UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended July 28, 201926, 2020
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number: 0-23985

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NVIDIA CORPORATIONCORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware94-3177549
(State or Other Jurisdiction of(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)Identification No.)
2788 San Tomas Expressway
Santa Clara,, California95051
(408) (408) 486-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of principal executive offices)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per shareNVDAThe Nasdaq Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerSmaller reporting companyEmerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No
The number of shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding as of August 9, 2019,14, 2020, was 609617 million.





NVIDIA CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED July 28, 201926, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Page
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
a) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended July 28, 201926, 2020 and July 29, 201828, 2019
b) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended July 28, 201926, 2020 and July 29, 201828, 2019
c) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 28, 201926, 2020 and January 27, 201926, 2020
d) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the three and six months ended July 28, 201926, 2020 and July 29, 201828, 2019
e) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended July 28, 201926, 2020 and July 29, 201828, 2019
f) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Controls and Procedures
Legal Proceedings
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Exhibits
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
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The information we post through these social media channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these accounts and the blog, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. This list may be updated from time to time. The information we post through these channels is not a part of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. These channels may be updated from time to time on NVIDIA's investor relations website.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
July 28, July 29, July 28, July 29, July 26,July 28,July 26,July 28,
2019 2018 2019 20182020201920202019
       
Revenue$2,579
 $3,123
 $4,799
 $6,330
Revenue$3,866 $2,579 $6,946 $4,799 
Cost of revenue1,038
 1,148
 1,962
 2,287
Cost of revenue1,591 1,038 2,667 1,962 
Gross profit1,541
 1,975
 2,837
 4,043
Gross profit2,275 1,541 4,279 2,837 
Operating expenses 
      Operating expenses  
Research and development704
 581
 1,379
 1,124
Research and development997 704 1,732 1,379 
Sales, general and administrative266
 237
 529
 467
Sales, general and administrative627 266 920 529 
Total operating expenses970
 818
 1,908
 1,591
Total operating expenses1,624 970 2,652 1,908 
Income from operations571
 1,157
 929
 2,452
Income from operations651 571 1,627 929 
Interest income47
 32
 92
 57
Interest income13 47 44 92 
Interest expense(13) (14) (27) (29)Interest expense(54)(13)(78)(27)
Other, net1
 5
 1
 11
Other, net(1)1 (2)1 
Total other income (expense)35
 23
 66
 39
Other income (expense), netOther income (expense), net(42)35 (36)66 
Income before income tax606
 1,180
 995
 2,491
Income before income tax609 606 1,591 995 
Income tax expense54
 79
 48
 146
Income tax expense (benefit)Income tax expense (benefit)(13)54 52 48 
Net income$552
 $1,101
 $947
 $2,345
Net income$622 $552 $1,539 $947 
       
Net income per share:       Net income per share:
Basic$0.91
 $1.81
 $1.56
 $3.86
Basic$1.01 $0.91 $2.50 $1.56 
Diluted$0.90
 $1.76
 $1.54
 $3.74
Diluted$0.99 $0.90 $2.47 $1.54 
       
Weighted average shares used in per share computation:       Weighted average shares used in per share computation:
Basic609
 607
 608
 607
Basic616 609 615 608 
Diluted616
 626
 616
 627
Diluted626 616 624 616 
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
July 28, July 29, July 28, July 29, July 26,July 28,July 26,July 28,
2019 2018 2019 20182020201920202019
     
Net income$552
 $1,101
 $947
 $2,345
Net income$622 $552 $1,539 $947 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax       
Other comprehensive income, net of taxOther comprehensive income, net of tax
Available-for-sale securities:       Available-for-sale securities:
Net change in unrealized gain1
 6
 9
 3
Net change in unrealized gain3 1 3 9 
Reclassification adjustments for net realized gain included in net income
 
