting taxation benefits, rules or new manufacturing processes, which resultedpractices may adversely affect our financial results.

Changes in reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveries and increased expenses. Weexisting taxation benefits, rules or practices may face similar difficulties, delays and expenses as we continue to transition our products to smaller geometry processes.
We are dependentalso have a significant effect on our relationships withreported results. Both the U.S. Congress and the G-20 (Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors) may consider legislation affecting the taxation of foreign corporations and such legislation if enacted might adversely affect our foundry subcontractors to transition to smaller geometry processes successfully. We cannot ensure that the foundries we use will be able to effectively manage the transition or that we will be able to maintain our existing foundry relationships or develop new ones. If we or any of our foundry subcontractors experience significant delays in this transition or fail to efficiently implement this transition, we could experience reduced manufacturing yields, delays in product deliveriesfuture tax liabilities and increased expenses, all of which could harm our relationships with our customers andhave a material impact on our results of operations.
As smaller geometry processes becomeIn addition, in prior years, we have entered into incentive agreements in certain foreign jurisdictions that if certain criteria are met, the foreign jurisdiction will provide a more prevalent,favorable tax rate than their current statutory rate. For example, we expecthave obtained an undertaking from the Minister of Finance of Bermuda that in the event Bermuda enacts legislation imposing tax computed on profits, income, or capital asset, gain or appreciation, then the imposition of any such taxes will not apply to us until March 31, 2035. Additionally, our Singapore subsidiary qualifies for the Development and Expansion Incentive until June 2024. Furthermore, under the Israeli Encouragement law of “approved or benefited enterprise,” our subsidiary in Israel, Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., is entitled to, and has certain existing programs that qualify as, approved and benefited tax programs that include reduced tax rates and exemption of certain income through fiscal 2027. Moreover, receipt of past and future benefits under tax agreements may depend on our ability to fulfill commitments regarding employment of personnel or performance of specified activities in the applicable jurisdiction. Changes in our business plans, including divestitures, could result in termination of an agreement or loss of benefits thereunder. If any of our tax agreements in any of these foreign jurisdictions were terminated, our results of operations would be harmed.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has been working on a Base Erosion and Profit Sharing Project, and issued in 2015, and is expected to continue to integrate greater levelsissue, guidelines and proposals that may change various aspects of functionality,the existing framework under which our tax obligations are determined in some of the countries in which we do business. We can provide no assurance that changes in tax laws and additional investigations as a result of this project would not have an adverse tax impact on our international operations. In addition, the European Union (“EU”) has initiated its own measures along similar lines. In December 2017, the EU identified certain jurisdictions (including Bermuda and Cayman Islands) which it considered had a tax system that facilitated offshore structuring by attracting profits without commensurate economic activity. In order to avoid EU “blacklisting”, both Bermuda and Cayman Islands introduced new legislation in December 2018, which came into force on January 1, 2019. These new laws require Bermuda and Cayman companies carrying on one or more “relevant activity” (including: banking, insurance, fund management, financing, leasing, headquarters, shipping, distribution and service center, intellectual property or holding company) to maintain a substantial economic presence in Bermuda in order to comply with the economic substance requirements. It is still not clear how the Bermuda and Cayman Islands authorities will interpret and enforce these new rules. To the extent that we are required to maintain more of a presence in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, such requirements will increase our costs either directly in those locations or indirectly as a result of increased costs related to moving our operations to other jurisdictions.
In addition, in a prior period, the Company transferred certain intellectual property to a related entity in Singapore.The impact to the Company was determined based on our determination of the fair value of this property, which required management to make significant estimates and to apply complex tax regulations in multiple jurisdictions. In a future period, local tax authorities may challenge the fair value determinations made by the Company, which could adversely impact our expected tax benefits from this transaction.
On October 29, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Inphi Corporation (“Inphi”), Marvell Technology, Inc. (f/k/a Maui HoldCo, Inc.), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marvell (“HoldCo”), Maui Acquisition Company Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo (“Bermuda Merger Sub”), and Indigo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo (“Delaware Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Company will acquire Inphi with cash and stock consideration. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement: (i) Bermuda Merger Sub will be merged with and into Marvell (the “Bermuda Merger”), with Marvell continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo; and (ii) Delaware Merger Sub will be merged with and into Inphi (the “Delaware Merger” and, together with the Bermuda Merger, the “Mergers”), with Inphi continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of HoldCo. As a result of this transaction, upon closing, the parent company will be domiciled in the US and not Bermuda. As a result, the combined group will be subject to taxation in the US, which currently has a federal tax rate of 21%, and that federal income tax rate could be increased in the future by the current Congress and presidential administration, which has proposed raising it to as high as 28%. This may cause our overall effective tax rate to increase significantly versus our current corporate effective tax rate as a Bermuda-domiciled company, which could materially impact our financial results, including our earnings and cash flow, for periods after the completion of the proposed Mergers.
Our profitability and effective tax rate could be impacted by unexpected changes to our statutory income tax rates or income tax liabilities. Such changes might include changes in tax law or regulations, changes to our geographic mix of earnings, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in our supply chain and changes due to audit assessments. In particular, the tax benefits associated with our transfer of intellectual property to Singapore are sensitive to future profitability and taxable income in Singapore, audit assessments, and changes in applicable tax law. Our current corporate effective tax rate fluctuates significantly from period to period, and is based upon the application of currently applicable income tax laws, regulations and treaties, as well as customercurrent judicial and third-party intellectual property,administrative interpretations of these income tax laws, regulations and treaties, in various jurisdictions.

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WE ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS RELATED TO OUR ASSETS

We are exposed to potential impairment charges on certain assets.

We had approximately $5.3 billion of goodwill and $2.3 billion of acquired intangible assets on our consolidated balance sheet as of January 30, 2021. Under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, we are required to review our intangible assets including goodwill for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable. We perform an assessment of goodwill for impairment annually on the last business day of our fiscal fourth quarter and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. When testing goodwill for impairment, we first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value or we may determine to proceed directly to the quantitative impairment test.
Factors we consider important in the qualitative assessment which could trigger a goodwill impairment review include: significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results; significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business; significant negative industry or economic trends; a significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period; and a significant change in our market capitalization relative to our net book value.
We assess the impairment of intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review include, but are not limited to the following: significant decreases in the market price of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset; current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be sold or disposed of significantly before the end of its estimated useful life.
For example, during the second quarter ended August 1, 2020, we made changes to the scope of our server processor product line in response to changes in the associated market. We are transitioning our product offering from standard server processors to the broad server market to focus only on customized server processors for a few targeted customers. This change in strategy required the Company to assess whether the carrying value of the associated assets would be recoverable. As a result of the assessment, we determined the carrying amount of certain impacted assets are not recoverable, which have resulted in recognition of $119.0 million of restructuring related charges associated with the server processor product line during the second quarter of fiscal 2021. See “Note 6 - Restructuring” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
We have determined that our business operates as a single operating segment with two primary components (Storage and Networking), which we have concluded can be aggregated into a single reporting unit for purposes of testing goodwill impairment. The fair value of the reporting unit is determined by taking our products. However,market capitalization as determined through quoted market prices and as adjusted for a control premium and other relevant factors. If our fair value declines to below our carrying value, we could incur significant goodwill impairment charges, which could negatively impact our financial results. If in the future a change in our organizational structure results in more than one reporting unit, we will be required to allocate our goodwill and perform an assessment of goodwill for impairment in each reporting unit. As a result, we could have an impairment of goodwill in one or more of such future reporting units.
In addition, from time to time, we have made investments in private companies. If the companies that we invest in are unable to execute their plans and succeed in their respective markets, we may not be able to achieve higher levels of design integration or deliver new integrated productsbenefit from such investments, and we could potentially lose the amounts we invest. We evaluate our investment portfolio on a timelyregular basis to determine if at all. Moreover, even ifimpairments have occurred. If the operations of any businesses that we are able to achieve higher levels of design integration, such integration mayhave acquired declines significantly, we could incur significant intangible asset impairment charges. Impairment charges could have a short-term adversematerial impact on our results of operations as we may reduce our revenue by integratingin any period.

We are subject to the functionalityrisks of multiple chips into a single chip.owning real property.

Our indemnification obligationsbuildings in Santa Clara, California and limitationsShanghai, China subject us to the risks of our directorowning real property, which include, but are not limited to:
•the possibility of environmental contamination and officer liability insurance may have a material the costs associated with remediating any environmental problems;     
•adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Under Bermuda law, our articles of association and bye-laws and certain indemnification agreements to which we are a party, we have an obligation to indemnify, or we have otherwise agreed to indemnify, certain of our current and former directors and officers with respect to current and future investigations and litigation, includingchanges in the matters discussed in Part I-Item 3, “Legal Proceedings” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In connection with somevalue of these pending matters, we are requiredproperties due to or we have otherwise agreed to, advance, and have advanced, legal fees and related expenses to certain of our current and former directors and officers and expect to continue to do so while these matters are pending. Certain of these obligations may not be “covered matters” under our directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, or there may be insufficient coverage available. Further,interest rate changes, changes in the eventneighborhood in which the directors and officers are ultimately determined not to be entitled to indemnification, we may not be able to recover the amounts we previously advanced to them.
In addition, we incurred significant expenses in connection with the Audit Committee’s independent investigation, the pending government investigations, and shareholder litigation. We cannot provide any assurances that past or future claims related to thoseproperty is located, or other matters, including the cost of fees, penalties or other expenses, will not exceed the limits of our insurance policies, that such claims are covered by the terms of our insurance policies or that our insurance carrier will be able to cover our claims. Additionally, to the extent there is coverage of these claims, the insurers also may seek to deny or limit coverage in some or all of these matters. Furthermore, the insurers could become insolvent and unable to fulfill their obligation to defend, pay or reimburse us for insured claims. Accordingly, we cannot be sure that claims will not arise that are in excess of the limits of our insurance or that are not covered by the terms of our insurance policy. Due to these coverage limitations, we may incur significant unreimbursed costs to satisfy our indemnification obligations, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Costs related to defective products could have a material adverse effect on us.
From time to time, we have experienced hardware and software defects and bugs associated with the introduction of our highly complex products. Despite our testing procedures, we cannot ensure that errors will not be found in new products or releases after commencement of commercial shipments in the future. Such errors could result in:
loss of or delay in market acceptance of our products;
material recall and replacement costs;
delay in revenue recognition or loss of revenue;
writing down the inventory of defective products;
the diversion of the attention of our engineering personnel from product development efforts;
our having to defend against litigation related to defective products or related property damage or personal injury; and
damage to our reputation in the industry that could adversely affect our relationships with our customers.

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•the possible need for structural improvements in order to comply with zoning, seismic and other legal or regulatory requirements;     
In addition, •the process of identifying a recalled product in devices that have been widely distributed may be lengthy and require significant resources. We may have difficulty identifying the end customers of the defective products in the field, which may cause us to incur significant replacement costs, contract damage claims from our customers and further reputational harm. Any of these problems could materially and adversely affect our results of operations.
Despite our best efforts, security vulnerabilities may exist with respect to our products. Mitigation techniques designed to address such security vulnerabilities, including software and firmware updates or other preventative measures, may not operate as intended or effectively resolve such vulnerabilities. Software and firmware updates and/or other mitigation efforts may result in performance issues, system instability, data loss or corruption, unpredictable system behavior, or the theft of data by third parties, any of which could significantly harm our business and reputation.
We have experienced a significant transition at the executive management level in the last 18 months. If our new executive team is unable to engage and align mid-management or attract and retain the key talent needed for us to timely achieve our business objectives, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
The company’s executive management team has gone through a complete transition in the last two years, including the hiring of a new President and CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, Chief Operations Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Administration and Legal Officer, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing and the appointment of new leaders for our corporate development organization and our storage, and networking and connectivity groups. While the individual members of our executive management team each have significant industry-related experience, they previously had not worked together as a group and it will take time for them to become an integrated management team. Delays in the integration of our management team could affect our ability to implement our business strategy, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
If any of the members of our current management team were to leave our company unexpectedly, we could face substantial difficulty in hiring qualified successors. The marketplace for senior executive management candidates is very competitive and limited, particularly in the Silicon Valley where our U.S. operations are based. Our growth may be adversely impacted if we are unable to attract, retain and motivate such key employees. Turnover of senior management can adversely impact our stock price, our results of operations and our client relationships, and has made recruiting for future management positions more difficult. Competition for senior leadership may increase our compensation expenses, which may negatively affect our profitability.
We depend on highly skilled engineering and sales and marketing personnel to support our business operations. If we are unable to retain and motivate our current personnel or attract additional qualified personnel, our ability to develop and successfully market our products could be harmed.
We believe our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, engineering, sales and marketing personnel. The competition for qualified technical personnel with significant experience in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of integrated circuits is intense, both in the Silicon Valley where our U.S. operations are based and in global markets in which we operate. Our inability to attract qualified personnel, including hardware and software engineers and sales and marketing personnel, could delay the development and introduction of, and harm our ability to sell, our products. Changes to United States immigration policies that restrict our ability to attract and retain technical personnel may negatively affect our research and development efforts.
We typically do not enter into employment agreements with any of our key technical personnel and the loss of such personnel could harm our business, as their knowledgepotential disruption of our business and industry would be extremely difficult to replace. The impact on employee morale experienced in connectionoperations arising from or connected with our recent restructuring efforts, which eliminated approximately 900 jobs worldwide, could make it more difficult for us to add to our workforce when neededa relocation due to speculation regarding our future restructuring activities. In addition, our recently announced merger with Cavium, Inc. may cause our current and prospective employeesmoving to experience uncertainty about their futures that may impair our abilityor renovating the facility;     
•increased cash commitments for improvements to retain, recruitthe buildings or motivate key management, engineering, technical and other personnel.the property, or both;

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We rely upon the performance of our information technology systems to process, transmit, store and protect electronic information. The failure of or security breaches of any of our critical information technology systems may result in serious harm to our reputation, business, results of operations and/or financial condition.
We depend heavily on our technology infrastructure and maintain and rely upon certain critical information systems•increased operating expenses for the effective operationbuildings or the property, or both;
•possible disputes with third parties related to the buildings or the property, or both;
•failure to achieve expected cost savings due to extended non-occupancy of our business. We routinely collecta vacated property intended to be leased; and store sensitive data
•the risk of financial loss in our information systems, including intellectual property and other proprietary information about our business and thatexcess of our customers, suppliers and business partners. These information technology systems are subjectamounts covered by insurance, or uninsured risks, such as the loss caused by damage to damage or interruption fromthe buildings as a numberresult of potential sources, including, but not limited to, natural disasters, viruses, destructive or inadequate code, malware, power failures, cyber-attacks, internal malfeasance earthquakes, floods and/or other events. We have implemented processes for systems under our control intended to mitigate risks; however, we can provide no guarantee that those risk mitigation measures will be effective. Given the frequency of cyber-attacks and resulting breaches reported by other businesses and governments, it is likely we will experience one or more breaches of some extent in the future. We may incur significant costs in order to implement, maintain and/or update security systems we feel are necessary to protect our information systems, or we may miscalculate the level of investment necessary to protect our systems adequately. Since the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and are often not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventive measures. To the extent that any system failure, accident or security breach results in material disruptions or interruptions to our operations or the theft, loss or disclosure of, or damage to our data or confidential information, including our intellectual property, our reputation, business, results of operations and/or financial condition could be materially adversely affected.natural disasters.

WE ARE SUBJECT TO IP RISKS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH LITIGATION AND REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS

We may be unable to protect our intellectual property, which would negatively affect our ability to compete.

We believe one of our key competitive advantages results from the collection of proprietary technologies we have developed and acquired since our inception, and the protection of our intellectual property rights is, and will continue to be, important to the success of our business. If we fail to protect these intellectual property rights, competitors could sell products based on technology that we have developed, which could harm our competitive position and decrease our revenue.
We rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secret laws,secrets, contractual provisions, confidentiality agreements, licenses and other methods, to protect our proprietary technologies. We also enter into confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, consultants and business partners, and control access to and distribution of our documentation and other proprietary information. Notwithstanding these agreements, we have experienced disputes with employees regarding ownership of intellectual property in the past. To the extent that any third party has a claim to ownership of any relevant technologies used in our products, we may not be able to recognize the full revenue stream from such relevant technologies.
We have been issued a significant number of U.S. and foreign patents and have a significant number of pending U.S. and foreign patent applications. However, a patent may not be issued as a result of any applications or, if issued, claims allowed may not be sufficiently broad to protect our technology. In addition, it is possible that existing or future patents may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented. We may also be required to license some of our patents to others including competitors as a result of our participation in and contribution to development of industry standards. Despite our efforts, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain and use our products or proprietary technology. Monitoring unauthorized use of our technology is difficult, and the steps that we have taken may not prevent unauthorized use of our technology, particularly in jurisdictions where the laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States or other developed countries. If our patents do not adequately protect our technology, our competitors may be able to offer products similar to ours, which would adversely impact our business and results of operations. We have implemented security systems with the intent of maintaining the physical security of our facilities and protecting our confidential information including our intellectual property. Despite our efforts, we may be subject to breach of these security systems and controls which may result in unauthorized access to our facilities and labs and/or unauthorized use or theft of the confidential information and intellectual property we are trying to protect. If we fail to protect these intellectual property rights, competitors could sell products based on technology that we have developed, which could harm our competitive position and decrease our revenue.
Certain of our software, as well as that of our customers, may be derived from so-called “open source” software that is generally made available to the public by its authors and/or other third parties. Open source software is made available under licenses that impose certain obligations on us in the event we were to distribute derivative works of the open source software. These obligations may require us to make source code for the derivative works available to the public and/or license such derivative works under a particular type of license, rather than the forms of license we customarily use to protect our intellectual property. While we believe we have complied with our obligations under the various applicable licenses for open source software, in the event that the copyright holder of any open source software were to successfully establish in court that we had not complied with the terms of a license for a particular work, we could be required to release the source code of that work to the public and/or stop distribution of that work if the license is terminated which could adversely impact our business and results of operations.


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We are subject to order and shipment uncertainties. If we are unable to accurately predict customer demand, we may hold excess or obsolete inventory, which would reduce our gross margin. Conversely, we may have insufficient inventory, which would result in lost revenue opportunities and potential loss of market share as well as damaged customer relationships.
We typically sell products pursuant to purchase orders rather than long-term purchase commitments. Customers can generally cancel or defer purchase orders on short notice without incurring a significant penalty. Due to their inability to predict demand or other reasons, some of our customers may accumulate excess inventories and, as a consequence, defer purchase of our products. We cannot accurately predict what or how many products our customers will need in the future. Anticipating demand is difficult because our customers face unpredictable demand for their own products and are increasingly focused more on cash preservation and tighter inventory management. In addition, as an increasing number of our chips are being incorporated into consumer products, we anticipate greater fluctuations in demand for our products, which makes it more difficult to forecast customer demand.
We place orders with our suppliers based on forecasts of customer demand and, in some instances, may establish buffer inventories to accommodate anticipated demand. Our forecasts are based on multiple assumptions, each of which may introduce error into our estimates. For example, our ability to accurately forecast customer demand may be impaired by the delays inherent in our customer’s product development processes, which may include extensive qualification and testing of components included in their products, including ours. In many cases, they design their products to use components from multiple suppliers. This creates the risk that our customers may decide to cancel or change product plans for products incorporating our integrated circuits prior to completion, which makes it even more difficult to forecast customer demand.
Our products are incorporated into complex devices and systems, which may create supply chain cross-dependencies. Due to cross dependencies, any supply chain disruptions could negatively impact the demand for our products in the short term. We have a limited ability to predict the timing of a supply chain correction. In addition, the market share of our customers could be adversely impacted on a long-term basis due to any continued supply chain disruption, which could negatively affect our results of operations.
If we overestimate customer demand, our excess or obsolete inventory may increase significantly, which would reduce our gross margin and adversely affect our financial results. The risk of obsolescence and/or excess inventory is heightened for devices designed for consumer electronics due to the rapidly changing market for these types of products. Conversely, if we underestimate customer demand or if insufficient manufacturing capacity is available, we would miss revenue opportunities and potentially lose market share and damage our customer relationships. In addition, any future significant cancellations or deferrals of product orders or the return of previously sold products could materially and adversely affect our profit margins, increase product obsolescence and restrict our ability to fund our operations.
We rely on third-party distributors and manufacturers’ representatives and the failure of these distributors and manufacturers’ representatives to perform as expected could reduce our future sales.
From time to time, we enter into relationships with distributors and manufacturers’ representatives to sell our products, and we are unable to predict the extent to which these partners will be successful in marketing and selling our products. Moreover, many of our distributors and manufacturers’ representatives also market and sell competing products, and may terminate their relationships with us at any time. Our future performance will also depend, in part, on our ability to attract additional distributors or manufacturers’ representatives that will be able to market and support our products effectively, especially in markets in which we have not previously distributed our products. If we cannot retain or attract quality distributors or manufacturers’ representatives, our sales and results of operations will be harmed.
We face additional risks due to the extent of our global operations since a majority of our products, and those of our customers, are manufactured and sold outside of the United States. The occurrence of any or a combination of the additional risks described below would significantly and negatively impact our business and results of operations.
A substantial portion of our business is conducted outside of the United States and, as a result, we are subject to foreign business, political and economic risks. All of our products are manufactured outside of the United States. Our current qualified integrated circuit foundries are located in the same region within Taiwan, and our primary assembly and test subcontractors are located in the Pacific Rim region. In addition, many of our customers are located outside of the United States, primarily in Asia, which further exposes us to foreign risks. Sales shipped to customers with operations in Asia represented approximately 95% of our net revenue in fiscal 2018, 94% of our net revenue in fiscal 2017 and 96% of net revenue in fiscal 2016.
We also have substantial operations outside of the United States. These operations are directly influenced by the political and economic conditions of the region in which they are located and, with respect to Israel, possible military hostilities periodically affecting the region that could affect our operations there. We anticipate that our manufacturing, assembly, testing and sales outside of the United States will continue to account for a substantial portion of our operations and revenue in future periods.

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Accordingly, we are subject to risks associated with international operations, including:
political, social and economic instability, including wars, terrorism, political unrest, boycotts, curtailment of trade and other business restrictions;
volatile global economic conditions, including downturns in which some competitors may become more aggressive in their pricing practices, which would adversely impact our gross margin;
compliance with domestic and foreign export and import regulations, including pending changes thereto, and difficulties in obtaining and complying with domestic and foreign export, import and other governmental approvals, permits and licenses;
local laws and practices that favor local companies, including business practices in which we are prohibited from engaging by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption laws and regulations;
difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;
natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis and floods;
trade restrictions, higher tariffs, or changes in cross border taxation, particularly in light of the prospect of changes in U.S. international trade policies following the recent U.S. presidential election;
transportation delays;
difficulties of managing distributors;
less effective protection of intellectual property than is afforded to us in the United States or other developed countries;
inadequate local infrastructure; and
exposure to local banking, currency control and other financial-related risks.
As a result of having global operations, the sudden disruption of the supply chain and/or disruption of the manufacture of our customer’s products caused by events outside of our control could impact our results of operations by impairing our ability to timely and efficiently deliver our products.
Moreover, the international nature of our business subjects us to risk associated with the fluctuation of the U.S. dollar versus foreign currencies. Decreases in the value of the U.S. dollar versus currencies in jurisdictions where we have large fixed costs, or where our third-party manufacturers have significant costs, will increase the cost of such operations which could harm our results of operations.
We must comply with a variety of existing and future laws and regulations that could impose substantial costs on us and may adversely affect our business.

We are subject to laws and regulations worldwide, which may differ among jurisdictions, affecting our operations in areas including, but not limited to: intellectual property ownership and infringement; tax; import and export requirements; anti-corruption; foreign exchange controls and cash repatriation restrictions; conflict minerals; data privateprivacy requirements; competition; advertising; employment; product regulations; environment, health and safety requirements; and consumer laws. For example, government export regulations apply to the encryption or other features contained in some of our products. If we fail to continue to receive licenses or otherwise comply with these regulations, we may be unable to manufacture the affected products at foreign foundries or ship these products to certain customers, or we may incur penalties or fines. In addition, we are subject to various industry requirements restricting the presence of certain substances in electronic products. Although our management systems are designed to maintain compliance, we cannot assure you that we have been or will be at all times in compliance with such laws and regulations. Our compliance programs rely in part on compliance by our suppliers, vendors and distributors. To the extent such third parties don't comply with these obligations our business, operations and reputation may be adversely impacted. If we violate or fail to comply with any of them,the above requirements, a range of consequences could result, including fines, import/export restrictions, sales limitations, criminal and civil liabilities or other sanctions. The costs of complying with these laws (including the costs of any investigations, auditing and monitoring) could adversely affect our current or future business.

Our product or manufacturing standards could also be impacted by new or revised environmental rules and regulations or other social initiatives. For example, a significant portion of our revenues come from international sales. Environmental legislation, such as the EU Directive on Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) and China’s regulation on Management Methods for Controlling Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products, may increase our cost of doing business internationally and impact our revenues from the EU, China and other countries with similar environmental legislation as we endeavor to comply with and implement these requirements.

In addition,connection with some of our acquisitions, we have been subject to regulatory conditions imposed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) where we have agreed to implement certain cyber security, physical security and training measures and supply agreements to protect national security. A portion of the business we acquired in the Avera acquisition requires facility security clearances under the National Industrial Security Program. The National Industrial Security Program requires that a corporation maintaining a facility security clearance be effectively insulated from foreign ownership, control or influence (“FOCI”). Because we are subject to the “conflict mineral rules” promulgated by the SEC, which impose disclosure requirements on us regarding the use of conflict minerals mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countriesorganized in our products and the procedures our manufacturer’s use to prevent the sourcing of such conflict minerals. The ongoing implementation of these requirements could affect the sourcing, availability and pricing of minerals used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, including our products. As a result, there may only be a limited pool of suppliers who provide conflict-free metals, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain products in sufficient quantities or at competitive prices, which could adversely affect our operations and product margins. Additionally, if we are unable to sufficiently source conflict-free metals, we may face difficulties in satisfying customers who may require that the products they purchase from us are conflict-free, which may harm our sales and operating results.

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Changes in existing taxation benefits, rules or practices may adversely affect our financial results.
Changes in existing taxation benefits, rules or practices may also have a significant effect on our reported results. For example, both the U.S. Congress and the G-20 (Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors) may consider legislation affecting the taxation of foreign corporations and such legislation if enacted might adversely affect our future tax liabilities and have a material impact on our results of operations. Furthermore, in prior years,Bermuda, we have entered into agreements in certain foreign jurisdictions that if certain criteria are met, the foreign jurisdiction will provide a more favorable tax rate than their current statutory rate. For example, we have obtained an undertaking from the Minister of Finance of Bermuda that in the event Bermuda enacts legislation imposing tax computed on profits, income, or capital asset, gain or appreciation, then the imposition of any such taxes will not apply to us until March 31, 2035. Additionally, our Singapore subsidiary qualified for Pioneer status until it expired in June 2014. However, we re-negotiated with the Singapore governmentU.S. Department of Defense with respect to FOCI mitigation arrangements that relate to our operation of the portion of the Avera business involving facility clearances. These measures and in fiscal 2015, they extendedarrangements may materially and adversely affect our operating results due to the Development and Expansion Incentive until June 2019. Furthermore,increased cost of compliance with these measures. If we fail to comply with our obligations under the Israeli Encouragement law of “approved or benefited enterprise,” two branches of our subsidiary in Israel, Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., are entitled to, and have certain existing programs that qualify as, approved and benefited tax programs that include reduced tax rates and exemption of certain income through fiscal 2027. Moreover, receipt of past and future benefits under taxthese agreements, may depend on our ability to fulfill commitments regarding employment of personnel or performance of specified activities in the applicable jurisdiction. Changes inoperate our business plans, including divestitures, could result in termination of an agreement or loss of benefits thereunder. If any of our tax agreements in any of these foreign jurisdictions were terminated, our results of operations wouldmay be harmed.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has been working on a Base Erosion and Profit Sharing Project, and issued in 2015, and is expected to continue to issue, guidelines and proposals that may change various aspects of the existing framework under which our tax obligations are determined in some of the countries in which we do business. The European Commission has also conducted investigations in multiple countries focusing on whether local country tax rulings or tax legislation provides preferential tax treatment that violates European Union state aid rules and concluded that certain countries, including Ireland and Belgium, have provided illegal state aid in certain cases. We can provide no assurance that changes in tax laws and additional investigations would not have an adverse tax impact on our international operations.
Matters relating to or arising from our Audit Committee investigation, including regulatory proceedings, litigation matters and potential additional expenses, may adversely affect our business and results of operations.
As previously disclosed in our public filings, the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors completed an investigation that generally included a review of certain revenue recognized in the first and second quarters of fiscal 2016 and the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, including transactions that would have, in the normal course of events and but for action by certain Marvell employees, been completed and recognized in a subsequent quarter (referred to internally as “pull-ins”), the accrual of a litigation reserve in the second quarter of fiscal 2016, and the stated belief by Marvell’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ownership of certain patent rights related to the Final-Level Cache invention and his later assignment of associated patent rights to Marvell. We are also the subject of investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney related to these matters. We are fully cooperating with the SEC and the U.S. Attorney with respect to those investigations.
We incurred significant expenses related to legal, accounting, and other professional services in connection with the investigations and related matters and related remediation efforts. The expenses incurred, and expected to be incurred, on the investigations, the impact of our delay in fiscal 2016 and the beginning of fiscal 2017 in meeting our periodic reports on the confidence of investors, employees and customers, and the diversion of the attention of the management team that has occurred, and is expected to continue, has adversely affected, and could continue to adversely affect, our business, financial condition and results of operations or cash flows.
affected. As a result of the matters reportedproposed transaction with Inphi, our parent company will be domiciled in the United States upon closing of the transaction. As a result, we plan to request to be released from some of the above obligations. We can offer no assurance that such a request will be granted in a timely manner or at all.

Primarily as a result of our acquisition of Avera, we are exposednow a party to greater risks associatedcertain contracts with litigation, regulatory proceedingsthe U.S. government or its subcontractors. Our contracts with government entities are subject to various procurement regulations and government enforcement actions. In addition, we incurred significant legal expenses in connection with securities class actions or other lawsuits that were filed against us, our directors and officers, which lawsuits we have agreed to settle. Any future such investigations or additional lawsuits may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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During fiscal 2016 and continuing through the third quarter of fiscal 2018, we identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting, which have since been remediated. If we are unable to develop, implement and maintain effective internal controls in future periods, our consolidated financial statements could contain material misstatements which would cause us to issue a restatement thereof. A restatement of our consolidated financial statements could cause our investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and lead to a decline in our stock price.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and SEC rules require that management report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures. Among other things, management must conduct an assessment of internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. During fiscal 2016 and continuing through the third quarter of fiscal 2018, we identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. While we have remediated these material weaknesses as of February 3, 2018, the remediation process absorbed significant management attention and we incurred significant expensesrequirements relating to the remediation.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement oftheir formation, administration and performance. We may be subject to audits and investigations relating to our annual or interim consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected. As withgovernment contracts, and any material weakness, if our remedial measures are insufficient to address the material weaknesses, or if additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting are discovered or occur in the future, our consolidated financial statements may contain material misstatements. Any material misstatementsviolations could result in a restatementvarious civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including termination of our consolidated financial statements, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligationscontracts, refunding or cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, leading to a decline in our stock price.
Any control system, no matter how well designedsuspending of payments, forfeiture of profits, payment of fines, and operated, cansuspension or debarment from future government business. In addition, such contracts may provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting will not necessarily prevent all error and all fraud. Controls can also be circumventedfor termination by the individual actsgovernment at any time, without cause. Any of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. In addition, we may modify the designthese risks related to contracting with governmental entities could adversely impact our future sales and operating effectiveness of our internal controls, which could affect the overall effectiveness or evaluation of the control system in the future by us or our independent registered public accounting firm. We cannot ensure that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, as controls may become inadequate due to changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance. Any failure to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting could limit our ability to provide reliable financial reports, or to detect and prevent fraud, which would harm our business.results.
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We have been named as a party to several legal proceedings and may be named in additional ones in the future, including litigation involving our patents and other intellectual property, which could subject us to liability, require us to indemnify our customers, require us to obtain or renew licenses, require us to stop selling our products or force us to redesign our products.

We are currently, and have been in the past, named as a party to several lawsuits, government inquiries or investigations and other legal proceedings (referred to as “litigation”), and we may be named in additional ones in the future. Please see “Note 10“Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies”Contingencies” of our Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more detailed description of material litigation matters in which we aremay be currently engaged. See also, “Litigation filed against Marvell and Inphi could prevent or delay the completion of the Mergers or result in the payment of damages following completion of the Mergers.”

In particular, litigation involving patents and other intellectual property is widespread in the high-technology industry and is particularly prevalent in the semiconductor industry, where a number of companies and other entities aggressively bring numerous infringement claims to assert their patent portfolios. The amount of damages alleged in intellectual property infringement claims can often be very significant. See also, “We may be unable to protect our intellectual property, which would negatively affect our ability to compete.”
From time to time, our subsidiaries and customers receive, and may continue to receive in the future, standards-based or other types of infringement claims, as well as claims against us and our subsidiaries’ proprietary technologies. Our subsidiaries and customers could face claims of infringement for certain patent licenses that have not been renewed. These claims could result in litigation and/or claims for indemnification, which, in turn, could subject us to significant liability for damages, attorneys’ fees and costs. Any potential intellectual property litigation also could force us to do one or more of the following:
•stop selling, offering for sale, making, having made or exporting products or using technology that contains the allegedly infringing intellectual property;
•limit or restrict the type of work that employees involved in such litigation may perform for us;
•pay substantial damages and/or license fees and/or royalties to the party claiming infringement or other license violations that could adversely impact our liquidity or operating results;

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•attempt to obtain or renew licenses to the relevant intellectual property, which licenses may not be available on reasonable terms or at all; and
•attempt to redesign those products that contain the allegedly infringing intellectual property.
Under certain circumstances, we have contractual and other legal obligations to indemnify and to incur legal expenses for current and former directors and officers. See also, “Our indemnification obligations and limitations of our director and officer liability insurance may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.” Additionally, from time to time, we have agreed to indemnify select customers for claims alleging infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to, patents, registered trademarks and/or copyrights. If we are required to make a significant payment under any of our indemnification obligations, our results of operations may be harmed.
The ultimate outcome of litigation could have a material adverse effect on our business and the trading price for our securities. Litigation may be time consuming, expensive, and disruptive to normal business operations, and the outcome of litigation is difficult to predict. Litigation, regardless of the outcome, may result in significant expenditures, diversion of our management’s time and attention from the operation of our business and damage to our reputation or relationship with third parties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and stock price.

WE ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS RELATED TO OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS

Our indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition and our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations and limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry.

On July 6, 2018, in connection with our acquisition of Cavium, we incurred substantial indebtedness pursuant to a Credit Agreement (the “2018 Credit Agreement”). The 2018 Credit Agreement provides for a $900 million Term Loan (the “2018 Term Loan”). The 2018 Term Loan will mature on July 6, 2021. As of January 30, 2021, the outstanding principal balance of the 2018 Term Loan amounted to $200 million. See “Note 11 - Debt” for discussion of the debt financing in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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In addition, we intend to pay the cash portion of the consideration for the Mergers and other fees and expenses required to be paid in connection with the Mergers from cash on hand and borrowings. We have obtained financing commitments for (i) a $2.5 billion senior 364-day bridge term loan facility (the “Bridge Facility”) pursuant to a commitment letter (the “Bridge Commitment Letter”) dated as of October 29, 2020, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”) and the other financial institutions that have joined thereto, and (ii) a $1.75 billion senior unsecured term loan facility comprised of a $875.0 million 3-year term loan tranche (the “3 Year Term Loan”) and a $875.0 million 5-year term loan tranche (the “5-Year Term Loan,” and collectively with the 3-Year Term Loan, the “2020 Term Loan Facility”) pursuant to a credit agreement, dated December 7, 2020 (the “2020 Term Loan Agreement”), with JPMorgan, as administrative agent and a lender, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the Bridge Commitment Letter and the 2020 Term Loan Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, JPMorgan and the other lenders party thereto have committed to provide the full amount of the Bridge Facility and the Term Loan Facility, as applicable. The funding of the Bridge Facility provided for in the Bridge Commitment Letter and the funding of the Term Loan Facility provided for in the 2020 Term Loan Agreement, in each case, is contingent upon the satisfaction of customary conditions, including (i) execution and delivery of definitive documentation with respect to the Bridge Facility in accordance with the terms set forth in the Bridge Commitment Letter and (ii) consummation of the Mergers in accordance with the Merger Agreement. The actual documentation governing the Bridge Facility has not been finalized, and accordingly, the actual terms may differ from the description of such terms in the applicable Bridge Commitment Letter. Availability under the Bridge Facility will be reduced by the net cash proceeds from customary mandatory commitment reduction and prepayment events from issuances of equity, the incurrence of certain other debt or the sale of available assets, in each case subject to limited exceptions. We expect to replace some or all of the Bridge Facility prior to the closing of the Mergers with permanent financing comprised of senior unsecured notes. There can be no assurance that the permanent financing will be completed.
In addition to the loans under the credit agreements, on June 22, 2018, we completed a public offering of (i) $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.200% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and (ii) $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.875% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes” and, together with the 2023 Notes, the “Senior Notes”). We are exposedobligated to potential impairment chargespay interest on the Senior Notes on June 22 and December 22 of each year, beginning on December 22, 2018. The 2023 Notes will mature on June 22, 2023 and the 2028 Notes will mature on June 22, 2028.
Our indebtedness could have important consequences to us including:
•increasing our vulnerability to adverse general economic and industry conditions;
•requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, research and development efforts, execution of our business strategy, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;     
•limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in the economy and the semiconductor industry;     
•placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors with less indebtedness;     
•exposing us to interest rate risk to the extent of our variable rate indebtedness; and
•making it more difficult to borrow additional funds in the future to fund growth, acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures and other purposes.
Although the credit agreements contain restrictions on our ability to incur additional indebtedness and the indenture under which the Senior Notes were issued contains restrictions on creating liens and entering into certain assets.sale-leaseback transactions, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, and the additional indebtedness, liens or sale-leaseback transactions incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial.
The credit agreements and the Senior Notes contain customary events of default upon the occurrence of which, after any applicable grace period, the lenders would have the ability to immediately declare the loans due and payable in whole or in part. In such event, we may not have sufficient available cash to repay such debt at the time it becomes due, or be able to refinance such debt on acceptable terms or at all. Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
We had approximately $2.0 billionmay not be able to access cash or to incur additional indebtedness if the COVID-19 pandemic causes the closure of goodwill onbanks for an extended period of time or if there is a sudden increase in requests for indebtedness at one time by many potential borrowers which could overwhelm the banking industry.

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Adverse changes to our consolidated balance sheet as of February 3, 2018. Under generally accepted accounting principlesdebt ratings could negatively affect our ability to raise additional capital.

We receive debt ratings from the major credit rating agencies in the United States,States. Factors that may impact our credit ratings include debt levels, planned asset purchases or sales and near-term and long-term production growth opportunities. Liquidity, asset quality, cost structure, reserve mix and commodity pricing levels could also be considered by the rating agencies. The applicable margins with respect to the Term Loan will vary based on the applicable public ratings assigned to the collateralized, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Fitch’s and any successor to each such rating agency business. A ratings downgrade could adversely impact our ability to access debt markets in the future and increase the cost of current or future debt and may adversely affect our share price.

The Credit Agreements and the indenture under which the Senior Notes were issued impose restrictions on our business.

The credit agreements and the indenture for the Senior Notes each contains a number of covenants imposing restrictions on our business. These restrictions may affect our ability to operate our business and may limit our ability to take advantage of potential business opportunities as they arise. The restrictions, among other things, restrict our ability and our subsidiaries’ ability to create or incur certain liens, incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, merge or consolidate with other companies, pay dividends, transfer or sell assets and make restricted payments. These restrictions are subject to a number of limitations and exceptions set forth in the credit agreements and the indenture for the Senior Notes. Our ability to meet the liquidity covenant or the leverage ratio set forth in the credit agreements may be affected by events beyond our control.
The foregoing restrictions could limit our ability to plan for, or react to, changes in market conditions or our capital needs. We do not know whether we will be granted waivers under, or amendments to, our credit agreements or to the Senior Notes if for any reason we are requiredunable to reviewmeet these requirements, or whether we will be able to refinance our intangible assets including goodwill for impairment whenever eventsindebtedness on terms acceptable to us, or changes in circumstances indicate thatat all.