 
 1
Reclassification adjustments for net realized gain (loss) included in net incomeReclassification adjustments for net realized gain (loss) included in net income(2) (2) 
Net change in unrealized gain1
 6
 9
 4
Net change in unrealized gain1 1 1 9 
Cash flow hedges:       Cash flow hedges:
Net unrealized gain (loss)
 (4) 4
 (8)
Net unrealized gainNet unrealized gain16  6 4 
Reclassification adjustments for net realized gain (loss) included in net income
 (2) (2) (1)Reclassification adjustments for net realized gain (loss) included in net income(3) (4)(2)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss)
 (6) 2
 (9)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax1
 
 11
 (5)
Net change in unrealized gainNet change in unrealized gain13  2 2 
Other comprehensive income, net of taxOther comprehensive income, net of tax14 1 3 11 
Total comprehensive income$553
 $1,101
 $958
 $2,340
Total comprehensive income$636 $553 $1,542 $958 
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
July 28, January 27,July 26,January 26,
2019 2019 20202020
ASSETS   ASSETS
Current assets:   Current assets:  
Cash and cash equivalents$7,105
 $782
Cash and cash equivalents$3,274 $10,896 
Marketable securities1,370
 6,640
Marketable securities7,707 1 
Accounts receivable, net1,561
 1,424
Accounts receivable, net2,084 1,657 
Inventories1,204
 1,575
Inventories1,401 979 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets151
 136
Prepaid expenses and other current assets215 157 
Total current assets11,391
 10,557
Total current assets14,681 13,690 
Property and equipment, net1,484
 1,404
Property and equipment, net1,964 1,674 
Operating lease assets535
 
Operating lease assets701 618 
Goodwill618
 618
Goodwill4,193 618 
Intangible assets, net49
 45
Intangible assets, net2,854 49 
Deferred income tax assets588
 560
Deferred income tax assets630 548 
Other assets110
 108
Other assets157 118 
Total assets$14,775
 $13,292
Total assets$25,180 $17,315 
   
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY  
Current liabilities:   Current liabilities:  
Accounts payable$437
 $511
Accounts payable$893 $687 
Accrued and other current liabilities880
 818
Accrued and other current liabilities1,517 1,097 
Total current liabilities1,317
 1,329
Total current liabilities2,410 1,784 
Long-term debt1,989
 1,988
Long-term debt6,960 1,991 
Long-term operating lease liabilities483
 
Long-term operating lease liabilities611 561 
Other long-term liabilities650
 633
Other long-term liabilities1,285 775 
Total liabilities4,439
 3,950
Total liabilities11,266 5,111 
Commitments and contingencies - see Note 13


 


Commitments and contingencies - see Note 13
Shareholders’ equity:   Shareholders’ equity:  
Preferred stock
 
Preferred stock  
Common stock1
 1
Common stock1 1 
Additional paid-in capital6,543
 6,051
Additional paid-in capital7,828 7,045 
Treasury stock, at cost(9,524) (9,263)Treasury stock, at cost(10,232)(9,814)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(1) (12)
Accumulated other comprehensive incomeAccumulated other comprehensive income4 1 
Retained earnings13,317
 12,565
Retained earnings16,313 14,971 
Total shareholders' equity10,336
 9,342
Total shareholders' equity13,914 12,204 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity$14,775
 $13,292
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity$25,180 $17,315 
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 28, 201926, 2020 AND JULY 29, 201828, 2019
(Unaudited)
 
Common Stock
Outstanding
 Additional Paid-in Capital Treasury Stock Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Retained Earnings Total Shareholders' Equity
(In millions, except per share data)Shares Amount     
Balances, April 28, 2019609
 $1
 $6,317
 $(9,474) $(2) $12,862
 $9,704
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 1
 
 1
Net income
 
 
 
 
 552
 552
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units
 
 
 (50) 
 
 (50)
Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.16 per common share)
 
 
 
 
 (97) (97)
Stock-based compensation
 
 226
 
 
 
 226
Balances, July 28, 2019609
 $1
 $6,543
 $(9,524) $(1) $13,317
 $10,336

Common Stock
Outstanding
 Additional Paid-in Capital Treasury Stock Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Retained Earnings Total Shareholders' Equity
Common Stock
Outstanding
Additional Paid-in CapitalTreasury StockAccumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)Retained EarningsTotal Shareholders' Equity
(In millions, except per share data)Shares Amount (In millions, except per share data)SharesAmount
Balances, April 29, 2018607
 $1
 $5,546
 $(7,755) $(23) $9,948
 $7,717
Balances, April 26, 2020Balances, April 26, 2020615 $1 $7,354 $(10,036)$(10)$15,790 $13,099 
Net income
 
 
 
 
 1,101
 1,101
Net income     622 622 
Other comprehensive incomeOther comprehensive income    14  14 
Issuance of common stock from stock plans 1
 
 3
 
 
 
 3
Issuance of common stock from stock plans 3  6    6 
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units
 
 
 (65) 
 
 (65)Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units(1)  (196)  (196)
Exercise of convertible note hedges
 
 1
 (1) 
 
 
Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.15 per common share)
 
 
 
 
 (92) (92)
Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.16 per common share)Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.16 per common share)     (99)(99)
Fair value of partially vested equity awards assumed in connection with acquisitionsFair value of partially vested equity awards assumed in connection with acquisitions  86    86 
Stock-based compensation
 
 131
 
 
 
 131
Stock-based compensation  382    382 
Balances, July 29, 2018608
 $1
 $5,681
 $(7,821) $(23) $10,957
 $8,795
Balances, July 26, 2020Balances, July 26, 2020617 $1 $7,828 $(10,232)$4 $16,313 $13,914 
Balances, April 28, 2019Balances, April 28, 2019609 $1 $6,317 $(9,474)$(2)$12,862 $9,704 
Net incomeNet income     552 552 
Other comprehensive incomeOther comprehensive income    1  1 
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock unitsTax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units   (50)  (50)
Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.16 per common share)Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.16 per common share)     (97)(97)
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation  226    226 
Balances, July 28, 2019Balances, July 28, 2019609 $1 $6,543 $(9,524)$(1)$13,317 $10,336 
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JULY 28, 201926, 2020 AND JULY 29, 201828, 2019
(Unaudited)
 
Common Stock
Outstanding
 Additional Paid-in Capital Treasury Stock Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Retained Earnings Total Shareholders' Equity
(In millions, except per share data)Shares Amount     
Balances, January 27, 2019606
 $1
 $6,051
 $(9,263) $(12) $12,565
 $9,342
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 11
 
 11
Net income
 
 
 
 
 947
 947
Issuance of common stock from stock plans 5
 
 83
 
 
 
 83
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units(2) 
 
 (261) 
 
 (261)
Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.32 per common share)
 
 
 
 
 (195) (195)
Stock-based compensation
 
 409
 
 
 
 409
Balances, July 28, 2019609
 $1
 $6,543
 $(9,524) $(1) $13,317
 $10,336
 
Common Stock
Outstanding
 Additional Paid-in Capital Treasury Stock Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Retained Earnings Total Shareholders' Equity
(In millions, except per share data)Shares Amount     
Balances, January 28, 2018606
 $1
 $5,351
 $(6,650) $(18) $8,787
 $7,471
Retained earnings adjustment due to adoption of new revenue accounting standard
 
 
 
 
 8
 8
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 (5) 
 (5)
Net income
 
 
 
 
 2,345
 2,345
Issuance of common stock from stock plans 7
 
 69
 
 
 
 69
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units(2) 
 
 (515) 
 
 (515)
Share repurchase(3) 
 
 (655) 
 
 (655)
Exercise of convertible note hedges
 
 1
 (1) 
 
 
Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.30 per common share)
 
 
 
 
 (183) (183)
Stock-based compensation
 
 260
 
 
 