We may be unable to generate the carrying value of these assetscash flow to service our debt obligations.

We may not be recoverable. We perform an assessment of goodwill for impairment annuallyable to generate sufficient cash flow to enable us to service our indebtedness, including the Senior Notes, or to make anticipated capital expenditures. Our ability to pay our expenses and satisfy our debt obligations, refinance our debt obligations and fund planned capital expenditures will depend on the last business day of our fiscal fourth quarter and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of goodwill may notfuture performance, which will be recoverable.
We have identified that our business operates as a single operating segment with two components (Storage, and Networking and Connectivity), which we have concluded can be aggregated into a single reporting unit for purposes of testing goodwill impairment. As part of our restructuring announced in November 2016, our former Smart Networked Devices and Solutions component was renamed Networking and Connectivity. The fair value of the reporting unit is determinedaffected by taking our market capitalization as determined through quoted market prices and as adjusted for a control premiumgeneral economic, financial competitive, legislative, regulatory and other relevant factors.factors beyond our control. If our fair value declineswe are unable to below our carrying value, we could incur significant goodwill impairment charges, which could negatively impact our financial results. Ifgenerate sufficient cash flow from operations or to borrow sufficient funds in the future to service our debt, we may be required to sell assets, reduce capital expenditures, refinance all or a changeportion of our existing debt (including the Senior Notes) or obtain additional financing. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance our debt, sell assets or borrow more money on terms acceptable to us, if at all. If we cannot make scheduled payments on our debt, we will be in default and holders of our organizational structure results in more than one reporting unit,debt could declare all outstanding principal and interest to be due and payable, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. In addition, a material default on our indebtedness could suspend our eligibility to register securities using certain registration statement forms under SEC guidelines that permit incorporation by reference of substantial information regarding us, potentially hindering our ability to raise capital through the issuance of our securities and increasing our costs of registration.

We may, under certain circumstances, be required to repurchase the Senior Notes at the option of the holder.

We will be required to allocaterepurchase the Senior Notes at the option of each holder upon the occurrence of a change of control repurchase event as defined in the indenture for the Senior Notes. However, we may not have sufficient funds to repurchase the notes in cash at the time of any change of control repurchase event. Our failure to repurchase the Senior Notes upon a change of control repurchase event would be an event of default under the indenture for the Senior Notes and could cause a cross-default or acceleration under certain future agreements governing our goodwill and perform an assessmentother indebtedness. The repayment obligations under the Senior Notes may have the effect of goodwill for impairment in each reporting unit. Asdiscouraging, delaying or preventing a result,takeover of our company. If we were required to pay the Senior Notes prior to their scheduled maturity, it could have an impairmenta significant negative impact on our cash and liquidity and could impact our ability to invest financial resources in other strategic initiatives.

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WE ARE SUBJECT TO CYBERSECURITY RISKS

Cybersecurity risks could adversely affect our business and disrupt our operations.

We depend heavily on our technology infrastructure and maintain and rely upon certain critical information systems for the effective operation of goodwillour business. We routinely collect and store sensitive data in our information systems, including intellectual property and other proprietary information about our business and that of our customers, suppliers and business partners. These information technology systems are subject to damage or interruption from a number of potential sources, including, but not limited to, natural disasters, destructive or inadequate code, malware, power failures, cyber-attacks, internal malfeasance or other events. Cyber-attacks on us may include viruses and worms, phishing attacks, and denial-of-service attacks. In addition, we may be the target of email scams that attempt to acquire personal information or company assets.
We have implemented processes for systems under our control intended to mitigate risks; however, we can provide no guarantee that those risk mitigation measures will be effective. While we have historically been successful in defending against cyber-attacks and breaches, given the frequency of cyber-attacks and resulting breaches reported by other businesses and governments, it is likely we will experience one or more breaches of some extent in the future. We have incurred and may in the future incur significant costs in order to implement, maintain and/or update security systems we feel are necessary to protect our information systems, or we may miscalculate the level of investment necessary to protect our systems adequately. Since the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and are often not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventive measures.
The Company’s business also requires it to share confidential information with suppliers and other third parties. Although the Company takes steps to secure confidential information that is provided to third parties, such measures may not always be effective and data breaches, losses or other unauthorized access to or releases of confidential information may occur and could materially adversely affect the Company’s reputation, financial condition and operating results and could result in liability or penalties under data privacy laws.
To the extent that any system failure, accident or security breach results in material disruptions or interruptions to our operations or the theft, loss or disclosure of, or damage to our data or confidential information, including our intellectual property, our reputation, business, results of operations and/or financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

GENERAL RISK FACTORS

We depend on highly skilled personnel to support our business operations. If we are unable to retain and motivate our current personnel or attract additional qualified personnel, our ability to develop and successfully market our products could be harmed.

We believe our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, engineering, sales and marketing personnel. The competition for qualified technical personnel with significant experience in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of integrated circuits is intense, both in the Silicon Valley where our U.S. operations are based and in global markets in which we operate. Our inability to attract and retain qualified personnel, including hardware and software engineers and sales and marketing personnel, could delay the development and introduction of, and harm our ability to sell, our products. Our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel also depends on how well we maintain a strong workplace culture that is attractive to employees. Changes to United States immigration policies that restrict our ability to attract and retain technical personnel may negatively affect our research and development efforts.

We typically do not enter into employment agreements with any of our key technical personnel and the loss of such personnel could harm our business, as their knowledge of our business and industry would be extremely difficult to replace. The impact on employee morale experienced in connection with our recent restructuring efforts and in connection with our recent acquisitions and divestiture, could make it more difficult for us to add to our workforce when needed due to speculation regarding our future reporting units.restructuring activities. In addition, as a result of our acquisitions and divestiture, our current and prospective employees may experience uncertainty about their futures that may impair our ability to retain, recruit or motivate key management, engineering, technical and other personnel.

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There can be no assurance that we will continue to declare cash dividends or effect share repurchases in any particular amount or at all, and statutory requirements under Bermuda Law may require us to defer payment of declared dividends or suspend share repurchases.

In May 2012, we declared our first quarterly cash dividend and in October 2018, we announced that our board of directors had authorized a $700 million addition to our previously existing $1 billion share repurchase program. An aggregate of $1.1 billion of shares have been repurchased under that program as of January 30, 2021. Future payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend on our common shares and future share repurchases will be subject to, among other things: the best interests of our company and our shareholders; our results of operations, cash balances and future cash requirements; financial condition; developments in ongoing litigation; statutory requirements under Bermuda law; market conditions; and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant. Our dividend payments or share repurchases may change from time to time, and we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to declare dividends or repurchase shares in any particular amounts or at all. A reduction in, a delay of, or elimination of our dividend payments or share repurchases could have a negative effect on our share price. Our share repurchase program was temporarily suspended in late March 2020 to preserve cash during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains temporarily suspended to preserve cash in anticipation of the funding of our acquisition of Inphi. Although share repurchases were temporarily suspended during this time, as of January 30, 2021, there was $564.5 million remaining available for future share repurchases under the authorization. We will continue to evaluate business conditions to decide when we can restart the share repurchase program.

Our indemnification obligations and limitations of our director and officer liability insurance may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Under Bermuda law, our articles of association and bye-laws and certain indemnification agreements to which we are a party, we have made investmentsan obligation to indemnify, or we have otherwise agreed to indemnify, certain of our current and former directors and officers with respect to past, current and future investigations and litigation. For example, we incurred significant indemnification expenses in private companies. Ifconnection with the companies thatAudit Committee's independent investigation completed in March 2016 and related shareholder litigation and government investigations. In connection with some of these matters, we investwere required to, or we otherwise agreed to, advance, and have advanced, legal fees and related expenses to certain of our current and former directors and officers. Further, in the event the directors and officers are unableultimately determined not to execute their plans and succeed in their respective markets,be entitled to indemnification, we may not benefit from such investments, and we could potentially lose thebe able to recover any amounts we invest. previously advanced to them.

We evaluatecannot provide any assurances that future indemnification claims, including the cost of fees, penalties or other expenses, will not exceed the limits of our investment portfolio on a regular basisinsurance policies, that such claims are covered by the terms of our insurance policies or that our insurance carrier will be able to determine if impairments have occurred. Ifcover our claims. Additionally, to the operationsextent there is coverage of any businessesthese claims, the insurers also may seek to deny or limit coverage in some or all of these matters.

Furthermore, the insurers could become insolvent and unable to fulfill their obligation to defend, pay or reimburse us for insured claims. Accordingly, we cannot be sure that claims will not arise that are in excess of the limits of our insurance or that are not covered by the terms of our insurance policy. Due to these coverage limitations, we have acquired declines significantly, we couldmay incur significant intangible asset impairment charges. Impairment charges couldunreimbursed costs to satisfy our indemnification obligations, which may have a material impactadverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations inor cash flows.

As we carry only limited insurance coverage, any period.incurred liability resulting from uncovered claims could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Our insurance policies may not be adequate to fully offset losses from covered incidents, and we do not have coverage for certain losses. For example, there is very limited coverage available with respect to the services provided by our third-party foundries and assembly and test subcontractors. In the event of a natural disaster (such as an earthquake or tsunami), political or military turmoil, widespread public health emergencies including pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, or other significant disruptions to their operations, insurance may not adequately protect us from this exposure. We believe our existing insurance coverage is consistent with common practice, economic considerations and availability considerations. If our insurance coverage is insufficient to protect us against unforeseen catastrophic losses, any uncovered losses could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

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If we were classified as a passive foreign investment company, there would be adverse tax consequences to U.S. holders of our ordinary shares.

If we were classified as a “passive foreign investment company” or “PFIC” under section 1297 of the Internal Revenue Code, of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for any taxable year during which a U.S. holder holds ordinary shares, such U.S. holder generally would be taxed at ordinary income tax rates on any gain realized on the sale or exchange of the ordinary shares and on any “excess distributions” (including constructive distributions) received on the ordinary shares. Such U.S. holder could also be subject to a special interest charge with respect to any such gain or excess distribution.

We would be classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which either (i) at least 75% of our gross income is passive income or (ii) on average, the percentage of our assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income is at least 50% (determined on an average gross value basis). We were not classified as a PFIC for fiscal year 20172020 or in any prior taxable year. Whether we will, in fact, be classified as a PFIC for any subsequent taxable year depends on our assets and income over the course of the relevant taxable year and, as a result, cannot be predicted with certainty. In particular, because the total value of our assets for purposes of the asset test will be calculated based upon the market price of our ordinary shares, a significant and sustained decline in the market price of our ordinary shares and corresponding market capitalization relative to our passive assets could result in our being classified as a PFIC. There can be no assurance that we will not be classified as a PFIC in the future or the Internal Revenue Service will not challenge our determination concerning PFIC status for any prior period.

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As we carry only limited insurance coverage, any incurred liability resulting from uncovered claims could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Our insurance policies may not be adequate to fully offset losses from covered incidents, and we do not have coverage for certain losses. For example, there is very limited coverage available with respect to the services provided by our third-party foundries and assembly and test subcontractors. In the event of a natural disaster (such as an earthquake or tsunami), political or military turmoil, widespread health issues or other significant disruptions to their operations, insurance may not adequately protect us from this exposure. We believe our existing insurance coverage is consistent with common practice, economic considerations and availability considerations. If our insurance coverage is insufficient to protect us against unforeseen catastrophic losses, any uncovered losses could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to the risks of owning real property.
Our buildings in Santa Clara, California; Singapore; and Shanghai, China subject us to the risks of owning real property, which include, but are not limited to:
the possibility of environmental contamination and the costs associated with remediating any environmental problems;
adverse changes in the value of these properties due to interest rate changes, changes in the neighborhood in which the property is located, or other factors;
the possible need for structural improvements in order to comply with zoning, seismic and other legal or regulatory requirements;
the potential disruption of our business and operations arising from or connected with a relocation due to moving to or renovating the facility;
increased cash commitments for improvements to the buildings or the property, or both;
increased operating expenses for the buildings or the property, or both;
possible disputes with tenants or other third parties related to the buildings or the property, or both;
failure to achieve expected cost savings due to extended non-occupancy of a vacated property intended to be leased; and
the risk of financial loss in excess of amounts covered by insurance, or uninsured risks, such as the loss caused by damage to the buildings as a result of earthquakes, floods and/or other natural disasters.
Risks Related to Owning Marvell Common Shares
There can be no assurance that we will continue to declare cash dividends or effect share repurchases in any particular amount or at all, and statutory requirements under Bermuda Law may require us to defer payment of declared dividends or suspend share repurchases.
In May 2012, we announced the declaration of our first quarterly cash dividend. In November 2016, we announced that our board of directors had authorized a $1 billion share repurchase program, of which $642 million of shares have already been repurchased. Future payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend on our common shares and future share repurchases will be subject to, among other things: the best interests of our company and our shareholders; our results of operations, cash balances and future cash requirements; financial condition; developments in ongoing litigation; statutory requirements under Bermuda law; market conditions; and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant. Our dividend payments or share repurchases may change from time to time, and we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to declare dividends or repurchase shares in any particular amounts or at all. A reduction in, a delay of, or elimination of our dividend payments or share repurchases could have a negative effect on our share price.
We are incorporated in Bermuda and, as a result, it may not be possible for our shareholders to enforce civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States. In addition, our Bye-Laws contain a waiver of claims or rights of action by our shareholders against our officers and directors, which will severely limit our shareholders’ right to assert a claim against our officers and directors under Bermuda law.
We are organized under the laws of Bermuda. As a result, it may not be possible for our shareholders to affect service of process within the United States upon us, or to enforce against us in U.S. courts judgments based on the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States. There is significant doubt as to whether the courts of Bermuda would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or our directors or officers based on the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state, or hear actions brought in Bermuda against us or those persons based on those laws. The United States and Bermuda do not currently have a treaty providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. Therefore, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by any federal or state court in the United States based on civil liability, whether or not based solely on U.S. federal or state securities laws, would not be automatically enforceable in Bermuda.

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Our Bye-Laws contain a broad waiver by our shareholders of any claim or right of action, both individually and on our behalf, against any of our officers and directors. The waiver applies to any action taken by an officer or director, or the failure of an officer or director to take any action, in the performance of his or her duties with or for us, other than with respect to any matter involving any fraud or dishonesty on the part of the officer or director or to any matter arising under U.S. federal securities laws. This waiver will limit the rights of our shareholders to assert claims against our officers and directors unless the act complained of involves fraud or dishonesty or arises as a result of a breach of U.S. federal securities laws. Therefore, so long as acts of business judgment do not involve fraud or dishonesty or arise as a result of a breach of U.S. federal securities laws, they will not be subject to shareholder claims under Bermuda law. For example, shareholders will not have claims against officers and directors for a breach of trust, unless the breach rises to the level of fraud or dishonesty, or arises as a result of a breach of U.S. federal securities laws.
Our Bye-Laws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change in corporate control, even if the change in corporate control would benefit our shareholders.
Our Bye-Laws contain change in corporate control provisions, which include authorizing the issuance of preferred shares without shareholder approval. This provision could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so would benefit our shareholders.

Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.


Item 2.Properties
Item 2.    Properties
The following table presents the approximate square footage of our significant owned and leased facilities as of February 3, 2018:January 30, 2021:
(Square Feet)
LocationsPrimary UseOwned FacilitiesLeased Facilities (1)
United StatesResearch and design, sales and marketing, administration and operations983,000 438,000 
IndiaResearch and design— 263,000 
IsraelResearch and design— 220,000 
ChinaResearch and design, and sales and marketing116,000 46,000 
TaiwanResearch and design— 49,000 
SingaporeOperations, and research and design— 55,000 
Total1,099,000 1,071,000 
    (Square feet)
Locations Primary Use Owned Facilities Leased Facilities (1)
United States Headquarters in Santa Clara, California: Research and design, sales and marketing, administration and operations 993,000
 230,000
China Research and design, and sales and marketing 115,000
 227,000
Singapore Operations, and research and design 340,000
 —
Israel Research and design —
 345,000
  Total 1,448,000
 802,000

(1)Lease terms expire in various years from 20172021 through 2025.2030, provided, however, that we have the option to extend certain leases past the current lease term. We have ceased-use lease facilities and subleased facilities of approximately 442,010 square feet in the United States that are excluded from the table above.
We also lease smaller facilities in Denmark, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the Netherlands and Vietnam,various international locations, which are occupied by administrative, sales, design and field application personnel. Based upon our estimates ofon the potential for future hiring, we believe that our current facilities in most locations will be adequate to meet our requirements at least through the next fiscal year.


Item 3.Legal Proceedings
Item 3.    Legal Proceedings
The information set forth under “Note 10 —12 - Commitments and Contingencies” in our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference. For a discussion of certain risks associated with legal proceedings, please see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” above.


Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures
Not Applicable.

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PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Item 5.    Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
Our common shares are traded on the NASDAQNasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “MRVL.” Our common shares began trading on June 27, 2000, upon completion of our initial public offering. For fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017, the following table shows for the periods indicated the high and low sales prices for our common shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
  Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2017
  High Low High Low
First Quarter $16.72
 $14.58
 $11.00
 $8.32
Second Quarter $18.18
 $14.64
 $12.05
 $9.05
Third Quarter $18.88
 $14.87
 $13.61
 $11.27
Fourth Quarter $24.22
 $17.85
 $15.45
 $12.30
As of March 22, 2018,9, 2021, the approximate number of record holders of our common shares was 413513 (not including beneficial owners of stock held in street name).
Stock Price Performance Graph
This performance graph shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return of our common shares with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index since February 2, 2013January 30, 2016 through February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021. The graph compares a $100 investment on February 2, 2013January 30, 2016 in our common shares with a $100 investment on February 2, 2013January 30, 2016 in each index and assumes that any dividends were reinvested. Shareholder returns over the indicated periods should not be considered indicative of future stock prices or shareholder returns.

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Marvell Technology Group Ltd.100.00 174.10 262.33 218.12 287.74 620.20 
S&P 500100.00 120.87 148.47 148.38 180.37 211.48 
PHLX Semiconductor100.00 159.88 222.64 221.67 314.23 515.27 
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 2/2/2013 2/1/2014 1/31/2015 1/30/2016 1/28/2017 2/3/2018
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.100.00
 160.29
 169.02
 98.68
 171.81
 258.87
S&P 500100.00
 120.30
 137.42
 136.50
 164.99
 202.66
PHLX Semiconductor100.00
 128.14
 160.88
 154.01
 246.23
 342.89

Dividends
Our board of directors declared quarterly cash dividends of $0.06 per share payable to holders of our common shares in each quarter of fiscal 2018, 20172021, 2020 and 2016.2019. As a result, we paid total cash dividends of $119.3$160.6 million in fiscal 2018, $122.32021, $159.6 million in fiscal 2017,2020, and $122.8$148.1 million in fiscal 2016.2019.
Future payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s common shares will be subject to, among other things, the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, the Company’s results of operations, cash balances and future cash requirements, financial condition, developments in ongoing litigation, statutory requirements under Bermuda law and other factors that the Company’s boardour Board of directorsDirectors may deem relevant. The Company’s dividend payments may change from time to time, and we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to declare dividends at all or in any particular amounts.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
There were noOur share repurchasesrepurchase program was temporarily suspended in late March 2020 to preserve cash during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains temporarily suspended to preserve cash in anticipation of the funding of our acquisition of Inphi. As a result, we did not repurchase any shares during the three months ended February 3, 2018.

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On November 17, 2016,January 30, 2021. We will continue to evaluate business conditions to decide when we can restart the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a $1 billion share repurchase plan. This stock repurchase program replaced in its entirety a prior $3.25 billion stock repurchase program. We intend to effectAlthough share repurchases in accordance with the conditionsare temporarily suspended, we have $564.5 million of Rule 10b-18repurchase authority remaining under the Exchange Act, but may also make repurchases in the open market outside of Rule 10b-18 or in privately negotiated transactions. Theour current share repurchase program will be subject to market conditions and other factors and does not obligate us to repurchase any dollar amount or number of our common shares and the repurchase program may be extended, modified, suspended or discontinued at any time.program.
From August 2010 when our Board of Directors initially authorized a share repurchase program through February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, a total of 286.4308.1 million shares have been repurchased to date under the Company’s share repurchase program for a total $3.8$4.3 billion in cash and $358.0$564.5 million wasremains available for future share repurchases.

Item 6.Selected Financial Data
The following selected consolidated financial data should be read together with Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” contained elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In connection with the November 2016 announcement of our plan to restructure our operations to refocus our research and development, increase operational efficiency and improve profitability, we have divested three businesses. As required, we have retrospectively recast our consolidated statements of operations and balance sheets for all periods presented to reflect these businesses as discontinued operations.
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February 3,
2018 (1)
 January 28,
2017 (2)		 January 30,
2016 (3)		 January 31,
2015		 February 1,
2014
 (in thousands, except per share amounts and number of employees)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:         
Net revenue$2,409,170
 $2,300,992
 $2,602,497
 $3,585,226
 $3,307,150
Cost of goods sold$947,230
 $1,017,564
 $1,406,121
 $1,766,126
 $1,592,811
Research and development$714,444
 $805,029
 $954,653
 $1,040,838
 $1,040,965
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations$429,695
 $130,407
 $(745,410) $488,745
 $373,555
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax$433,142
 $74,821
 $(738,441) $516,801
 $409,570
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax$87,689
 $(53,670) $(72,959) $(81,455) $(94,250)
Net income (loss)$520,831
 $21,151
 $(811,400) $435,346
 $315,320
Income (loss) from continuing operations per share:         
     Basic$0.87
 $0.15
 $(1.45) $1.01
 $0.82
     Diluted$0.85
 $0.14
 $(1.45) $1.00
 $0.82
Income (loss) from discontinued operations per share:         
     Basic$0.18
 $(0.11) $(0.14) $(0.16) $(0.19)
     Diluted$0.17
 $(0.10) $(0.14) $(0.16) $(0.19)
Net income (loss) per share:         
     Basic$1.05
 $0.04
 $(1.59) $0.85
 $0.64
     Diluted$1.02
 $0.04
 $(1.59) $0.84
 $0.63
Weighted average shares:         
     Basic498,008
 509,738
 510,945
 511,089
 496,518
     Diluted509,667
 517,513
 510,945
 520,760
 504,413
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:         
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments$1,841,272
 $1,668,360
 $2,282,749
 $2,529,555
 $1,969,405
Working capital$1,942,813
 $1,794,018
 $1,751,295
 $2,765,908
 $2,251,499
Total assets$4,708,287
 $4,648,650
 $5,442,127
 $5,884,387
 $5,451,010
Total shareholders’ equity$4,141,413
 $4,027,651
 $4,140,123
 $5,146,089
 $4,675,910
Other Data:         
Cash dividends declared per share$0.24
 $0.24
 $0.24
 $0.24
 $0.24
Number of employees3,749
 4,617
 5,437
 7,163
 7,355

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(1)Fiscal 2018 includes a $74.4 million charge related to the Luna litigation settlement and related costs.
(2)Fiscal 2017 includes $96.8 million of restructuring and other related charges that include $52.6 million for impairment of a nonrefundable deposit due to the non-utilization of the related contract and for impairment of certain equipment and technology licenses. Fiscal 2017 also included $68.0 million of tax expense related to restructuring actions taken.
(3)Fiscal 2016 includes $751.4 million of charges for litigation matters recognized by the Company including a $736.0 million charge related to the $750 million settlement reached with CMU, as well as certain other pending litigation. In addition, fiscal 2016 included $63.5 million of restructuring and other related charges that include $8.0 million for impairment of certain equipment and technology licenses, and $8.0 million for the write down of inventory due to the restructuring of the mobile platform business, a charge for a cash payment authorized by our Board of Directors of $15.4 million to our former CEO Dr. Sehat Sutardja and $11.4 million of costs for the surety bonds related to the litigation with CMU.

Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 7.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, including those discussed under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Overview
We are a leading supplier of infrastructure semiconductor solutions, spanning the data center core to network edge. We are a fabless semiconductor supplier of high-performance standard and semi-custom products with core strengths in developing and scaling complex System-on-a-Chip architectures integrating analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing functionality. Leveraging leading intellectual property and deep system-level expertise as well as highly innovative security firmware, our solutions are empowering the data economy and enabling communications across 5G, cloud, automotive, industrial and artificial intelligence applications.
Net revenue in fiscal 20182021 was $2.4$3.0 billion and was 5%10% higher than net revenue of $2.3$2.7 billion in fiscal 2017.2020. The increase was primarily due to an 8%a 22% increase in sales of our networking products, a 1% increase in sales of our storage products, and a 14% increase in sales of our connectivity products,partially offset by an 18%a 27% decrease in sales of our other products.
In response to growth in demand from customers for our products, our operations team is continuing to ramp production with our global supply chain partners. However, we have begun to experience a number of industry-wide supply constraints affecting the type of high complexity products we provide for data infrastructure. These supply challenges are currently limiting our ability to fully satisfy the increase in demand for some of our products.
We continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on our business. While many of our offices around the world remain open to enable critical on-site business functions in accordance with local government guidelines, the majority of our employees continue to work from home. During fiscal 2021, some of our customers have reported adverse impacts on demand for their products due to COVID-19. We have seen a reduction in demand for products from customers in the enterprise networking, and enterprise server and storage end markets. We expect COVID-19 to continue to impact our business and for a further discussion of the uncertainties and business risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” including but not limited to the risk detailed under the caption “We face risks related to COVID-19 pandemic which could significantly disrupt our manufacturing, research and development, operations, sales and financial results.”
We expect that the U.S. government's export restrictions on certain Chinese customers will continue to impact our revenue in fiscal year 2022. Moreover, concerns that U.S. companies may not be reliable suppliers as a result of these and other actions has caused, and may in the future cause, some of our customers in China to amass large inventories of our products well in advance of need or cause some of our customers to replace our products in favor of products from other suppliers. Customers in China may also choose to develop indigenous solutions, as replacements for products that are subject to U.S. export controls. In addition, there may be indirect impacts to our business that we can not easily quantify such as the fact that some of our other customers' products which use our solutions may also be impacted by export restrictions.
Our fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to January 31. Accordingly, every fifth or sixth fiscal year will have a 53-week period. The additional week in a 53-week year is added to the fourth quarter, making such quarter consist of 14 weeks. Fiscal 2018 is a 53-week year. Fiscal 2017 and 2016 each2020 had a 52-week period. Fiscal 2021 is a 52-week period.
As discussed in Note 1, duringPending Business Combination. On October 29, 2020, we entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Inphi Corporation (“Inphi”), whereby we will acquire Inphi with cash and stock consideration. Under the first fiscal quarterterms of 2018,the agreement, we recorded certain out-of-period adjustments of $4.7 million related to revenue-related accruals and $3.2 million related to other expenses. The net effect of these out-of-period adjustments resulted in a $7.9 million increase in income from continuing operations for the year ended February 3, 2018, an increase in basic earningswill pay Inphi's stockholders $66 per share from continuing operationsin cash and 2.323 common shares for each Inphi share, which represented purchase consideration of $0.02 per share,approximately $10 billion. The merger consideration will be financed by new debt financing and an increaseissuance of our common shares. The transaction is expected to close in diluted earnings per share from continuing operationsthe second half of $0.02 per share,calendar 2021, pending approval by Inphi's and our shareholders, as well as contributingregulatory approval and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. As a result of the transaction, the parent company will be domiciled in the United States upon closing of the transaction.
Inphi is a global leader in high-speed data movement enabled by optical interconnects. Their product portfolio includes laser drivers, TIA (Trans-Impedance Amplifiers), PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation) and Coherent DSPs (Digital Signal Processors) and data center interconnects. We and Inphi both have growing positions in carrier and datacenter, and Inphi’s high-speed electro-optics platform is highly complementary to our storage, networking, compute, and security portfolio. Inphi’s electro-optics portfolio combined with our copper Ethernet PHY franchise is expected to create an industry-leading high-speed data interconnect platform serving the enterprise, carrier, data center, and automotive end markets.
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Restructuring. We continuously evaluate our existing operations to increase in revenueoperational efficiency, decrease costs and gross margins forincrease profitability. In July 2018, as part of the year ended February 3, 2018.
Restructuring. In November 2016,integration of the acquired Cavium business, we announcedinitiated a restructuring plan intended to refocusachieve these goals. As part of this restructuring plan, revenue from our researchformer Networking and development, increase operational efficiency and improve profitability. Connectivity product groups were combined into one group named Networking. In December 2019, as part of the integration of the acquired Avera business, we initiated a restructuring plan intended to further achieve the aforementioned goals.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2021, we made changes to the scope of our server processor product line in response to changes in the associated market. We transitioned our product offering from standard server processors to the broad server market to focus only on customized server processors for a few targeted customers. This change in strategy required the Company to assess whether the carrying value of the associated assets would be recoverable. As a result of the assessment, we determined the carrying amount of certain impacted assets were not recoverable, which have resulted in recognition of $119.0 million of restructuring related charges associated with the server processor product line during the second quarter of fiscal 2021. See “Note 6 - Restructuring” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
During fiscal 2018,2021, we recorded restructuring and other related charges of $5.3$180.4 million. In connection with our restructuring plan, we divested three businesses during fiscal 2018. During the year ended February 3, 2018, we received cash proceeds of $165.9 million and recognized a gain on sale of $88.4 million from the sales of our Multimedia, LTE thin-modem, and Broadband businesses. These businesses are classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented in our accompanying consolidated financial statements. See “Note 3 - Discontinued Operations” and "Note 46 - Restructuring and Other Related Charges"Charges” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information. Unless noted otherwise, our discussion under Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations refers to our continuing operations.
Capital Return Program. Our financial position is strong and we We remain committed to delivering shareholder value through our share repurchase and dividend programs. IncludingOn October 16, 2018, we announced that our stockBoard of Directors authorized a $700 million addition to the balance of our existing share repurchase plan. Under the program authorized by our Board of Directors, we may repurchase shares in the open-market or through privately negotiated transactions. The extent to which we repurchase our shares and the timing of such repurchases will depend upon market conditions and other corporate considerations, as determined by our management team. The share repurchase program was temporarily suspended in late March 2020 to preserve cash during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains temporarily suspended to preserve cash in anticipation of the funding of our acquisition of Inphi. As a result, we did not repurchase any shares subsequent to the first quarter of fiscal 2021. We will continue to evaluate business conditions to decide when we can restart the share repurchase program. As of January 30, 2021, there was $564.5 million remaining available for future share repurchases. See “Note 13 - Shareholder’s Equity” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
We returned $646.8$185.8 million to stockholders in fiscal 2018,2021, including $527.6$25.2 million through repurchases of common stock and $119.3$160.6 million of cash dividends.
Cash and Short-Term Investments. Our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were $1.8 billion$748.5 million at January 30, 2021, which was $100.9 million higher than our balance at our fiscal year ended February 3, 2018.1, 2020 of $647.6 million. We had cash flow provided by operations of $571.1$817.3 million through the fourth quarter ofduring fiscal 2018, primarily due to our net income of $520.8 million.2021.

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Pending Business Combination. On November 19, 2017, we entered into an agreementSales and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Cavium, Inc. ("Cavium"), pursuant to which one of our subsidiaries will merge with and into Cavium, with Cavium surviving and becoming one of our wholly-owned indirect subsidiary (the “Merger”). Cavium is a provider of highly integrated semiconductor processors that enable intelligent processing for wired and wireless infrastructure and cloud for networking, communications, storage and security applications. The Merger is primarily intended to create an opportunity for the combined company to emerge as a leader in infrastructure solutions.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we will issue 2.1757 common shares and pay $40.00 per share in cash, without interest, for each share of Cavium common stock. The merger consideration will be financed by a mix of cash, new debt financing and issuance of our common stock.
Consummation of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including, without limitation: (i) the required approval by Cavium shareholders and our shareholders, which was obtained on March 16, 2018; (ii) the expiration or early termination of the waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, which expired on January 26, 2018, (iii) the receipt of CFIUS approval, and (iv) the receipt of certain foreign regulatory approvals. In certain circumstances, a termination fee of up to $180 million may be payable by us or Cavium upon termination of the transaction, as more fully described in the Merger Agreement.
Significant CustomersCustomer Composition.
Historically, a relatively small number of customers have accounted for a significant portion of our net revenue. See the table in our discussion of “Customers, Sales and Marketing” in Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information. We continuously monitor the creditworthiness of our distributors and believe these distributors’ sales to diverse end customers and geographies further serve to mitigate our exposure to credit risk.
Most of our sales are made to customers located outside of the United States, primarily in Asia.Asia, and majority of our products are manufactured outside the United States. Sales shipped to customers with operations in Asia represented approximately 95%80% of our net revenues in fiscal 2018, 94%2021 and 82% of our net revenue in fiscal 20172020 and 96%85% of our net revenue in fiscal 2016.2019. Because many manufacturers and manufacturing subcontractors of our customers are located in Asia, we expect that most of our net revenue will continue to be represented by sales to our customers in that region. For risks related to our global operations, see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” including but not limited to the risk detailed under the caption “We face additional risks due to the extent of our global operations since a majority of our products, and those of our customers, are manufactured and sold outside of the United States. The occurrence of any or a combination of the additional risks described below would significantly and negatively impact our business and results of operations.”
AHistorically, a relatively large portion of our sales have historically been made on the basis of purchase orders rather than long-term agreements. Customers can generally cancel or defer purchase orders on short notice without incurring a significant penalty. In addition, the development process for our products is long, which may cause us to experience a delay between the time we incur expenses and the time revenue is generated from these expenditures. We anticipate that the rate of new orders may vary significantly from quarter to quarter. Consequently, if anticipatedFor risks related to our sales cycle, see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” including but not limited to the risk detailed under the caption, “We are subject to order and shipmentsshipment uncertainties. If we are unable to accurately predict customer demand, we may hold excess or obsolete inventory, which would reduce our gross margin. Conversely, we may have insufficient inventory, which would result in any quarter do not occur when expected, expenseslost revenue opportunities and inventory levels could be disproportionately high, and our operating results for that quarter and future quarters may be adversely affected.potential loss of market share as well as damaged customer relationships.”
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“of America(“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, provisions for sales returns and allowances, share-based compensation, income taxes, inventory excess and obsolescence, goodwill and other intangible assets, restructuring, litigation and other contingencies.business combinations. We base our estimates of the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances when these carrying values are not readily available from other sources. Actual results could differ from these estimates, and such differences could affect the results of operations reported in future periods. In the current macroeconomic environment affected by COVID-19, our estimates could require increased judgment and carry a higher degree of variability and volatility. We continue to monitor and assess our estimates in light of developments, and as events continue to evolve and additional information becomes available, our estimates may change materially in future periods. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. For further information on our significant accounting policies, see “Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenue Recognition.   We recognize revenue upon transfer of control of promised products or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for those products or services. Under the revenue recognition standard, we apply the following five step approach: (1) identify the contract with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied.
We enter into contracts that may include various combinations of products and services that are capable of being distinct and accounted for as separate performance obligations. To date, the majority of the revenue has been generated by sales associated with storage and networking products. Revenue from services has been insignificant. Performance obligations associated with product sales transactions are generally satisfied when control passes to customers upon shipment. Accordingly, product revenue is recognized at a point in time when control of the asset is transferred to the customer. We recognize revenue when there is persuasive evidencewe satisfy a performance obligation by transferring control of an arrangement, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collection is reasonably assured. If we grant extended payment terms greater than our standard terms fora product to a customer suchin an amount that collectabilityreflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. For product revenue, the performance obligation is not assured,deemed to be the revenuedelivery of the product and therefore, the corresponding cost of goods sold are deferred upon shipment and will be recognized when the payment becomes due provided all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied.

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Product revenue is generally recognized upon shipment of product to customers, net of accruals for estimated sales returns and rebates. However, someThese estimates are based on historical returns, analysis of credit memo data and other known factors. Actual returns could differ from these estimates. We account for rebates by recording reductions to revenue for rebates in the same period that the related revenue is recorded. The amount of these reductions is based upon the terms agreed to with the customer. Some of our sales are made throughto distributors under agreements allowing for price protection, price discounts and limited rights of stock rotation on productproducts unsold by the distributors. Although titleControl passes to the distributor upon shipment, and terms and payment by our distributors is not contingent on resale of the product. Product revenue on sales made throughto distributors with price protection and stock rotation rights is deferred untilrecognized upon shipment to distributors, with an accrual for the distributors sell the product to end customers. Deferred revenue less the related cost of the inventories is reported as deferred income. We do not believe that there is any significant exposure related to impairment of deferred costvariable consideration aspect of sales as ourto distributors, estimated based on historical returns have been minimalexperience, including estimates for price discounts, price protection, rebates, and inventory turnover for our distributors generally rangesstock rotation programs. Actual variable consideration could differ from 60 to 90 days. Our sales to direct customers are made primarily pursuant to standard purchase orders for delivery of products.these estimates.
A portion of our net revenue is derived from sales through third-party logistics providers who maintain warehouses in close proximity to our customer’s facilities. Revenue from sales through these third-party logistics providers is not recognized until the product is pulled from stock by the customer.
Our products are generally subject to warranty, which provides for the estimated future costs of replacement upon shipment of the product. Our products carry a standard one-year warranty, with certain exceptions in which the warranty period can extend to more than one year based on contractual agreements. The provision forwarranty accrual is estimated sales returns and allowances on product sales is recorded in the same period the related revenues are recorded. These estimates areprimarily based on historical sales returns, analysisclaims compared to historical revenues and assumes that we will have to replace products subject to a claim. From time to time, we become aware of credit memo dataspecific warranty situations, and other known factors. In addition, paymentswe record specific accruals to our customers, in cases where products with potential quality issues arecover these exposures. Warranty expenses were not returned to us and the related quality issue can otherwise not be verified, or where the amount of the payment is not sufficiently supported by the fair value of the quality issue, may be recorded as a reduction of revenue. Actual returns could differ from these estimates. We account for rebates by recording reductions to revenue in the same period that the related revenue is recorded. The amount of these reductions is based upon the terms agreed to with the customers.
Share-Based Compensation.    We measure our share-based compensation at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and recognize expense over the requisite service period. We amortize share-based compensation expense for time-based awards under the straight-line attribution method over the vesting period. Share-based compensation expense for performance-based awards is recognized when it becomes probable that the performance conditions will be met. Once it becomes probable that a performance-based award will vest, we recognize compensation expense equal to the number of shares expected to vest multiplied by the fair value of the award at the grant date, which is amortized using the accelerated method. In the case of performance-based awards based on total shareholder return (“TSR”), share-based compensation expense is amortized over the requisite service period. For stock purchase rights under the stock purchase plan, the Company amortizes share-based compensation expense ratably over the two-year offering period.
We estimate the fair value of time-based stock option and stock purchase awards on the date of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of TSR awards is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model since the award is indexed to the price of our common stock as set forth under the terms of the award. The value of the portion of the awards that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods. The Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo models incorporate various highly subjective assumptions including expected term of awards, expected future stock price volatility, expected dividend yield and risk-free interest rate.
In developing estimates used to calculate assumptions, we establish the expected term for employee stock options based on the historical settlement experience and after giving consideration to vesting schedules. Assumptions for stock option exercises were stratified by two employee groups and one employee/non-employee group with sufficiently distinct behavior patterns. Expected volatility was developed based on historical stock price volatility. The expected dividend yield is calculated by dividing annualized dividend payments by the closing stock price on the grant date of the option.
The fair value of restricted stock units is estimated based on the market price of the Company’s common shares on the date of grant less the expected dividend yield. Additionally, for certain of our performance-based awards, we make subjective assumptions regarding the likelihood that the related performance metrics will be met. These forecast assumptions are based on various revenue and operating performance criteria. Changes in our actual performance could cause a significant adjustment in future periods for these performance-based awards.
Forfeitures are recorded as they occur. Previously recognized share-based compensation expense is reversedmaterial for the portion of awards forfeited prior to vesting as and when forfeitures occurred. The expense we recognize in future periods could be affected by changes in forfeitures and may differ significantly from amounts recognized in the current period and/or our forecasts.
Accounting for Income Taxes.    We estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our actual tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from the differing treatment of certain items for tax return and financial statement purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included in our consolidated balance sheets.