 260
Balances, July 29, 2018608
 $1
 $5,681
 $(7,821) $(23) $10,957
 $8,795
Common Stock
Outstanding
Additional Paid-in CapitalTreasury StockAccumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)Retained EarningsTotal Shareholders' Equity
(In millions, except per share data)SharesAmount
Balances, January 26, 2020612 $1 $7,045 $(9,814)$1 $14,971 $12,204 
Net income     1,539 1,539 
Other comprehensive income    3  3 
Issuance of common stock from stock plans 7  94    94 
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units(2)  (418)  (418)
Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.32 per common share)     (197)(197)
Fair value of partially vested equity awards assumed in connection with acquisitions  86    86 
Stock-based compensation  603    603 
Balances, July 26, 2020617 $1 $7,828 $(10,232)$4 $16,313 $13,914 
Balances, January 27, 2019606 $1 $6,051 $(9,263)$(12)$12,565 $9,342 
Net income     947 947 
Other comprehensive income    11  11 
Issuance of common stock from stock plans 5  83    83 
Tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units(2)  (261)  (261)
Cash dividends declared and paid ($0.32 per common share)     (195)(195)
Stock-based compensation  409    409 
Balances, July 28, 2019609 $1 $6,543 $(9,524)$(1)$13,317 $10,336 
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended Six Months Ended
July 28, July 29,July 26,July 28,
2019 2018 20202019
Cash flows from operating activities:   Cash flows from operating activities:  
Net income$947
 $2,345
Net income$1,539 $947 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Stock-based compensation expense401
 262
Stock-based compensation expense598 401 
Depreciation and amortization183
 116
Depreciation and amortization511 183 
Deferred income taxes(27) 113
Deferred income taxes(64)(27)
Other1
 (22)Other(5)1 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:   
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable(137) (386)Accounts receivable(205)(137)
Inventories378
 (295)Inventories(97)378 
Prepaid expenses and other assets36
 (44)Prepaid expenses and other assets34 36 
Accounts payable(45) 172
Accounts payable63 (45)
Accrued and other current liabilities(79) 96
Accrued and other current liabilities81 (79)
Other long-term liabilities(2) 1
Other long-term liabilities21 (2)
Net cash provided by operating activities1,656
 2,358
Net cash provided by operating activities2,476 1,656 
Cash flows from investing activities:   Cash flows from investing activities:  
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities3,592
 2,957
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities1,032 3,592 
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities3,152
 77
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities259 3,152 
Purchases of marketable securities(1,461) (7,136)Purchases of marketable securities(8,286)(1,461)
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquiredAcquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired(7,171) 
Purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets(241) (247)Purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets(372)(241)
Investment in non-affiliates(2) (7)
Investments and other, netInvestments and other, net(7)(2)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities5,040
 (4,356)Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities(14,545)5,040 
Cash flows from financing activities:   Cash flows from financing activities:  
Issuance of debt, net of issuance costsIssuance of debt, net of issuance costs4,971  
Proceeds related to employee stock plans83
 69
Proceeds related to employee stock plans94 83 
Payments related to tax on restricted stock units(261) (515)Payments related to tax on restricted stock units(418)(261)
Dividends paid(195) (182)Dividends paid(197)(195)
Payments related to repurchases of common stock
 (655)
Repayment of Convertible Notes
 (2)
Other
 (1)Other(3) 
Net cash used in financing activities(373) (1,286)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activitiesNet cash provided by (used in) financing activities4,447 (373)
Change in cash and cash equivalents6,323
 (3,284)Change in cash and cash equivalents(7,622)6,323 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period782
 4,002
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period10,896 782 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$7,105
 $718
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$3,274 $7,105 
   
Other non-cash investing activity:   Other non-cash investing activity:  
Assets acquired by assuming related liabilities$80
 $52
Assets acquired by assuming related liabilities$257 $80 
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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NVIDIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP, for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, Regulation S-X. The January 27, 201926, 2020 consolidated balance sheet was derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2019,26, 2020, as filed with the SEC, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of results of operations and financial position have been included. The results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for any future period. The following information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2019.26, 2020. 
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in this report include the financial results of Mellanox Technologies Ltd., or Mellanox, prospectively from April 27, 2020. For additional details, refer to Note 2 - Business Combination.
Significant Accounting Policies
Except for the accounting policypolicies for leases, which was updated as a result of adopting a new accounting standard related to leases,business combination and investment in non-affiliated entities, there have been no material changes to our significant accounting policies disclosed in Note 1 - Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2019.26, 2020.
LeasesBusiness Combination
We determine ifallocate the fair value of the purchase price of an arrangement isacquisition to the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and intangible assets acquired, including in-process research and development, or contains a lease at inception. Operating leases with lease termsIPR&D, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of more than 12 months are included in operating lease assets, accrued and other current liabilities, and long-term operating lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. Operating lease assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease paymentsfair value of the purchase price over the lease term.
Operating leasefair values of these net tangible and intangible assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but our estimates and liabilitiesassumptions are recognized based oninherently uncertain and subject to refinement. The estimates and assumptions used in valuing intangible assets include, but are not limited to, the amount and timing of projected future cash flows, discount rate used to determine the present value of these cash flows and asset lives. These estimates are inherently uncertain and, therefore, actual results may differ from the remaining lease payments discounted usingestimates made. As a result, during the measurement period of up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of the purchase price of an acquisition, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our incremental borrowing rate. Operating lease assets also include initial direct costs incurredcondensed consolidated statements of income.
We initially capitalize the fair value of IPR&D as an intangible asset with an indefinite life. We assess for impairment thereafter. When IPR&D projects are completed, we reclassify the IPR&D as an amortizable purchased intangible asset and prepaid lease payments, minus any lease incentives. Our lease terms include options to extend or terminateamortize over the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense isasset’s estimated useful life.
Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combination and expensed as incurred.
Investment in Non-Affiliated Entities
Non-marketable equity investments in privately-held companies are recorded at fair value on a straight-linenon-recurring basis overonly if an impairment or observable price adjustment occurs in the lease term.period with changes in fair value recorded through net income. These investments are valued using observable and unobservable inputs or data in an inactive market and the valuation requires our judgment due to the absence of market prices and inherent lack of liquidity. The estimated fair value is based on quantitative and qualitative factors including subsequent financing activities by the investee.
We combine the lease and non-lease components in determining the operating lease assets and liabilities.
Refer to Note 3 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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Fiscal Year
We operate on a 52- or 53-week year, ending on the last Sunday in January. Fiscal yearsyear 2021 is a 53-week year and fiscal year 2020 and 2019 are bothis a 52-week years.year. The second quarters of fiscal years 20202021 and 20192020 were both 13-week quarters.
Reclassifications
Certain prior fiscal year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current fiscal year presentation.
Principles of Consolidation
Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NVIDIA Corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from our estimates. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, cash equivalents and marketable securities, accounts receivable, inventories, income taxes, goodwill, stock-based compensation, litigation, investigation and settlement costs, restructuring and other charges, and
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other contingencies. The inputs into our judgments and estimates consider the economic implications of COVID-19 on our critical and significant accounting estimates. These estimates are based on historical facts and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable.
Adoption of New and Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement
TheIn June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or FASB, issued an accounting standards update regarding the accounting for leases under which lease assets and liabilities are recognized on the balance sheet. We adopted this guidance on January 28, 2019 using the optional transition method by recognizing a cumulative-effect adjustment to the consolidated balance sheet. Refer to Note 3 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Recent Accounting Pronouncement Not Yet Adopted
In June 2016, the FASB issued a new accounting standard to replace the existing incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. We will be required to use a forward-looking expected credit loss modelestimates for accounts receivable and other financial instruments, including available-for-sale debt securities. TheWe adopted the standard will be effective for us beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluatingand the impact of this standard onthe adoption was not material to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
consolidated financial statements.

Note 2 - Merger Agreement with Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.Business Combination
On March 10, 2019,April 27, 2020, we entered into an Agreement and Plancompleted the acquisition of Merger, or the Merger Agreement, with Mellanox Technologies Ltd., or Mellanox, pursuant to which we will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Mellanox for $125a total purchase consideration of $7.13 billion. Mellanox is a supplier of high-performance interconnect products for computing, storage and communications applications. We acquired Mellanox to optimize data center workloads to scale across the entire computing, networking, and storage stack.