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We recognize income taxes using an asset and liability approach. This approach requires the recognition of taxes payable or refundable for the current year, and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our consolidated financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of current and deferred taxes is based on provisions of the enacted tax law and the effects of future changes in tax laws or rates are not anticipated.
Evaluating the need for an amount of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets often requires judgment and analysis of all the positive and negative evidence available, including cumulative losses in recent years and projected future taxable income, to determine whether all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Using available evidence and judgment, we establish a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, when it is determined that it is more likely than not that they will not be realized. Valuation allowances have been provided primarily against the U.S. research and development credits. Valuation allowances have also been provided against certain acquired operating losses and the deferred tax assets of foreign subsidiaries. A change in the assessment of the realization of deferred tax assets may materially impact our tax provision in the period in which a change of assessment occurs.
As a multinational corporation, we conduct our business in many countries and are subject to taxation in many jurisdictions. The taxation of our business is subject to the application of various and sometimes conflicting tax laws and regulations as well as multinational tax conventions. Our effective tax rate is highly dependent upon the geographic distribution of our worldwide earnings or losses, the tax regulations and tax holidays in each geographic region, the availability of tax credits and carryforwards, and the effectiveness of our tax planning strategies. The application of tax laws and regulations is subject to legal and factual interpretation, judgment and uncertainty. Tax laws themselves are subject to change as a result of changes in fiscal policy, changes in legislation, and the evolution of regulations and court rulings. Consequently, taxing authorities may impose tax assessments or judgments against us that could materially impact our tax liability and/or our effective income tax rate.
We are subject to income tax audits by the respective tax authorities in all of the jurisdictions in which we operate. We recognize the effect of income tax positions only if these positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. We record interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. The calculation of our tax liabilities involves the inherent uncertainty associated with the application of GAAP and complex tax laws. We believe we have adequately provided for in our financial statements additional taxes that we estimate may be required to be paid as a result of such examinations. While we believe that we have adequately provided for all tax positions, amounts asserted by tax authorities could be greater or less than our accrued position. These tax liabilities, including the interest and penalties, are released pursuant to a settlement with tax authorities, completion of audit or expiration of various statutes of limitation. The material jurisdictions in which we may be subject to potential examination by tax authorities throughout the world include China, Israel, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States.
The recognition and measurement of current taxes payable or refundable, and deferred tax assets and liabilities require that we make certain estimates and judgments. Changes to these estimates or a change in judgment may have a material impact on our tax provision in a future period.
Inventories.Inventories.We value our inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value, cost being determined under the first-in, first-out method. We regularly review inventory quantities on hand and record a reduction to the total carrying value of our inventory for any difference between cost and estimated net realizable value of inventory that is determined to be excess, obsolete or unsellable inventory based primarily on our estimated forecast of product demand and production requirements. The estimate of future demand is compared to our inventory levels, including open purchase commitments, to determine the amount, if any, of obsolete or excess inventory. Demand for our products can fluctuate significantly from period to period. A significant decrease in demand could result in an increase in the amount of excess inventory on hand. In addition, our industry is characterized by rapid technological change, frequent new product development and rapid product obsolescence that could result in an increase in the amount of obsolete inventory quantities on hand. Additionally, our estimates of future product demand and judgement to determine excess inventory may prove to be inaccurate, in which case we may have understated or overstated the reduction to the total carrying value of our inventory for excess and obsolete inventory. In the future, if our inventory is determined to be overvalued, we would be required to recognize such costs in our cost of goods sold at the time of such determination. Likewise, if our inventory is determined to be undervalued, we may have over-reported our cost of goods sold in previous periods and would be required to recognize additional gross margin at the time the related inventory is sold. Therefore, although we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of our forecasts of future product demand, any significant unanticipated changes in demand or technological developments could have a significant impact on the value of our inventory and our results of operations.

Accounting for Income Taxes.    We estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our actual tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from the differing treatment of certain items for tax return and financial statement purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included in our consolidated balance sheets.
We recognize income taxes using an asset and liability approach. This approach requires the recognition of taxes payable or refundable for the current year, and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our consolidated financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of current and deferred taxes is based on provisions of the enacted tax law and the effects of future changes in tax laws or rates are not anticipated.
Evaluating the need for a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets requires judgment and analysis of all the positive and negative evidence available, including cumulative losses in recent years and projected future taxable income, to determine whether all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Using available evidence and judgment, we establish a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, when it is determined that it is more likely than not that they will not be realized. Valuation allowances have been provided primarily against the U.S. research and development credits. Valuation allowances have also been provided against certain acquired operating losses and the deferred tax assets of foreign subsidiaries. A change in the assessment of the realization of deferred tax assets may materially impact our tax provision in the period in which a change of assessment occurs. Taxes due on future Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) exclusions in U.S. are recognized as a current period expense when incurred.
As a multinational corporation, we conduct our business in many countries and are subject to taxation in many jurisdictions. The taxation of our business is subject to the application of various and sometimes conflicting tax laws and regulations as well as multinational tax conventions. Our effective tax rate is highly dependent upon the geographic distribution of our worldwide earnings or losses, tax laws and regulations in various jurisdictions, tax incentives, the availability of tax credits and loss carryforwards, and the effectiveness of our tax planning strategies, which includes our estimates of the fair value of our intellectual property. The application of tax laws and regulations is subject to legal and factual interpretation, judgment and uncertainty. Tax laws themselves are subject to change as a result of changes in fiscal policy, changes in legislation, and the evolution of regulations and court rulings. Consequently, taxing authorities may impose tax assessments or judgments against us that could materially impact our tax liability and/or our effective income tax rate.
We are subject to income tax audits by the respective tax authorities in the jurisdictions in which we operate. We recognize the effect of income tax positions only if these positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is more than 50% likely to be realized. Changes in recognition or measurement with respect to our uncertain tax positions are reflected in the period in which a change in judgment occurs. We record interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. The calculation of our tax liabilities involves the inherent uncertainty associated with complex tax laws. We believe we have adequately provided for in our financial statements additional taxes that we estimate to be required as a result of such examinations. While we believe that we have adequately provided for all tax positions, amounts asserted by tax authorities could be greater or less than our accrued position. Any unpaid tax liabilities, including the interest and penalties, are released pursuant to a final settlement with tax authorities, completion of audit or expiration of various statutes of limitation. The material jurisdictions in which we are subject to potential examination by tax authorities throughout the world include China, India, Israel, Singapore, Germany, and the United States.
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The recognition and measurement of current taxes payable or refundable, and deferred tax assets and liabilities require that we make certain estimates and judgments. Changes to these estimates or judgments may have a material effect on our income tax provision in a future period.
Long-lived Assets and Intangible Assets.    We assess the impairment of long-lived assets and intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review include, but are not limited to the following:
•significant decreases in the market price of the asset;
•significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal factors;
•accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset;
•current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the asset; and
•current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be sold or disposed of significantly before the end of its estimated useful life.
Whenever events or changes in circumstances suggest that the carrying amount of long-lived assets and intangible assets may not be recoverable, we estimate the future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset from its use or eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of those assets, we recognize an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. Significant management judgment is required in the forecasts of future operating results that are used in the discounted cash flow method of valuation. These significant judgments may include future expected revenue, expenses, capital expenditures and other costs, discount rates and whether or not alternative uses are available for impacted long-lived assets.
Goodwill.    We record goodwill when the consideration paid for a business acquisition exceeds the fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired. We review goodwill for impairment annually on the last business day of our fiscal fourth quarter, and more frequently, if an event occurs or circumstances change that indicate the fair value of the reporting unit may be below its carrying amount. We have identified that our business operates as a single operating segment which can further be divided into two components; Storage,Networking and Networking & Connectivity. ManagementStorage. We concluded that goodwill is recoverable from these two components working jointly due to a fact pattern demonstrating significant sharing of assets, corporate resources, and benefits from common research and development. The two components also exhibit similar economic characteristics. Accordingly, management concluded that these two components should be aggregated into a single reporting unit for purposes of testing goodwill impairment. As part of our restructuring announced in November 2016, our former Smart Networked Devices and Solutions component was renamed to Networking & Connectivity.
When testing goodwill for impairment, we first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value or we may determine to proceed directly to the quantitative impairment test.
Factors we consider important in the qualitative assessment which could trigger a goodwill impairment review include;
•significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results;
•significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business;
•significant negative industry or economic trends;
•a significant decline in our stock price for a sustained period; and
•a significant change in our market capitalization relative to our net book value.
If we assess qualitative factors and conclude that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, or if we determine not to use qualitative assessment, then a quantitative impairment test is performed. The quantitative impairment test requires comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its net bookcarrying value, including goodwill. An impairment exists if the fair value of the reporting unit is lower than its net bookcarrying value. We would record an impairment loss for the difference in the fiscal quarter in which an impairment determination is made. Determining the fair value of a reporting unit involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions.
In connection with the restructuring plan we announced in November 2016 (see “Note 4 - Restructuring and Other Related Charges”), our Board of Directors approved a plan to sell certain businesses that are classified and reported in the consolidated statement of operations as discontinued operations. As a result, goodwill was allocated to these businesses based on relative fair value since each represents a portion of our reporting unit. We obtained an independent valuation to determine the fair value of these businesses for purposes of allocating the goodwill. Although we engaged an independent valuation specialist to provide the fair value calculations, management provided the necessary estimates used in the specialists calculations. Significant management judgment is required in determining the estimations of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, the long-term rate of growth for our business, the life over which cash flows will occur, and the weighted average cost of capital. Management assumes full responsibility for the valuation results and the accuracy and completeness of the underlying financial data and corresponding assumptions.

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As of the last day of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018,2021, we performed our annual impairment assessment for testing goodwill. A step one assessment was performed. Based on our assessment, we determined there was no goodwill impairment.
Legal Contingencies.    From time to time, we are involved in legal actions or other third-party assertions arising in
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Business Combinations. We allocate the ordinary coursefair value of business. There can be no assurance these actions or other third-party assertions will be resolved without costly litigation, in a manner that does not adversely impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows or without requiring royalty payments in the future, which may adversely impact gross margins. We record a liability when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In determining the probabilitypurchase consideration of a lossbusiness acquisition to the tangible assets, liabilities, and consequently, determiningintangible assets acquired, including in-process research and development (“IPR&D”), based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. IPR&D is initially capitalized at fair value as an intangible asset with an indefinite life and assessed for impairment thereafter. When an IPR&D project is completed, the IPR&D is reclassified as an amortizable purchased intangible asset and amortized over the asset’s estimated useful life. Our valuation of acquired assets and assumed liabilities requires significant estimates, especially with respect to intangible assets. The valuation of intangible assets, in particular, requires that we use valuation techniques such as the income approach. The income approach includes the use of a discounted cash flow model, which includes discounted cash flow scenarios and requires the following significant estimates: future expected revenue, expenses, capital expenditures and other costs, and discount rates. We estimate the fair value based upon assumptions we believe to be reasonable, estimate, management is required to use significant judgment. Given the uncertaintiesbut which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates. Estimates associated with any litigation, the actual outcome can be different than our estimatesaccounting for acquisitions may change as additional information becomes available regarding the assets acquired and could adversely affect our results of operations, financial positionliabilities assumed. Acquisition-related expenses and cash flows.related restructuring costs are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred.


Results of Operations - Continuing Operations
Years Ended January 30, 2021 and February 1, 2020
The following table sets forth information derived from our consolidated statements of operations expressed as a percentage of net revenue:
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Net revenue100.0 %100.0 %
Cost of goods sold49.9 49.7 
Gross profit50.1 50.3 
Operating expenses:
Research and development36.1 40.0 
Selling, general and administrative15.7 17.3 
Legal settlement1.2 — 
Restructuring related charges5.8 2.0 
Total operating expenses58.8 59.3 
Operating income (loss)(8.7)(9.0)
Interest income0.1 0.2 
Interest expense(2.3)(3.2)
Other income, net0.1 41.6 
Income (loss) before income taxes(10.8)29.6 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes(1.5)(29.0)
Income (loss), net of tax(9.3)%58.6 %
 Year Ended
 
February 3,
2018
 
January 28,
2017
 
January 30,
2016
Net revenue100.0% 100.0% 100.0 %
Cost of goods sold39.3
 44.2
 54.0
Gross profit60.7
 55.8
 46.0
Operating expenses:     
Research and development29.7
 35.0

36.7
Selling, general and administrative9.9
 10.9

10.7
Litigation settlement3.1
 —
 25.2
Restructuring related charges0.2
 4.2
 2.0
Total operating expenses42.9
 50.1
 74.6
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations17.8
 5.7
 (28.6)
Interest and other income, net0.9
 0.7

0.6
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes18.7
 6.4
 (28.0)
Provision for income taxes0.7
 3.1
 0.4
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax18.0% 3.3% (28.4)%
Years Ended February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017
Net Revenue
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentage)
Net revenue$2,968,900 $2,699,161 10.0 %
 Year Ended  
 
February 3,
2018
 January 28,
2017		 % Change
in 2018
 (in thousands, except percentage)
Net revenue$2,409,170
 $2,300,992
 4.7%


Our net revenue for fiscal 20182021 increased by $108.2$269.7 million compared to net revenue for fiscal 2017.2020. This increase was primarily due to increaseda 22% increase in sales of our networking products and a 1% increase in sales of our storage products, which were up 8%, and increasedpartially offset by a 27% decrease in sales of our connectivity products, which were up by 14%. These increases were driven by strong growth in sales of SSD products and Wi-Fi products. These increases were partially offset by sales decline of 18% in our other products. Unit shipments were 4% higher and weighted averageAverage selling prices increased 1%30% compared to fiscal 2017,2020, and unit shipments were 20% lower compared to fiscal 2020, for an overall increase in net revenue of 5%10%.


This was primarily driven by our recent portfolio changes, including the acquisition of Avera ASIC business, which increased our average selling prices, and the divestiture of the Wi-Fi Connectivity business, which decreased our unit shipments.
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Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Year Ended  Year Ended
February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 % Change
in 2018		January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentages)(in thousands, except percentages)
Cost of goods sold$947,230
 $1,017,564
 (6.9)%Cost of goods sold$1,480,550 $1,342,220 10.3 %
% of net revenue39.3% 44.2%  % of net revenue49.9 %49.7 %
Gross profit$1,461,940
 $1,283,428
 13.9 %Gross profit$1,488,350 $1,356,941 9.7 %
% of net revenue60.7% 55.8%  % of net revenue50.1 %50.3 %
The cost of goods sold as a percentage of net revenue was lowerhigher for fiscal 20182021 primarily due primarily to improved product mix, combinedincreased costs from higher amortization of acquired intangible assets related to the Aquantia and Avera acquisitions, partially offset by decreased costs from amortization of inventory fair value adjustment associated with lower manufacturing costs and lower inventory reserves.the acquisitions. As a result, gross margin for fiscal 2018 increased 52021 decreased 0.2 percentage points compared to fiscal 2017. Our cost2020.

Research and Development
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentages)
Research and development$1,072,740 $1,080,391 (0.7)%
% of net revenue36.1 %40.0 %
Research and development expense decreased by $7.7 million in fiscal 2021 compared to fiscal 2020. The decrease was due primarily to $43.4 million of goods sold as a percentage of net revenue may fluctuatehigher non-recurring engineering credits recognized in future periodsthe current year and $6.3 million lower travel expense due to among other things: changesthe COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by additional costs from our acquisitions of Aquantia and Avera, including $19.9 million of higher employee personnel-related costs, $13.4 million of higher depreciation and amortization expense and $7.3 million of higher computer-aided design software related costs.

Selling, General and Administrative
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentages)
Selling, general and administrative$467,240 $464,580 0.6 %
% of net revenue15.7 %17.3 %
Selling, general and administrative expense increased by $2.7 million in fiscal 2021 compared to fiscal 2020. The increase was due primarily to additional costs associated with our acquisitions of Aquantia and Avera, including $16.9 million of higher intangibles amortization expense, $9.7 million of higher employee personnel-related costs, $4.6 million of higher facility expense and $2.0 million of higher depreciation and amortization expense. These collective expense increases were partially offset by $17.0 million of lower Aquantia and Avera merger transaction costs and integration costs reflective of one-time non-recurring Aquantia and Avera merger transaction costs incurred in fiscal 2020 when the deals were closing and lower integration costs in fiscal 2021. In addition, lower travel and employee activity expenses of $13.8 million compared to fiscal 2020 were incurred in the mix of products sold;current year due to the timing of production ramps of new products; increased pricing pressures from our customers and competitors; charges for obsolete or potentially excess inventory; changes in the costs charged by our foundry, assembly and test subcontractors; product warranty costs; changes in commodity prices; and the margin profiles of our new product introductions.COVID-19 pandemic.

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Share-Based Compensation Expense
Year Ended
Year EndedJanuary 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		(in thousands)
(in thousands)
Continuing operations:   
Cost of goods sold$6,646
 $8,334
Cost of goods sold$16,320 $13,759 
Research and development52,127
 74,809
Research and development150,867 157,054 
Selling, general and administrative26,349
 18,257
Selling, general and administrative74,352 71,996 
Share-based compensation - continuing operations85,122
 101,400
Discontinued operations:   
Cost of goods sold(11) 187
Research and development1,458
 11,633
Selling, general and administrative120
 750
Share-based compensation - discontinued operations1,567
 12,570
Total share-based compensation$86,689
 $113,970
Total share-based compensation$241,539 $242,809 
Share-based compensation expense for continuing operations decreasedwas relatively flat, decreasing by $16.3$1.3 million in fiscal 20182021 compared to fiscal 2017. The decrease was mainly due2020.

Legal Settlement
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentages)
Legal settlement$36,000 $— *
% of net revenue1.2 %— %
*Not meaningful
In connection with a dispute, we recorded a charge of $36 million. Refer to lower headcount from restructuring actions."Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies" for a discussion of such settlement.

Restructuring and Other Related Charges
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
(in thousands)
Restructuring related charges$170,759 $55,328 
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
 (in thousands)
Restructuring related charges5,250
 96,801


We recorded total restructuring charges and other related charges of $5.3$170.8 million in fiscal 2018, which primarily arose from activities related2021 as we integrated the acquired businesses and continued to the restructuring plan we announced in November 2016 to restructureevaluate our existing operations to refocus our research and development, increase operational efficiency, decrease costs and improve profitability. See “Note 46 - Restructuring and Other Related Charges” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.




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Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentages)
Interest income$2,599 $4,816 (46.0)%
% of net revenue0.1 %0.2 %




Research and Development
 Year Ended  
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 % Change
in 2018
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Research and development$714,444
 $805,029
 (11.3)%
% of net revenue29.7% 35.0%  
Research and development expenseInterest income decreased by $90.6$2.2 million in fiscal 20182021 compared to fiscal 2017. The decrease was primarily attributable to $70.0 million of lower personnel-related costs, and reduction in depreciation and amortization expense of $13.6 million. These reductions were driven by the restructuring actions announced in November 2016.
Selling, General and Administrative
 Year Ended  
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 % Change
in 2018
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Selling, general and administrative$238,166
 $251,191
��(5.2)%
% of net revenue9.9% 10.9%  
Selling, general and administrative expense decreased by $13.0 million in fiscal 2018 compared to fiscal 2017. The decrease was primarily attributable to $14.8 million of lower legal expenses and $13.2 million of lower audit and tax fees. The decrease was partially offset by $10.3 million of merger-related costs. Refer to "Note 1 - Basis of Presentation" for discussion of the pending merger transaction.

Litigation Settlement
 Year Ended  
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 % Change
in 2018
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Litigation settlement$74,385
 $—
 nm
% of net revenue3.1% —%  
nm - not meaningful
In connection with the Luna legal settlement, the Company recorded $74.4 million of litigation settlement charges and related costs. Refer to "Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies" for a discussion of such settlement.

Interest and Other Income, net
 Year Ended  
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 
% Change
in 2018
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Interest and other income, net$21,509
 $17,022
 26.4%
% of net revenue0.9% 0.7%  
Interest and other income, net, increased by $4.5 million in fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017. The increase in fiscal year 2018 is primarily due to an increase of $5.2 million from the sale of a business.


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Provision for Income Taxes
 Year Ended  
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 
% Change
in 2018
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Provision for income taxes$18,062
 $72,608
 (75.1)%

2020. The decrease in income tax expense for fiscal 2018 compared to fiscal 20172021 was primarily due to approximately $66.9lower interest rates on our invested cash.

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Interest Expense
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentages)
Interest expense$(69,264)$(85,631)(19.1)%
% of net revenue(2.3)%(3.2)%
Interest expense decreased by $16.4 million recorded in fiscal 2021 compared to fiscal 2020. The decrease in fiscal 2021 was primarily due to lower outstanding term loan balances as well as lower borrowing rates.

Other Income, net
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentages)
Other income, net$2,886 $1,122,555 *
% of net revenue0.1 %41.6 %
*Not meaningful
Other income, net changed by $1.1 billion in fiscal 2021 compared to fiscal 2020. The change was primarily due to the prior year as a resultgain on sale of restructuring actions takenthe Wi-Fi Connectivity business in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, offset by additional2020.

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		% Change
in 2021
(in thousands, except percentage)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes$(44,870)$(786,009)(94.3)%

The income tax expense of $2.1 millionbenefit for fiscal 2021 is primarily attributable to a building sale incurred in the current year. The prior year amount consistedpretax losses of $50.1 million of foreign withholding taxes on undistributed earnings of certainour subsidiaries that were no longer considered to be indefinitely reinvested as a result of those restructuring actions and $16.8 million of additional foreign tax expense which also arose as a result of such restructuring. Those amounts were one time in nature and were not expected to recur in the future.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("2017 Tax Act") was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The 2017 Tax Act significantly revises the U.S. corporatewith income tax by, among other things, lowering the statutory corporate tax raterates that differ from 35% to 21%, eliminating certain deductions, imposing a mandatory one-time tax on accumulated earnings of foreign subsidiaries, introducing new tax regimes, and changing how foreign earnings are subject to U.S. tax. The 2017 Tax Act also enhanced and extended through 2026 the option to claim accelerated depreciation deductions on qualified property. We have not completed our determination of the accounting implications of the 2017 Tax Act on our tax accruals. However, we have reasonably estimated the effects of the 2017 Tax Act and recorded provisional amounts in our financial statements as of February 3, 2018. We recorded an immaterial provisional tax expense for the impact of the 2017 Tax Act, which was primarily comprised of the remeasurement of federal net deferred taxes resulting from the permanent reduction in the U.S. statutory corporate tax rate, combined with a net reduction of unrecognized tax benefits inclusive of interest and penalties, offset by tax expense attributable to 21% from 35%. As we complete our analysisnon-deductible compensation. The income tax benefit for fiscal 2020 was primarily related to the recognition of a $763.0 million tax benefit for the intra-entity transfer of the 2017 Tax Act, collectmajority of our intellectual property to a subsidiary in Singapore. This resulted in the recognition of a deferred tax asset and prepare necessary data, and interpret any additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the IRS, and other standard-setting bodies, we may make adjustmentstax benefit of $659.0 million related to the provisional amounts. Those adjustments may materially impact our provision for income taxesSingapore tax basis in the intellectual property. In addition, we recognized $104.0 million of income tax benefit from the reversal of deferred tax liabilities primarily related to previously acquired intangible assets. The prior period transaction aligned the global economic ownership of our intellectual property rights with our current and future business operations. We continue to evaluate potential changes to our legal entity structure in which the adjustments are made.response to guidelines and requirements in various international tax jurisdictions where we conduct business, as well as changes to our business, and acquisitions and divestitures.

Our provision for incomes taxes may be affected by changes in the geographic mix of earnings with different applicable tax rates, changes in the realizability of deferred tax assets and liabilities, accruals related to contingent tax liabilities and period-to-period changes in such accruals, the results of income tax audits, the expiration of statutes of limitations, the implementation of tax planning strategies, tax rulings, court decisions, settlements with tax authorities and changes in tax laws.laws and regulations. It is also possible that significant negative evidence may become available that causes us to conclude that a valuation allowance is needed on certain of our deferred tax assets, which would adversely affect our income tax provision in the period of such change in judgment. Additionally, please see the information in "Item 1A,“Item 1A: Risk Factors"Factors” under the caption "“Changes in existing taxation benefits, rules or practices may adversely affect our financial results.”


Years Ended January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016
Net Revenue
 Year Ended  
 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		 
% Change
in 2017
 (in thousands, except percentage)
Net revenue$2,300,992
 $2,602,497
 (11.6)%

Our net revenue for fiscal 2017 decreased by $301.5 million compared to net revenue for fiscal 2016. This decrease was primarily due to decreased sales of our other products, which were down 45%, and decreased sales of our connectivity products, which were down by 28%. These decreases were driven by the previously announced restructuring of our mobile handset platform business. In addition, revenue from our storage products was down by 4%, mainly due to a decrease in sales of HDD products, offset by strong growth in sales of SSD product. These declines were partially offset by sales growth of 11% in our networking products, driven by the introduction of new products and increased sales to the enterprise and campus markets. Unit shipments were 20% lower and weighted average selling prices increased 10% compared to fiscal 2016, for an overall decline in net revenue of 12%.


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Prior to fiscal 2017, our customers agreed from time to time to take shipments in an earlier fiscal quarter than the fiscal quarter they originally requested delivery. When such agreement would not have occurred but for the request made by Marvell, we refer to such transactions internally as “pull-ins.” Beginning in fiscal 2017, our policy is not to engage in pull-in transactions and, as a result, there were no such transactions in fiscal 2017.

Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
 Year Ended  
 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		 % Change
in 2017
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Cost of goods sold$1,017,564
 $1,406,121
 (27.6)%
% of net revenue44.2% 54.0%  
Gross profit$1,283,428
 $1,196,376
 7.3 %
% of net revenue55.8% 46.0%  
The cost of goods sold as a percentage of net revenue was lower for fiscal 2017 due to the $81.3 million CMU settlement included in cost of goods sold in 2016, a reduction in sales of lower margin mobile platform related product and lower material and manufacturing costs. Our cost of goods sold as a percentage of net revenue may fluctuate in future periods due to, among other things: changes in the mix of products sold; the timing of production ramps of new products; increased pricing pressures from our customers and competitors; charges for obsolete or potentially excess inventory; changes in the costs charged by our foundry, assembly and test subcontractors; product warranty costs; changes in commodity prices; and the margin profiles of our new product introductions.
Share-Based Compensation Expense
 Year Ended
 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
 (in thousands)
Continuing operations:   
     Cost of goods sold$8,334
 $7,787
     Research and development74,809
 88,897
     Selling, general and administrative18,257
 26,082
Share-based compensation - continuing operations101,400
 122,766
Discontinued operations:   
      Cost of goods sold187
 129
      Research and development11,633
 9,895
      Selling, general and administrative750
 989
Share-based compensation - discontinued operations12,570
 11,013
Total share-based compensation$113,970
 $133,779
Share-based compensation expense for continuing operations decreased by $21.4 million in fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. The decrease was mainly due to lower headcount from the previously announced restructuring of the mobile platform business, as well as from the restructuring announced in November 2016. The cancellation of equity awards related to certain members of our executive management who departed in April 2016 also reduced the expense. These decreases were partially offset by the effect from the acceleration of expense caused by the cancellation of the June 2016 ESPP purchase because the Company was not eligible to issue shares of its common stock due to the delay in the timely filing of its periodic reports with the SEC (see “Note 11 - Shareholders' Equity” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K).


10-K for the year ended February 1, 2020 includes a discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended February 2, 2019 and year-to-year comparisons between the fiscal years ended February 1, 2020 and February 2, 2019 in Item 7 of Part II, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
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Restructuring and Other Related Charges
 Year Ended
 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
 (in thousands)
Cost of goods sold$—
 $10,292
Restructuring related charges96,801
 53,251
 $96,801
 $63,543
We recorded total restructuring charges and other related charges of $96.8 million in fiscal 2017, which primarily arose from activities related the restructuring plan we announced in November 2016 to restructure our operations to refocus our research and development, increase operational efficiency and improve profitability. The Company recorded charges of $90.3 million, including severance benefits of $32.6 million, the impairment of a $45.0 million nonrefundable deposit due to the non-utilization of the related contract, $5.4 million for the impairment of equipment and technology licenses, and other exit-related costs of $7.3 million associated with the closure of facilities and contract termination penalties. In addition, the Company recorded $6.5 million related to previous fiscal 2016 restructuring actions, which included the write-off of mobile-related equipment that was previously held-for-sale and the remaining lease obligation for certain floors in one of its Israel facilities that were vacated in fiscal 2017.
Research and Development
 Year Ended  
 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		 % Change
in 2017
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Research and development$805,029
 $954,653
 (15.7)%
% of net revenue35.0% 36.7%  
Research and development expense decreased by $149.6 million in fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. The decrease was primarily attributable to $100.0 million of lower personnel-related costs, lower costs related to project spending and facility maintenance services of $35.9 million, and a reduction in depreciation and amortization expense of $3.6 million. These reductions were driven by the restructuring actions announced in November 2016.
Selling, general and administrative
 Year Ended  
 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		 % Change
in 2017
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Selling, general, and administrative$251,191
 $279,215
 (10.0)%
% of net revenue10.9% 10.7%  
Selling and marketing expense decreased by $28.0 million in fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. The decrease was due to $7.1 million of lower charges for various litigation matters, $11.4 million of lower costs for the surety bonds related to the litigation with CMU, a $5.5 million decrease in legal expense related to legal services, a $6.4 million decrease of marketing communications expenses, and a $15.4 million charge for a cash payment relating to a tax matter to our former Chief Executive Officer approved by the Company’s Executive Compensation Committee and included in fiscal 2016 that was not included in fiscal 2017. These decreases were partially offset by $22.2 million of higher audit and tax fees.
Litigation Settlement
 Year Ended  
 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		 % Change
in 2017
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Litigation settlement$—
 $654,667
 (100.0)%
% of net revenue—% 25.2%  

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In connection with the settlement agreement with CMU for $750 million, $654.7 million of the settlement allocated to the mutual release of claims and covenant not to sue was recorded in operating expenses. Of the remaining $95.3 million, $81.3 million was recorded in cost of goods sold for fiscal 2016. The remaining $14.0 million will be recognized in cost of goods sold over the remaining term of the license through April 2018.
Interest and Other Income, net
 Year Ended  
 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		 % Change
in 2017
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Interest and other income, net$17,022
 $17,685
 (3.7)%
% of net revenue0.7% 0.6%  
Interest and other income, net, decreased by $0.7 million in fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. The decrease in fiscal 2017 reflects lower foreign currency gains from the revaluation of our foreign currency denominated tax liabilities combined with a decrease in interest income. The decrease in interest income was mainly due to overall lower average cash and investment balances offset by effects of higher interest rates.
Provision (benefit) for Income Taxes
 Year Ended  
 
January 28,
2017
 January 30,
2016		 
% Change
in 2017
 (in thousands, except percentages)
Provision for income taxes$72,608
 $10,716
 577.6%

The increase in income tax expense for fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016 was primarily due to approximately $66.9 million recognized as a result of restructuring actions taken in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. This consisted of $50.1 million of foreign withholding taxes on undistributed earnings of certain subsidiaries that were no longer considered to be indefinitely reinvested as a result of these restructuring actions and $16.8 million of additional foreign tax expense which also arises as a result of such restructuring. These tax expenses attributable to our global restructuring would not be expected to recur in the future.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal source of liquidity as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 consisted of approximately $1.8 billion$748.5 million of cash and cash equivalents, and short-term investments, of which approximately $1.1 billion$618.1 million was held by foreign subsidiaries (outside Bermuda).  Approximately $630 million of this amount held by foreign subsidiaries is related to undistributed earnings, most of which have been indefinitely reinvested outside of Bermuda. These funds are primarily held in China, Israel, and the United States. We have plansplan to use such amounts to fund various activities outside of Bermuda, including working capital requirements, capital expenditures for expansion, funding of future acquisitions or other financing activities. The amount
In June 2018, we executed debt agreements to obtain a $900 million term loan and $1.0 billion of undistributed earningssenior unsecured notes in order to fund the Cavium acquisition. In addition, we executed a debt agreement in June 2018 to obtain a $500 million revolving credit facility (“2018 Revolving Credit Facility”). In October 2020, in order to fund the Inphi acquisition, we obtained commitments consisting of these subsidiariesa $2.5 billion bridge loan commitment. In December 2020, we executed a debt agreement to obtain a $875 million 3-year term loan and a $875 million 5-year term loan. We also executed a debt agreement to obtain a $750 million revolving credit facility (“2020 Revolving Credit Facility”) which replaced the 2018 Revolving Credit Facility. See “Note 11 - Debt” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for which no deferred tax liability has been provided is $430 million. If such funds were needed by the parent company in Bermuda or if the amounts were otherwise no longer considered indefinitely reinvested, we would incur a tax expense of approximately $160 million.additional information.
We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments, together with cash generated from operations, and cash providedfunds from new debt financing,our 2020 Revolving Credit Facility will be sufficient to cover our working capital needs, capital expenditures, investment requirements and any declared dividends, repurchase of our common stock and commitments for at least the next twelve months. Our capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our rate of sales growth, market acceptance of our products, costs of securing access to adequate manufacturing capacity, the timing and extent of research and development projects and increases in operating expenses, which are all subject to uncertainty. For
To the extent that our existing cash and cash equivalents together with cash generated by operations, and funds available under our 2020 Revolving Credit Facility are insufficient to fund our future activities, we may need to raise additional discussion, see “Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors”funds through public or private debt or equity financing. We may also acquire additional businesses, purchase assets or enter into other strategic arrangements in the future, which could also require us to seek debt or equity financing. Additional equity financing or convertible debt financing may be dilutive to our current shareholders. If we elect to raise additional funds, we may not be able to obtain such funds on a timely basis or on acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, the equity or debt securities that we issue may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to our common shares.
Future payment of this Annual Reporta regular quarterly cash dividend on Form 10-K.our common shares and our planned repurchases of common stock will be subject to, among other things, the best interests of the Company and our shareholders, our results of operations, cash balances and future cash requirements, financial condition, developments in ongoing litigation, statutory requirements under Bermuda law, market conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. Our dividend payments and repurchases of common stock may change from time to time, and we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to declare dividends or repurchase shares at all or in any particular amounts. Our share repurchase program was temporarily suspended in late March 2020 to preserve cash during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains temporarily suspended in anticipation of the funding of our acquisition of Inphi. We will continue to evaluate business conditions to decide when we can restart the share repurchase program.


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Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $571.1$817.3 million for fiscal 20182021 compared to net cash used in operating activities of $358.4 million for fiscal 2017, and net cash provided by operating activities of $205.4$360.3 million for fiscal 2016.2020. The cash inflows from operations for fiscal 20182021 were primarily due to $520.8$277.3 million of net loss adjusted for $1.0 billion of non-cash items and a net increase from changes in working capital of $67.9 million. The cash inflow from working capital for fiscal 2021 was primarily driven by an increase in accrued liabilities and other non-current liabilities, an increase in accounts payable and an increase in accrued employee compensation, as well as a decrease in inventories. Such increase was partially offset by cash outflows due to an increase in accounts receivable and an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets. The increase in accrued liabilities and other non-current liabilities was mainly due to an increase in legal reserves. The increase in accounts payable was mainly due to timing of payments. The increase in accrued employee compensations was due to increase in our bonus accrual and increase in employee contributions to the employee stock purchase plan. The decrease in inventories was due to improved supply chain management. The increase in accounts receivable was driven primarily by the increase in revenue and stable collections. The increase in prepaid expenses and other assets was due to an increase in ship and debit reserve.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $360.3 million for fiscal 2020. The cash inflows from operations for fiscal 2020 were primarily due to $1.6 billion of net income adjusted for $94.4 million$1.0 billion of non-cash items and gains on the sales of discontinued operations and businesses, offset by a net decrease from changes in working capital of $44.1$190.8 million. The cash outflow from working capital for fiscal 20182020 was primarily driven by a decrease in accrued liabilities and other non-current liabilities which was primarily due to payments on accrued restructuring expensespayment of interest, deal cost and rebates.severance.
The cash outflows from operations for fiscal 2017 were primarily due to $21.2 million of net income adjusted for $329.6 million of non-cash items, offset by a net decrease in working capital of $709.2 million. The cash outflow from working capital for fiscal 2017 was primarily driven by the decrease in the CMU accrued litigation settlement that was fully paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. The negative effect on working capital was partially offset by an increase in accrued liabilities and other non-current liabilities primarily due to an increase in income taxes for fiscal 2017 combined with a decrease in inventories.
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The cash inflows from operations for fiscal 2016 were primarily due to $811.4 million of net loss adjusted for $282.6 million of non-cash items and a net increase in working capital of $734.2 million. The cash inflow from working capital was primarily driven by a decrease in accounts receivable due to improved collections and a decrease in inventories, combined with an increase in accrued liabilities and the accrued litigation settlement with CMU. The net increase in working capital was partially offset by decreases in accounts payable due to the timing of payments and accrued compensation primarily due to lower annual incentive compensation in fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015, as well as an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets due to a deposit paid in connection with a foundry agreement executed in October 2015.


Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities of $119.6 million in fiscal year 2021 was primarily driven by purchases of property and equipment of $106.8 million, and purchases of technology licenses of $12.7 million.
Net cash provided by investing activities of $39.5$558.8 million in fiscal year 20182020 was primarily generateddriven by proceeds from the salessale of business $1.7 billion and maturities of available-for-sale securities of $733.2$18.8 million, and net proceeds of $165.9 million from the sale of our discontinued operations, which were partially offset by purchases of available-for-sale securities of $835.5 million and capital expenditures of $38.6 million.
For fiscal 2017, net cash provided by investing activities was primarily generated from the salespaid to acquire Aquantia and maturities of available-for-sale securities of $856.3 million less purchases of available-for-sale securities of $489.9 million, which were also partially offset by payments of $150.0 million for net purchases of time deposits, $44.5 million for purchases of property and equipment and $10.3 million for the purchase of technology licenses.
For fiscal 2016, net cash provided by investing activities was primarily generated from the sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities of $1.3 billion less purchases of available-for-sale securitiesAvera of $1.1 billion which were partially offset by payments of $37.3 million for theand purchase of property and equipment and $8.2 million for the purchase of technology licenses.$81.9 million.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities of $536.2$596.8 million in fiscal year 20182021 was primarily attributable to repurchases under$250.0 million repayment of debt principal, $160.6 million payment for our sharequarterly dividends, $100.0 million payments for technology license obligations and $38.0 million payments for debt financing and equity issuance costs associated with the Inphi acquisition.
Net cash used in financing activities of $853.9 million in fiscal year 2020 was primarily attributable to $1.3 billion repayment of debt principal, $364.3 million payment for repurchase program of our common shares in the open market for $527.6stock and $159.6 million andpayment of our quarterly cash dividends of $119.3 million. Thedividend. This cash outflow was partially offset by $1.0 billion proceeds from issuance of debt and $49.0 million net proceeds of $153.5 million from the issuance of our common shares under our share-based plans, less the minimum tax withholding on behalf of employees for net share settlements.
For fiscal 2017, net cash used in financing activities was primarily attributable to payments for repurchases under our share repurchase program of our common shares in the open market for $181.6 million and for our quarterly cash dividends of $122.3 million. The cash outflow was partially offset by net proceeds of $57.5 million from the issuance of our common shares under our share-based plans less the minimum tax withholding on behalf of employees for net share settlements.
For fiscal 2016, net cash used in financing activities was primarily attributable to payments for repurchases under our share repurchase program of our common shares in the open market for $260.9 million and for our quarterly cash dividends of $122.8 million. The cash outflow was partially offset by net proceeds of $56.4 million from the issuance of our common shares under our share-based plans less the minimum tax withholding on behalf of employees for net share settlements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As part of our ongoing business, we do not participate in transactions that generate relationships with unconsolidated entities of financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, or variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

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Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Under our manufacturing relationships with our foundry partners, cancellation of outstanding purchase orders is allowed but requires repayment of all expenses incurred through the date of cancellation. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, these foundries had incurred approximately $145.6$329.5 million of manufacturing costs and expenses relating to our outstanding purchase orders.
The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 and the effect that such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in future periods (in thousands):
Payment Obligations by Fiscal Year
20222023202420252026ThereafterTotal
Contractual obligations:
Principal payments on debt$200,000 $— $500,000 $— $— $500,000 $1,200,000 
Interest obligations on debt48,882 45,879 33,578 24,646 24,646 59,109 236,740 
Facilities operating leases, net (1)
37,108 33,015 23,931 15,782 14,765 27,437 152,038 
Purchase commitments to foundries329,508 — — — — — 329,508 
Capital purchase obligations20,951 — — — — — 20,951 
Technology license obligations (2)
83,919 61,876 49,147 309 309 — 195,560 
Other contractual commitments— 9,876 669 14 150 4,013 14,722 
Total contractual cash obligations$720,368 $150,646 $607,325 $40,751 $39,870 $590,559 $2,149,519 

(1)Amounts exclude contractual sublease proceeds of $23.0 million to be received through fiscal 2028. Refer to “Note 10 -  Leases” in our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information.
(2)Amounts represent anticipated future cash payments, including anticipated interest payments not recorded in the consolidated balance sheet.
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 Payment Obligations by Fiscal Year
 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter Total
Contractual obligations:             
Facilities operating leases, net$12,975
 $10,718
 $8,688
 $7,880
 $7,729
 $5,451
 $53,441
Computer-aided design software14,225
 10,200
 —
 —
 —
 —
 24,425
Purchase commitments to foundries145,608
 —
 —
 —
 —
 —
 145,608
Capital purchase obligations12,576
 —
 —
 —
 —
 —
 12,576
Technology license obligations (1)
34,250
 29,605
 7,358
 —
 —
 —
 71,213
Other non-current obligations2,000
 2,923
 —
 —
 —
 1,029
 5,952
Total contractual cash obligations$221,634
 $53,446
 $16,046
 $7,880
 $7,729
 $6,480
 $313,215


(1)Amounts represent anticipated future cash payments, including anticipated interest payments not recorded in the consolidated balance sheet.
In addition to the above commitments and contingencies, as of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, we have $14.6$20.4 million of unrecognized tax benefits as liabilities. We also have a liability for potential interest and penalties of $17.2$4.0 million as of February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021. It is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits could increase or decrease significantly due to changes in tax law in various jurisdictions, new tax audits and changes in the U.S. dollar as compared to foreign currencies within the next 12 months. Excluding these factors, uncertain tax positions may decrease by as much as $10.5$5.4 million from the lapse of statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions during the next 12 months. Government tax authorities from several non-U.S. jurisdictions are also examining our tax returns. We believe that we have adequately provided for any reasonably foreseeable outcomes related to these tax audits and that any settlement will not have a material effect on our results at this time.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Please see “Note 2 —-  Significant Accounting Policies —- Recent Accounting Pronouncements” in our Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Related Party Transactions
None.


Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 7A.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk. OurWith our outstanding debt, we are exposed to various forms of market risk, including the potential losses arising from adverse changes in interest rates on our outstanding Term Loan, including changes that may result from implementation of new benchmark rates that replace LIBOR. See “Note 11 - Debt” for further information. A hypothetical increase or decrease in the interest rate risk relates primarily to our fixed income short-term investment portfolio as we did not have any outstanding debt as of February 3, 2018. by 1% would result in an increase or decrease in annual interest expense by approximately $0.9 million.
We maintain an investment policy that requires minimum credit ratings, diversification of credit risk and limits the long-term interest rate risk by requiring effective maturities of generally less than five years. We invest our excess cash primarily in highly liquid debt instruments of the U.S. government and its agencies, money market mutual funds, asset backed securities, corporate debt securities and municipal debt securities that are classified as available-for-sale and time deposits. These investments are recorded on our consolidated balance sheets at fair market value with their related unrealized gain or loss reflected as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statement of shareholders’ equity. Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning securities carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate securities may have their fair market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than predicted if interest rates fall.
To provide an assessment of the interest rate risk associated with At January 30, 2021, our investment portfolio we performed a sensitivity analysis to determine the impact that an adverse change in interest rates would have on the value of the investment portfolio, excluding time deposits. Based on investment positions as of February 3, 2018, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates across all maturities would result in a $5.9 million decline in the fair market value of the portfolio. Due to our positive cash flow from operations, the relatively short-term nature of our investment portfolio and our ability to hold investments to maturity, such change in fair market value would likely not have resulted in any significant cash flow impact.balance was $0.

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Foreign Currency Exchange Risk. All of our sales and the majority of our expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. Since we operate in many countries, we pay certain payroll and other operatinga percentage of our international operational expenses are denominated in localforeign currencies and these expenses may be higherexchange volatility could positively or lowernegatively impact those operating costs. Increases in the value of the U.S. dollar terms. Furthermore,relative to other currencies could make our operationsproducts more expensive, which could negatively impact our ability to compete. Conversely, decreases in Israel and China represent a large portionthe value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies could result in our total foreign currency exposure.suppliers raising their prices to continue doing business with us. Additionally, we may hold certain assets and liabilities, including potential tax liabilities, in local currency on our consolidated balance sheet. These tax liabilities would be settled in local currency. Therefore, foreign exchange gains and losses from remeasuring the tax liabilities are recorded to interest and other income, net. The related effects ofWe do not believe that foreign exchange volatility has a material impact on our current business or results of operations. However, fluctuations on local currency expenses are recorded to operating expenses. There is also a risk that our customers may be negatively impacted in their ability to purchase our products priced in U.S. dollars when there has been significant volatility in foreign currency exchange rates.
We occasionally engagerates could have a greater effect on our business or results of operations in hedging transactionsthe future to help mitigate some of the volatility to forecasted cash flows due to changes in foreign exchange rates. We occasionally enter into certain short-term forward exchange contracts, typically less than 12 months in duration, to hedge exposures forextent our expenses increasingly become denominated in foreign currencies when the currency exposure is significant and there is a high certainty of the underlying cash flow. currencies.
We do notmay enter into derivativeforeign currency forward and option contracts with financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. Weinstitutions to protect against foreign exchange risks associated with certain existing assets and liabilities, certain firmly committed transactions, forecasted future cash flows and net investments in foreign subsidiaries. However, we may choose not to hedge certain foreign exchange exposures duefor a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, immateriality, offsetting exposures,accounting considerations and the prohibitive economic cost of hedging a particular currency, and limited availability of appropriate hedging instruments. To the extent our foreign currency hedges are effective, the results of the hedge activities offset the underlying expense within the operating expense. Financial instruments not designated as hedges or hedges deemed ineffective are recorded in interest and other income, net. We do not hedge our tax liabilities denominated in local currency on our consolidated balance sheet as the timing of these tax liabilities becoming cash flows is not deemed to be certain.exposures.
To provide an assessment of the foreign currency exchange risk associated with our foreign currency exposures within operating expense, we performed a sensitivity analysis to determine the impact that an adverse change in exchange rates would have on our financial statements. If the U.S. dollar weakened by 10%, our operating expense could increase by approximately 4%2%. We expect our hedges of foreign currency exposures to be highly effective and offset a significant portion of the short-term impact of changes in exchange rates on the hedged portion of our exposures.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and subsidiaries (the "Company"“Company”) as of January 30, 2021, and February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017,1, 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders'shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, and the related notes and the scheduleschedules listed in the Index at Item 15 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"“financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of January 30, 2021, and February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017,1, 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company'sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting as of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - IntegratedControl-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 29, 2018,16, 2021, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company'sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company'sCompany’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company'sCompany’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Acquired Intangible Assets — Refer to Notes 5 and 6 to the financial statements
Description of the Matter
The Company regularly analyzes the results of its business to determine whether events or circumstances exist that indicate the carrying amount of long-lived assets and intangible assets may not be fully recoverable. During the quarter ended August 1, 2020, the Company recognized an impairment of acquired intangible assets as a result of the decision to change the scope of its server processor product line in response to changes in the associated market. As a result of such assessment, the Company determined the carrying amounts of certain acquired intangible assets were not recoverable and recorded an impairment for $86 million.
We identified the impairment of Acquired Intangible Assets as a critical audit matter because of the significant estimates and assumptions management made in determining that the carrying amounts of certain impacted assets were not recoverable. Specifically, performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s assessment and the determination that the assets have no alternative future use, required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort.
How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Our audit procedures related to acquired intangible assets impairment assessment, specifically as they relate to the assumption that the assets have no alternative future use included the following, among others:
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•We tested the effectiveness of internal controls over the intangible assets impairment assessment.
•We evaluated the reasonableness of management’s rationale used in developing their judgement that the assets did not have alternative future use.
•We held discussions with various engineers to understand how the impacted intangible assets were used in production and compared this with management’s assessment.
•We inspected management’s forecast to determine if the forecast was consistent with discussions held with management and engineers regarding the change in the scope of the server processor product line.
•We evaluated whether the audit evidence obtained through these procedures was consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.

Inventories - Provisions for Excess Inventories — Refer to Note 2 to the financial statements
Description of the Matter
Management writes down excess inventories based upon a regular analysis of inventory on hand compared to historical and forecasted demand. Management’s estimates of forecasted demand are based upon analysis and assumptions including, but not limited to, expected product lifecycles and development plans, expected customer orders, projected market conditions, and historical usage by product. As of January 30, 2021, the Company's consolidated inventories balance was $268 million.
We identified the valuation of inventory as a critical audit matter because of the significant assumptions management makes with regards to estimating the excess write downs and the potential amplification of those judgments in periods of market uncertainty, including the business impacts of COVID 19. Specifically, due to the ongoing market uncertainty, including the business impacts of COVID 19, performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s estimates of forecasted demand, required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort.
How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Our audit procedures related to management’s estimates of forecasted demand used in the valuation of inventory included the following, among others:

•We tested the effectiveness of internal controls over management’s provisions for excess inventories, including internal controls designed to review and approve forecasted demand and the underlying assumptions regarding expected product lifecycles, product development plans, expected customer orders, projected market conditions, and historical usage by product.
•We evaluated management’s ability to accurately estimate forecasted demand by comparing estimates made in prior periods to the historical actual results for those same periods
•We made inquiries of business unit managers throughout the period as well as executives, sales, and operations personnel about the expected product lifecycles and product development plans and historical usage by product and compared expectations to actual developments over the period.
•We selected a sample of inventory products and tested the forecasted demand by comparing internal and external information (e.g. historical usage, contracts, communications with customers, macroeconomic conditions, etc.) with the Company’s forecasted demand.
•We considered, when relevant, the existence of contradictory evidence based on reading of internal communications to management and the board of directors, Company press releases, and analysts' reports, as well as our observations and inquires as to changes within the business and evidence obtained through other areas of the audit.


/s/ DeloitteDELOITTE & ToucheTOUCHE LLP


San Jose, California
March 29, 201816, 2021
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.



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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except par value per share)


February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
ASSETS   ASSETS
Current assets:   Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$888,482
 $814,092
Cash and cash equivalents$748,467 $647,604 
Short-term investments952,790
 854,268
Accounts receivable, net of provision for sales returns and allowances of $2,500 and $1,384 in fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively280,395
 335,384
Accounts receivable, netAccounts receivable, net536,668 492,346 
Inventories170,039
 170,842
Inventories268,228 322,980 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets41,482
 58,771
Prepaid expenses and other current assets63,782 74,567 
Assets held for sale30,767
 57,077
Total current assets2,363,955
 2,290,434
Total current assets1,617,145 1,537,497 
Property and equipment, net202,222
 243,397
Property and equipment, net326,125 357,092 
Goodwill and acquired intangible assets, net1,993,310
 1,996,880
GoodwillGoodwill5,336,961 5,337,405 
Acquired intangible assets, netAcquired intangible assets, net2,270,700 2,764,600 
Deferred tax assetsDeferred tax assets672,424 639,791 
Other non-current assets148,800
 117,939
Other non-current assets541,569 496,850 
Total assets$4,708,287
 $4,648,650
Total assets$10,764,924 $11,133,235 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:   Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$145,236
 $143,484
Accounts payable$252,419 $213,747 
Accrued liabilities86,958
 143,491
Accrued liabilities435,616 346,639 
Accrued employee compensation127,711
 139,647
Accrued employee compensation189,421 149,780 
Deferred income61,237
 63,976
Current liabilities held for sale—
 5,818
Short-term debtShort-term debt199,641 0 
Total current liabilities421,142
 496,416
Total current liabilities1,077,097 710,166 
Non-current income taxes payable56,976
 60,646
Long-term debtLong-term debt993,170 1,439,024 
Other non-current liabilities88,756
 63,937
Other non-current liabilities258,853 305,465 
Total liabilities566,874
 620,999
Total liabilities2,329,120 2,454,655 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)00
Shareholders’ equity:   Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.002 par value; 8,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding—
 —
Common stock, $0.002 par value; 992,000 shares authorized; 495,913 and 506,095 shares issued and outstanding in fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively991
 1,012
Preferred stock, $0.002 par value; 8,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstandingPreferred stock, $0.002 par value; 8,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding0 0 
Common stock, $0.002 par value; 992,000 shares authorized; 675,402 and 663,481 shares issued and outstanding in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectivelyCommon stock, $0.002 par value; 992,000 shares authorized; 675,402 and 663,481 shares issued and outstanding in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively1,350 1,328 
Additional paid-in capital2,733,292
 3,016,775
Additional paid-in capital6,331,013 6,135,939 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(2,322) 23
Retained earnings1,409,452
 1,009,841
Retained earnings2,103,441 2,541,313 
Total shareholders’ equity4,141,413
 4,027,651
Total shareholders’ equity8,435,804 8,678,580 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$4,708,287
 $4,648,650
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$10,764,924 $11,133,235 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.



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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)


 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Net revenue$2,409,170
 $2,300,992
 $2,602,497
Cost of goods sold947,230
 1,017,564
 1,406,121
Gross Profit1,461,940
 1,283,428
 1,196,376
Operating expenses:     
Research and development714,444
 805,029
 954,653
Selling, general and administrative238,166
 251,191
 279,215
Litigation settlement74,385
 —
 654,667
Restructuring related charges5,250
 96,801
 53,251
Total operating expenses1,032,245
 1,153,021
 1,941,786
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations429,695
 130,407
 (745,410)
Interest and other income, net21,509
 17,022
 17,685
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes451,204
 147,429
 (727,725)
Provision for income taxes18,062
 72,608
 10,716
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax$433,142
 $74,821
 $(738,441)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax87,689
 (53,670) (72,959)
Net income (loss)$520,831
 $21,151
 $(811,400)
Net income (loss) per share - Basic:     
Continuing operations$0.87
 $0.15
 $(1.45)
Discontinued operations$0.18
 $(0.11) $(0.14)
Net income (loss) per share - Basic$1.05
 $0.04
 $(1.59)
Net income (loss) per share - Diluted:     
Continuing operations$0.85
 $0.14
 $(1.45)
       Discontinued operations$0.17
 $(0.10) $(0.14)
Net income (loss) per share - diluted$1.02
 $0.04
 $(1.59)
Weighted average shares:     
Basic498,008
 509,738
 510,945
Diluted509,667
 517,513
 510,945
Cash dividends declared per share$0.24
 $0.24
 $0.24
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Net revenue$2,968,900 $2,699,161 $2,865,791 
Cost of goods sold1,480,550 1,342,220 1,407,399 
Gross profit1,488,350 1,356,941 1,458,392 
Operating expenses:
Research and development1,072,740 1,080,391 914,009 
Selling, general and administrative467,240 464,580 424,360 
Legal settlement36,000 0 0 
Restructuring related charges170,759 55,328 76,753 
Total operating expenses1,746,739 1,600,299 1,415,122 
Operating income (loss)(258,389)(243,358)43,270 
Interest income2,599 4,816 11,926 
Interest expense(69,264)(85,631)(60,362)
Other income, net2,886 1,122,555 519 
Interest and other income (loss), net(63,779)1,041,740 (47,917)
Income (loss) before income taxes(322,168)798,382 (4,647)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes(44,870)(786,009)174,447 
Net income (loss)$(277,298)$1,584,391 $(179,094)
Net income (loss) per share - basic$(0.41)$2.38 $(0.30)
Net income (loss) per share - diluted$(0.41)$2.34 $(0.30)
Weighted-average shares:
Basic668,772 664,709 591,232 
Diluted668,772 676,094 591,232 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(In thousands)


Year EndedYear Ended
February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Net income (loss)$520,831
 $21,151
 $(811,400)Net income (loss)$(277,298)$1,584,391 $(179,094)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:     Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net change in unrealized loss on marketable securities(1,521) (145) (4,424)
Net change in unrealized gain on auction rate securities—
 —
 2,274
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges(824) 963
 1,047
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securitiesNet change in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities0 0 2,322 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(2,345) 818
 (1,103)Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax0 0 2,322 
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax$518,486
 $21,969
 $(812,503)Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax$(277,298)$1,584,391 $(176,772)
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Capital		Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)		Retained
Earnings		Total
SharesAmount
Balance at February 3, 2018Balance at February 3, 2018495,913 $991 $2,733,292 $(2,322)$1,409,452 $4,141,413 
Effect of revenue recognition accounting changeEffect of revenue recognition accounting change— — — — 34,218 34,218 
Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plansIssuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plans14,164 29 101,140 — — 101,169 
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock unitsTax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock units— — (54,934)— — (54,934)
Share-based compensationShare-based compensation— — 184,956 — — 184,956 
Common stock issued to Cavium common stockholdersCommon stock issued to Cavium common stockholders153,376 307 3,272,746 — — 3,273,053 
Stock consideration for Cavium accelerated awardsStock consideration for Cavium accelerated awards1,102 2 7,802 — — 7,804 
Equity related issuance costEquity related issuance cost— — (2,927)— — (2,927)
Replacement equity awards attributable to pre-acquisition serviceReplacement equity awards attributable to pre-acquisition service— — 50,485 — — 50,485 
Repurchase of common stockRepurchase of common stock(6,041)(12)(103,962)— — (103,974)
Cash dividends declared and paid (cumulatively $0.24 per share)Cash dividends declared and paid (cumulatively $0.24 per share)— — — — (148,081)(148,081)
Net lossNet loss— — — — (179,094)(179,094)
Other comprehensive lossOther comprehensive loss— — — 2,322 — 2,322 
Balance at February 2, 2019Balance at February 2, 2019658,514 1,317 6,188,598 0 1,116,495 7,306,410 
Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plansIssuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plans19,453 40 147,013 — — 147,053 
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock unitsTax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock units— — (98,293)— — (98,293)
Share-based compensationShare-based compensation— — 243,937 — — 243,937 
Issuance of warrant for common stockIssuance of warrant for common stock— — 3,407 — — 3,407 
Replacement equity awards attributable to pre-acquisition serviceReplacement equity awards attributable to pre-acquisition service— — 15,520 — — 15,520 
Repurchase of common stockRepurchase of common stock(14,486)(29)(364,243)— — (364,272)
Cash dividends declared and paid (cumulatively $0.24 per share)Cash dividends declared and paid (cumulatively $0.24 per share)— — — — (159,573)(159,573)
Net incomeNet income— — — — 1,584,391 1,584,391 
Balance at February 1, 2020Balance at February 1, 2020663,481 1,328 6,135,939 0 2,541,313 8,678,580 
Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plansIssuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plans13,172 25 86,648 — — 86,673 
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock unitsTax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock units— — (108,089)— — (108,089)
Share-based compensationShare-based compensation— — 241,714 — — 241,714 
 
Common Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
Retained
Earnings
 Total
Shares Amount 
Balance at January 31, 2015515,037
 $1,030
 $3,099,548
 $308
 $2,045,203
 $5,146,089
Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plans12,235
 24
 80,690
 —
 —
 80,714
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock units—
 —
 (24,355) —
 —
 (24,355)
Share-based compensation—
 —
 133,766
 —
 —
 133,766
Tax benefit from employee stock transactions—
 —
 108
 —
 —
 108
Repurchase of common stock(19,700) (39) (260,836) —
 —
 (260,875)Repurchase of common stock(1,251)(3)(25,199)— — (25,202)
Cash dividends declared and paid (cumulatively $0.24 per share)—
 —
 —
 —
 (122,821) (122,821)Cash dividends declared and paid (cumulatively $0.24 per share)— — — — (160,574)(160,574)
Net loss—
 —
 —
 —
 (811,400) (811,400)Net loss— — — — (277,298)(277,298)
Other comprehensive loss—
 —
 —
 (1,103) —
 (1,103)
Balance at January 30, 2016507,572
 1,015
 3,028,921
 (795) 1,110,982
 4,140,123
Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plans11,826
 24
 74,192
 —
 —
 74,216
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock units—
 —
 (16,679) —
 —
 (16,679)
Share-based compensation—
 —
 113,402
 —
 —
 113,402
Tax benefit from employee stock transactions—
 —
 (24) —
 —
 (24)
Repurchase of common stock(13,303) (27) (183,037) —
 —
 (183,064)
Cash dividends declared and paid (cumulatively $0.24 per share)—
 —
 —
 —
 (122,292) (122,292)
Net income—
 —
 —
 —
 21,151
 21,151
Other comprehensive gain—
 —
 —
 818
 —
 818
Balance at January 28, 2017506,095
 1,012
 3,016,775
 23
 1,009,841
 4,027,651
Issuance of ordinary shares in connection with equity incentive plans21,278
 42
 180,260
 —
 —
 180,302
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted stock units—
 —
 (26,840) —
 —
 (26,840)
Share-based compensation—
 —
 87,140
 —
 —
 87,140
Repurchase of common stock(31,460) (63) (526,012) —
 —
 (526,075)
Cash dividends declared and paid (cumulatively $0.24 per share)—
 —
 —
 —
 (119,251) (119,251)
Cumulative effect of stock compensation accounting change - see Note 2
—
 —
 1,969
 —
 (1,969) —
Net income—
 —
 —
 —
 520,831
 520,831
Other comprehensive loss—
 —
 —
 (2,345) —
 (2,345)
Balance at February 3, 2018495,913
 $991
 $2,733,292
 $(2,322) $1,409,452
 $4,141,413
Balance at January 30, 2021Balance at January 30, 2021675,402 $1,350 $6,331,013 $0 $2,103,441 $8,435,804 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Year EndedYear Ended
February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Cash flows from operating activities:     Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)$520,831
 $21,151
 $(811,400)Net income (loss)$(277,298)$1,584,391 $(179,094)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:     
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization83,487
 107,851
 100,176
Depreciation and amortization197,912 156,658 123,983 
Share-based compensation86,689
 113,970
 133,779
Share-based compensation241,539 242,207 184,064 
Amortization and write-off of acquired intangible assets3,570
 10,641
 12,688
Amortization of acquired intangible assetsAmortization of acquired intangible assets443,616 368,082 183,318 
Amortization of inventory fair value adjustment associated with acquisitionsAmortization of inventory fair value adjustment associated with acquisitions17,284 55,826 223,372 
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs and debt discountsAmortization of deferred debt issuance costs and debt discounts10,026 6,763 11,354 
Restructuring related impairment charges (gain)(4,561) 52,581
 16,032
Restructuring related impairment charges (gain)130,903 17,571 (200)
Loss (gain) from investments in privately-held companies(2,501) —
 3,503
Amortization of premium /discount on available-for-sale securities995
 3,319
 8,112
Other non-cash expense (income), net1,324
 (3,312) 2,196
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation—
 (37) (26)
Deferred income taxes19,825
 44,637
 6,096
Deferred income taxes(39,491)(785,158)118,647 
Gain on sale of property and equipment(743) —
 —
Gain on sale of discontinued operations(88,406) —
 —
Gain on sale of business(5,254) —
 —
Loss (gain) on sale of businessLoss (gain) on sale of business0 (1,121,709)1,592 
Other expense, netOther expense, net24,923 26,448 4,154 
Changes in assets and liabilities:     Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable54,989
 (12,084) 97,655
Accounts receivable(44,322)11,244 (99,044)
Inventories(12,160) 29,325
 90,586
Inventories29,913 12,759 4,348 
Prepaid expenses and other assets12,494
 1,825
 (23,209)Prepaid expenses and other assets(41,634)(54,138)(11,685)
Accounts payable(16,613) (28,153) (105,898)Accounts payable39,663 1,658 (6,493)
Accrued liabilities and other non-current liabilities(62,360) 3,763
 (15,202)Accrued liabilities and other non-current liabilities44,612 (182,893)85,027 
Carnegie Mellon University accrued litigation settlement—
 (736,000) 736,000
Accrued employee compensation(11,936) 18,016
 (33,338)Accrued employee compensation39,641 20,588 (46,599)
Deferred income(8,557) 14,072
 (12,398)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities571,113
 (358,435) 205,352
Net cash provided by operating activitiesNet cash provided by operating activities817,287 360,297 596,744 
Cash flows from investing activities:     Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of available-for-sale securities(835,494) (489,856) (1,056,045)Purchases of available-for-sale securities0 0 (14,956)
Sales of available-for-sale securities306,822
 616,697
 991,657
Sales of available-for-sale securities0 18,832 623,896 
Maturities of available-for-sale securities426,341
 239,557
 311,843
Maturities of available-for-sale securities0 0 187,985 
Return of investment from (in) privately-held companies6,089
 16
 (41)
Purchases of time deposits(300,000) (275,000) —
Purchases of time deposits0 0 (25,000)
Maturities of time deposits300,000
 125,000
 —
Maturities of time deposits0 0 175,000 
Purchases of technology licenses(6,587) (10,309) (8,236)Purchases of technology licenses(12,708)(4,712)(11,540)
Purchases of property and equipment(38,551) (44,510) (37,255)Purchases of property and equipment(106,798)(81,921)(75,921)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment
12,559
 —
 10,007
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment
738 620 43,525 
Purchases of equipment previously leased—
 —
 (10,240)
Net proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
165,940
 —
 —
Cash payment for acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquiredCash payment for acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired0 (1,071,079)(2,649,465)
Net proceeds from sale of business2,402
 —
 —
Net proceeds from sale of business0 1,698,783 (3,352)
Net cash provided by investing activities39,521
 161,595
 201,690
Other, netOther, net(876)(1,677)(2,725)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activitiesNet cash provided by (used in) investing activities(119,644)558,846 (1,752,553)
Cash flows from financing activities:     Cash flows from financing activities:
Repurchases of common stock(527,574) (181,564) (260,875)Repurchases of common stock(25,202)(364,272)(103,974)
Proceeds from employee stock plans180,302
 74,219
 80,717
Proceeds from employee stock plans86,635 147,276 100,961 
Minimum tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for net share settlement(26,840) (16,683) (24,358)
Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for net share settlementTax withholding paid on behalf of employees for net share settlement(108,094)(98,302)(54,939)
Dividend payments to shareholders(119,251) (122,292) (122,821)Dividend payments to shareholders(160,574)(159,573)(148,081)
Payments on technology license obligations(28,503) (20,965) (12,528)Payments on technology license obligations(100,018)(72,266)(69,157)
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation—
 37
 26
Proceeds from issuance of debtProceeds from issuance of debt0 950,000 1,892,605 
Principal payments of debtPrincipal payments of debt(250,000)(1,250,000)(756,128)
Payment of equity and debt financing costs(14,378) —
 —
Payment of equity and debt financing costs(38,023)0 (11,550)
Net cash used in financing activities(536,244) (267,248) (339,839)
Other, netOther, net(1,504)(6,812)0 
Net cash provided by (used in) in financing activitiesNet cash provided by (used in) in financing activities(596,780)(853,949)849,737 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents74,390
 (464,088) 67,203
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents100,863 65,194 (306,072)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year814,092
 1,278,180
 1,210,977
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year647,604 582,410 888,482 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year$888,482
 $814,092
 $1,278,180
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year$748,467 $647,604 $582,410 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Note 1 — Basis of Presentation
The Company
Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company, and its subsidiaries (the “Company”), is a fabless semiconductor provider of high-performance application-specific standard products. The Company’s core strength is the development of complex System-on-a-Chip devices, leveraging its extensive technology portfolio of intellectual property in the areas of analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, and embedded and standalone integrated circuits. The Company also develops platforms that it defines as integrated hardware along with software that incorporates digital computing technologies designed and configured to provide an optimized computing solution. The Company’s broad product portfolio includes devices for storage, networking and connectivity.storage.
Basis of Presentation
The Company’s fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to January 31. Accordingly, every fifth or sixth fiscal year will have a 53-week period. The additional week in a 53-week year is added to the fourth quarter, making such quarter consist of 14 weeks. Fiscal 2018 is a 53-week year. Fiscal 20172021, fiscal 2020 and 2016fiscal 2019 each had a 52-week period.
During the first fiscal quarter of 2018, the Company recorded certain out-of-period adjustments of $4.7 million related Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to revenue-related accruals and $3.2 million relatedconform to other expenses. The net effect of these out-of-period adjustments resulted in a $7.9 million increase in income from continuing operations for thecurrent year ended February 3, 2018, an increase in basic earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.02 per share, and an increase in diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.02 per share, as well as contributing to the increase in revenue and gross margin for the year ended February 3, 2018. presentation.
On November 19, 2017,October 29, 2020, the Company entered into ana merger agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Cavium, Inc. ("Cavium"Inphi Corporation (“Inphi”), pursuant to which a subsidiary ofwhereby the Company will merge with and into Cavium, with Cavium surviving and becoming a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). Cavium is a provider of highly integrated semiconductor processors that enable intelligent processing for wired and wireless infrastructure and cloud for networking, communications, storage and security applications. The Merger is primarily intended to create an opportunity for the combined company to emerge as a leader in infrastructure solutions.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company will issue 2.1757 common shares and pay $40.00Inphi's stockholders $66 per share in cash without interest,and 2.323 common shares for each Inphi share, of Cavium common stock. The exchange ratio was based on awhich represented purchase price of $80 per share, using the Company's undisturbed price prior to November 3, when media reports of the transaction first surfaced. This represents a transaction valueconsideration of approximately $6 billion. The merger consideration will be financed by a mix$10.0 billion as of cash, new debt financing and issuance of the Company’s common stock.
that date. The Company intends to fund the cash consideration with a combination of cash on hand from the combined companies and $1.75$4.25 billion in debt financing. The Companyfinancing, and has obtained commitments consisting of an $850 milliona $2.5 billion bridge loan commitment, a $875 million 3-year term loan facility commitment and a $900$875 million committed5-year term loan facility commitment from Goldman SachsJP Morgan Chase Bank, USA and Bank of America Merrill Lynch,N.A., in each case subject to customary terms and conditions. In addition, in connection with the Merger, the Company plans to obtain a $500 million revolving credit facility, borrowings under which will be used for general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries. The transaction is not subject to any financing condition. The Company has recorded $17.6conditions. As of January 30, 2021, there was $33.4 million of associated deferred debt financing and equity financingissuance costs, of which $11.7 million is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets, and $21.7 million is included in other non-current assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021.
The transaction is expected to close in mid-calendar 2018,the second half of calendar 2021, pending approval by Inphi's and the Company's stockholders, as well as regulatory approval and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. As a result of the transaction, the parent company will be domiciled in the United States upon closing of the transaction. For periods after closing, the combined company will be subject to customary closing conditions, including, without limitation: (i) the required approval by Cavium shareholders and the Company’s shareholders, which was obtained on March 16, 2018; (ii) the expiration or early termination of the waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, which expired on January 26, 2018, (iii) the receipt of Committee on Foreign Investmenttaxation in the U.S. ("CFIUS") approval,United States, which may adversely impact the Company's future effective tax rates and (iv) the receipt of certain other foreign regulatory approvals. In certain circumstances, a terminationtax liabilities. A fee of up to $180$460.0 million may be payable by the Company or Cavium$300.0 million payable by Inphi upon termination of the transaction, as more fully described in the Merger Agreement. If the Merger Agreement is terminated due to failure to obtain stockholder approval, the party whose stockholders did not approve the transaction will be obligated to reimburse the other party up to $25.0 million for its merger related fees and costs.



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Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies
Discontinued Operations
In connection with the plan the Company announced in November 2016 to restructure its operations to refocus its research and development, increase operational efficiency and improve profitability, the Company also planned to divest certain businesses. As of February 3, 2018, three businesses were divested and are classified as discontinued operations (see "Note 3 - Discontinued Operations"). As required, the Company has retrospectively recast its consolidated statements of operations and balance sheets for all periods presented to reflect these businesses as discontinued operations. The Company has not segregated the cash flows of these businesses in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Management was also required to make certain assumptions and apply judgment to determine historical expenses related to the discontinued operations presented in prior periods. Unless noted otherwise, discussion in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements refers to the Company’s continuing operations.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent liabilities. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to performance-based compensation, revenue recognition, provisions for sales returns and allowances, inventory excess and obsolescence, investment fair values, goodwill and other intangible assets, restructuring, income taxes, litigation and other contingencies. In addition, the Company uses assumptions when employing the Monte Carlo simulation and Black-Scholes valuation models to calculate the fair value of share-based awards that are granted. Actual results could differ from these estimates, and such differences could affect the results of operations reported in future periods. In the current macroeconomic environment affected by COVID-19, these estimates require increased judgment and carry a higher degree of variability and volatility. As events continue to evolve and additional information becomes available, these estimates may change materially in future periods.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on deposit with banks and time deposits, U.S. government and agency debt, municipal debt securities, corporate debt securities and money market funds.
Investments
The Company’s marketable investments are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair value. The Company determines any realized gains or losses on the sale of available-for-sale securities on a specific identification method, and such gains and losses are recorded as a component of interest and other income, net. Unrealized gains and losses of the available-for-sale securities are excluded from earnings and reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Time deposits with maturities greater than 90 days, but less than one year, are classified in short-term investments as held-to-maturity since the Company has both the intent and ability to hold them to maturity.
In general, investments with original maturities of greater than 90 days and remaining maturities of less than one year are classified as short-term investments. Investments with maturities beyond one year may also be classified as short-term based on their highly liquid nature and can be sold to fund current operations.
The Company also has equity investments in privately-held companies. If the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over the investee, but not control, or if the investee is a partnership type investment, the Company accounts for the investments under the equity method. If the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operations of the investee, the Company accounts for the investment under the cost method. Investments in privately-held companies are included in other non-current assets.

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Impairment of Investments
The Company performs a periodic review of its available-for-sale securities to determine whether an other-than-temporary impairment has occurred. Generally, for an individual security that has been in an unrealized loss position for an extended period of time, the Company evaluates whether an impairment charge should be recognized. Its evaluation is based on specific facts and circumstances at the time of assessment, including general market conditions, and the duration and extent to which the fair value is below cost. If the fair value of a debt security is less than its amortized cost, then an other-than-temporary impairment for the difference is recognized if:
the Company has the intent to sell the security;
it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost base; or
a credit loss exists insofar as the Company does not expect to recover the entire recognized amortized cost of the security.
If a debt security’s market value is below amortized cost and the Company either intends to sell the security or it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before its anticipated recovery, the Company records an other-than-temporary impairment charge to interest and other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations.
Investments in privately-held companies are subject to a periodic impairment review. Investments are considered impaired when the fair value is below the investment’s cost basis and the decline in value is judged to be other-than-temporary. This assessment is based on a qualitative and quantitative analysis, including, but not limited to, the investee’s revenue and earnings trends, available cash and liquidity, and the status of the investee’s products and the related market for such products.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company accounts for its derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities and carries them at fair value. For derivative instruments that hedge the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows and aredesignated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is recognized in current earnings. To receive hedge accounting treatment, cash flow hedges must be highly effective in offsetting changes to expected future cash flows on hedged transactions. Derivatives that are not designated as hedges must be adjusted to fair value through earnings.deposits.
Concentration of Credit Risk and Significant Customers
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a significant concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash equivalents short-term investments and accounts receivable. Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments balances are maintained with high-quality financial institutions, the composition and maturities of which are regularly monitored by management. The Company believes that the concentration of credit risk in its trade receivables which consists of a customer base located primarily in the Asia Pacific Region, is substantially mitigated by the Company’s credit evaluation process, relatively short collection terms and the high level of credit worthiness of its customers. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial conditions and limits the amount of credit extended when deemed necessary based upon payment history and the customer’s current credit worthiness, but generally requires no collateral. The Company regularly reviews the allowance for bad debt and doubtful accounts by considering factors such as historical experience, credit quality, reasonable and supportable forecasts, age of the accounts receivable balances and current economic conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay.
The Company’s accounts receivable was concentrated with three4 customers at February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, who represented 22%, 17%, and 16%comprise a total of 53% of gross accounts receivable, respectively, compared with four customers at January 28, 2017,February 1, 2020, who represented 27%, 15%, 14%, and 11%38% of gross accounts receivable, respectively. This presentation is at the customer consolidated level.
Historically, a relatively small number of customers have accounted for a significant portion of our net revenue. During fiscal 2021, there was no net revenue attributable to one customer, other than one distributor, whose revenue was 10% or greater of total net revenues. Net revenue attributable to significant customers whose revenues as a percentage of net revenue was 10% or greater of total net revenues is presented in the following table:

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Year EndedYear Ended
February 3, 2018 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		January 30, 2021February 1, 2020February 2, 2019
Customer:     Customer:
Western Digital*20% 21% 19%
Toshiba14% 14% **%
Western DigitalWestern Digital**12 %
Toshiba **Toshiba ****11 %
Seagate11% 9% 14%Seagate**10 %
Distributor:     Distributor:
Wintech10% 10% **%
Wintech13 %12 %*
     
* The percentage of net revenues reported for Western Digital for fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2017 includes net revenue of SanDisk, which became a subsidiary of Western Digital in fiscal 2017.
** Less than 10% of net revenue
* Less than 10% of net
** The percentage of net revenue reported for Toshiba for fiscal year 2019 excludes net revenue of Toshiba Memory Corporation after Toshiba divested Toshiba Memory Corporation during fiscal year 2019.		* Less than 10% of net
** The percentage of net revenue reported for Toshiba for fiscal year 2019 excludes net revenue of Toshiba Memory Corporation after Toshiba divested Toshiba Memory Corporation during fiscal year 2019.
The Company continuously monitors the creditworthiness of its distributors and believes these distributors’ sales to diverse end customers and to diverse geographies further serve to mitigate the Company’s exposure to credit risk.
Inventories
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, cost being determined under the first-in, first-out method. The total carrying value of the Company’s inventory is reduced for any difference between cost and estimated net realizable value of inventory that is determined to be excess, obsolete or unsellable inventory based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual future demand for the Company’s products is less than currently forecasted, the Company may be required to write inventory down below the current carrying value. Once the carrying value of inventory is reduced, it is maintained until the product to which it relates to is sold or otherwise disposed of.disposed. Inventoriable shipping and handling costs are classified as a component of cost of goods sold in the consolidated statements of operations.
Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net, are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which ranges from 32 to 7 years for machinery and equipment, and 3 to 4 years for computer software, and furniture and fixtures. Buildings are depreciated over an estimated useful life of 30 years and building improvements are depreciated over estimated useful lives of 15 years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the remaining lease term or the estimated useful life of the asset.
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Goodwill
Goodwill is recorded when the consideration paid for a business acquisition exceeds the fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired. Goodwill is measured and tested for impairment annually on the last business day of the fiscal fourth quarter and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. The Company first assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount or the Company may determine to proceed directly to the quantitative impairment test.
If the Company assesses qualitative factors and concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount or if the Company determines not to use the qualitative assessment, then a quantitative impairment test is performed. The quantitative impairment test requires comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its net bookcarrying value, including goodwill. The Company has identified that its business operates as a single operating segment with two2 components (Storage,(Networking and Networking & Connectivity)Storage), which it has concluded can be aggregated into a single reporting unit for purposes of testing goodwill impairment. As part of a restructuring announced in November 2016 (see “Note 4 - Restructuring and Other Related Charges”), the former Smart Networked Devices and Solutions component was renamed Networking & Connectivity. An impairment exists if the fair value of the reporting unit is lower than its net bookcarrying value. If the carryingfair value of the reporting unit is lower than its net bookcarrying value, then the Company would record an impairment loss for the difference in the fiscal quarter in which the determination is made.

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Long-Lived Assets and Intangible Assets
The Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets and intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of long-lived assets may not be recoverable. The Company estimates the future cash flows, undiscounted and without interest charges, expected to be generated by the assets from its use or eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of those assets, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. Please see “Note 9 —5 - Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets, Net” for further details regarding impairment of acquisition-related identified intangible assets.
Acquisition-related identified intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated economic lives, except for certain customer contracts and related relationships, which are amortized using an accelerated method of amortization over the expected customer lives. In-process research and development (“IPR&D”) is not amortized until the completion of the related development.
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Operating lease ROU assets also include any initial direct costs and prepayments less lease incentives. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise such options. As the Company's leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its collateralized incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date, including lease term, in determining the present value of lease payments. Lease expense for these leases is recognized on a straight line basis over the lease term.
Foreign Currency Transactions
The functional currency of all of the Company’s non-U.S.non-United States (“U.S.”) operations is the U.S. dollar. Monetary accounts maintained in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are re-measured using the foreign exchange rate at the balance sheet date. Operational accounts and nonmonetary balance sheet accounts are measured and recorded at the exchange rate in effect at the date of the transaction. The effects of foreign currency re-measurement are reported in current operations.
Revenue Recognition
Product revenue is recognized at a point in time when control of the asset is transferred to the customer. Substantially all of the Company's revenue is derived from product sales. The Company recognizes revenue when there is persuasive evidenceit satisfies a performance obligation by transferring control of an arrangement, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collection is reasonably assured. If the Company grants extended payment terms greater than its standard terms fora product to a customer suchin an amount that collectabilityreflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. For product revenue, the performance obligation is not assured,deemed to be the revenue is deferred upon shipmentdelivery of the product and will be recognized whentherefore, the payment becomes due provided all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied.
Product revenue is generally recognized upon shipment of product to customers, net of accruals for estimated sales returns and rebates. However, some of the Company’s sales are made through distributors under agreements allowing for price protection and limited rights of stock rotation on products unsold by the distributors. Although title passes to the distributor upon shipment, terms and payment by the Company’s distributors is not contingent on resale of the product. Product revenue on sales made through distributors with price protection and stock rotation rights are deferred until the distributors sell the product to end customers. Deferred revenue less the related cost of the inventories is reported as deferred income. The Company does not believe that there is any significant exposure related to impairment of deferred cost of sales, as its historical returns have been minimal and inventory turnover for its distributors generally ranges from 60 to 90 days. The Company’s sales to direct customers are made primarily pursuant to standard purchase orders for delivery of products.
A portion of the Company’s net revenue is derived from sales through third-party logistics providers, who maintain warehouses in close proximity to the customer’s facilities. Revenue from sales through these third-party logistics providers is not recognized until the product is pulled from stock by the end customer.
The provision for estimated sales returns on product sales is recorded in the same period the related revenues are recorded. These estimates are based on historical returns analysis of credit memo data and other known factors. Actual returns could differ from these estimates. The Company accounts for rebates by recording reductions to revenue for rebates in the same period that the related revenue is recorded. The amount of these reductions is based upon the terms agreed to with the customer.
Advertising Expense
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. The Company recorded $0.2 million, $0.5 million Product revenue on sales made to distributors with price protection, price discounts and $5.1 millionstock rotation rights is recognized upon shipment to distributors, with an accrual for the variable consideration aspect of advertising costs for fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, included in selling and marketing expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.
Share-Based Compensation
Share-based compensation is measured at the grant date,sales to distributors, estimated based on the fair value of the award,historical experience, including estimates for price discounts, price protection, rebates, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period. The Company amortizes share-based compensation expense for time-based awards under the straight-line attribution method over the vesting period. Share-based compensation expense for performance-based awards is recognized when it becomes probable that the performance conditions will be met. Once it becomes probable that a performance-based award will vest, the Company recognizes compensation expense equal to the number of shares expected to vest multiplied by the fair value of the award at the grant date, which is amortized using the accelerated method. In the case of performance-based awards based on total shareholder return (“TSR”), share-based compensation expense is amortized over the requisite service period. For stock purchase rights under the stock purchase plan, the Company amortizes share-based compensation expense ratably over the two-year offering period.

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The Company estimates the fair value of time-based stock option and stock purchase awards on the date of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of TSR awards is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model since the award is indexed to the price of the Company’s common stock as set forth under the terms of the award. The value of theA portion of the awards thatCompany's net revenue is ultimately expectedderived from sales through third-party logistics providers who maintain warehouses in close proximity to vestour customer’s facilities. Revenue from sales through these third-party logistics providers is not recognized as expense overuntil the requisite service period. The Black Scholes and Monte Carlo models incorporate various highly subjective assumptions including expected term of awards, expected futureproduct is pulled from stock price volatility, expected dividend yield and risk-free interest rate.
In developing estimates used to calculate assumptions, the Company establishes the expected term for employee stock options based on historical settlement experience and after giving consideration to vesting schedules. Assumptions for stock option exercises are stratified by two employee groups and one employee/non-employee group with sufficiently distinct behavior patterns. Expected volatility was developed based on historical stock price volatility. The expected dividend yield is calculated by dividing annualized dividend payments by the closing stock price on the grant date of the option.
The fair value of each restricted stock unit is estimated based on the market price of the Company’s common shares on the date of grant less the expected dividend yield.
Forfeitures are recorded when they occur. Previously recognized expense is reversed for the portion of awards forfeited prior to vesting as and when forfeitures occurred.
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax is comprised of net income and net change in unrealized gains and losses, on available-for-sale securities, auction rate securities and cash flow hedges. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), as presented on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, consists of net unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and cash flow hedges, net of tax.
Accounting for Income Taxes
The Company recognizes income taxes using an asset and liability approach. This approach requires the recognition of taxes payable or refundable for the current year, and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of current and deferred taxes is based on provisions of the enacted tax law and the effects of future changes in tax laws or rates are not anticipated.
Using available evidence and judgment, the Company establishes a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, when it is determined that it is more likely than not that they will not be realized. Valuation allowances have been provided primarily against the U.S. research and development credits. Valuation allowances have also been provided against certain acquired operating losses and the deferred tax assets of foreign subsidiaries. A change in the assessment of the realization of deferred tax assets may materially impact the Company’s tax provision in the period in which a change of assessment occurs.
The Company is subject to income tax audits by the respective tax authorities in each jurisdiction in which the Company operates. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if these positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. The Company records interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense.
Warrantycustomer.
The Company’s products are generally subject to warranty, which provides for the estimated future costs of repair or replacement upon shipment of the product. The Company’s products carry a standard one-year warranty, with certain exceptions in which the warranty period can extend to more than one year based on contractual agreements. The warranty accrual is estimated primarily estimated based on historical claims compared to historical revenues and assumes that the Company will have to replace products subject to a claim. From time to time, the Company becomes aware of specific warranty situations, and it records specific accruals to cover these exposures. Warranty expenses were not material for the periods presented.
Business Combinations
The Company allocates the fair value of the purchase consideration of its acquisitions to the tangible assets, liabilities, and intangible assets acquired, including IPR&D, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. IPR&D is initially capitalized at fair value as an intangible asset with an indefinite life and assessed for impairment thereafter. When an IPR&D project is completed, the IPR&D is reclassified as an amortizable purchased intangible asset and amortized over the asset’s estimated useful life. Acquisition-related expenses and related restructuring costs are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred.
Advertising Expense
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. The Company recorded $0.6 million, $0.8 million and $0.2 million of advertising costs for fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, included in fiscal 2018, 2017selling, general and 2016.administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

Share-Based Compensation
Share-based compensation is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service vesting period. The Company amortizes share-based compensation expense for time-based awards under the straight-line attribution method over the vesting period. Share-based compensation expense for performance-based awards is recognized when it becomes probable that the performance conditions will be met. The Company amortizes share-based compensation expense for performance-based awards using the accelerated method.
The fair value of each restricted stock unit is estimated based on the market price of the Company’s common shares on the date of grant less the expected dividend yield.
The Company estimates the fair value of stock purchase awards on the date of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of performance-based awards based on total shareholder return (“TSR”) and value creation (“VCA”) awards are estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model.
Forfeitures are recorded when they occur. Previously recognized expense is reversed for the portion of awards forfeited prior to vesting as and when forfeitures occur.
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax is comprised of net income and net change in unrealized gains and losses, on available-for-sale securities and cash flow hedges.
Accounting for Income Taxes
The Company estimates its income taxes in the jurisdictions in which it operates. This process involves estimating the Company's actual tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from the differing treatment of certain items for tax return and financial statement purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included in the Company's consolidated balance sheets.
The Company recognizes income taxes using an asset and liability approach. This approach requires the recognition of taxes payable or refundable for the current year, and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company's consolidated financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of current and deferred taxes is based on provisions of the enacted tax law and the effects of future changes in tax laws or rates are not anticipated.
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Evaluating the need for an amount of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets requires judgment and analysis of all the positive and negative evidence available, including cumulative losses in recent years and projected future taxable income, to determine whether all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Using available evidence and judgment, the Company establishes a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, when it determines that it is more likely than not that they will not be realized. Valuation allowances have been provided primarily against the U.S. research and development credits. Valuation allowances have also been provided against certain acquired net operating losses and the deferred tax assets of foreign subsidiaries. A change in the assessment of the realizability of deferred tax assets may materially impact the Company's tax provision in the period in which a change occurs. Taxes due on future Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) inclusions in U.S. are recognized as a current period expense when incurred.
As a multinational corporation, the Company conducts its business in many countries and is subject to taxation in many jurisdictions. The taxation of the business is subject to the application of various and sometimes conflicting tax laws and regulations as well as multinational tax conventions. The Company's effective tax rate is highly dependent upon the geographic distribution of the Company's worldwide earnings or losses, the tax laws and regulations in various localities, the availability of tax incentives, tax credits and loss carryforwards, and the effectiveness of the Company's tax planning strategies, including the Company's estimates of the fair value of its intellectual property. The application of tax laws and regulations is subject to legal and factual interpretation, judgment and uncertainty. Tax laws themselves are subject to change as a result of changes in fiscal policy, changes in legislation, and the evolution of regulations and court rulings. Consequently, taxing authorities may impose tax assessments or judgments against us that could materially affect the Company's tax liability and/or effective income tax rate.
The Company is subject to income tax audits by tax authorities in the jurisdictions in which it operates. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if these positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is more than 50% likely to be realized. Changes in judgment regarding the recognition or measurement of uncertain tax positions are reflected in the period in which the change occurs. The Company records interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. The calculation of the Company's tax liabilities involves the inherent uncertainty associated with complex tax laws. The Company believes it has adequately provided for in its financial statements additional taxes that it estimates may be required to be paid as a result of such examinations. While the Company believes that it has adequately provided for all tax positions, amounts asserted by tax authorities could be greater or less than its accrued position. Unpaid tax liabilities, including the interest and penalties, are released pursuant to a final settlement with tax authorities, completion of audit or expiration of various statutes of limitation. The material jurisdictions in which the Company may be subject to potential examination by tax authorities throughout the world include China, India, Israel, Singapore, Germany, and the United States.
The recognition and measurement of current taxes payable or refundable, and deferred tax assets and liabilities require that the Company make certain estimates and judgments. Changes to these estimates or judgments may have a material effect on the Company's tax provision in a future period.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted
In July 2015, the FASB issued an amendment to its guidance regarding the subsequent measurement of inventory. Historically, inventory was measured at the lower of cost or market. Market could be replacement cost, net realizable value or net realizable value less an approximately normal profit margin. Under the amended guidance, inventory is to be measured at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. This amendment applies to inventories for which cost is determined by methods other than last-in first-out and the retail inventory method. This standard was effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Adoption of this guidance on a prospective basis in the Company's first quarter of fiscal 2018 did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
In March 2016, the FASB issued new guidance that simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as classification in the statement of cash flows. Under the new guidance, excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies will be recognized in the income statement as they occur. This replaced the previous guidance which requires tax benefits that exceed compensation cost (‘windfalls’) to be recognized in additional paid in capital. It also eliminates the need to maintain a “windfall pool,” and removes the requirement to delay recognizing a windfall until it reduces current taxes payable. The new guidance also changed the cash flow presentation of excess tax benefits, classifying them as operating activities consistent with other cash flows related to income taxes. The guidance was effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The adoption of the standard did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements in the Company's first quarter of fiscal year 2018.  Previously, the Company had disclosed its determination to account for forfeitures based on estimated forfeiture rate. However, based on further analysis of the potential prospective effects on the financial statements, and based on management’s use of such measures in GAAP and non-GAAP financial analysis, the Company subsequently elected to adopt the standard by recognizing forfeitures as incurred. As such, the Company applied the modified retrospective method of adoption for forfeitures in accordance with the guidance and recorded $2.0 million cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings. The Company elected to adopt the cash flow statement presentation of excess tax benefits on a prospective basis as allowed by the new guidance.
In January 2017, the FASB issued guidance simplifying the test for goodwill impairment. This guidance eliminates Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test i.e. determining the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill and comparing it to the carrying value of goodwill, instead requiring an entity to recognize a goodwill impairment charge for the amount by which the goodwill carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value. This guidance was effective for interim and annual goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. This guidance must be applied on a prospective basis. The Company adopted this guidance beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. The adoption of this guidance had no effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective
In May 2014, the FASB issued a new accounting standard on the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers that will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under GAAP. The new standard will require an entity to recognize revenue from the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance addresses, in particular, contracts with more than one performance obligation, as well as the accounting for certain costs to obtain or fulfill a contract with a customer, and provides for additional disclosures with respect to revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. Public entities are required to apply the amendments on either a full or modified retrospective basis for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and for interim periods within those annual periods. This update will be effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. The Company will adopt the standard on a modified retrospective basis, with the cumulative effect recognized in retained earnings at the date of adoption. Based on the Company’s assessment of this accounting standard, a change in revenue recognition timing on its component sales made to distributors will be made in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. The Company will recognize revenue when the Company transfers control to the distributor rather than deferring recognition until the distributor sells the components. In addition, the Company established appropriate accruals for the variable consideration aspect of sales to distributors, estimated based on historical experience, including estimates for price discounts, price protection, rebates, and stock rotation programs.  On the date of initial adoption, the Company will remove the deferred income on component sales made to distributors and record estimates of the accruals for variable consideration through a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. The Company expects the net impact to the opening balance of retained earnings related to the adoption of the new standard to be in the range of $25.0 million to $40.0 million.

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In January 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standard update that changes the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option, and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The accounting standard update will be effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance will not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued a new standard on the accounting for leases, which requires a lessee to record a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than twelve months. The standard also expands the required quantitative and qualitative disclosures for lease arrangements. The standard is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. The Company is currently evaluating the effect this new guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued a new standard requiring financial assets measured at amortized cost be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, through an allowance for credit losses that is deducted from the amortized cost basis. The standard eliminates the threshold for initial recognition in current GAAP and reflects an entity’s current estimate of all expected credit losses. The measurement of expected credit losses is based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the financial assets. The new standard is effective forwas adopted by the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021. The Company doeson February 2, 2020 and did not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a material effect on itsthe Company's consolidated financial statements.
In August 2016,2018, the FASB issued an accounting standards update to addalign the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a software hosting arrangement that is a service contract and costs to develop or clarify guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows.obtain internal-use software. The amendments in the update provide guidance on eight specific cash flow issues and is effective fornew standard was adopted by the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments to the guidance should be applied usingon February 2, 2020 on a retrospective transition method for each period presentedprospective basis and if it is impracticable to apply all of the amendments retrospectively for some of the issues, the amendments for those issues would be applied prospectively as of the earliest date practicable. The Company doesdid not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material effect on itsthe Company's consolidated financial statements.
In October 2016,August 2018, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. The new guidance adds, modifies and removes certain fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The new standard was adopted by the Company on February 2, 2020 and did not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
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In November 2018, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that clarifies when transactions between participants in a collaborative arrangement are within the scope of the new revenue recognition standard that the Company adopted at the beginning of fiscal 2019. The new standard was adopted by the Company on February 2, 2020 and did not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective
In December 2019, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation and modified the methodology for calculating income tax effectstaxes in an interim period. It also clarifies and simplifies other aspects of intra-entity transfers and will require companies to recognize the accounting for income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory when the transfer occurs. Previous guidance required companies to defer the income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets until the asset had been sold to an outside party or otherwise recognized.taxes. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019.2022, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this guidance willnew standard was adopted by the Company on January 31, 2021 on a prospective basis and is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In November 2016, the FASB issued new guidance that requires entities to include in their cash and cash-equivalent balances in the statement
Note 3 — Revenue
Disaggregation of cash flows those amounts that are deemed to be restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents. As a result, companies will no longer present transfers between cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statementRevenue
The majority of cash flows. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. The adoption of this guidance will not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.revenue is generated from sales of the Company’s products.
In January 2017, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that revises the definitionThe following table summarizes net revenue disaggregated by product group (in thousands, except percentages):
Year Ended
January 30, 2021		% of TotalYear Ended
February 1, 2020		% of TotalYear Ended
February 2, 2019		% of Total
Net revenue by product group:
Networking (1)$1,683,294 57 %$1,377,635 51 %$1,313,439 46 %
Storage (2)1,151,874 39 %1,137,766 42 %1,376,697 48 %
Other (3)133,732 4 %183,760 7 %175,655 6 %
$2,968,900 $2,699,161 $2,865,791 

(1)Networking products are comprised primarily of a business. Ethernet Solutions, Embedded Processors and Custom ASICs.
(2)Storage products are comprised primarily of Storage Controllers and Fibre Channel Adapters.
(3)Other products are comprised primarily of Printer Solutions.

The amendments provide a more robust framework for determining when a setfollowing table summarizes net revenue disaggregated by primary geographical market based on destination of assets and activities is a business. The update is intended to help companies evaluate whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for certain transactions, as specifically described in the guidance. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.shipment (in thousands, except percentages):
In May 2017, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that provides guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting. Unless the changes in terms or conditions meet all three criteria outlined in the guidance, modification accounting should be applied. The three criteria relate to changes in the terms and conditions that affect the fair value, vesting conditions, or classification of a share-based payment award. The amendment is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
Year Ended
January 30, 2021		% of TotalYear Ended
February 1, 2020		% of TotalYear Ended
February 2, 2019		% of Total
Net revenue based on destination of shipment:
China$1,268,820 43 %$1,071,028 40 %$1,189,928 42 %
United States321,448 11 %258,827 10 %251,905 9 %
Malaysia254,053 9 %226,358 8 %372,817 13 %
Thailand251,408 8 %230,218 9 %165,923 6 %
Philippines166,734 6 %221,566 8 %235,921 8 %
Japan142,554 5 %162,399 6 %162,767 6 %
Others563,883 18 %528,765 19 %486,530 16 %
$2,968,900 $2,699,161 $2,865,791 


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These destinations of shipment are not necessarily indicative of the geographic location of the Company's end customers or the country in which the Company's end customers sell devices containing the Company's products. For example, a substantial majority of the shipments made to China relate to sales to non-China based customers that have factories or contract manufacturing operations located within China.
The following table summarizes net revenue disaggregated by customer type (in thousands, except percentages):
Year Ended
January 30, 2021		% of TotalYear Ended
February 1, 2020		% of TotalYear Ended
February 2, 2019		% of Total
Net revenue by customer type:
Direct customers$2,213,645 75 %$2,041,089 76 %$2,197,209 77 %
Distributors755,255 25 %658,072 24 %668,582 23 %
$2,968,900 $2,699,161 $2,865,791 
Contract Liabilities
Contract liabilities consist of the Company’s obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the Company has received consideration or the amount is due from the customer. As of January 30, 2021, contract liability balances are comprised of variable consideration estimated based on a portfolio basis using the expected value methodology based on analysis of historical data, current economic conditions, and contractual terms. Variable consideration estimates consist of the estimated returns, price discounts, price protection, rebates, and stock rotation programs. As of the end of a reporting period, some of the performance obligations associated with contracts will have been unsatisfied or only partially satisfied. In August 2017,accordance with the FASBpractical expedients available in the guidance, the Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less. Contract liabilities are included in accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
The opening balance of contract liabilities at the beginning of fiscal year 2021 was $111.5 million. During the year ended January 30, 2021, contract liabilities increased by $875.0 million associated with variable consideration estimates, offset by $805.5 million decrease in such reserves primarily due to credit memos issued an accounting standards updateto customers. The ending balance of contract liabilities at the end of fiscal year 2021 was $181.0 million. The amount of revenue recognized during the year ended January 30, 2021 that simplifieswas included in the application and administration of hedge accounting. The guidance amends the presentation and disclosure requirements and changes how companies assess effectiveness. The guidance is intended to more closely align hedge accounting with companies' risk management strategies, simplify the application of hedge accounting, and increase transparency as to the scope and results of hedging programs. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The guidance will be applied to cash flow and net investment hedge relationships that exist on the date of adoption using a modified retrospective approach. The presentation and disclosure requirements will be applied prospectively. contract liabilities balance at February 1, 2020 was not material.
Sales Commissions
The Company has elected to apply the practical expedient to expense commissions when incurred as the amortization period is evaluating the effect this new guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Note 3 — Discontinued Operations
In November 2016, the Company announced a plan to restructure its operations to refocus its researchtypically one year or less. These costs are recorded in selling, general and development, increase operational efficiency and improve profitability. As part of these actions, the Company began an active program to locate buyers for several businesses. The Company concluded that the divestitures of these businesses represented a strategic shift that has a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. These businesses were deemed not to align with the Company’s core business. The Company classified these businesses as discontinued operations for all periods presented in its consolidated financial statements.
In February 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the assets of one of these businesses, the Broadband operations. The transaction closed on April 4, 2017. Based on the terms of the agreement, the Company received sale consideration of $23.0 million in cash proceeds. The divestiture resulted in a pre-tax gain on sale of $8.2 million, which is included in income from discontinued operationsadministrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
In May 2017,

Note 4 — Business Combinations
Avera
On November 5, 2019, the Company soldcompleted the assetsacquisition of Avera, the ASIC business of GlobalFoundries. Avera is a second business, the LTE thin-modem operations.leading provider of ASIC semiconductor solutions. The transaction closed on May 18, 2017.  Based on the termsCompany acquired Avera to expand its ASIC design capabilities. Total purchase consideration consisted of the agreement, the Company received salecash consideration paid to GlobalFoundries of $52.9 million. The sale consideration included $3.6$593.5 million, related to the Company's tax withholding liability paid by the buyer to tax authorities. The divestiture resulted in a pre-tax gain on salenet of $34.0 million, which is included in income from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations.
In June 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the assets of a third business, the Multimedia operations. The transaction closed on September 8, 2017. Based on the terms of the agreement, the Company received sale consideration of $93.7working capital and other adjustments. An additional $90 million in cash proceeds. The divestiture resulted in a pre-tax gain on sale of $46.2 million which is included in income from discontinued operations inwould have been paid to acquire additional assets if certain conditions were satisfied. In July 2020, GlobalFoundries and the consolidated statements of operations.Company agreed to terminate this requirement to acquire the additional assets.
The following table presents a reconciliationfactors contributing to the recognition of goodwill were based upon the Company's conclusion that there are strategic and synergistic benefits that are expected to be realized from the acquisition. A portion of the carrying amounts of major classes of assets and liabilities ofgoodwill recorded for the discontinued operations to the total assets and liabilities of the disposal group classified as heldAvera acquisition is deductible for sale that are presented separately in the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):tax purposes.
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Current assets held for sale:   
Inventory$—
 $9,281
Property and equipment, net—
 5,270
Goodwill—
 36,636
Acquired intangible assets, net—
 3,799
Other—
 1,490
Current assets held for sale for discontinued operations—
 56,476
Other assets held for sale   
       Property and equipment, net30,767
 601
Total assets of the disposal group classified as held for sale$30,767
 $57,077
Current liabilities held for sale:   
Deferred Income$—
 $5,818
Total liabilities of the disposal group classified as held for sale$—
 $5,818

Other assets held for sale as of February 3, 2018 consist of a building and land.

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The purchase price allocation is as follows (in thousands):

Previously Reported February 1, 2020 (Provisional)Measurement Period AdjustmentJanuary 30, 2021
Inventories$106,465 $0 $106,465 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets17,495 0 17,495 
Property and equipment, net25,677 0 25,677 
Acquired intangible assets, net379,000 0 379,000 
Other non-current assets6,870 0 6,870 
Goodwill129,392 606 129,998 
Accrued liabilities(64,155)0 (64,155)
Deferred tax liabilities(6,594)(606)(7,200)
Other non-current liabilities(650)0 (650)
$593,500 $0 $593,500 

The previously reported provisional amounts presented in the table above pertained to the preliminary purchase price allocation reported in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended February 1, 2020. The measurement period adjustments were primarily related to changes in estimates related to final agreement of tax-related purchase price allocations with the seller. The Company does not believe that the measurement period adjustments had a material impact on its consolidated statements of operations, balance sheets or cash flows in any periods reported.

In fiscal year 2020, the Company incurred total acquisition related costs of $5.7 million which were recorded in selling, general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations.
Aquantia Corp
On September 19, 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of Aquantia. Aquantia is a manufacturer of high-speed transceivers which includes copper and optical physical layer products. The Company acquired Aquantia to further its position in automotive in-vehicle networking and strengthen its multi-gig ethernet PHY portfolio for enterprise infrastructure, data center and access applications. In accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 6, 2019, by and among the Company and Aquantia (the “Aquantia merger agreement”), the Company acquired all outstanding shares of common stock of Aquantia (the “Aquantia shares”) for $13.25 per share in cash. The merger consideration was funded with a combination of cash on hand and funds from the Company's revolving line of credit (“2018 Revolving Credit Facility”). See “Note 11 - Debt” for additional information.

The following table summarizes the total merger consideration (in thousands): 

Cash consideration to Aquantia common stockholders$479,547 
Cash consideration - director, employee & consultant grant accelerations and payout for employee stock purchase plan7,122 
Stock consideration for replacement equity awards attributable to pre-combination service15,520 
Total merger consideration$502,189 

The factors contributing to the recognition of goodwill were based upon the Company's conclusion that there are strategic and synergistic benefits that are expected to be realized from the acquisition. Goodwill recorded for the Aquantia acquisition is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
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The purchase price allocation is as follows (in thousands):

Previously Reported February 1, 2020 (Provisional)Measurement Period AdjustmentJanuary 30, 2021
Cash and short-term investments$27,914 $0 $27,914 
Inventory33,900 0 33,900 
Goodwill227,594 (1,049)226,545 
Acquired intangible assets193,000 0 193,000 
Other non-current assets35,123 1,049 36,172 
Accrued liabilities(21,813)0 (21,813)
Other, net6,471 0 6,471 
$502,189 $0 $502,189 

The previously reported provisional amounts presented in the table above pertained to the preliminary purchase price allocation reported in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended February 1, 2020. The measurement period adjustments were primarily related to changes in estimates related to finalizing Aquantia's U.S. tax return. The Company does not believe that the measurement period adjustments had a material impact on its consolidated statements of operations, balance sheets or cash flows in any periods reported.
In fiscal year 2020, the Company incurred total acquisition related costs of $5.3 million which were recorded in selling, general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations.
Cavium Inc
On July 6, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of Cavium (the “Cavium acquisition”). Cavium is a provider of highly integrated semiconductor processors that enable intelligent processing for wired and wireless infrastructure and cloud for networking, communications, storage and security applications. The Cavium acquisition was primarily intended to create an opportunity for the combined company to emerge as a leader in infrastructure solutions. In accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 19, 2017, by and among the Company and Cavium (the “Cavium merger agreement”), the Company acquired all outstanding shares of common stock of Cavium (the “Cavium shares”) for $40.00 per share in cash and 2.1757 shares of the Company's common stock exchanged for each share of Cavium stock. The Company also made cash payments for the fractional shares that resulted from conversion as specified in the Cavium merger agreement. The merger consideration was funded with a combination of cash on hand, new debt financing and issuance of the Company’s common shares. See “Note 11 - Debt” for discussion of the debt financing.
The following table summarizes the total merger consideration (in thousands, except share and per share data):

Cash consideration to Cavium common stockholders$2,819,812 
Common stock (153,376,408 shares of the Company's common stock at $21.34 per share)3,273,053 
Cash consideration for intrinsic value of vested director stock options and employee accelerated awards attributable to pre-acquisition service10,642 
Stock consideration for employee accelerated awards attributable to pre-acquisition service7,804 
Fair value of the replacement equity awards attributable to pre-acquisition service50,485 
Total merger consideration$6,161,796 
The factors contributing to the recognition of goodwill were based upon the Company's conclusion that there are strategic and synergistic benefits that are expected to be realized from the acquisition. Goodwill of $3.5 billion recorded for the Cavium acquisition is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
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The purchase price allocation is as follows (in thousands):

Cash and cash equivalents$180,989 
Accounts receivable112,270 
Inventories330,778 
Prepaid expense and other current assets19,890 
Assets held for sale483 
Property and equipment115,428 
Acquired intangible assets2,744,000 
Other non-current assets89,139 
Goodwill3,498,196 
Accounts payable(52,383)
Accrued liabilities(126,007)
Accrued employee compensation(34,813)
Deferred income(2,466)
Current portion of long-term debt(6,123)
Liabilities held for sale(3,032)
Long-term debt(600,005)
Non-current income taxes payable(8,454)
Deferred tax liabilities(79,995)
Other non-current liabilities(16,099)
Total merger consideration$6,161,796 

In fiscal year 2019, the Company incurred total acquisition related costs of $53.7 million which were recorded in selling, general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company also incurred $22.8 million of debt financing costs. Additionally, the Company incurred $2.9 million of equity issuance costs, which were recorded in additional paid-in capital in the consolidated balance sheet.
Unaudited Supplemental Pro Forma Information
The unaudited supplemental pro forma financial information presented below is for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the financial position or results of operations that would have been realized if the acquisitions had been completed on the date indicated, does not reflect synergies that might have been achieved, nor is it indicative of future operating results or financial position. The pro forma adjustments are based upon currently available information and certain assumptions the Company believe are reasonable under the circumstances.
The following unaudited supplemental pro forma information presents the combined results of operations for each of the periods presented, as if Avera and Aquantia had been acquired as of the beginning of fiscal year 2019 and Cavium had been acquired as of the beginning of fiscal year 2018. The unaudited supplemental pro forma information includes adjustments to amortization and depreciation for acquired intangible assets and property and equipment, adjustments to share-based compensation expense, the purchase accounting effect on inventories acquired, interest expense, and transaction costs. For fiscal year 2019, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the Avera and Aquantia acquisitions included (i) the purchase accounting effect of inventories acquired of $73.1 million for Avera and Aquantia (ii) transaction costs of $18.6 million for Avera and Aquantia and (iii) share-based compensation expense of $3.5 million. The unaudited supplemental pro forma information presented below is for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of our consolidated results of operations of the combined business had the Avera and Aquantia acquisitions actually occurred at the beginning of fiscal year 2019 and the Cavium acquisition actually occurred at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 or of the results of our future operations of the combined business.
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The unaudited supplemental pro forma financial information for the periods presented is as follows (in thousands):

Year Ended
February 1, 2020February 2, 2019
Pro forma net revenue$3,011,550 $3,638,086 
Pro forma net income$1,532,594 $(334,133)

Note 5 — Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets, Net
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired in a business combination. The carrying value of goodwill as of January 30, 2021 and February 1, 2020 is $5.3 billion. See “Note 4 - Business Combinations” for discussion of the acquisitions and changes to the carrying value of goodwill.
The Company has identified that its business operates as a single operating segment with 2 components that it has concluded can be aggregated into a single reporting unit. The Company’s annual test for goodwill impairment as of the last day of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 did 0t result in any impairment charge.
There was 0 activity from acquisitions or divestitures recorded to goodwill in fiscal 2021 and 2020 other than those described above.
Acquired Intangible Assets, Net
In connection with the Cavium acquisition on July 6, 2018, the Aquantia acquisition on September 19, 2019 and the Avera acquisition on November 5, 2019, the Company recognized $3.3 billion of intangible assets. As of January 30, 2021 and February 1, 2020, net carrying amounts are as follows (in thousands, except for weighted-average remaining amortization period):

January 30, 2021
Gross
Carrying
Amounts		Accumulated
Amortization
and
Write-Offs		Net
Carrying
Amounts		Weighted -Average Remaining Amortization Period (Years)
Developed technologies$2,454,000 $(724,215)$1,729,785 5.54
Customer contracts and related relationships643,000 (228,845)414,155 5.62
Trade names23,000 (14,240)8,760 2.20
Total acquired amortizable intangible assets3,120,000 (967,300)2,152,700 5.54
IPR&D118,000 — 118,000 n/a
Total acquired intangible assets$3,238,000 $(967,300)$2,270,700 

The Company regularly analyzes the results of its business to determine whether events or circumstances exist that indicate whether the carrying amount of the intangible assets may not be recoverable. During the second quarter of fiscal 2021, impairment charges of $50.3 million related to certain intangible assets acquired from Cavium were recognized as part of restructuring actions. The gross carrying amounts and the accumulated amortization of those impaired intangible assets were excluded from the table above. See “Note 6 - Restructuring” for additional information.
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February 1, 2020
Gross
Carrying
Amounts		Accumulated
Amortization
and
Write-Offs		Net
Carrying
Amounts		Weighted-Average Remaining Amortization Period (Years)
Developed technologies$2,511,000 $(413,735)$2,097,265 6.41
Customer contracts and related relationships643,000 (128,939)514,061 6.61
Trade names23,000 (8,726)14,274 2.96
Total acquired amortizable intangible assets3,177,000 (551,400)2,625,600 6.43
IPR&D139,000 — 139,000 n/a
Total acquired intangible assets$3,316,000 $(551,400)$2,764,600 

The intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives, except for certain Cavium customer contracts and related relationships, which are amortized using an accelerated method of amortization over the expected customer lives in order to more closely align with the pattern of realization of economic benefits expected to be obtained. The IPR&D will be accounted for as an indefinite-lived intangible asset and will not be amortized until the underlying projects reach technological feasibility and commercial production at which point the IPR&D will be amortized over the estimated useful life. Useful lives for these IPR&D projects are expected to range between 3 to 10 years. In the event the IPR&D is abandoned, the related assets will be written off.
Amortization for acquired intangible assets was $443.6 million, $368.1 million and $183.3 million during the years ended January 30, 2021, February 1, 2020 and February 2, 2019 respectively.
The following table presents a reconciliationthe estimated future amortization expense of the major financial lines constituting the resultsacquired amortizable intangible assets as of operations for discontinued operations to the net income (loss) from discontinued operations presented separately in the consolidated statement of operationsJanuary 30, 2021 (in thousands):

Fiscal YearAmount
2022$430,605 
2023417,527 
2024396,503 
2025356,602 
2026271,746 
Thereafter279,717 
$2,152,700 

 Year Ended
 February 3, 2018 January 28, 2017 January 30, 2016
Net revenue$94,137
 $115,437
 $123,332
Cost of goods sold47,499
 72,764
 88,616
Gross Profit46,638
 42,673
 34,716
Operating expenses:     
     Research and development34,530
 88,538
 99,603
     Selling, general and administrative6,925
 6,415
 6,442
          Total operating expenses41,455
 94,953
 106,045
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes5,183
 (52,280) (71,329)
Gain from sale of discontinued operations88,406
 —
 —
Provision for income taxes5,900
 1,390
 1,630
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations$87,689
 $(53,670) $(72,959)

Non-cash operating amounts reported for discontinued operations include share-based compensation expense of $1.6 million, $12.6 million and $11.0 million in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Depreciation, amortization and capital expenditures are not material. The proceeds from sale of the Multimedia business of $93.7 million, proceeds from sale of the LTE thin-modem business of $49.2 million and proceeds from sale of the Broadband business of $23.0 million are classified in investing activities for fiscal 2018, and the gain on sale of such business is presented in operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Due to the Company's transfer pricing arrangements, the Company generates income in most jurisdictions in which it operates, regardless of a loss that may exist on a consolidated basis. In addition, the Company recognized a tax expense of $0.5 million on the sale of its Multimedia business for fiscal 2018, and a tax expense of $4.5 million on the sale of its LTE thin-modem business for fiscal 2018. As such, the Company has reflected a tax expense of $5.9 million, $1.4 million, and $1.6 million for fiscal 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively, attributable to discontinued operations.

Note 46 — Restructuring and Other Related Charges
The following table provides a summary of restructuring and other related charges as presented in the Consolidated Statementsconsolidated statements of Operationsoperations (in thousands):
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Cost of goods sold$9,594 $0 $0 
Restructuring related charges170,759 55,328 76,753 
$180,353 $55,328 $76,753 
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Cost of goods sold$—
 $—
 $10,292
Restructuring related charges5,250
 96,801
 53,251
 $5,250
 $96,801
 $63,543


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The following table presents details of charges recorded by the Company related to the restructuring actionsand other related charges as presented in the consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Severance and related costs$41,901 $31,685 $40,345 
Facilities and related costs15,783 20,900 35,831 
Other exit-related costs126,204 4,254 1,850 
183,888 56,839 78,026 
Release of reserves:
Severance(3,402)(480)(1,273)
Facilities and related costs(121)(893)0 
Other exit-related costs(12)(138)0 
$180,353 $55,328 $76,753 
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Severance and related costs$8,247
 $32,650
 $43,926
Facilities and related costs1,692
 6,587
 1,407
Loss on early contract termination—
 —
 1,644
Other exit-related costs2,082
 5,452
 534
 12,021
 44,689
 47,511
Release of reserves:     
Severance(1,612) (86) —
Facilities and related costs(258) —
 —
Other exit-related costs(340) (383) —
      
Impairment and write-off of assets & restructuring (gain):     
Prepaid deposit—
 45,000
 —
Inventory—
 —
 8,046
Technology licenses174
 629
 1,250
Equipment and other(489) 6,952
 6,736
Building sale(4,246) —
 —
 $5,250
 $96,801
 $63,543

Fiscal 2018. 2021. The Company recorded $5.3$180.4 million of restructuring and other related charges during its evaluation of its existing operations to increase operational efficiency, decrease costs and increase profitability. The charges include $119.0 million associated with the server processor product line described below and $61.4 million recorded in connection with prior acquisitions. The Company expects to complete these restructuring actions by the end of fiscal 2022.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company made changes to the scope of its server processor product line in response to changes in the associated market. The Company transitioned its product offering from standard server processors to the broad server market to focus only on customized server processors for a few targeted customers. This change in strategy required the Company to assess whether the carrying value of the associated assets would be recoverable. As a result of the assessment, the Company determined the carrying amount of certain impacted assets were not recoverable, which resulted in recognition of $119.0 million of restructuring related charges associated with the server processor product line during the second quarter of fiscal 2021. The charges included $50.3 million in impairment of acquired intangibles, $36.0 million in impairment of purchased IP licenses and $32.7 million in equipment and inventory impairment and other related restructuring charges.
The remaining restructuring charges of $61.4 million include approximately $36.9 million in severance and related costs, $15.7 million in facilities and related costs, and $8.8 million in other exit-related costs. The severance costs primarily relate to the employee separation costs in connection with the acquisitions. The facility and related costs primarily relate to the remaining payments under lease obligations upon vacating certain worldwide office locations, and ongoing operating expenses of vacated facilities.
Fiscal 2020. The Company recorded $55.3 million of restructuring and other related charges in connection with the acquisitions as described in “Note 4 - Business Combinations.” Following the acquisition of Avera, the Company reviewed its financial position and operating results against the Company's strategic objectives, long-term operating targets and other operational priorities and initiated a restructuring plan in an effort to increase operational efficiency, decrease costs and increase profitability. The charges include $15.4 million recorded in connection with the Avera acquisition and $39.9 million recorded in connection with the other acquisitions.
The charges include approximately $31.2 million in severance and related costs, $20.0 million in facilities and related costs, and $4.1 million in other exit-related costs. The severance costs primarily relate to the employee separation costs in connection with the acquisitions. The facility and related costs primarily relate to the remaining payments under lease obligations upon vacating certain worldwide office locations, and ongoing operating expenses of vacated facilities.
Fiscal 2019. The Company recorded $76.8 million of restructuring and other related charges in fiscal 20182019 in continuation ofconnection with the restructuring plan announced in November 2016Cavium acquisition as described in Note 3“Note 4 - Discontinued Operations. Total cumulativeBusiness Combinations.” The charges recorded through the end of fiscal 2018 related to this restructuring action were $95.6 million. As of February 3, 2018, the Company has substantially completed its restructuring actions that were contemplated in the original November 2016 announcement, and does not expect the remaining restructuring charges under this plan to be material.
Fiscal 2017.   The Company recorded $96.8 million of restructuring and other related charges in fiscal 2017, which included costs associated with severance, asset impairment, lease termination fees and other costs.
The Company recorded restructuring and other related charges of $90.3include approximately $39.1 million in fiscal 2017severance and related to this restructuring plan announcedcosts, $35.8 million in November 2016. The charges included $32.6facilities and related costs and $1.9 million of severance benefits, $5.5 million ofin other exit-related costs. Other exit-related costs primarily related to contract cancellation penalties, $1.9 million of costs related to closing certain facilities, $45.0 million to fully impair a nonrefundable deposit due to the non-utilization of the related contract, and $5.4include $12.0 million for the impairment of equipment and technology licenses.
In connection with the restructuring of its mobile platform business in September 2015, substantially all of the remaining activities expected to be completed in the first half of fiscal 2017 were completed. As a result, the Company recorded a charge of $1.9 million in fiscal 2017, which included $2.2 million primarily for the write off of all remaining mobile-related equipment that was previously classified as held for sale that waslicenses, offset by a net creditgain of $0.3$12.2 million mainly due tofrom the releasesale of a reserve related to the loss on contract termination previously recognizedbuilding in fiscal 2016. Total cumulative charges recorded through the end of fiscal 2018 related to this restructuring action were $46.4 million, which included $28.1 million of severance benefits, a $1.3 million loss on early contract termination, $8.8 million for impairment of technology licenses and certain equipment, $0.2 million related to facility closures and an $8.0 million write down of inventory. The total cumulative charges were lower than the original estimate of $100 million to $130 million primarily due to the Company’s decision to retain approximately 140 mobile employees to support the remaining mobile business than it originally anticipated and certain equipment planned for disposal was subsequently determined to have alternative use. The Company also offered retention bonuses to another 128 mobile employees to remain through the ramp down of certain operations. Their benefit packages were recognized ratably over the employees’ remaining service periods through the first half of fiscal 2017.
In addition to the restructuring actions described in the preceding paragraph, the Company recorded charges of $4.6 million in the fiscal 2017, primarily for the remaining lease obligation, net of sublease income, upon vacating certain floors in one of its Israel facilities and ongoing operating expenses of vacated facilities related to restructuring actions in previous years.