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Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation
The aggregate purchase consideration has been preliminarily allocated as follows (in millions):


Purchase Price
Cash paid for outstanding Mellanox ordinary shares (1)$7,033
Cash for Mellanox equity awards (2)16
Total cash consideration7,049
Fair value of Mellanox equity awards assumed by NVIDIA (3)85
Total purchase consideration$7,134
Allocation
Cash and cash equivalents$115
Marketable securities699
Accounts receivable, net216
Inventories320
Prepaid expenses and other assets179
Property and equipment, net144
Goodwill3,431
Intangible assets2,970
Accounts payable(136)
Accrued and other current liabilities(236)
Income tax liability(191)
Deferred income tax liability(258)
Other long-term liabilities(119)
$7,134

(1) Represents the cash consideration of $125.00 per share inpaid to Mellanox shareholders for approximately 56 million shares of outstanding Mellanox ordinary shares.
(2) Represents the cash representing a total enterpriseconsideration for the settlement of approximately 249 thousand Mellanox stock options held by employees and non-employee directors of Mellanox.
(3) Represents the fair value of Mellanox’s stock-based compensation awards attributable to pre-combination services.

We allocated the purchase price to tangible and identified intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the preliminary estimates of their estimated fair values, which were determined using generally accepted valuation techniques based on estimates and assumptions made by management at the time of the acquisition and are subject to change during the measurement period which is not expected to exceed one year. The primary tasks that are required to be completed include validation of business level forecasts, jurisdictional forecasts, customer attrition rates, contingent liabilities assessments and any related tax impacts from the acquisition. Any adjustments to our preliminary purchase price allocation identified during the measurement period will be recognized in the period in which the adjustments are determined.
The goodwill is primarily attributable to the planned growth in the combined business of NVIDIA and Mellanox. Goodwill is not amortized to earnings, but instead is reviewed for impairment at least annually, absent any interim indicators of impairment. Goodwill recognized in the acquisition is not expected to be deductible for foreign tax purposes. Goodwill arising from the Mellanox acquisition has been allocated to the Compute and Networking segment. Refer to Note 15 – Segment Information for further details on segments.
The operating results of Mellanox have been included in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 from the acquisition date. Revenue attributable to Mellanox was approximately $6.9 billion14% of consolidated revenue. There is not a practical way to determine net income attributable to Mellanox due to integration.
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Acquisition-related costs of $26 million were included in selling, general and administrative expense for the first half of fiscal year 2021.
Intangible Assets
The estimated fair value and weighted average useful life of the acquired intangible assets are as follows:
Fair ValueWeighted Average Useful Lives
(In millions)
Developed technology (1)$1,6405 years
Customer relationships (2)4403 years
Order backlog (3)190Based on actual shipments
Trade names (4)705 years
Total identified finite-lived intangible assets2,340
IPR&D (5)630N/A
Total identified intangible assets$2,970

(1) The fair value of developed technology was identified using the Multi-Period Excess Earning Method.
(2) Customer relationships represent the fair value of the existing relationships using the With and Without Method.
(3) Order backlog represents primarily the fair value of purchase arrangements with customers using the Multi-Period Excess Earning Method.
(4) Trade names primarily relate to Mellanox trade names and fair value was determined by applying the Relief-from-Royalty Method under the income approach.
(5) The fair value of IPR&D was determined using the Multi-Period Excess Earning Method.