Singapore.
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Fiscal 2016.    The Company recorded $63.5 million of restructuring and other related charges in fiscal 2016 as described in the following paragraphs.
In September 2015, the Company announced a significant restructuring of its mobile platform business in order to focus the mobile product line on more profitable opportunities and align its expenses with corporate targets. The Company implemented actions to significantly downsize the mobile platform organization to refocus its technology to other emerging opportunities. As a result of these actions, the Company recorded restructuring and other related charges of $44.4 million in fiscal 2016 related to this restructuring. The charge primarily included severance benefits for 825 employees who were notified of their termination, a loss on early contract termination, the impairment of technology licenses and certain equipment, and the write down of inventory. Substantially all of the affected employees departed by the end of fiscal 2016.
In May 2015, the Company decided to further reduce its research and development operations in Israel and close certain other design centers, primarily located in Europe and the U.S. in connection with its ongoing effort to streamline its business. As a result, the Company recorded a total $16.3 million charge in fiscal 2016 comprised of $15.1 million for severance related to the termination of 358 employees who were notified of their termination and $1.2 million for a lease obligation related to a facility that the Company vacated in July 2015. Substantially all of the activities associated with these actions were completed and all affected employees departed before the end of fiscal 2016.
In March 2015, the Company exercised the early buyout option under an existing operating lease for corporate equipment that it planned to sell as part of a cost reduction action. The Company actively sought a buyer and classified the equipment as held for sale within prepaid and current assets on the consolidated balance sheet. It also ceased depreciation on the asset and recorded impairment charges of $1.4 million through the second quarter ended August 1, 2015. In October 2015, the Company sold the corporate equipment for net proceeds of $9.3 million, which approximated the carrying value and resulted in no gain or loss recognized upon the sale of the asset.
In addition to the restructuring actions described in the preceding paragraphs, the Company recorded $1.4 million of additional charges primarily associated with ongoing operating expenses of vacated facilities related to restructuring actions in previous fiscal years and maintenance costs for the corporate equipment sold in October 2015.

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The following table sets forth a reconciliation of the beginning and ending restructuring liability balances by each major type of costs associated with the restructuring charges (in thousands):
July 2018 RestructuringNovember 2019 RestructuringJuly 2020 Restructuring
Severance and Related CostsFacilities and Related CostsOther Exit-Related CostsSeverance and Related CostsFacilities and Related CostsOther Exit-Related CostsSeverance and Related CostsFacilities and Related CostsOther Exit-Related CostsTotal
Balance at February 2, 2019$12,403 $26,904 $1,049 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $40,356 
   Restructuring charges16,698 3,713 3,429 14,987 225 192 0 0 0 39,244 
   Net cash payments(27,706)(3,374)(3,804)(2,674)(29)(181)0 0 0 (37,768)
   Release of reserve(479)(893)(138)(1)0 0 0 0 0 (1,511)
   Effect of adoption of new lease standard0 (25,893)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (25,893)
Balance at February 1, 2020916 457 536 12,312 196 11 0 0 0 14,428 
Restructuring charges24,923 5,405 2,536 3,938 0 0 13,040 0 5,827 55,669 
Net cash payments(22,751)(4,364)(2,291)(15,323)(178)(6)(9,309)0 (2,792)(57,014)
Release of reserve(794)(103)(7)(768)(18)(5)(617)0 0(2,312)
Exchange rate adjustment29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 
Balance at January 30, 20212,323 1,395 774 159 0 0 3,114 0 3,035 10,800 
Less: non-current portion0 1,119 49 0 0 0 0 0 589 1,757 
Current portion$2,323 $276 $725 $159 $0 $0 $3,114 $0 $2,446 $9,043 
 November 2016 Restructuring Mobile & Other Prior Restructuring  
 Severance and related costs Facilities and related costs Other exit-related costs Severance and related costs Facilities and related costs Other exit-related costs Total
Balance at January 30, 2016$—
 $—
 $—
 $1,155
 $1,043
 $1,644
 $3,842
   Restructuring charges - continuing operations32,635
 1,872
 5,452
 15
 4,715
 —
 44,689
   Release of reserves - continuing operations—
 —
 —
 (86) —
 (383) (469)
   Restructuring charges - discontinued operations8,385
 —
 —
 —
 —
 —
 8,385
   Net cash payments(24,065) (110) (829) (1,082) (5,112) (1,261) (32,459)
   Exchange rate adjustment45
 1
 2
 (2) 65
 —
 111
Balance at January 28, 201717,000
 1,763
 4,625
 —
 711
 —
 24,099
   Restructuring charges - continuing operations8,247
 1,692
 2,082
 —
 —
 —
 12,021
   Release of reserves - continuing operations(1,612) (258) (340) —
 —
 —
 (2,210)
   Restructuring charges - discontinued operations7,015
 9
 3,560
 —
 —
 —
 10,584
   Net cash payments(29,996) (2,744) (11,364) —
 (711) —
 (44,815)
   Other—
 —
 1,992
 —
 —
 —
 1,992
Balance at February 3, 2018654
 462
 555
 —
 —
 —
 1,671
Less: non-current portion—
 (59) —
 —
 —
 —
 (59)
Current portion$654
 $403
 $555
 $—
 $—
 $—
 $1,612

The remaining accrued severance represents termination benefits determined to have been established under a substantive ongoing benefit arrangement for which payment was considered probable due to the timing of notification to certain additional employee groups after the end of fiscal 2018 and isrelated costs are expected to be paid in fiscal 2019. Severance charges of $7.0 million and $8.4 million for fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017, respectively, relate to discontinued operations and have been included in income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. Other2022. The remaining other exit-related costs of $3.6 millionincludes impairment charges associated with the future maintenance support for the server processor product line that are expected to be paid through fiscal 2018 relate to discontinued operations and have been included in income (loss) from discontinued operations in the Company's consolidated statements of operations.2024. The balance at February 3, 2018 forremaining accrued facility and related costs includes remaining payments under lease obligations related to vacated space that are expected to be paid through fiscal 2020. Other exit-related costs are expected to be paid in fiscal 2019.2028.



Note 7 — Supplemental Financial Information (in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash$633,822 $513,072 
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds0 46,355 
Time deposits114,645 88,177 
                  Cash and cash equivalents$748,467 $647,604 

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January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Accounts receivable, net:
Accounts receivable538,739 494,472 
        Less: Doubtful accounts$(2,071)$(2,126)
Accounts receivable, net$536,668 $492,346 
Note 5 — Supplemental Financial Information (in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Inventories:
         Work-in-process$187,351 $216,496 
          Finished goods80,877 106,484 
                         Inventories$268,228 $322,980 
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Cash and cash equivalents:   
Cash$620,907
 $651,953
Cash equivalents:   
Money market funds18,503
 36,122
Time deposits65,117
 67,000
U.S. government and agency debt51,589
 17,497
Foreign government and agency debt—
 1,500
Municipal debt securities5,290
 8,740
Corporate debt securities127,076
 31,280
Cash and cash equivalents$888,482
 $814,092



January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Property and equipment, net:
         Machinery and equipment$693,689 $686,351 
         Land, buildings, and leasehold improvements284,532 285,084 
         Computer software103,789 100,613 
         Furniture and fixtures26,990 24,582 
1,109,000 1,096,630 
         Less: Accumulated depreciation(782,875)(739,538)
                        Property and equipment, net$326,125 $357,092 
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Provision for sales returns and allowances:   
Sales returns$1,516
 $470
Doubtful accounts984
 914
 $2,500
 $1,384

 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Inventories:   
Work-in-process$103,711
 $109,362
Finished goods66,328
 61,480
Inventories$170,039
 $170,842
Inventory held by third-party logistics providers is recorded as consigned inventory on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The amount of inventory held at third-party logistics providers was $18.7 million and $26.5 million at February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017, respectively.

 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Property and equipment, net:   
Machinery and equipment$535,416
 $589,280
Land, buildings, and leasehold improvements247,675
 296,800
Computer software98,253
 99,186
Furniture and fixtures21,139
 23,978
 902,483
 1,009,244
Less: Accumulated depreciation(700,261) (765,847)
Property and equipment, net$202,222
 $243,397

The Company recorded depreciation expense of $49.2$95.9 million, $82.4$83.4 million and $73.8$64.5 million for fiscal 2018, 20172021, 2020 and 2016,2019, respectively.

January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Other non-current assets:
        Technology and other licenses (1)$242,244 $277,634 
        Prepaid ship and debit (2)131,657 75,362 
        Operating right-of-use assets101,411 110,907 
        Other66,257 32,947 
                        Other non-current assets$541,569 $496,850 
(1)Amortization of technology and other licenses was $99.3 million, $70.4 million and $57.0 million in fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
(2)Prepaid ship and debit of $131.7 million and $75.4 million as of January 30, 2021 and February 1, 2020, respectively, relate to certain prepaid distributor arrangements for ship and debit claims.

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January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Accrued liabilities:
         Contract liabilities$180,995 $111,486 
         Technology license obligations71,130 71,623 
Accrued legal reserve50,101 10,748 
         Deferred non-recurring engineering credits37,300 51,109 
         Lease liabilities - current32,461 28,662 
Deferred revenue16,146 5,647 
Accrued royalty12,740 10,927 
         Accrued restructuring9,043 14,302 
         Other25,700 42,135 
                       Accrued liabilities$435,616 $346,639 

 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Other non-current assets:   
Technology and other licenses$87,536
 $53,254
Deferred tax assets20,633
 26,608
Deferred debt and equity financing costs17,622
 —
Investments in privately-held companies2,200
 5,787
Prepaid land use rights8,588
 12,810
Deposits3,504
 3,756
Long-term investments—
 4,615
Other8,717
 11,109
Other non-current assets$148,800
 $117,939
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Other non-current liabilities:
         Lease liabilities - non current$104,417 $115,778 
         Technology license obligations86,241 107,893 
Non-current income taxes payable22,526 37,983 
Deferred tax liabilities22,359 31,233 
         Other23,310 12,578 
                     Other non-current liabilities$258,853 $305,465 
Deferred debt and equity financing costs relate to the plan of merger described further in Note 1 - Basis of Presentation. Amortization of technology and other licenses was $34.3 million, $25.5 million and $26.4 million in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Accrued liabilities:   
Technology license obligations$28,488
 $21,905
Accrued royalties11,860
 17,349
Accrued rebates9,292
 26,095
Accrued legal related expenses13,050
 7,727
Unsettled investment trades (1)4,497
 15,371
Restructuring liabilities1,612
 23,150
Other18,159
 31,894
Accrued liabilities$86,958
 $143,491
(1) Unsettled investment trades represent amounts owed to third parties for investment purchases for which cash settlement has not occurred.

 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Deferred income:   
Deferred revenue$81,896
 $87,968
Deferred cost of goods sold(20,659) (23,992)
Deferred income$61,237
 $63,976

 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Other non-current liabilities:   
Deferred tax liabilities$52,204
 $38,777
Technology license obligations34,060
 14,949
Long-term accrued employee compensation1,029
 4,075
Other1,463
 6,136
Other non-current liabilities$88,756
 $63,937

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Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):
The changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by components are presented in the following tables (in thousands):
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss) on
Cash Flow
Hedges
Balance at February 2, 2019$0 
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications(37)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)37 
Net current-period other comprehensive loss, net of tax0 
Balance at February 1, 20200 
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications1,214 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(1,214)
Net current-period other comprehensive income, net of tax0 
Balance at January 30, 2021$0 
 
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss) on
Marketable
Securities (1)
 
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss) on
Cash Flow
Hedges (2)
 Total
Balance at January 30, 2016$(656) $(139) $(795)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications1,766
 1,496
 3,262
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss(1,911) (533) (2,444)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(145) 963
 818
Balance at January 28, 2017(801) 824
 23
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications(1,460) 2,341
 881
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(61) (3,165) (3,226)
Net current-period other comprehensive loss, net of tax(1,521) (824) (2,345)
Balance at February 3, 2018$(2,322) $—
 $(2,322)

(1) The amounts of gains (losses) associated with the Company's marketable securities reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are recorded in interest and other income, net.
(2) The amounts of gains (losses) associated with the Company's derivative financial instruments reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are recorded in operating expenses. See "Note 7- Derivative Financial Instruments" for additional information on the affected line items in the consolidated statement of operations.


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Consolidated Statements of Operations

 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Interest and other income, net:     
Interest income$17,381
 $13,198
 $15,982
Net realized gain (loss) on investments(2,777) 1,500
 (1,473)
Gain on sale of business5,254
 —
 —
Currency remeasurement gain (loss)(28) 1,746
 6,655
Other income (loss)2,364
 946
 (2,773)
Interest expense(685) (368) (706)
 $21,509
 $17,022
 $17,685
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Other income, net:
       Gain on sale of business (1)$0 $1,121,709 $0 
       Net realized loss on investments0 0 (3,066)
       Currency remeasurement loss(1,914)(2,817)(2,625)
       Other income4,800 3,663 6,210 
                         Other Income, net$2,886 $1,122,555 $519 

(1)On December 6, 2019, the Company completed the divestiture of the Wi-Fi Connectivity business to NXP USA, Inc, a subsidiary of NXP Semiconductors. Based on the terms of the agreement, the Company received sale consideration of $1.7 billion in cash proceeds. In fiscal year 2020, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain on sale of $1.1 billion in conjunction with the divestiture of the Wi-Fi Connectivity business.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for interest$54,575 $76,506 $39,156 
Cash paid for income taxes, net$14,203 $117,529 $8,143 
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:
Non-cash consideration paid for the acquisition$0 $15,520 $3,331,342 
Purchase of software and intellectual property under license obligations$68,807 $193,149 $4,221 
Unpaid purchase of property and equipment at end of year$10,061 $23,015 $8,837 
Unpaid equity and debt financing costs$1,729 $0 $0 
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Supplemental cash flow information:     
Cash paid for interest$746
 $363
 $703
Cash paid for income taxes, net$11,401
 $17,032
 $13,363
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:     
Purchase of software and intellectual property under license obligations$59,803
 $27,081
 $13,800
Unsettled trade receivable of available-for-sale securities$—
 $7,742
 $53,749
Unsettled trade payable of available-for-sale securities$4,497
 $15,371
 $—
Unpaid purchase of property and equipment at end of year$5,595
 $2,547
 $9,069
Unpaid repurchases of our common shares$—
 $1,499
 $—
Unpaid equity and debt financing costs$3,244
 $—
 $—


Note 68 — Investments
The following tables summarizeAs of January 30, 2021, and February 1, 2020, the Company’s investments (in thousands):
 February 3, 2018
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Short-term investments:       
Available-for-sale:       
U.S. government and agency debt$248,336
 $49
 $(644) $247,741
Foreign government and agency debt7,004
 —
 (17) 6,987
Municipal debt securities2,734
 —
 (6) 2,728
Corporate debt securities504,609
 469
 (1,999) 503,079
Asset backed securities42,429
 3
 (177) 42,255
Held-to-Maturity:       
Time deposits150,000
 —
 —
 150,000
Total short-term investments955,112
 521
 (2,843) 952,790
Total investments$955,112
 $521
 $(2,843) $952,790

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 January 28, 2017
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Short-term investments:       
Available-for-sale:       
U.S. government and agency debt$185,584
 $86
 $(283) $185,387
Foreign government and agency debt13,425
 —
 (50) 13,375
Municipal debt securities27,916
 4
 (49) 27,871
Corporate debt securities432,603
 281
 (776) 432,108
Asset backed securities45,541
 33
 (47) 45,527
Held-to-Maturity:       
Time deposits150,000
 —
 —
 150,000
Total short-term investments855,069
 404
 (1,205) 854,268
Long-term investments:       
Available-for-sale:       
Auction rate securities4,615
 —
 —
 4,615
Total long-term investments4,615
 —
 —
 4,615
Total investments$859,684
 $404
 $(1,205) $858,883
Company held 0 investments.
Short-term, highly liquid investments of $267.6$114.6 million and $162.1$134.5 million as of January 30, 2021 and February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017,1, 2020, respectively, included in cash and cash equivalents on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are not included inconsidered as investments because of the tables above because theshort-term maturity of such investments. The gross unrealized gains and losses were immaterial as the carrying values approximateapproximated fair value because of the short term maturity of such investments.value.
Gross realized gains and gross realized losses on sales of available-for-sale securities are presented in the following table (in thousands):
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Gross realized gains$0 $14 $371 
Gross realized losses0 (6)(3,437)
Total net realized gains (losses)$0 $8 $(3,066)


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 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Gross realized gains$186
 $2,047
 $1,654
Gross realized losses(2,963) (547) (1,923)
Impairment loss—
 —
 (1,204)
Total net realized gains (losses)$(2,777) $1,500
 $(1,473)
The contractual maturities of available-for-sale securities are presented in the following table (in thousands):
 February 3, 2018 January 28, 2017
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Due in one year or less$554,247
 $553,866
 $423,151
 $423,058
Due between one and five years400,866
 398,924
 423,669
 422,995
Due over five years—
 —
 12,864
 12,830
 $955,113
 $952,790
 $859,684
 $858,883
For individual securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, the fair value and gross unrealized loss for these securities aggregated by investment category and length of time in an unrealized position are presented in the following tables (in thousands):

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 February 3, 2018
 Less than 12 months 12 months or more Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
U.S. government and agency debt$148,538
 $(298) $51,332
 $(346) $199,870
 $(644)
Foreign government and agency debt3,993
 (1) 2,994
 (16) 6,987
 (17)
Municipal debt securities1,969
 (6) —
 —
 1,969
 (6)
Corporate debt securities253,380
 (1,514) 46,805
 (485) 300,185
 (1,999)
Asset backed securities37,636
 (145) 2,167
 (32) 39,803
 (177)
Total securities$445,516
 $(1,964) $103,298
 $(879) $548,814
 $(2,843)
 January 28, 2017
 Less than 12 months 12 months or more Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Loss
U.S. government and agency debt$94,064
 $(283) $—
 $—
 $94,064
 $(283)
Foreign government and agency debt11,875
 (48) 1,499
 (2) 13,374
 (50)
Municipal debt securities17,450
 (47) 1,248
 (2) 18,698
 (49)
Corporate debt securities199,382
 (751) 16,063
 (25) 215,445
 (776)
Asset backed securities16,754
 (47) —
 —
 16,754
 (47)
Total securities$339,525
 $(1,176) $18,810
 $(29) $358,335
 $(1,205)

Note 7 — Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company manages some of its foreign currency exchange rate risk through the purchase of foreign currency exchange contracts that hedge against the short-term effect of currency fluctuations. The Company’s policy is to enter into foreign currency forward contracts with maturities less than 12 months that mitigate the effect of rate fluctuations on certain local currency denominated operating expenses. All derivative instruments are recorded at fair value in either prepaid expenses and other current assets or accrued liabilities. The Company reports cash flows from derivative instruments in cash flows from operating activities. The Company uses quoted prices to value its derivative instruments. There were no outstanding forward contracts at the year ended February 3, 2018. The notional amounts of outstanding forward contracts was $63.5 million at January 28, 2017 and consisted of Israeli shekel buy contracts.
Cash Flow Hedges. The Company designates and documents its foreign currency forward exchange contracts as cash flow hedges for certain operating expenses. The Company evaluates and calculates the effectiveness of each hedge at least quarterly. The effective change is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and is subsequently reclassified to operating expense when the hedged expense is recognized. Ineffectiveness is recorded in interest and other income, net.
The following table provides information about gains (losses) associated with our derivative financial instruments (in thousands):
 
Location of Gains (Losses)
in Statement of Operations
 
Amount of Gains (Losses) in Statement
of Operations for the Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:       
Forward contracts:Research and development $3,223
 $737
 $(390)
 Selling, general and administrative 723
 101
 (31)
   $3,946
 $838
 $(421)
The amounts of gains (losses) associated with the Company's derivative financial instruments reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are presented in the following table (in thousands):

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 Year Ended
Affected Line Item in the Statement of OperationsFebruary 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Operating costs and expenses:     
Cash flow hedges:     
Research and development$2,564
 $467
 $48
Selling, general and administrative601
 66
 16
Total$3,165
 $533
 $64
The portion of gains (losses) excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness is included in interest and other income, net, were not material in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016. The Company did not have hedge ineffectiveness from derivative financial instruments in fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016. No cash flow hedges were terminated as a result of forecasted transactions that did not occur.

Note 89 — Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is an exit price representing the amount that would be received in the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the accounting guidance establishes a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value:
Level 1 — Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 — Other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity.
The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.
The Company’s Level 1 assets include institutional money-market funds that are classified as cash equivalents, and marketable investments in U.S. government and agency debt, which are valued primarily using quoted market prices. The Company’s Level 2 assets include its marketable investments in time deposits, corporate debt securities, foreign government and agency debt, municipal debt securities and asset backed securities as the market inputs used to value these instruments consist of market yields, reported trades and broker/dealer quotes, which are corroborated with observable market data.yield. In addition, forward contracts, and the severance pay fund areis classified as Level 2 assets as the valuation inputs are based on quoted prices and market observable data of similar instruments. The Company’s investments in auction rate securities are classified as Level 3 assets because there are currently no active markets for the auction rate securities and consequently the Company is unable to obtain independent valuations from market sources. Therefore, the auction rate securities are valued using a discounted cash flow model. Some of the inputs to the discounted cash flow model are unobservable in the market.
The tables below set forth, by level, the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The tables do not include assets and liabilities that are measured at historical cost or any basis other than fair value (in thousands):

Fair Value Measurements at January 30, 2021
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Items measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Assets
Cash equivalents:
Time deposits$0 $114,645 $0 $114,645 
Other non-current assets:
Severance pay fund0 623 0 623 
Total assets$0 $115,268 $0 $115,268 

Fair Value Measurements at February 1, 2020
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Items measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Assets
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$46,355 $0 $0 $46,355 
Time deposits0 88,177 0 88,177 
Other non-current assets:
Severance pay fund0 693 0 693 
Total assets$46,355 $88,870 $0 $135,225 

There were no transfers of assets between levels in either fiscal 2021 or 2020.
Fair Value of Debt
The Company classified the Term Loan, the 2023 Notes and 2028 Notes under Level 2 of the fair value measurement hierarchy. The carrying value of the Term Loan approximates its fair value as the Term Loan is carried at a market observable interest rate that resets periodically. At January 30, 2021, the estimated aggregate fair value of the 2023 Notes and 2028 Notes was $1.1 billion and were classified as Level 2 as there are quoted prices from less active markets for the notes.

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Note 10 — Leases
The Company's leases include facility leases and data center leases, which are all classified as operating leases. For data center leases, the Company elected the practical expedient to account for the lease and non-lease component as a single lease component.

Lease expense and supplemental cash flow information are as follows (in thousands):

Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Operating lease expense$47,819 $49,679 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities$36,849 $33,161 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligation$26,605 $28,928 

The effect of operating lease right-of-use asset amortization of $21.6 million and $20.4 million is included in changes in Other expense, net in the cash provided by operating activities section on the consolidated statements of cash flows for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 and February 1, 2020, respectively.

The aggregate future lease payments for operating leases as of January 30, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal YearOperating LeasesSublease Income
2022$37,108 $(3,253)
202333,015 (3,350)
202423,931 (3,451)
202515,782 (3,554)
202614,765 (3,661)
Thereafter27,437 (5,703)
Total lease payments152,038 (22,972)
         Less: imputed interest15,160 
Present value of lease liabilities$136,878 


Average lease terms and discount rates were as follows:

Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)5.115.52
Weighted-average discount rate3.85%3.85%


Note 11 — Debt
In connection with the Inphi acquisition, the Company executed a debt agreement in December 2020 to obtain a $875 million 3-year term loan and a $875 million 5-year term loan. The Company also executed a debt agreement to obtain a $750 million revolving credit facility in December 2020. Below is further discussion of the terms of the various debt agreements.
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 Fair Value Measurements at February 3, 2018
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Items measured at fair value on a recurring basis:       
Assets       
Cash equivalents:       
Money market funds$18,503
 $—
 $—
 $18,503
Time deposits—
 65,117
 —
 65,117
U.S. government and agency debt51,589
 —
 —
 51,589
Municipal debt securities—
 5,290
 —
 5,290
Corporate debt securities—
 127,076
 —
 127,076
Short-term investments:       
Time deposits—
 150,000
 —
 150,000
U.S. government and agency debt247,741
 —
 —
 247,741
Foreign government and agency debt—
 6,987
 —
 6,987
Municipal debt securities—
 2,728
 —
 2,728
Corporate debt securities—
 503,079
 —
 503,079
Asset backed securities—
 42,255
 —
 42,255
Other non-current assets:       
Severance pay fund—
 896
 —
 896
Total assets$317,833
 $903,428
 $—
 $1,221,261

 Fair Value Measurements at January 28, 2017
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Items measured at fair value on a recurring basis:       
Assets       
Cash equivalents:       
Money market funds$36,122
 $—
 $—
 $36,122
Time deposits—
 67,000
 —
 67,000
U.S. government and agency debt17,497
 —
 —
 17,497
Foreign government and agency debt

—
 1,500
 —
 1,500
Municipal debt securities—
 8,740
 —
 8,740
Corporate debt securities—
 31,280
 —
 31,280
Short-term investments:       
Time deposits—
 150,000
 —
 150,000
U.S. government and agency debt185,387
 —
 —
 185,387
Foreign government and agency debt—
 13,375
 —
 13,375
Municipal debt securities—
 27,871
 —
 27,871
Corporate debt securities—
 432,108
 —
 432,108
Asset backed securities—
 45,527
 —
 45,527
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:       
Foreign currency forward contracts—
 735
 —
 735
Long-term investments:       
Auction rate securities—
 —
 4,615
 4,615
Other non-current assets:       
Severance pay fund—
 736
 —
 736
Total assets$239,006
 $778,872
 $4,615
 $1,022,493
Liabilities       
Accrued liabilities:       
Foreign currency forward contracts$—
 $58
 $—
 $58

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2020 Term Loan Agreement
In connection with the Inphi acquisition that is expected to close in 2021, on December 7, 2020, the Company entered into a term loan credit agreement with a lending syndicate led by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A (the “2020 Term Loan Agreement”) in order to finance the expected merger with Inphi. The 2020 Term Loan Agreement provides for borrowings of up to $1.75 billion consisting of: (i) $875 million loan with a three-year term from the funding date (the “3-Year Tranche Loan”) and (ii) $875 million loan with a five-year term from the funding date (the “5-Year Tranche Loan” and, together with the 3-Year Tranche Loan, the "2020 Term Loans"). The availability and funding of the 2020 Term Loans is subject to satisfaction of customary conditions including the closing of the Inphi Acquisition.
The 3-Year Tranche Loan has a stated floating interest rate which equates to reserve-adjusted LIBOR + 125 bps. The 5-Year Tranche Loan has a stated floating interest rate which equates to reserve-adjusted LIBOR + 137.5 bps. The 2020 Term Loans do not require any scheduled principal payments prior to final maturity but do permit the Company to make early principal payments without premium or penalty.
The 2020 Term Loan Agreement requires that the Company and its subsidiaries comply with covenants relating to customary matters, including with respect to creating or permitting certain liens, entering into sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidating, merging, liquidating or dissolving. It also prohibits subsidiaries of the Company from incurring additional indebtedness, subject to certain exceptions, and requires that the Company maintain a leverage ratio financial covenant as of the end of any fiscal quarter. As of January 30, 2021, the Company had not yet borrowed from the 2020 Term Loans.
2020 Revolving Credit Facility
On December 7, 2020, the Company entered into a revolving line of credit agreement (“2020 Revolving Credit Facility”) with a lending syndicate led by JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A for borrowings of up to $750 million.Borrowings from the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility are intended for general corporate use, which may include among other things, the financing of acquisitions, the refinancing of other indebtedness and the payment of transaction expenses related to the foregoing. The 2020 Revolving Credit Facility has a five-year term and a stated floating interest rate which equates to reserve-adjusted LIBOR plus an applicable margin. The Company may prepay any borrowings at any time without premium or penalty. As of January 30, 2021, the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility is undrawn and will be available for draw down through December 7, 2025. An unused commitment fee is payable quarterly based on unused balances at a rate that is based on the ratings of the Company's senior unsecured long-term indebtedness. This annual rate was 0.175% at January 30, 2021.
The 2020 Revolving Credit Facility requires that the Company and its subsidiaries comply with covenants relating to customary matters, including with respect to creating or permitting certain liens, entering into sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidating, merging, liquidating or dissolving. It also prohibits subsidiaries of the Company from incurring additional indebtedness, subject to certain exceptions, and requires that the Company maintain a leverage ratio financial covenant as of the end of any fiscal quarter.
In connection with the Cavium acquisition, the Company executed debt agreements in June 2018 to obtain a $900 million term loan, a $500 million revolving credit facility and $1.0 billion of senior unsecured notes. The $500 million revolving credit facility was replaced by the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility in December 2020.
2018 Term Loan and 2018 Revolving Credit Facility
On June 13, 2018, the Company entered into a credit agreement (“2018 Credit Agreement”) with twelve lenders. The 2018 Credit Agreement provides for borrowings of: (i) up to $500 million in the form of a revolving line of credit (the “2018 Revolving Credit Facility”) and (ii) $900 million in the form of a term loan (the “2018 Term Loan”). The proceeds of the 2018 Term Loan were used to fund a portion of the cash consideration for the Cavium acquisition, repay Cavium’s debt, and pay transaction expenses in connection with the Cavium acquisition. On December 7, 2020, the 2018 Revolving Credit Facility under the 2018 Credit Agreement was terminated and replaced by the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility.
The 2018 Term Loan has a three-year term which matures on July 6, 2021 and has a stated floating interest rate which equates to reserve-adjusted LIBOR plus a margin based on the Company's unsecured credit ratings. The effective interest rate for the 2018 Term Loan was 3.793% as of January 30, 2021. The 2018 Term Loan does not require any scheduled principal payments prior to final maturity but does permit the Company to make early principal payments without premium or penalty. During the year ended January 30, 2021 the Company repaid $250 million of the principal outstanding, and wrote off $0.7 million of associated unamortized debt issuance costs.
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The 2018 Credit Agreement requires that the Company and its subsidiaries comply, subject to certain exceptions, with covenants relating to customary matters such as creating or permitting certain liens, entering into sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidating, merging, liquidating or dissolving. It also prohibits subsidiaries of the Company from incurring additional indebtedness and requires the Company to comply with a leverage ratio financial covenant as of the end of any fiscal quarter. As of January 30, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants applicable to its credit agreements.
The Company currently carries debt, in the form of the 2018 Term Loan, that relies on LIBOR as the benchmark rate. LIBOR is expected to be phased out as a benchmark rate starting at the end of 2021. The 2018 Term Loan will mature before the initial phase out of LIBOR. To the extent LIBOR ceases to exist, the 2020 Term Loan and 2020 Revolving Credit Facility agreements contemplate an alternative benchmark rate without the need for any amendment thereto.
Senior Unsecured Notes
On June 22, 2018, the Company completed a public offering of (i)$500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.200% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and (ii) $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.875% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes” and, together with the 2023 Notes, the “Senior Notes”).
The 2023 Notes mature on June 22, 2023 and the 2028 Notes mature on June 22, 2028. The stated and effective interest rates for the 2023 Notes are 4.200% and 4.423%, respectively. The stated and effective interest rates for the 2028 Notes are 4.875% and 5.012%, respectively. The Company may redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to their maturity at the redemption prices set forth in Senior Notes. In addition, upon the occurrence of a change of control repurchase event (which involves the occurrence of both a change of control and a ratings event involving the Senior Notes being rated below investment grade), the Company will be required to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date. The indenture governing the Senior Notes also contains certain limited covenants restricting the Company’s ability to incur certain liens, enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions and merge or consolidate with any other entity or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets to another person, which, in each case, are subject to certain qualifications and exceptions.
Summary of Borrowings and Outstanding Debt
The following table summarizes the change in fair values for Level 3 assets for the years endedCompany's outstanding debt at January 30, 2021 and February 3, 2018 and January 28, 20171, 2020 (in thousands):
January 30, 2021February 1, 2020
Face Value Outstanding:
Term Loan$200,000 $450,000 
2023 Notes500,000 500,000 
2028 Notes500,000 500,000 
Total borrowings1,200,000 1,450,000 
Less: Unamortized debt discount and issuance cost(7,189)(10,976)
Net carrying amount of debt1,192,811 1,439,024 
Less: Current portion199,641 0 
Non-current portion$993,170 $1,439,024 
 Level 3
Changes in fair value during the year (pre-tax): 
Balance at January 30, 2016$11,296
Sales, redemption and settlement(6,681)
Unrealized gain included in accumulated other comprehensive income—
Balance at January 28, 20174,615
Sales, redemption and settlement(4,550)
Realized loss(65)
Balance at February 3, 2018$—

There were no transfersDuring fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, the Company recognized $56.8 million and $79.8 million of assets between levelsinterest expense, respectively, in either fiscal 2018 or 2017.

Note 9 — Goodwillits consolidated statements of operations related to interest, amortization of debt issuance costs and Acquired Intangible Assets, Net
Goodwill
The Company has identified that its business operates as a single operating segment with two components that it has concluded can be aggregated into a single reporting unit. In connectionaccretion of discount associated with the restructuring planoutstanding Term Loan and Senior Notes.
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As of January 30, 2021, the Company announced in November 2016 (see “Note 4 - Restructuring and Other Related Charges”), its Board of Directors approved a plan to sell certain businesses that are classified and reported in the consolidated statement of operations as discontinued operations. As a result, goodwill was allocated to these businesses based on relative fair value since each represents a portionaggregate future contractual maturities of the Company’s reporting unit (see "Note 3 - Discontinued Operations"), and was eliminated upon divestiture in fiscal year 2018. The Company’s annual test for goodwill impairment as of the last day of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 did not result in any impairment charge.
There was no activity from acquisitions recorded to goodwill in fiscal 2018 and 2017. There was activity from divestitures that affected goodwill in fiscal 2018 and 2017 as described above.
Acquired Intangible Assets, Net
The carrying amounts of acquired intangible assets areCompany's outstanding debt, at face value, were as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal YearAmount
2022$200,000 
20230 
2024500,000 
20250 
20260 
Thereafter500,000 
Total$1,200,000 

   February 3, 2018 January 28, 2017
 
Range of
Useful Lives
 
Gross
Carrying
Amounts
 
Accumulated
Amortization
and
Write-Offs
 
Net
Carrying
Amounts
 
Gross
Carrying
Amounts
 
Accumulated
Amortization
and
Write-Offs
 
Net
Carrying
Amounts
Total acquired intangible assets from continuing operations, net:             
         Purchased and core technology4 - 8 years $25,798
 $(25,798) $—
 $25,798
 $(22,227) $3,571
Intangible assets, along with the related accumulated amortization, are removed from the table above after the end of the fiscal year they become fully amortized. The entire gross value of the acquired intangible assets were fully amortized as of February 3, 2018, and the Company did not acquire any intangibles during fiscal year 2018.


Note 1012 — Commitments and Contingencies
Warranty Obligations
The Company’s products carry a standard one-year warranty with certain exceptions in which the warranty period can extend to more than one year based on contractual agreements. The Company’s warranty expense has not been significant in the periods presented.

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LeaseTechnology License Commitments
The Company leases some of its facilities, equipment and computer aided design software under non-cancelable operating leases. Rent expense, net of sublease income for fiscal 2018, 2017, and 2016 was approximately $16.8 million, $23.7 million and $23.8 million, respectively. The Company also purchases certain intellectual property under technology license obligations. Future minimum lease payments, net of estimated sublease income, and payments under technology license obligations as of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, are presented in the following tables (in thousands):
Fiscal Year
Minimum
Operating
Lease
Payments
2019$27,200
202020,918
20218,688
20227,880
20237,729
Thereafter5,451
Total future minimum lease payments$77,866
Fiscal Year
Technology
License
Obligations
Fiscal YearTechnology
License
Obligations
2019$34,250
202029,605
20217,358
Total future minimum lease payments$71,213
20222022$83,919 
2023202361,876 
2024202449,147 
20252025309 
20262026309 
ThereafterThereafter0 
Total future minimum paymentsTotal future minimum payments195,560 
Less: amount representing interest(1,493)Less: amount representing interest(6,691)
Present value of future minimum payments69,720
Present value of future minimum payments188,869 
Less: current portion(25,998)Less: current portion(71,130)
Non-current portion$43,722
Non-current portion$117,739 
Technology license obligations include the liabilities under agreements for technology licenses between the Company and various vendors.
Purchase Commitments
Under the Company’s manufacturing relationships with its foundry partners, cancellation of all outstanding purchase orders is allowed but requires payment of all costs and expenses incurred through the date of cancellation. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, these foundries had incurred approximately $145.6$329.5 million of manufacturing costs and expenses relating to the Company’s outstanding purchase orders.
Intellectual Property IndemnificationContingencies and Legal Proceedings
The Company has agreedcurrently is, and may from time to indemnify certain customers fortime become, a party to claims, made againstlawsuits, governmental inquiries, inspections or investigations and other legal proceedings (collectively, “Legal Matters”) arising in the Company’s products where such claims allege infringementcourse of third-party intellectual property rights, including, butits business. Such Legal Matters, even if not limited to, patents, registered trademarks, and/or copyrights. Undermeritorious, could result in the aforementioned indemnification clauses, the Company may be obligated to defend the customerexpenditure of significant financial and pay for the damages awarded against the customer as well as the attorneys’ fees and costs under an infringement claim. The Company’s indemnification obligations generally do not expire after termination or expiration of the agreement containing the indemnification obligation. Generally, there are limits on and exceptions to the Company’s potential liability for indemnification. Although historically the Company has not made significant payments under these indemnification obligations, the Company cannot estimate the amount of potential future payments, if any, that it might be required to make as a result of these agreements. The maximum potential amount of any future payments that the Company could be required to make under these indemnification obligations could be significant.

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Contingencies
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries are currently parties to various legal proceedings and claims, including those noted in this section. The legal proceedings and claims described below could result in substantial costs and could divert the attention and resources of the Company’s management. The Company is also engaged in other legal proceedings and claims not described below, which arise in the ordinary course of its business. The Company is currently unable to predict the final outcome of these proceedings and claimsits pending Legal Matters and therefore cannot determine the likelihood of loss or estimate a range of possible loss, except with respect to amounts where it has determined a loss is both probable and estimable and has made an accrual. Litigation is subjectThe Company evaluates, at least on a quarterly basis, developments in its Legal Matters that could affect the amount of any accrual, as well as any developments that would result in a loss contingency to become both probable and reasonably estimable. The ultimate outcome of any Legal Matter involves judgments, estimates and inherent uncertainties and unfavorable rulings could occur.uncertainties. An unfavorable rulingoutcome in litigation,a Legal Matter, particularly in a patent litigation,dispute, could require the Company to pay damages one-time license fees or ongoing royalty payments, and could prevent the Company from manufacturing or selling some of its products or limit or restrict the type of work that employees involved in such litigation may perform forcertain jurisdictions. While the Company anycannot predict with certainty the results of the Legal Matters in which could adversely affectit is currently involved, the Company does not expect that the ultimate costs to resolve these Legal Matters will individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on its financial results in future periods. Therecondition, however, there can be no assurance that these mattersthe current or any future Legal Matters will be resolved in a manner that is not adverse to the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Luna Litigation and Consolidated Cases. On September 11, 2015, Daniel Luna filed an action asserting putative class action claims on behalfIn the fourth quarter of the Company’s shareholders in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“S.D. of New York”). This action was consolidated with two additional, nearly identical complaints subsequently filed by Philip Limbacher and Jim Farno. The complaints asserted violations of federal securities laws based on allegations thatfiscal 2021, the Company and certain of its officers and directors (Sehat Sutardja, Michael Rashkin, and Sukhi Nagesh) made, causedbecame involved in discussions with another party to be made, or failed to correct false and/or misleading statements in the Company’s press releases and public filings. The complaints request damages in unspecified amounts, costs and fees of bringing the action, and other unspecified relief.
On November 18, 2015, the S.D. of New York granted the Company’s motion to transfer the consolidated cases to the N.D. of California. On December 21, 2015, the N.D. of California granted the Company’s motion to deem the consolidated cases related to the Saratoga litigation, discussed below. On February 8, 2016, the N.D. of California granted an unopposed motion to appoint Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund as Lead Plaintiff. On March 19, 2016, Lead Plaintiff filed a consolidated amended complaint. On April 29, 2016, Marvell and each of the individual defendants each filed motions to dismiss. The hearing on the motions to dismiss took place on July 29, 2016 and the court took the matter under submission. On October 12, 2016, the Court granted Defendants’ motions to dismissresolve disputes that ultimately concluded with leave to amend and granted lead plaintiff 30 days to file an amended complaint. The parties agreed that the plaintiffs shall file and serve an amended complaint by November 28, 2016. Plaintiffs filed and served the amended complaint on November 28, 2016. The Initial Case Management Conference took place on January 12, 2017. Marvell and co-defendants filed separate Motions to Dismiss on January 17, 2017. A hearing on the Motion to Dismiss took place on May 4, 2017 and, on May 17, 2017, the Court granted the Motion to Dismiss as to Rashkin and Nagesh and denied the Motion to Dismiss as to Sutardja and Marvell. On August 2, 2017, Lead Plaintiff filed a motion for class certification. On October 27, 2017, after a hearing on October 26, 2017, the Court certified a class of persons or entities that acquired Marvell stock during the period from February 19, 2015 to December 7, 2015. The Court set a deadline of December 29, 2017 for the conclusion of fact discovery.
In early December 2017, an initial proposal for a monetary settlement of the case was tendered to the Company by plaintiffs' counsel. Negotiations regarding the conditions of a proposed settlement continued until December 19, 2017 when Lead Plaintiff Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund and the remaining defendants entered into a written settlement agreement that is subject to the Court’s approval and provides for class-wide releases in exchange for a payment by the Company in the amount of $72.5$36.0 million which was accrued at the Company placed into escrow in connection with the Court’s preliminary approvaltime such offer of the class settlement. In the settlement agreement, the defendants expressly deny all charges of wrongdoing or liability against them arising out of any of the conduct alleged in the litigation and state that theywas determined that having taken into account the uncertainty and risks inherent in any litigation, especially in complex cases such as this, itby management. Such amount is desirable and beneficial to them that the litigation be fully and finally settled. The settlement agreement was preliminarily approved by the Courtpresented separately on December 21, 2017, and the final settlement approval hearing has been scheduled for April 17, 2018. The settlement amount plus associated legal fees totaling $74.4 million is included in "Litigation settlement" in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations as offor the fiscal year ended February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021.

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Indemnities, Commitments and Guarantees
During its normal course of business, the Company has made certain indemnities, commitments and guarantees under which it may be required to make payments in relation to certain transactions. These indemnities may include intellectual property indemnities to the Company’s customers in connection with the sales of its products, indemnities for liabilities associated with the infringement of other parties’ technology based upon the Company’s products, indemnities for general commercial obligations, indemnities to various lessors in connection with facility leases for certain claims arising from such facility or lease, and indemnities to directors and officers of the Company to the maximum extent permitted under the laws of Bermuda. In addition, the Company has contractual commitments to various customers, which could require the Company to incur costs to repair an epidemic defect with respect to its products outside of the normal warranty period if such defect were to occur. The duration of these indemnities, commitments and guarantees varies, and in certain cases, is indefinite. Some of these indemnities, commitments and guarantees do not provide for any limitation of the maximum potential future payments that the Company could be obligated to make. In general, the Company does not record any liability for these indemnities, commitments and guarantees in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as the amounts cannot be reasonably estimated and are not considered probable. The Company does, however, accrue for losses for any known contingent liability, including those that may arise from indemnification provisions, when future payment is probable.probable and estimable.
Carnegie Mellon University SettlementIntellectual Property Indemnification
In February 2016,addition to the above indemnities, the Company and CMU settled their patent infringement lawsuit pursuant to a court-ordered mediation and entered into a Settlement Agreement and Patent License (the “Agreement”). The partieshas agreed to mutual releaseindemnify certain customers for claims made against the Company’s products where such claims allege infringement of claims, license and covenantthird-party intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to, sue provisions for whichpatents, registered trademarks, and/or copyrights. Under the aforementioned indemnification clauses, the Company paidmay be obligated to defend the customer and pay for the damages awarded against the customer as well as the attorneys’ fees and costs under an aggregateinfringement claim. The Company’s indemnification obligations generally do not expire after termination or expiration of $750 millionthe agreement containing the indemnification obligation. Generally, there are limits on and exceptions to CMU in fiscal 2017.
The Agreement was accountedthe Company’s potential liability for indemnification. Historically the Company has not made significant payments under these indemnification obligations and the Company cannot estimate the amount of potential future payments, if any, that it might be required to make as a multiple-element arrangement and accordingly, a valuation was completed to determine the estimated fair valueresult of each identifiable element. As a result,these agreements. The maximum potential amount of any future payments that the Company allocated $654.7 millioncould be required to the mutual release of claims and covenant not to sue provisions; $81.3 million to the licensing of intellectual property in fiscal 2016; and the remaining $14.0 million representing the future use of the license through April 2018.make under these indemnification obligations could be significant.
The $654.7 million for the mutual release of claims and covenant not to sue was recorded in fiscal 2016 as a settlement charge in operating expenses since there is no future benefit. The $81.3 million license fee was recorded in fiscal 2016 as a charge in cost of goods sold for past use of the license. The $14.0 million representing the future use of the license, is to be recognized in cost of goods sold over the remaining term of the license from February 2016 through April 2018. Accordingly, the Company recorded $6.2 million to cost of goods sold in fiscal 2017.

Note 1113 — Shareholders’ Equity
(a) Preferred and Common Stock
Under the terms of the Company’s Articles of Association, the Board of Directors may determine the rights, preferences, and terms of the Company’s authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock.
As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, the Company is authorized to issue 8.0 million shares of $0.002 par value preferred stock and 992.0 million shares of $0.002 par value common stock. As of January 30, 2021, and February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017, no1, 2020, 0 shares of preferred stock were outstanding.
(b) In June 2019, the Company executed a funded research and development agreement with a business partner. In conjunction with the agreement, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 9.0 million of the Company's common shares, subject to certain vesting and exercise conditions.
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Restricted Stock Unit Withholdings
For the years ended January 30, 2021 and February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017,1, 2020, the Company withheld approximately 1.73.1 million and 1.74.0 million shares, or $26.8$108.1 million and $16.7$98.3 million, of common stock, respectively, in settlement of employee tax withholding obligations due upon the vesting of restricted stock.
(c) Cash Dividends on Shares of Common Stock
During fiscal 2018,2021, the Company declared and paid cash dividends of $0.24 per common share, or $119.3$160.6 million, on the Company’s outstanding common stock. During fiscal 2017,2020, the Company declared and paid cash dividends of $0.24 per common share, or $122.3$159.6 million, on the Company’s outstanding common stock.
Any future dividends will be subject to the approval of the Company's Board of Directors.
On March 15, 2018,5, 2021, the Company announced that its board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.06 per share payable on April 18, 201828, 2021 to shareholders of record as of March 29, 2018.April 9, 2021.

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(d) Stock Repurchase Program
On November 17, 2016, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a $1.0 billion share repurchase plan. The newly authorized stock repurchase program replaced in its entirety the prior $3.25 billion stock repurchase program. On October 16, 2018, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a $700 million addition to the balance of its existing share repurchase plan. The Company intends to effect share repurchases in accordance with the conditions of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, but may also make repurchases in the open market outside of Rule 10b-18 or in privately negotiated transactions. The share repurchase program will be subject to market conditions and other factors, and does not obligate the Company to repurchase any dollar amount or number of its common shares and the repurchase program may be extended, modified, suspended or discontinued at any time.
The Company repurchased 31.51.3 million of its common shares for $526.1$25.2 million 13.3, 14.5 million of its common shares for $183.1$364.3 million and 19.76.0 million of its common shares for $260.9$104.0 million in cash during fiscal 2018, 20172021, 2020 and 2016,2019, respectively. The repurchased shares were retired immediately after the repurchases were completed. The Company temporarily suspended the share repurchase program in late March 2020 to preserve cash during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains temporarily suspended in anticipation of the funding of the Company's acquisition of Inphi. As a result, the Company did not repurchase any shares subsequent to the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The Company records all repurchases, as well as investment purchases and sales, based on their trade date. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, a total of 286.4308.1 million shares have been repurchased to date under the Company’s share repurchase program for a total $3.8$4.3 billion in cash and there was $358.0$564.5 million remaining available for future share repurchases.
A summary of the stock repurchase activity under the stock repurchase program, reported based on the trade date, is summarized as follows (in thousands, except per-share amounts):
Shares
Repurchased		Weighted-
Average Price
per Share		Amount
Repurchased
Cumulative balance at February 3, 2018286,365 $13.19 $3,776,557 
Repurchase of common stock under the stock repurchase program6,041 $17.21 103,974 
Cumulative balance at February 2, 2019292,406 $13.27 3,880,531 
Repurchase of common stock under the stock repurchase program14,486 $25.15 364,272 
Cumulative balance at February 1, 2020306,892 $13.83 4,244,803 
Repurchase of common stock under the stock repurchase program1,251 $20.14 25,202 
Cumulative balance at January 30, 2021308,143 $13.86 $4,270,005 

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 Shares
Repurchased		 Weighted-
Average Price
per Share		 Amount
Repurchased
Cumulative balance at January 31, 2015221,901
 $12.65
 $2,806,543
Repurchase of common stock under the stock repurchase program (1)19,700
 $13.24
 260,875
Cumulative balance at January 30, 2016241,602
 $12.70

3,067,418
Repurchase of common stock under the stock repurchase program (2)13,303
 $13.76
 183,064
Cumulative balance at January 28, 2017254,904
 $12.75
 3,250,481
Repurchase of common stock under the stock repurchase program (3)31,460
 $16.72
 526,075
Cumulative balance at February 3, 2018286,365
 $13.19
 $3,776,557
(1)    There were no stock repurchases pending settlement as of January 30, 2016.

(2)    Includes stock repurchases of $1.5 million, which were pending settlement as of January 28, 2017.MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD.
(3)    There were no stock repurchases pending settlement as of February 3, 2018.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

Note 1214 — Employee Benefit Plans
(a) Employee Stock Compensation Plans
1995 Stock Option Plan
In April 1995, the Company adopted the 1995 Stock Option Plan (the “Option Plan”). The Option Plan, as amended from time to time, had 383.4 million common shares reserved for issuance thereunder as of February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021. Options granted under the Option Plan generally have a term of 10 years and generally must be issued at prices equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant. The Company can also grant stock awards, which may be subject to vesting. Further, the Company can grant restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards. RSU awards are denominated in shares of stock, but may be settled in cash or shares upon vesting, as determined by the Company at the time of grant. Awards under the Option Plan generally vest over 23 to 54 years.
As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, approximately 96.577.9 million shares remained available for future grants under the Option Plan.
TheEquity awards granted under the Option Plan include time-based RSUs as well as RSUs that vest based on the achievement of performance-based criteria i.e. Company grants performance-based equity awardsfinancial goals (“Financial Performance RSU”), or based on achievement of market-based goals i.e. relative total shareholder return (“TSR RSUs”), or stock price goals (“Value Creation Awards” or “VCA RSUs”).
Prior to fiscal year 2020, the Company granted Financial Performance RSUs to each of its executive officers when they joinjoined the Company, and as an annual refresh grant to all executive officers and other Vice Presidents in April of each fiscal year. These equity awards include RSU’s which vest based on the achievement of certain financial goals (“Financial Performance RSU”). The Financial Performance RSUs havehad a three yearthree-year service requirement. The number of shares to be earned cancould be 0% to 200% of target and iswas based on the achievement of certain financial operating metrics to be measured as of the end of the second fiscal year of the three yearthree-year vesting term. Shares granted under these Financial Performance RSUs are reported in the table presented below as “Performance-Based” based on 100% expected achievement.

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TheIn addition, the Company grants TSR RSUs to its executive officers are also granted equity awards at date of hirethat newly join the Company, and annually,as an annual refresh grant to all executive officers and other Vice Presidents, usually in April of each fiscal year. Prior to fiscal year 2020, TSR RSUs were measured based on stock performance as partcompared to that of companies on the above-mentioned refresh grant program.Philadelphia Semiconductor Sector over a performance period defined in the award. The number of shares to be earned can be 0% to 150% of target and is based on the achievement of performance objectives relating to relative total shareholder return of the Company’s common sharesshares. Beginning in fiscal year 2020, the S&P 500 Index serves as compared to that of comparable companies of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Sector Index over a performance period defined in the award.benchmark index. The Total Shareholder Return AwardsTSR RSUs have a three year service vesting requirement. The number of shares to be earned can be 0% to 200% of target and is based on the achievement of performance objectives relating to relative total shareholder return of the Company's common shares. These Total Shareholder Return AwardsTSR RSUs are reported in the table presented below as “Market-Based” awards based on 100% expected achievement.
In fiscal year 2020, the Company issued Value Creation Awards that are based on achievement of the Company's stock price target over a specified performance period, also referred to as VCA RSUs. The VCA RSU will be earned if the Company's average closing trading stock price over 100-calendar days equals or exceeds a certain target price. 100% of the award will vest on the 1-year anniversary of the achievement. The grant will be forfeited if the market-based condition is not achieved. These VCA RSUs are reported in the table presented below as “Market-Based” awards based on 100% expected achievement. As of January 30, 2021, the performance metrics have been achieved. The awards will vest on the 1-year anniversary of the achievement in November 2021.
In December 2017, the Company’s Executive Compensation Committee approved a deferred stock program, whereby executives of the Company have the option, beginning in 2018, to defer the settlement of time-based and performance-based restricted stock units granted under the 1995 Stock Option Plan to a future date. A deferral election is irrevocable after the annual submission deadline. The shares of common stock underlying the deferred RSUsgrants will be distributed at the earliest of the employee’s specified future settlement date, not to be earlier than 2023, or upon separation from service, a change in control, or death or disability. As of February 3,January 30, 2021, no grants have been subject to a deferral election.
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Cavium Acquisition
Following the Cavium acquisition and in accordance with the Cavium merger agreement, certain outstanding options to purchase shares of Cavium common stock and certain restricted stock units with respect to Cavium common stock, each granted under Cavium 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (“Cavium 2016 EIP”), Cavium 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (“Cavium 2007 EIP”) and QLogic 2005 Performance Incentive Plan, as assumed by Cavium effective August 16, 2016 (“QLogic 2005 Plan”), (and collectively, with the Cavium 2016 EIP and the Cavium 2007 EIP, the “Cavium Plans”), were assumed by the Company and converted into options to purchase common shares of the Company and restricted stock units with respect to common shares of the Company, respectively. The Company filed a registration statement on July 6, 2018 to register 15,824,555 common shares of the Company, issuable under the Cavium Plans, comprised of 2,535,940 common shares issuable pursuant to outstanding but unexercised options under the Cavium Plans and 13,288,615 common shares issuable pursuant to outstanding unvested restricted stock units under the Cavium Plans.
Cavium 2016 EIP    
The Cavium 2016 EIP was adopted by Cavium on June 15, 2016 and was intended as the successor to and continuation of Cavium 2007 EIP. The Cavium 2016 EIP provided for the grant of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance stock awards, performance cash awards and other stock awards, which may be granted to employees, directors and consultants. Awards under the Cavium 2016 EIP generally vest over four years and expire seven to ten years from the date of grant. Following the effective date, no executives had elected deferral.additional awards were granted under the Cavium 2007 EIP.
Cavium 2007 EIP    
Cavium adopted the Cavium 2007 EIP in May 2007 upon completion of its initial public offering. The Cavium 2007 EIP provided for the grant of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, stock appreciation rights, performance stock awards, and other forms of equity compensation and performance cash awards, all of which may be granted to employees (including officers), directors, and consultants or affiliates. Awards granted under the Cavium 2007 EIP vest at the rate specified by the plan administrator, for stock options, typically with 1/8th of the shares vesting six months after the date of grant and 1/48th of the shares vesting monthly thereafter over the next three and one half years and for restricted stock unit awards typically with quarterly vesting over four years. Awards expire seven to ten years from the date of grant.
QLogic 2005 Plan
The QLogic 2005 Plan was assumed and registered by Cavium upon its completion of acquisition of QLogic Corporation on August 16, 2016. The QLogic 2005 Plan provided for the issuance of restricted stock unit awards, incentive and non-qualified stock options, and other stock-based incentive awards. Restricted stock unit awards granted pursuant to the QLogic 2005 Plan to employees subject to a service condition generally vest over four years from the date of grant. Stock options granted pursuant to the QLogic 2005 Plan to employees have ten-year terms and generally vest over four years from the date of grant. 
Cavium Acquisition-related Equity Awards
The awards under the Cavium Plans assumed by the Company in the Cavium acquisition were measured at the acquisition date based on the estimated fair value of $357.1 million. A portion of that fair value, $68.9 million, which represented the pre-acquisition service provided by employees to Cavium, was included in the total consideration transferred as part of the acquisition. As of the acquisition date, the remaining portion of the fair value of those awards was $288.2 million, representing post-acquisition share-based compensation expense that will be recognized as these employees provide service over the remaining vesting periods.
Aquantia Plans Assumed
In accordance with the Aquantia merger agreement, certain outstanding options to purchase shares of Aquantia common stock and certain restricted stock units with respect to Aquantia common stock, each granted under Aquantia 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (“Aquantia 2017 EIP”), Aquantia 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (“Aquantia 2015 EIP”) and Aquantia 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (“Aquantia 2004 EIP”), the “Aquantia Plans” were assumed by the Company and converted into options to purchase common shares of the Company and restricted stock units with respect to common shares of the Company, respectively. The Company filed a registration statement on September 19, 2019 to register 2,128,823 common shares of the Company, issuable under the Aquantia plans, comprised of 805,965 common shares issuable pursuant to outstanding but unexercised options under the Aquantia Plans and 1,322,858 common shares issuable pursuant to outstanding unvested restricted stock units under the Aquantia Plans.
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Aquantia Acquisition-related Equity Awards
The awards under the Aquantia Plans assumed by the Company in the Aquantia acquisition were measured at the acquisition date based on the estimated fair value of $54.1 million. A portion of that fair value, $21.5 million, which represented the pre-acquisition service provided by employees to Aquantia, was included in the total consideration transferred as part of the acquisition. As of the acquisition date, the remaining portion of the fair value of those awards was $32.6 million, representing post-acquisition share-based compensation expense that will be recognized as these employees provide service over the remaining vesting periods.
Outside Director Equity Compensation Policy
In September 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the termination of the 2007 Directors’ Stock Incentive Plan, (“2007 Director Plan”) that was initially adopted in October 2007, and it approved a new Outside Director Equity Compensation Policy that governs the grant of equity awards to non-employee directors under the Option Plan. At the annual general meeting of shareholders held in June 2015, the shareholders approved an amendment to the Option Plan to enable a full range of awards to be granted to non-employee directors. Under the newly adoptedamended Outside Director Compensation Policy, each outside director, upon appointment to fill a vacancy on the board or in connection with election at an annual meeting of shareholders, will be granted an RSU award under the 1995 Stock Option Plan for a number of shares with an aggregate fair market value equal to $220,000$235,000 on the grant date. In no event shall an outside director be awarded an annual RSU award for more than 20,000 shares. The RSU award vests 100% on the earlier of the date of the next annual general meeting of shareholders or the one-year anniversary of the date of grant.
(b) Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated on October 31, 2011 (the “ESPP”), participants purchase the Company’s stock using payroll deductions, which may not exceed 15% of their total cash compensation. Pursuant to the terms of the current ESPP, the “look-back” period for the stock purchase price is 24 months. Offering and purchase periods begin on December 8 and June 8 of each year. Participants enrolled in a 24-month offering period will continue in that offering period until the earlier of the end of the offering period or the reset of the offering period. A reset occurs if the fair market value of the Company’s common shares on any purchase date is less than it was on the first day of the offering period. Participants in a 24-month offering period will be granted the right to purchase common shares at a price per share that is 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of the shares at (i) the participant’s entry date into the two-year offering period or (ii) the end of each six-month purchase period within the offering period.
Under the ESPP, a total of 7.05.0 million shares were issued in fiscal 20182021 at a weighted-average price of $7.49$14.36 per share, a total of 2.35.2 million shares were issued in fiscal 20172020 at a weighted-average price of $7.33$13.25 per share, and a total of 5.93.2 million shares were issued in fiscal 20162019 at a weighted-average price of $10.00$15.08 per share. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, there was $30.1$55.9 million of unamortized compensation cost related to the ESPP.
As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, approximately 22.532.5 million shares remained available for future issuance under the ESPP.
(c) Summary of Share-Based Compensation Expense
The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense (in thousands):

Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
     Cost of goods sold$16,320 $13,759 $12,024 
     Research and development150,867 157,054 108,762 
     Selling, general and administrative74,352 71,996 77,309 
Total share-based compensation$241,539 $242,809 $198,095 
Share-based compensation capitalized in inventory was $3.8 million at January 30, 2021, $4.1 million at February 1, 2020 and $2.8 million at February 2, 2019.
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 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Continuing operations:     
     Cost of goods sold$6,646
 $8,334
 $7,787
     Research and development52,127
 74,809
 88,897
     Selling, general and administrative26,349
 18,257
 26,082
Share-based compensation - continuing operations$85,122
 $101,400
 $122,766
Discontinued operations:     
      Cost of goods sold(11) 187
 129
      Research and development1,458
 11,633
 9,895
      Selling, general and administrative120
 750
 989
Share-based compensation - discontinued operations1,567
 12,570
 11,013
Total share-based compensation$86,689
 $113,970
 $133,779
Share-based compensation capitalized in inventory was $1.3 million at February 3, 2018, $0.9 million at January 28, 2017 and $1.5 million at January 30, 2016.
Upon the termination of certain members of our executive management in April 2016, it was determined that the vesting in certain of their unvested stock awards was no longer probable. As a result, the Company recorded a reversal of the previously recognized related share-based compensation expense in fiscal 2017 of $2.4 million.
(d) Restricted Stock and Stock Unit Awards
A summary of restricted stock unit activity, which includes time-based and performance-based or market-based restricted stock units, is as follows (in thousands, except per-share amounts):
Time-BasedPerformance-BasedMarket-BasedTotal
Number of
Shares		Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value		Number  of
Shares		Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value		Number of
Shares		Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value		Number of
Shares		Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Balance at February 3, 201810,289 $13.84 672 $14.25 921 $13.14 11,882 $13.81 
Assumed upon acquisition [4]13,289 $21.02 0 $0 0 $0 13,289 $21.02 
Granted7,453 $19.95 340 [1]$21.12 351 [1]$21.36 8,144 $20.06 
Vested(8,827)$16.30 0 $— (30)$13.08 (8,857)$16.28 
Canceled/Forfeited(3,159)$19.64 (64)$16.29 (64)$16.52 (3,287)$19.51 
Balance at February 2, 201919,045 $19.15 948 $16.58 1,178 $15.40 21,171 $18.82 
Assumed upon acquisition [4]1,341 $25.61 0 $0 0 $0 1,341 $25.61 
Granted9,340 $23.36 288 [2]$13.90 3,621 [3]$15.39 13,249 $20.98 
Vested(10,781)$20.01 (576)$13.90 (713)$11.62 (12,070)$19.23 
Canceled/Forfeited(3,661)$20.57 (149)$17.86 (173)$21.12 (3,983)$20.49 
Balance at February 1, 202015,284 $21.34 511 $17.71 3,913 $15.83 19,708 $20.15 
Granted7,437 $26.18 143 [2]$14.13 989 [3]$33.35 8,569 $26.80 
Vested(9,287)$21.28 (390)$14.11 (328)$14.60 (10,005)$20.79 
Canceled/Forfeited(2,090)$22.89 (4)$21.32 (296)$18.86 (2,390)$22.39 
Balance at January 30, 202111,344 $24.27 260 $21.06 4,278 $19.77 15,882 $23.00 
 Time-Based Performance-Based Market-Based Total
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Number  of
Shares
  
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Balance at January 31, 20159,748
 $14.84
 1,254
  $14.99
 
 
 11,002
 $14.85
Granted5,689
 $12.88
 669
* $14.08
 407
*$12.24
 6,765
 $12.96
Vested(5,139) $15.06
 (658)  $15.15
 —
 $—
 (5,797) $15.07
Canceled/Forfeited(1,955) $13.99
 (288)  $14.39
 (54) $12.24
 (2,297) $14.00
Balance at January 30, 20168,343
 $13.57
 977
  $14.43
 353
 $12.24
 9,673
 $13.61
Granted9,139
 $9.83
 366
* $13.91
 612
 $11.94
 10,117
 $10.11
Vested(5,490) $13.95
 (155)  $14.15
 —
 $—
 (5,645) $13.95
Canceled/Forfeited(2,067) $10.69
 (875)  $14.45
 (406) $12.39
 (3,348) $11.88
Balance at January 28, 20179,925
 $10.52
 313
  $13.91
 559
 $11.80
 10,797
 $10.69
Granted8,154
 $15.33
 406
* $14.49
 409
*$15.14
 8,969
 $15.28
Vested(5,653) $10.86
 —
  $—
 —
 —
 (5,653) $10.86
Canceled/Forfeited(2,137) $11.95
 (47)  $13.99
 (47) $14.71
 (2,231) $12.05
Balance at February 3, 201810,289
 $13.84
 672
  $14.25
 921
 $13.14
 11,882
 $13.81

*Amounts represent the target number of restricted stock units at grant date. For awards granted to our executive officers, up to 200% of the target restricted stock units may vest if the maximum level for performance goals is achieved.
[1]    Amounts represent the target number of restricted stock units at grant date. For awards granted to our executive officers, up to 200% of the target restricted stock units may vest if the maximum level for performance goals is achieved.
[2]    Amount represents the number of restricted stock unit goal shares.
[3]    Amount represents the target number of restricted stock units at grant date and restricted stock unit goal shares, including 989 TSR RSU shares in fiscal 2021 and 824 TSR RSU shares and 2,797 VCA RSU shares in fiscal 2020.
[4]    See “Note 4 - Business Combinations” for additional information.
The aggregate intrinsic value of restricted stock units expected to vest as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 was $266.5$817.3 million. The number of restricted stock units that are expected to vest is 11.915.9 million shares. The Company’s closing stock price of $51.46 as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as of January 30, 2021 was used to calculate the aggregate intrinsic value for the restricted stock units.
As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, unamortized compensation expense related to restricted stock units was $118.4$293.7 million. The unamortized compensation expense for restricted stock units will be amortized on a straight-line basis and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.91.62 years.

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(e) Stock Option Awards
Option Plan and Stock Award Activity
Stock option activity under the Company’s stock option and stock incentive plans is included in the following table (in thousands, except for per share amounts):
Number of
Shares		Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Balance at February 3, 201811,772 $12.36 
Assumed upon acquisition*3,026 $11.85 
Granted0 $0 
Exercised(4,812)$10.93 
Canceled/Forfeited(362)$13.64 
Balance at February 2, 20199,624 $12.87 
Assumed upon acquisition*808 $9.20 
Granted0 $0 
Exercised(6,178)$12.67 
Canceled/Forfeited(37)$13.57 
Balance at February 1, 20204,217 $12.44 
Granted0 $0 
Exercised(1,301)$11.63 
Canceled/Forfeited(21)$12.88 
Balance at January 30, 20212,895 $12.81 
Vested or expected to vest at January 30, 20212,895 
 Time-Based Options Market-Based Options Total
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Balance at January 31, 201547,140
 $13.79
 2,232
 $15.43
 49,372
 $13.88
Granted6,170
 $14.13
 —
 —
 6,170
 $14.13
Exercised(2,225) $9.79
 —
 —
 (2,225) $9.79
Canceled/Forfeited(10,211) $15.68
 (76) $15.43
 (10,287) $15.68
Balance at January 30, 201640,874
 $13.59
 2,156
 $15.43
 43,030
 $13.68
Granted2,104
 $9.99
 —
 —
 2,104
 $9.99
Exercised(5,558) $10.35
 —
 —
 (5,558) $10.35
Canceled/Forfeited(12,324) $16.44
 (2,156) $15.43
 (14,480) $16.29
Balance at January 28, 201725,096
 $12.61
 —
 $—
 25,096
 $12.61
Granted—
 $—
 —
 —
 —
 $—
Exercised(10,305) $12.38
 —
 —
 (10,305) $12.38
Canceled/Forfeited(3,019) $14.33
 —
 —
 (3,019) $14.33
Balance at February 3, 201811,772
 $12.36
 —
 $—
 11,772
 $12.36
Vested or expected to vest at February 3, 201811,772
 $12.36
        
*    See “Note 4 - Business Combinations” for more information.
For stock options vested and expected to vest at February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, the aggregate intrinsic value was $118.6$111.9 million. For stock options exercisable at February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, the aggregate intrinsic value was $84.5$111.0 million. The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during fiscal 2018, 20172021, 2021 and 20162020 was $57.0$25.1 million, $19.8$70.5 million and $9.7$40.6 million, respectively. The Company’s closing stock price of $22.43$51.46 as reported on the NASDAQNasdaq Global Select Market as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 was used to calculate the aggregate intrinsic value for all in-the-money options.
Outstanding options and exercisable options information by range of exercise prices as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 was as follows:
 Outstanding Options Exercisable OptionsOutstanding OptionsExercisable Options
Range of
Exercise Prices
Range of
Exercise Prices
 
Number of
Shares
(in Thousands)
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(in Years)
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
Number of
Shares
(in Thousands)
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Range of
Exercise Prices		Number of
Shares
(in thousands)		Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(in years)		Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price		Number of
Shares
(in thousands)		Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
$5.70
 $10.47
 2,083
 3.79 $8.02
 1,463
 $7.32
3.89 $10.31 319 3.95$9.06 319 $9.06 
$10.76
 $10.76
 3,400
 5.23 $10.76
 3,398
 $10.76
10.76 $10.76 897 2.25$10.76 897 $10.76 
$10.80
 $14.35
 3,226
 6.03 $13.56
 982
 $11.89
10.89 $14.35 893 3.87$13.55 874 $13.55 
$14.45
 $15.87
 2,795
 5.66 $15.46
 1,667
 $15.42
14.45 $15.87 651 2.67$15.64 651 $15.64 
$15.91
 $21.62
 268
 2.00 $19.55
 264
 $19.60
15.91 $22.27 134 3.40$16.67 129 $16.60 
TotalTotal   11,772
 5.22 $12.36
 7,774
 $11.55
Total2,894 3.08$12.81 2,870 $12.79 
As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, the unamortized compensation expense for stock options was $4.5$0.2 million. The unamortized compensation expense for options will be amortized on a straight-line basis and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.90.43 years.
(f) Valuation of Employee Share-Based Awards
The expected volatility for awards granted during fiscal 2018, 20172021, 2020 and 20162019 was based on an equally weighted combination of historical stock price volatility and implied volatility derived from traded options on the Company’s stock in the marketplace. The Company believes that the combination of historical volatility and implied volatility provides a better estimate of future stock price volatility.

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The expected dividend yield is calculated by dividing the current annualized dividend by the closing stock price on the date of grant of the option.
The following weighted average assumptions were used for each respective period to calculate the fair value of each time-based stock option award on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model:
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Time-based Stock Options:     
Weighted average fair valueN/A $2.92
 $3.93
Expected volatilityN/A 40% 34%
Expected term (in years)N/A 5.2
 5.4
Risk-free interest rateN/A 1.3% 1.6%
Expected dividend yieldN/A 2.5% 1.8%
There were no0 options granted in fiscal 2018.2021, 2020 and 2019 except for the ones the Company assumed from the Cavium and Aquantia acquisitions as described above.
The following weighted-average assumptions were used for each respective period to calculate the fair value of common shares to be issued under the ESPP on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model:
Year EndedYear Ended
February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Employee Stock Purchase Plan:     Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
Estimated fair value$6.03
 $3.83
 $3.24
Estimated fair value$15.12 $7.06 $4.91 
Expected volatility30% 39% 41%Expected volatility48 %35 %33 %
Expected term (in years)1.2
 1.2
 1.3
Expected term (in years)1.21.21.2
Risk-free interest rate1.6% 0.7% 0.6%Risk-free interest rate0.1 %1.8 %2.6 %
Expected dividend yield1.1% 1.9% 2.4%Expected dividend yield0.6 %1.0 %1.4 %
The following weighted-average assumptions were used for each respective period to calculate the fair value of common shares to be issued under Total Shareholder Return performance awards on the date of grant using the Monte Carlo pricing model:
Year EndedYear Ended
February 3,
2018		January 28,
2017		January 30,
2016		January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Total Shareholder Return Awards: Total Shareholder Return Awards:
Expected term (in years)2.9
2.9
2.0
Expected term (in years)3.03.02.9
Expected volatility35%36%27%Expected volatility40 %32 %35 %
Average correlation coefficient of peer companies0.5
0.5
0.4
Average correlation coefficient of peer companies0.7 0.5 0.5 
Risk-free interest rate1.4%0.9%0.5%Risk-free interest rate0.2 %2.4 %2.5 %
Expected dividend yield1.6%2.1%1.7%Expected dividend yield0.9 %1.0 %1.1 %
The correlation coefficients are calculated based upon the price data used to calculate the historical volatilities and is used to model the way in which each entity tends to move in relation to its peers.
(g) The following weighted-average assumptions were used for estimating the fair value of common shares to be issued under VCA RSUs on the date of grant using the Monte Carlo pricing model:
Year Ended
February 1,
2020
Value Creation Awards:
Expected term (in years)4.66
Expected volatility35 %
Risk-free interest rate1.8 %
Expected dividend yield1.0 %

Employee 401(k) Plans
The Company sponsors a 401(k) savings and investment plan that allows eligible U.S. employees to participate by making pre-tax contributions to the 401(k) plan ranging from 1% to 50%75% of eligible earnings subject to a required annual limit. The Company currently matches 100% of the first 4% of the employee’s contribution and 50% of the next 2%, up to a $4,000 maximum contribution effective from January 1, 2018.2018, and up to a $5,000 maximum contribution effective from January 1, 2021. The Company made matching contributions to employees of $4.6$11.1 million in fiscal 2018, $4.52021, $11.0 million in fiscal 20172020 and $4.9$8.6 million in fiscal 2016.2019. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, the 401(k) plan offers a variety of investment alternatives, representing different asset classes. Employees may not invest in the Company’s common shares through the 401(k) plan.

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The Company also has voluntary defined contribution plans in various non-U.S. locations. In connection with these plans, the Company made contributions on behalf of employees totaling $12.3$11.3 million, $11.8$9.6 million and $14.5$16.8 million during fiscal 2018, 20172021, 2020 and 2016,2019, respectively.

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Note 13 — Income Taxes
The U.S. and non-U.S. components of income (loss) before income taxes of continuing operations consist of the following (in thousands):
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
U.S. operations$24,377
 $30,601
 $32,095
Non-U.S. operations426,827
 116,828
 (759,820)
 $451,204
 $147,429
 $(727,725)
The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Current income tax provision (benefit):     
Federal$776
 $8,231
 $10,413
State2
 180
 83
Foreign(2,541) 19,560
 (5,876)
Total current income tax provision (benefit)(1,763) 27,971
 4,620
Deferred income tax provision (benefit):     
Federal10,136
 (5,062) (4,355)
State83
 (12) 580
Foreign9,606
 49,711
 9,871
Total deferred income tax provision (benefit)19,825
 44,637
 6,096
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes$18,062
 $72,608
 $10,716
Deferred tax assets consist of the following (in thousands):
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Deferred tax assets:   
Federal and California research and other tax credits$607,726
 $450,503
Reserves and accruals16,951
 35,887
Share-based compensation2,493
 3,733
Net operating losses11,816
 5,361
Gross deferred tax assets638,986
 495,484
Valuation allowance(618,353) (456,541)
Total deferred tax assets20,633
 38,943
Total deferred tax liabilities(52,204) (51,112)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)$(31,571) $(12,169)
As presented in the consolidated balance sheets as of February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017, and in the table above, unrecognized tax benefits have been offset by deferred tax assets for certain net operating losses that are available to be used in the amount of $8.6 million and $7.5 million, respectively.

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Note 15 — Income Taxes
InThe U.S. and non-U.S. components of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes consist of the first quarter of fiscal 2018, we adopted the new guidance related to improvements to employee share-based payment accounting, which simplified several aspects of accounting for share-based payment awards including accountingfollowing (in thousands):
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
U.S. operations$(18,201)$(95,884)$666,508 
Non-U.S. operations(303,967)894,267 (671,155)
$(322,168)$798,383 $(4,647)
The provision (benefit) for income taxes. Astaxes consists of the following (in thousands):
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Current income tax provision (benefit):
Federal$3,210 $5,223 $46,519 
State3,439 (1,937)5,959 
Foreign(12,028)(4,137)3,322 
Total current income tax provision (benefit)(5,379)(851)55,800 
Deferred income tax provision (benefit):
Federal(14,401)(125,892)134,336 
State870 (9,382)(6,567)
Foreign(25,960)(649,884)(9,122)
Total deferred income tax provision (benefit)(39,491)(785,158)118,647 
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes$(44,870)$(786,009)$174,447 

The Company consists of a Bermuda parent holding company with various foreign and U.S. subsidiaries. The applicable statutory rate in Bermuda is 0 for the Company for fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019. For purposes of the reconciliation between the provision (benefit) for income taxes at the statutory rate and the effective tax rate, a U.S. statutory tax rate of 21% for fiscal years 2021, 2020 and 2019 is applied as follows:
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Provision at U.S. statutory rate$(67,655)$167,660 $(976)
State taxes, net of federal benefit327 (9,878)(9,652)
Difference in U.S. and non-U.S. tax rates38,118 (181,625)46,988 
Foreign income inclusion in U.S.861 13,736 167,093 
Non-deductible compensation4,108 6,196 13,215 
Intellectual property transaction0 (762,933)93,777 
Federal research and development credits(49,315)(42,604)(29,503)
Uncertain tax positions(19,957)(3,913)4,238 
Change in valuation allowance49,315 26,971 (110,921)
Other(672)381 188 
Income tax provision (benefit)$(44,870)$(786,009)$174,447 
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The income tax benefit for fiscal 2021 is primarily attributable to the pretax losses of the Company’s subsidiaries with income tax rates that differ from the U.S. statutory tax rate, combined with a net reduction of unrecognized tax benefits inclusive of interest and penalties, offset by tax expense attributable to non-deductible compensation. The income tax benefit for fiscal 2020 was primarily the result of adopting this new standard, we recognizedthe recognition of a $763.0 million tax benefit for the intra-entity transfer of the majority of the Company’s intellectual property to a subsidiary in Singapore. This resulted in the recognition of a deferred tax asset and tax benefit of $123.0$659.0 million for U.S. federal and California researchrelated to the Singapore tax credits that were attributable to unrecognized excessbasis in the intellectual property. In addition, the Company recognized $104.0 million of income tax benefitsbenefit from share-based payment awards. Thisthe reversal of deferred tax assetliabilities primarily related to previously acquired intangible assets. The income tax expense for fiscal 2019 was offset by a valuation allowance.primarily the result of restructurings involving the transfer of certain assets and intellectual property used in the business among various subsidiaries and represented the estimated U.S. tax to be paid currently and in future years on income generated from the intellectual property transfer. The prior period transactions aligned the global economic ownership of the Company's intellectual property rights with its current and future business operations. The Company continues to evaluate potential changes to its legal entity structure in response to guidelines and requirements in various international tax jurisdictions, as well as in response to changes in our operations, and acquisitions and divestitures.
AtDeferred tax assets consist of the endfollowing (in thousands):
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating losses$78,253 $105,925 
Federal and California income tax credits713,799 631,805 
Intangible assets629,290 632,537 
Reserves and accruals69,654 22,719 
Share-based compensation4,798 4,117 
Lease liabilities28,176 32,120 
Gross deferred tax assets1,523,970 1,429,223 
Valuation allowance(749,468)(676,780)
Total deferred tax assets774,502 752,443 
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets(50,557)(69,771)
Fixed assets(27,549)(27,540)
Unremitted earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries(20,173)(21,284)
Right of use assets(26,158)(25,290)
Total deferred tax liabilities(124,437)(143,885)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)$650,065 $608,558 

The deferred tax assets and liabilities based on tax jurisdictions are presented on our consolidated balance sheet as follows:
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Non-current deferred tax assets$672,424 $639,791 
Non-current deferred tax liabilities(22,359)(31,233)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)$650,065 $608,558 

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In assessing the realization of fiscal 2018,deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred assets will be realized.The ultimate realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible or creditable. The Company weighs all positive and negative evidence including our earnings history, results of recent operations, reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies. As of January 30, 2021, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of $618.4$749.5 million which is an increase of $161.8$72.7 million from fiscal 2017.2020. The Company provided a full valuation allowance against its federal and various state research and development and other tax credits which it earns in excess of its current year tax liabilities, as well as a portion against its net operating loss carryforwards in the U.S. federal and California jurisdictions.credits. Based on the available objectively verifiable positive and negative evidence, the Company determined that it is more likely than not that these research and other tax credits and a limited amount of net operating losses will not be realized in the future. The Company also provided a valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets of a portion of its operations in Israel, which has cumulative losses in recent years and is not projecting sufficient future taxable income to realize the benefit of its deferred tax assets.assets, as well as a valuation allowance against Canadian research and development credits. It is also possible that significant negative evidence may become available that causes the Company to conclude that a valuation allowance is needed on certain of its other deferred tax assets, which would adversely affect the Company's income tax provision in the period of such change in judgment.
As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future taxable income of approximately $108.4$832.6 million, $1.2$517.3 million and $5.7$815.1 million for foreign, U.S. federal, and state of California and foreign purposes, respectively. The federal carryforwards will begin to expire in various fiscal years betweenyear 2022, and 2028, and the California carryforwards will begin to expire at variousin fiscal years between 2019 and 2033,year 2028, if not utilized before these years. The majority of the Company’s non-U.S.foreign losses carry forward indefinitely. For U.S.The Company also had federal income tax return purposes, the Company had research and other tax credit carryforwards of approximately $286.4$360.3 million thatwhich will begin to expire throughin fiscal 2038.2022. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, the Company also had unused California research tax credit carryforwards of approximately $298.3$478.6 million, which can be carried forward indefinitely. The Company also has research and other tax credit carryforwards of approximately $24.5$28.8 million in other U.S. states thatwhich will begin to expire throughin fiscal 20332022 due to the statutes of limitation.
Utilization of the Company's U.S. federal and state net operating loss and credit carryforwards may be subject to annual limitations due to ownership change provisions by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and similar state provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses and credits before utilization. Future changes in the Company's stock ownership, some of which are outside of the Company's control, could result in an ownership change under Section 382 and result in a limitation on US tax attributes. As of January 30, 2021, the Company had approximately $801.1 million and $120.4 million of federal net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, respectively, in the U.S. subject to an annual limitation. The Company consistsdoes not expect these limitations to result in any permanent loss of a Bermuda parent holding company with various foreign and U.S. subsidiaries. The applicable statutory rate in Bermuda is zero for the Company for fiscal 2018, 2017, and 2016. For purposes of the reconciliation between the provision (benefit) for income taxes at the statutory rate and the effectiveits tax rate, a notional U.S. 33.7% rate for fiscal year 2018, and a notional rate of 35% for fiscal 2017 and 2016 is applied as follows:
benefits.
 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Provision at U.S. notional statutory rate33.7 % 35.0 % 35.0 %
Difference in U.S. and non-U.S. tax rates(31.7) (26.3) (37.1)
Benefits from utilization of general business credits(4.8) (28.4) 5.5
Change in valuation allowance4.7
 24.3
 (4.4)
Withholding taxes—
 34.0
 —
Tax effects of global restructuring—
 11.4
 —
Other2.1
 (0.7) (0.5)
Effective tax rate4.0 % 49.3 % (1.5)%
The following table reflects changes in the unrecognized tax benefits (in thousands):
Year EndedYear Ended
February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016		January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Unrecognized tax benefits as of the beginning of the period$23,793
 $29,139
 $45,197
Unrecognized tax benefits as of the beginning of the period$166,828 $158,323 $23,252 
Increases related to acquired tax positionsIncreases related to acquired tax positions0 9,215 131,631 
Increases related to prior year tax positions—
 2,080
 304
Increases related to prior year tax positions77,878 1,789 1,836 
Decreases related to prior year tax positions—
 

 (4,334)Decreases related to prior year tax positions(1,106)(6,747)(6,259)
Increases related to current year tax positions2,776
 2,363
 4,237
Increases related to current year tax positions5,603 7,614 11,154 
Settlements—
 —
 (704)Settlements(476)(443)0 
Lapse in the statute of limitations(3,341) (6,576) (9,739)Lapse in the statute of limitations(8,193)(4,044)(3,198)
Foreign exchange gain24
 (3,213) (5,822)
Foreign exchange (gain) lossForeign exchange (gain) loss1,616 1,121 (93)
Gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits as of the end of the period$23,252
 $23,793
 $29,139
Gross amounts of unrecognized tax benefits as of the end of the period$242,150 $166,828 $158,323 

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Included in the balances as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 is $22.1$171.5 million of unrecognized tax benefit that would affect the effective income tax rate if recognized. Also, $8.6in the year ended January 30, 2021, the Company increased its uncertain prior year tax positions by $77.9 million $7.5which included $75.1 million related to items that had been previously accrued as deferred tax liabilities and are now reflected as reductions to deferred tax assets at January 30, 2021, as a result of a current year change in the Company's assessment of its future income tax filing positions for these items. Finally, $221.7 million, $146.6 million and $6.3$135.6 million of the gross unrecognized tax benefits presented in the table above are offset against deferred tax assets in the consolidated balance sheets as of February 03, 2018, January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016,2021, February 1, 2020 and February 2, 2019, respectively.
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The amounts in the table above do not include the related interest and penalties. The amount of interest and penalties accrued was approximately $17.2$4.0 million, as of February 3, 2018, $21.6$12.4 million, as of January 28, 2017, and $26.4$15.1 million as of January 30, 2016.2021, February 1, 2020, and February 2, 2019, respectively. The Company’s policy is to recognize these interest and penalties as a component of income tax expense. The consolidated statements of operations for fiscal 2018, 2017,2021, 2020, and 20162019 included $2.3$1.0 million, $2.7$1.4 million, and $4.6$2.7 million, respectively, of interest and penalties related to the unrecognized tax benefits.
The Company's major tax jurisdictions are the United States, the states of California and Massachusetts, China, India, Israel, and Singapore. The Company is subject to income tax audits by the respective tax authorities in all of the jurisdictions in which it operates. The examination of tax liabilities in each of these jurisdictions requires the interpretation and application of complex and sometimes uncertain tax laws and regulations. As of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, the material jurisdictions that areCompany is subject to examination includein material jurisdictions including China, India, Israel, Singapore, SwitzerlandGermany, and the United States for the Company’s fiscal years 20062001 through 2017. As of February 3, 2018, several of the Company’s non-U.S. entities are under examination for fiscal years encompassing 2006 and 2017.2021.
For fiscal 2019, theThe Company will continue to review its tax positions and provide for or reverse unrecognized tax benefits as issues arise. During the next 12 months, it is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits could increase or decrease significantly due to changes in tax law in various jurisdictions, new tax audits and changes in the U.S. dollar as compared to foreign currencies within the next 12 months. Excluding these factors, uncertain tax positions may decrease by as much as $10.5$5.4 million from the lapse of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions during the next 12 months.
The Singapore Economic Development Board (“EDB”) initially granted a 10-year Pioneer Status in July 1999 to the Company’s Singapore subsidiary. In October 2004, the Company’s subsidiary in Singapore was granted a second incentive known as the DevelopDevelopment and Expansion Incentive (“DEI”), and in June 2006, the EDB agreed to extend the Pioneer status for 15 years to June 2014. The Company re-negotiatedrenegotiated with the Singapore government and in fiscal 2015, they extended the DEI tax creditsincentives to the Company until June 2019. The Company renegotiated again with the Singapore government and during the second quarter of fiscal 2020, they extended the DEI tax incentives until June 2024. In the future, the Company may negotiate a further extension of these incentives. In order to retain these tax benefits in Singapore, the Company must meet certain operating conditions relating to, among other things, certain headcount and investment requirements, as well as maintenance of a regional headquarters function, and certain research and development activities in Singapore. In fiscal 2017 and 2016 tax savings associated with these tax holidays were approximately $0.9 million and $3.0 million, respectively, which if paid would impact the Company’s earnings per share by less than $0.01 per shareThere was no such benefit in fiscal 20172021, 2020, and 2016. No tax savings was recognized in fiscal 2018.2019.
Under the Israeli Encouragement law of “approved or benefited enterprise,” two branches of Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd., the GTL branch and the cellular branch (formerly Marvell DSPC), areis entitled to approved and benefited tax programs that include reduced tax rates and exemption of certain income with respect to its Galileo switches activity, subject to various operating and other conditions. Income from the approved or benefited enterprises, with the exception of capital gains, is eligible up to fiscal 2027. There was no such benefit inIn fiscal 2018, 2017, and 2016.
During fiscal 2007, each of the Swiss Federal Department of Economy and the Vaud Cantonal Tax Administration granted the Company’s subsidiary in Switzerland a 10 year tax holiday on revenues from research and design wafer supply trading activities, which commenced in February 2007 and expired at the end of fiscal 2016. The fiscal 20162021, tax savings associated with thisthese tax holiday washolidays were approximately $3.7$2.1 million, which providedif paid would impact the Company’s earnings per share ofby less than $0.01 per share in fiscal 2016. No tax savings2021. There was 0 such benefit recognized in fiscal 20182020 or 2017 duefiscal 2019.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was enacted into US federal law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provided numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including temporary changes regarding the prior and future utilization of net operating losses, temporary changes to expirationthe prior and future limitations on interest deductions, and technical corrections from prior tax legislation for tax depreciation of certain qualified improvement property. The Company evaluated the provisions of the CARES Act and concluded that there was no material impact on its financial statements. The tax holiday.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("2017 Tax Act") was signedeffects of other related foreign government assistance enacted into law on December 22, 2017. The 2017 Tax Act significantly revises the U.S. corporate income tax by, among other things, lowering the statutory corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, eliminating certain deductions, imposing a mandatory one-time tax on accumulated earnings of foreign subsidiaries, introducing new tax regimes, and changing how foreign earningsthis period are subject to U.S. tax. The 2017 Tax Act also enhanced and extended through 2026 the option to claim accelerated depreciation deductions on qualified property. We have not completed our determination of the accounting implications of the 2017 Tax Act on our tax accruals. However, we have reasonably estimated the effects of the 2017 Tax Act and recorded provisional amounts in our financial statements as of February 3, 2018. We recorded an immaterial provisional tax expense for the impact of the 2017 Tax Act, which was primarily comprised of the remeasurement of federal net deferred taxes resulting from the permanent reduction in the U.S. statutory corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%. As we complete our analysis of the 2017 Tax Act, collect and prepare necessary data, and interpret any additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the IRS, and other standard-setting bodies, we may make adjustmentsmaterial to the provisional amounts. Those adjustments may materially impact our provision for income taxes in the period in which the adjustments are made.

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Company this period.
The Company’s principal source of liquidity as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 consisted of approximately $1.8 billion$748.5 million of cash and cash equivalents, and short-term investments, of which approximately $1.1 billion$618.1 million was held by foreign subsidiaries (outside Bermuda). Approximately $630 million of this amount held by foreign subsidiaries is related to undistributed earnings which have been indefinitely reinvested outside of Bermuda.  These fundsThe Company has not recognized a deferred tax liability on $264.2 million of these assets as those amounts are primarily held in China, Israel and the United States. We havedeemed to be indefinitely reinvested. The Company plans to use such amounts to fund various activities outside of Bermuda, including working capital requirements, capital expenditures for expansion, funding of future acquisitions or other financing activities. The amount of undistributed earnings of these subsidiaries for which no deferred tax liability has been provided is $430 million. If such funds were needed by the parent company in Bermuda or if the amounts were otherwise no longer considered indefinitely reinvested, we would incur a tax expense of approximately $160 million.


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Note 1416 — Net Income (Loss) Per Share
The Company reports both basic net income (loss) per share, which is based on the weighted averageweighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, and diluted net income (loss) per share, which is based on the weighted averageweighted-average number of common shares outstanding and potentially dilutive shares outstanding during the period. The computations of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share are presented in the following table (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Year Ended
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
Numerator:Numerator:
Net income (loss) Net income (loss)$(277,298)$1,584,391 $(179,094)
Denominator:Denominator:
Weighted-average shares — basic Weighted-average shares — basic668,772 664,709 591,232 
Effect of dilutive securities:Effect of dilutive securities:
Share-based awards Share-based awards0 11,385 0 
Weighted-average shares — diluted Weighted-average shares — diluted668,772 676,094 591,232 
Year Ended
February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Numerator:     
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax$433,142
 $74,821
 $(738,441)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax87,689
 (53,670) (72,959)
Net income (loss)$520,831
 $21,151
 $(811,400)
Denominator:     
Weighted average shares — basic498,008
 509,738
 510,945
Effect of dilutive securities:     
Share-based awards11,659
 7,775
 —
Weighted average shares — diluted509,667
 517,513
 510,945
Income (loss) from continuing operations per share:     
Basic$0.87
 $0.15
 $(1.45)
Diluted$0.85
 $0.14
 $(1.45)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations per share:     
Basic$0.18
 $(0.11) $(0.14)
Diluted$0.17
 $(0.10) $(0.14)
Net income (loss) per share:     Net income (loss) per share:
Basic$1.05
 $0.04
 $(1.59) Basic$(0.41)$2.38 $(0.30)
Diluted$1.02
 $0.04
 $(1.59) Diluted$(0.41)$2.34 $(0.30)
Potential dilutive securities include dilutive common shares from share-based awards attributable to the assumed exercise of stock options, restricted stock units and employee stock purchase plan shares using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, potential common shares outstanding are not included in the computation of diluted net income per share, if their effect is anti-dilutive.
Anti-dilutive potential shares are presented in the following table (in thousands):
Year Ended
Year EndedJanuary 30,
2021		February 1,
2020		February 2,
2019
February 3, 2018 January 28, 2017 January 30, 2016
Weighted average shares outstanding:     
Weighted-average shares outstanding:Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Share-based awards412
 22,642
 64,420
Share-based awards11,268 1,124 20,435 
Anti-dilutive potential shares from share-based awards are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for all periods reported above because either their exercise price exceeded the average market price during the period or the share-based awards were determined to be anti-dilutive based on applying the treasury stock method. Anti-dilutive potential shares from share-based awards are also excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the years ended January 30, 2021 and February 2, 2019 due to the net losses reported in those periods.



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Note 1517 — Segment and Geographic Information
The Company operates in one1 reportable segment — the design, development and sale of integrated circuits. The chief executive officer was identified as the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) for the years ended February 3, 2018, January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016. The Company’s CODM is ultimately responsible for and actively involved in the allocation of resources and the assessment of the Company’s performance. The fact that the Company operates in only one1 reportable segment is based on the following:
•The Company uses a highly-integrated approach in developing its products in that discrete technologies developed by the Company are frequently integrated across many of its products. Substantially all of the Company’s integrated circuits are manufactured under similar manufacturing processes.
•The Company’s organizational structure is based along functional lines. Each of the functional department heads reports directly to the CODM. Shared resources in the Company also report directly to the CODM or to a direct report of the CODM.
•The assessments of performance across the Company, including assessment of the Company’s incentive compensation plan, are based largely on operational performance and consolidated financial performance.
•The decisions on allocation of resources and other operational decisions are made by the CODM based on his direct involvement with the Company’s operations and product development.
The following tables present net revenue andtable presents long-lived asset information based on geographic region. Net revenue is based on the destination of the shipments and long-lived assets are based on the physical location of the assets by geographic region (in thousands):
January 30,
2021		February 1,
2020
Property and equipment, net:
United States$245,471 $265,685 
Singapore29,603 37,717 
India18,832 20,815 
Israel14,152 15,808 
China12,810 11,979 
Others5,257 5,088 
$326,125 $357,092 

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 Year Ended
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017		 January 30,
2016
Net Revenue:     
China$1,205,202
 $1,224,032
 $1,471,180
Malaysia388,469
 286,267
 302,953
Philippines270,101
 283,345
 211,602
Thailand137,662
 113,778
 189,299
United States42,560
 51,416
 60,119
Others365,176
 342,154
 367,344
 $2,409,170
 $2,300,992
 $2,602,497
 February 3,
2018		 January 28,
2017
Property and equipment, net:   
United States$156,053
 $147,552
Singapore15,827
 54,054
Israel12,686
 12,133
China10,145
 16,484
Others7,511
 13,174
 $202,222
 $243,397

SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
(Unaudited)
The following table presents the unaudited consolidated statements of operations data for each of the eight quarters in the periods ended February 3, 2018 and January 28, 2017. In November 2016, the Company announced a plan to restructure its operations to refocus its research and development, increase operational efficiency and improve profitability. As part of those actions, the Company began an active program to locate buyers for several businesses. The Company concluded that the divestitures of these businesses represented a strategic shift that has a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. These businesses were deemed not to align with the Company’s core business. The Company classified these businesses as discontinued operations for all periods presented in its consolidated financial statements, and divested of such businesses in fiscal 2018. The Company retrospectively recast its consolidated statements of operations and balance sheets for all period presented to reflect these business as discontinued operations.

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MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD.

In management’s opinion, this information has been presented on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements included in a separate section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and all necessary adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, have been included in the amounts below to fairly state the unaudited quarterly results when read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes. The operating results for any period should not be considered indicative of results to be expected in any future period. The Company expects the quarterly operating results to fluctuate in future periods due to a variety of reasons, including those discussed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
 Fiscal 2018
 
First
Quarter 
 
Second
Quarter
 
Third
Quarter 
 
Fourth
Quarter (1)
 (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Net revenue$572,709
 $604,750
 $616,302
 $615,409
Gross profit$345,511
 $365,178
 $377,769
 $373,482
Income from continuing operations, net of tax$99,592
 $135,450
 $149,337
 $48,763
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax$7,029
 $29,809
 $50,851
 $—
Net income$106,621
 $165,259
 $200,188
 $48,763
Income per share from continuing operations:       
       Basic$0.20
 $0.27
 $0.30
 $0.10
       Diluted$0.19
 $0.26
 $0.30
 $0.10
Loss per share from discontinued operations:       
       Basic$0.01
 $0.06
 $0.11
 $—
       Diluted$0.02
 $0.06
 $0.10
 $—
Net income per share:       
Basic$0.21
 $0.33
 $0.41
 $0.10
Diluted$0.21
 $0.32
 $0.40
 $0.10
 Fiscal 2017
 
First
Quarter
 
Second
Quarter
 
Third
Quarter
 
Fourth
Quarter (2)
 (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Net revenue$513,633
 $597,346
 $623,651
 $566,362
Gross profit$273,700
 $326,919
 $356,894
 $325,914
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax$(7,292) $62,466
 $83,173
 $(63,528)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax$(15,387) $(11,161) $(10,557) $(16,563)
Net income (loss)$(22,679) $51,305
 $72,616
 $(80,091)
Income (loss) per share from continuing operations:       
       Basic$(0.01) $0.12
 $0.16
 $(0.13)
       Diluted$(0.01) $0.12
 $0.16
 $(0.13)
Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations:       
       Basic$(0.03) $(0.02) $(0.02) $(0.03)
       Diluted$0.03
 $(0.02) $(0.02) $(0.03)
Net income (loss) per share:       
Basic$(0.04) $0.10
 $0.14
 $(0.16)
Diluted$(0.04) $0.10
 $0.14
 $(0.16)
(1)The fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 includes a $74.4 million charge for the Luna litigation settlement and related costs.
(2)The fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 includes $90.5 million of restructuring and other related charges that include $50.5 million for impairment of certain equipment, technology licenses and to fully impair a nonrefundable deposit due to non-utilization of the related contract and $68.0 million of tax expense related to restructuring actions taken.

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Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Item 9.        Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.


Item 9A.Controls and Procedures
Item 9A.    Controls and Procedures
Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021. Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021.
Management has concluded that the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K present fairly, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting consists of policies and procedures that: (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) are designed and operated to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and our process for the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Our internal control over financial reporting is designed by, and under the supervision of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer and effected by the Company’s Board of Directors, management, and others. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 using the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting as described in "Internal“Internal Control-Integrated Framework,"” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO Criteria). Based on this assessment, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021.
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in its report that is included herein.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

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Changes to Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) occurred during the fiscal quarterthree months ended February 3, 2018January 30, 2021 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have modified our workplace practices globally, resulting in most of our employees working remotely. We are continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 situation on our internal controls to minimize the impact on their design and operating effectiveness. We believe that our internal controls over financial reporting are being executed effectively and continue to be effective.


Item 9B.Other Information
Item 9B.    Other Information
None



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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - IntegratedControl-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - IntegratedControl-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended February 3, 2018,January 30, 2021, of the Company and our report dated March 29, 2018,16, 2021, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.


/s/ DeloitteDELOITTE & ToucheTOUCHE LLP



San Jose, California  
March 29, 201816, 2021 

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PART III
Unless we file an amendment to this Form 10-K within 120 days after January 30, 2021 to include the Part III information, we intend to incorporate such information by reference to our definitive proxy statement in connection with our 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 3, 2021 (the “2021 Proxy Statement”), as described above.
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Item 10.        Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by Items 401 and 407(c)(3) of Regulation S-K with respect to our directors, director nominees, executive officers and corporate governance is incorporated by reference herein to the information set forth under the captions “Board of Directors and Committees of the Board” and "Executive Officers"“Information About Our Executive Officers” in our definitive proxy statement in connection with our 20182021 annual general meeting of shareholders to be held June 11, 20183, 2021 (the “2018“2021 Proxy Statement”), which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after February 3, 2018.January 30, 2021.
Delinquent Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting ComplianceReports
The information required by Item 405 of Regulation S-K is incorporated by reference herein, as applicable, to the information set forth under the caption “Section“Delinquent Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance”Reports” in our 20182021 Proxy Statement.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Employees, Officers and Directors that applies to all of our directors, officers (including our Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officer), Chief Financial Officer (our principal financial officer), Corporate Controller (our chief accounting officer) and any person performing similar functions) and employees. This Code of Ethics was most recently amended in March 2018.2021. We will disclose future amendments to or waivers from our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Employees, Officers and Directors on our website or in a report on Form 8-K within four business days following the date of such amendment or waiver. Our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Employees, Officers and Directors is available on our website www.marvell.com. None of the material on our website is part of our Annual Report on Form 10-K or is incorporated by reference herein.
Committees of the Board of Directors
The information required by Items 407(d)(4) and (d)(5) of Regulation S-K concerning our Audit Committee and audit committee financial expert is incorporated by reference herein to the information set forth under the caption “Board of Directors and Committees of the Board - Committees of our Board of Directors” in our 20872021 Proxy Statement.


Item 11.Executive Compensation
Item 11.        Executive Compensation
The information required by Items 402, 407(e)(4) and 407(e)(5) of Regulation S-K is incorporated by reference herein to the information set forth under the captions “Board of Directors and Committees of the Board - Director Compensation Table,” “Executive Compensation” and “Executive Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” in our 20182021 Proxy Statement.


Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters
Item 12.        Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters
The information required by Item 403 of Regulation S-K is incorporated by reference herein to the information set forth under the caption “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in our 20182021 Proxy Statement.
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Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table provides certain information with respect to all of our equity compensation plans in effect as of February 3, 2018:January 30, 2021:
Plan Category(a)
Number of
Securities to Be Issued
Upon Exercise of Outstanding
Options, Warrants
and Rights (1)		(b)
Weighted-
Average Exercise Price
of Outstanding Options,
Warrants, and
Rights (2)		(c)
Number of
Securities Remaining
Available for Future
Issuance under Equity
Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities
Reflected in Column (a)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (3)(4)16,567,652 $17.15 110,427,347 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (5)2,208,951 $12.38 — 
Plan Category 
(a)
Number of
Securities to Be Issued
Upon Exercise of Outstanding
Options, Warrants
and Rights (1)
 
(b)
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
of Outstanding Options,
Warrants, and
Rights (2)
 
(c)
Number of
Securities Remaining
Available for Future
Issuance under Equity
Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities
Reflected in Column (a)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (3)(4) 23,603,940
 $13.18
 119,016,707


(1)Includes only options and restricted stock units (outstanding under our equity compensation plans, as no stock warrants or other rights were outstanding as of January 30, 2021).
90(2)The weighted-average exercise price calculation does not take into account any restricted stock units as those units vest, without any cash consideration or other payment required for such shares.

(3)Includes our Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan, our Amended 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2000 ESPP”).


(4)The number of shares reserved for issuance under our 2000 ESPP includes an annual increase in shares reserved for issuance equal to the lesser of (i) 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, or (ii) 1.5% of the outstanding shares of capital stock on such date, or (iii) an amount determined by the Board (provided that the amount approved by the Board shall not be greater than (i) or (ii)).

(5)Plans not approved by security holders consists of the Cavium 2007, 2016 and Qlogic equity incentive plans which we assumed in our merger with Cavium Inc and Aquantia 2004, 2015 and 2017 equity incentive plans which we assumed in our merger with Aquantia.

(1)Includes only options and restricted stock units (outstanding under our equity compensation plans, as no stock warrants or other rights were outstanding as of February 3, 2018).
(2)The weighted average exercise price calculation does not take into account any restricted stock units as those units vest, without any cash consideration or other payment required for such shares.
(3)Includes our Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan, our Amended 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2000 ESPP”).
(4)The number of shares reserved for issuance under our 2000 ESPP includes an annual increase in shares reserved for issuance equal to the lesser of (i) 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, or (ii) 1.5% of the outstanding shares of capital stock on such date, or (iii) an amount determined by the Board (provided that the amount approved by the Board shall not be greater than (i) or (ii)).


Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Item 13.        Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by Item 404 of Regulation S-K is incorporated by reference herein to the information set forth under the caption “Related Party Transactions” in our 20182021 Proxy Statement.
The information required by Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K is incorporated by reference herein to the information set forth under the caption “Board of Directors and Committees of the Board” in our 20182021 Proxy Statement.
 
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Item 14.        Principal Accounting Fees and Services
The information required by Item 9(e) of Schedule 14A is incorporated by reference to the information set forth under the caption “Information Concerning Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in our 20182021 Proxy Statement.



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PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
(a)The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
1.Financial Statements:
Item 15.        Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
(a)The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
1.Financial Statements:
See the “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” on page 4452 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
2.Financial Statement Schedule:
2.Financial Statement Schedule:
See “Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts” on page 100108 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
All other schedules not listed above have been omitted because they are not applicable or required, or the information required to be set forth therein is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or Notes thereto.
3.Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.		DescriptionFormFile NumberIncorporated by Reference from Exhibit NumberFiled with SEC
2.18-K000-308772.111/20/2017
2.210-Q000-308772.19/4/2019
2.38-K003-308772.110/30/2020
3.110-K000-308773.103/29/2018
3.28-K000-308773.111/10/2016
3.310-Q000-308773.506/05/2018
3.410-Q000-308773.206/05/2018
3.510-Q000-308773.406/05/2018
4.110-K000-308774.103/29/2018
4.28-K000-308774.106/22/2018
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4.3

8-K000-308774.206/22/2018
4.48-K000-308774.306/22/2018
4.58-K000-308774.406/22/2018
4.610-K000-308774.63/23/2020
10.2#10-Q000-3087710.112/2/2011
10.2.1#10-Q000-3087710.312/4/2020
10.3#10-Q000-3087710.112/4/2020
10.3.1#10-Q000-3087710.212/4/2020
10.3.2#8-K000-3087710.29/26/2013
10.3.3#10-Q000-3087710.49/3/2010
10.3.4#10-Q000-3087710.26/5/2014
10.3.5#10-K000-3087710.3.11#03/29/2018
10.3.6#10-Q000-3087710.306/06/2019
10.3.7#10-Q000-3087710.106/06/2019
10.3.8#10-Q003-3087710.712/04/2019
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10.4#8-K000-3087710.17/2/2015
10.5#8-K000-3087710.110/10/2008
10.6#8-K000-3087710.13/7/2011
10.7#8-K000-3087710.16/20/2016
10.7.1#10-Q000-3087710.612/4/2020
10.8#10-Q000-3087710.18/28/2020
10.9#10-Q000-3087710.39/8/2016
10.10#10-Q000-3087710.59/8/2016
10.11#8-K000-3087710.18/23/2016
10.12#10-K000-3087710.2303/28/2017
10.13#10-Q003-3087710.309/12/28
10.14#8-K003-3087710.106/29/2018
10.158-K003-3087710.106/13/2018
10.16#10-Q003-3087710.105/29/2020
10.178-K003-3087799.106/05/2019
10.18#10-Q003-3087710.112/04/2019
10.19#10-Q003-3087710.212/04/2019
10.20#10-Q003-3087710.312/04/2019
10.21#10-Q003-3087710.412/04/2019
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10.22#10-Q003-3087710.512/04/2019
10.23#10-Q003-3087710.612/04/2019
10.24#10-Q003-3087710.912/04/2019
10.258-K003-3087710.1011/05/2019
10.268-K003-3087710.110/30/2020
10.278-K003-3087710.210/30/2020
10.288-K003-3087710.112/08/2020
10.298-K003-3087710.212/08/2020
10.308-K003-3087710.312/08/2020
21.1Filed herewith
23.1Filed herewith
24.1Filed herewith
31.1Filed herewith
31.2Filed herewith
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3.Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
 Description Form File Number Incorporated by Reference from Exhibit Number Filed with SEC
          
2.1 
Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, Kauai Acquisition Corp., and Cavium, Inc. dated as of November 19, 2017
 8-K 000-30877 2.1 11/20/2017
           
3.1 
Memorandum of Association of Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
 -- -- -- Filed herewith
           
3.2 
Fourth Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
 8-K 000-30877 3.1 11/10/2016
           
3.3 
Memorandum of Increase of Share Capital of Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
 8-K 000-30877 3.1 7/6/2006
           
4.1 
Specimen common share certificate for Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
 -- -- -- Filed herewith
           
10.1# 
1997 Directors’ Stock Option Plan
 S-1 333-33086 10.2 3/23/2000
           
10.1.1# 
Form of Notice of Stock Option Grants, Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement, Exercise Notice and Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement for use under the 1997 Directors’ Stock Option Plan
 S-8 333-148621 10.7 1/11/2008
           
10.2# 
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated as of October 31, 2011)
 10-Q 000-30877 10.1 12/2/2011
           
10.2.1# 
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Form of Subscription Agreement
 10-K 000-30877 10.4 3/29/2013
          
10.3# 
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan, amended through April 16, 2015
 8-K 000-30877 10.2 7/2/2015
          
10.3.1# 
Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan Restricted Stock Agreement
 10-K 000-30877 10.20 4/13/2006
          
10.3.2# 
Form of Option Agreement for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan (for options granted prior to December 4, 2008)
 10-K 000-30877 10.21 4/13/2006
          

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10.3.3#
Form of Stock Option Agreement and Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan (for options granted on or after December 4, 2008)
8-K000-3087710.112/17/2008
10.3.4#
Form of Stock Option Agreement and Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan (for options granted on or after August 2, 2010)
10-Q000-3087710.39/3/2010
10.3.5#
Form of Stock Option Agreement and Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan (for options granted on or after September 20, 2013)
8-K000-3087710.29/26/2013
10.3.6#
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan (for RSUs granted prior to December 4, 2008)
10-K000-3087710.347/2/2007
10.3.7#
Form of Stock Unit Agreement and Notice of Grant of Award and Award Agreement for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan (for RSUs granted on or after December 4, 2008)
8-K000-3087710.212/17/2008
10.3.8#
Form of Stock Unit Agreement and Notice of Grant of Award and Award Agreement for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan (for RSUs granted on or after August 2, 2010)
10-Q000-3087710.49/3/2010
10.3.9#
Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Options — Performance-Based, for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan
8-K000-3087710.112/19/2008
10.3.10#
Form of Performance Award Agreement and Notice of Grant of Performance Award and Award Agreement for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan
10-Q000-3087710.26/5/2014
10.3.11#
Form of Deferral Feature Stock Unit Agreement with Stock Unit Election Form for use with the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan
------Filed herewith
10.4#
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Executive Performance Incentive Plan
8-K000-3087710.17/2/2015
10.5#
2007 Director Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective March 11, 2014
10-K000-3087710.153/27/2014
10.5.1#
Form of Stock Option Agreement for use with the 2007 Director Stock Incentive Plan — Initial Award
8-K000-3087710.210/25/2007

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10.5.2# 
Form of Stock Unit Agreement and Notice of Grant of Award and Award Agreement for use with the 2007 Director Stock Incentive Plan
 8-K 000-30877 10.2 7/1/2011
           
10.6# 
Description of Indemnification Rights for certain current and former directors, officers and employees
 10-Q 000-30877 10.37 9/6/2007
           
10.7# 
Form of Indemnification Agreement with Directors and Executive Officers
 8-K 000-30877 10.1 10/10/2008
           
10.8# 
Indemnification Arrangement with Dr. Sehat Sutardja
 8-K 000-30877 10.1 3/7/2011
           
10.9# 
Offer Letter between the Marvell and Matthew J. Murphy and form of Severance Agreement attached thereto as Appendix B
 8-K 000-30877 10.1 6/20/2016
           
10.10# 
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Change in Control Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description, effective June 15, 2016
 8-K 000-30877 10.2 6/20/2016
           
10.11# 
Offer Letter between Marvell and Mitchell Gaynor
 10-Q 000-30877 10.3 9/8/2016
           
10.12# 
Offer Letter between Marvell and Christopher Koopmans
 10-Q 000-30877 10.4 9/8/2016
           
10.13# 
Offer Letter between Marvell and Andrew Micallef
 10-Q 000-30877 10.5 9/8/2016
           
10.14 
Starboard Agreement
 8-K 000-30877 10.1 4/27/2016
           
10.15# 
Offer Letter between the Company and Jean Hu
 8-K 000-30877 10.1 8/23/2016
           
10.16# 
Offer Letter between the Company and David Caron
 8-K 000-30877 10.1 10/3/2016
           
10.17# 
Offer Letter between the Company and Thomas Lagatta
 10-K 000-30877 10.22 03/28/2017
           
1018# 
Severance Agreement between the Company and Mitchell Gaynor
 10-K 000-30877 10.23 03/28/2017
           
10.19# 
Offer Letter between the Company and Neil Kim
 10-Q 000-30877 10.1 06/05/2017
           
10.20# 
Separation and Form of Consulting Agreement between the Company and Dr. Pantelis Alexopoulos
 10-Q 000-30877 10.3 06/05/2017
           
10.21 
Voting Agreement dated as of November 19, 2017 by and between the Company and Syed B. Ali
 8-K 000-30877 10.1 11/20/2017
           
21.1 
Subsidiaries of Registrant
       Filed herewith
           

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32.1*
23.1Filed herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page to this Annual Report)
Filed herewith
31.1
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Principal Executive Officer
Filed herewith
31.2
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Principal Financial Officer
Filed herewith
32.1*
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Principal Executive Officer
Filed herewith
32.2*Filed herewith
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#    Management contracts or compensation plans or arrangements in which directors or executive officers are eligible to participate.
*    In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K and SEC Release No. 33-8238 and 34-47986, Final Rule: Management’s Reports on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Certification of Disclosure in Exchange Act Periodic Reports, the certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 hereto are deemed to accompany this Annual Report Form 10-K and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of section 13 or 15(d) 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.
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD.
Dated: March 29, 201816, 2021By:
/S/    Jean HuJEAN HU        
Jean Hu
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew J. Murphy and Jean Hu, and each of them individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name and SignatureTitleDate
/S/    MATTHEWS/    MATTHEW J. MURPHYMURPHY
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

, Director
March 29, 201816, 2021
Matthew J. Murphy
/S/    JEAN HU
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)March 29, 2018
Jean Hu
/S/    DAVE CARON
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)March 29, 2018
Dave Caron
/S/    TUDOR BROWN
DirectorMarch 29, 2018
Tudor Brown
/S/    GERALDINE ELLIOTTDirectorMarch 29, 2018
Geraldine Elliott
/S/    PETER FELD
DirectorMarch 29, 2018
Peter Feld
/S/    RICHARD S. HILL
Chairman of the BoardMarch 29, 2018
Richard S. Hill
/S/    OLEG KHAYKIN
DirectorMarch 29, 2018
Oleg Khaykin

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/S/    JEAN HU
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)March 16, 2021
Jean Hu
/S/    WILLEM MEINTJES
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)March 16, 2021
Willem Meintjes
/S/    TUDOR BROWN
DirectorMarch 16, 2021
Tudor Brown
/S/    BRAD BUSS
DirectorMarch 16, 2021
Brad Buss
/S/    EDWARD FRANK
DirectorMarch 16, 2021
Dr. Edward Frank
/S/    RICHARD S. HILL
Chairman of the BoardMarch 16, 2021
Richard S. Hill
/S/    MARACHEL KNIGHTDirectorMarch 16, 2021
Marachel Knight

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Name and SignatureTitleDate
/S/    MICHAEL STRACHANS/    BETHANY MAYER
DirectorMarch 29, 201816, 2021
Michael StrachanBethany Mayer
/S/    ROBERT E. SWITZS/    MICHAEL STRACHAN
DirectorMarch 29, 201816, 2021
Michael Strachan
/S/    ROBERT E. SWITZ
DirectorMarch 16, 2021
Robert E. Switz
/S/    RANDHIR THAKUR
DirectorMarch 29, 2018
Dr. Randhir Thakur



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SCHEDULE II
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(in thousands)
Balance at
Beginning
of Year		AdditionsDeductionsBalance at
End of
Year
Fiscal year ended January 30, 2021
Allowance for doubtful accounts (1)$2,126 $1,442 $(1,497)$2,071 
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance$676,780 $72,688 $0 $749,468 
Fiscal year ended February 1, 2020
Allowance for doubtful accounts (1)$2,637 $3,448 $(3,959)$2,126 
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance$597,829 $78,951 $0 $676,780 
Fiscal year ended February 2, 2019
Allowance for doubtful accounts (1)$984 $1,653 $0 $2,637 
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance$618,353 $0 $(20,524)$597,829 
(1)Beginning in fiscal 2019 upon the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard, the sales return reserve is included as a component of contract liabilities within accrued liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The additions and deductions to contract liabilities during fiscal 2021 is disclosed in “Note 3 - Revenue” in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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Balance at
Beginning
of Year
 Additions Deductions 
Balance at
End of
Year
Fiscal year ended February 3, 2018       
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales return reserve$1,384
 $2,352
 $(1,236) $2,500
Deferred tax valuation allowance$456,541
 $161,812
 $—
 $618,353
Fiscal year ended January 28, 2017       
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales return reserve$2,762
 $4,456
 $(5,834) $1,384
Deferred tax valuation allowance$424,914
 $31,627
 $—
 $456,541
Fiscal year ended January 30, 2016       
Allowance for doubtful accounts and sales return reserve$2,112
 $2,614
 $(1,964) $2,762
Deferred tax valuation allowance$382,796
 $42,118
 $—
 $424,914

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