The fair value of the finite-lived intangible assets will be amortized over the estimated useful lives based on the pattern in which the economic benefits are expected to be received to cost of revenue and operating expenses.
Mellanox had an IPR&D project associated with the next generation interconnect product that had not yet reached technological feasibility as of the dateacquisition date. Accordingly, we recorded an indefinite-lived intangible asset of $630 million for the fair value of this project, which will initially not be amortized. Instead, the project will be tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the project may be impaired or may have reached technological feasibility. Once the project reaches technological feasibility, we will begin to amortize the intangible asset over its estimated useful life.
Supplemental Unaudited Pro Forma Information
The following unaudited pro forma financial information summarizes the combined results of operations for NVIDIA and Mellanox as if the companies were combined as of the Merger Agreement. beginning of fiscal year 2020:
Pro Forma
 Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
 July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
(In millions)
Revenue$3,866 $2,889 $7,375 $5,415 
Net income$964 $411 $1,883 $404 
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The closingunaudited pro forma information includes adjustments related to amortization of acquired intangible assets, adjustments to stock-based compensation expense, fair value of acquired inventory, and transaction costs. The unaudited pro forma information presented above is for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of our consolidated results of operations of the merger is subject to approval by regulatory agencies. Ifcombined business had the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances involvingacquisition actually occurred at the failure to obtainbeginning of fiscal year 2020 or of the required regulatory approvals, we could be obligated to pay Mellanox a termination feeresults of $350 million. We have received regulatory approvalour future operations of the combined businesses.
The pro forma results reflect the inventory step-up expense of $161 million in the United Statesfirst half of fiscal year 2020 and Mexicowere excluded from the pro forma results for the second quarter and are engaged with regulators in Europe and China. In June 2019, Mellanox shareholders approved the merger.first half of fiscal year 2021. There were no other material nonrecurring adjustments.

Note 3 - New Lease Accounting Standard
Method and Impact of Adoption
On January 28, 2019, we adopted the new lease accounting standard using the optional transition method by recognizing a cumulative-effect adjustment to the consolidated balance sheet and not adjusting comparative information for prior periods. In addition, we elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance, which allowed us not to reassess (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (2) lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and (3) initial direct costs for any existing leases.
The cumulative-effect adjustment upon adoption of the new lease accounting standard resulted in the recognition of $470 million of operating lease assets and $500 million of operating lease liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The difference of $30 million represents deferred rent for leases that existed as of the date of adoption, which was an offset to the opening balance of operating lease assets.
Lease ObligationsLeases
Our lease obligations primarily consist of operating leases for our headquarters complex, domestic and international office facilities, and data center space, with lease periods expiring between fiscal years 20202021 and 2035.
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Future minimum lease payments under our non-cancelable operating leases as of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, are as follows:   
 Operating Lease Obligations
 (In millions)
Fiscal Year: 
2020 (excluding first half of fiscal year 2020)$55
2021109
2022100
202381
202457
2025 and thereafter281
Total683
Less imputed interest116
Present value of net future minimum lease payments567
Less short-term operating lease liabilities84
Long-term operating lease liabilities$483

Future minimum lease payments under our non-cancelable operating leases as of January 27, 2019, based on the previous lease accounting standard, are as follows:
 Lease Obligations
 (In millions)
Fiscal Year: 
2020$100
202197
202290
202377
202454
2025 and thereafter265
Total$683


Operating Lease Obligations
 (In millions)
Fiscal Year: 
2021 (excluding first half of fiscal year 2021)$74 
2022139 
2023119 
202499 
202580 
2026 and thereafter344 
Total855 
Less imputed interest120 
Present value of net future minimum lease payments735 
Less short-term operating lease liabilities124 
Long-term operating lease liabilities$611 
Operating lease expense was $35 million and $28 million for the second quarter of fiscal years 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $67 million and $55 million for the first half of fiscal yearyears 2021 and 2020, was $28 million and $55 million, respectively. Operating lease expense for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019 was $20 million and $36 million, respectively. Short-term and variable lease expenses for the second quarter and first half of fiscal yearyears 2021 and 2020 were not significant.

Other information related to leases was as follows:
Six Months Ended
July 26, 2020July 28, 2019
 (In millions)
Supplemental cash flows information 
Operating cash flows used for operating leases$66 $50 
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations (1)$138 $108 
 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 July 28, 2019 July 28, 2019
 (In millions)
Supplemental cash flows information   
Operating cash flows used for operating leases$26
 $50
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations$21
 $108

(1) The first half of fiscal year 2021 includes $80 million of operating lease assets addition due to a business combination.
As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.78.0 years and a weighted average discount rate of 3.70%3.08%. As of January 26, 2020, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.3 years and a weighted average discount rate of 3.45%.
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Note 4 - Stock-Based Compensation
Our stock-based compensation expense is associated with restricted stock units, or RSUs, performance stock units that are based on our corporate financial performance targets, or PSUs, performance stock units that are based on market conditions, or market-based PSUs, and our employee stock purchase plan, or ESPP.
Our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income include stock-based compensation expense, net of amounts allocated to inventory, as follows:
 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 (In millions)
Cost of revenue$8
 $8
 $12
 $16
Research and development145
 76
 259
 150
Sales, general and administrative71
 48
 130
 96
Total$224
 $132
 $401
 $262

 Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
 July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
(In millions)
Cost of revenue$14 $8 $35 $12 
Research and development228 145 362 259 
Sales, general and administrative132 71 201 130 
Total$374 $224 $598 $401 
Equity Award Activity
The following is a summary of equity award transactions under our equity incentive plans:
RSUs, PSUs, and Market-based PSUs Outstanding
 Number of SharesWeighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
(In millions, except per share data)
Balances, January 26, 202014 $176.72 
Granted8 $291.89 
Vested restricted stock(5)$149.90 
Balances, July 26, 202017 $239.22 
 RSUs, PSUs, and Market-based PSUs Outstanding
 Number of Shares Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
 (In millions, except per share data)
Balances, January 27, 201916
 $129.92
Granted (1) (2)6
 $183.33
Vested restricted stock(4) $67.51
Canceled and forfeited(1) $189.95
Balances, July 28, 201917
 $161.37

(1)Includes the number of PSUs granted that will be issued and eligible to vest if the maximum corporate financial performance goal for fiscal year 2020 is achieved. Depending on the actual level of the corporate performance achievement at the end of fiscal year 2020, the PSUs issued could be up to 0.4 million shares.
(2)Includes the number of market-based PSUs granted that will be issued and eligible to vest if the maximum goal for total shareholder return, or TSR, over the 3-year measurement period is achieved. Depending on the ranking of our TSR compared to those of the companies comprising the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index during that period, the market-based PSUs issued could be up to 60 thousand shares.
As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, there was $2.06$3.60 billion of aggregate unearned stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.52.8 years for RSUs, PSUs, and market-based PSUs, and 1.10.9 years for ESPP.


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Note 5 – Net Income Per Share
The following is a reconciliation of the denominator of the basic and diluted net income per share computations for the periods presented:
 Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
July 26,July 28,July 26,July 28,
2020201920202019
 (In millions, except per share data)
Numerator:  
Net income$622 $552 $1,539 $947 
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares616 609 615 608 
Dilutive impact of outstanding equity awards10 7 9 8 
Diluted weighted average shares626 616 624 616 
Net income per share:
Basic (1)$1.01 $0.91 $2.50 $1.56 
Diluted (2)$0.99 $0.90 $2.47 $1.54 
Equity awards excluded from diluted net income per share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive 11 6 12 
 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 July 28, July 29, July 28, July 29,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
 (In millions, except per share data)
Numerator:       
Net income$552
 $1,101
 $947
 $2,345
Denominator:       
Basic weighted average shares609
 607
 608
 607
Dilutive impact of outstanding securities:       
Equity awards7
 18
 8
 19
1.00% Convertible Senior Notes
 1
 
 1
Diluted weighted average shares616
 626
 616
 627
Net income per share:       
Basic (1)$0.91
 $1.81
 $1.56
 $3.86
Diluted (2)$0.90
 $1.76
 $1.54
 $3.74
Equity awards excluded from diluted net income per share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive11
 
 12
 1
(1) Calculated as net income divided by basic weighted average shares.
(2) Calculated as net income divided by diluted weighted average shares.

(1)Calculated as net income divided by basic weighted average shares.
(2)Calculated as net income divided by diluted weighted average shares.
Note 6 – Income Taxes
We recognized an income tax benefit of $13 million and an income tax expense of $52 million for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2021, respectively, and an income tax expense of $54 million and $48 million for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020, respectively,respectively. The income tax benefit as a percentage of income before income tax was 2.0% for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. The income tax expense as a percentage of income before income tax was 3.3% for the first half of fiscal year 2021, and $79 million8.8% and $146 million4.9% for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019,2020, respectively.
The decrease in our effective tax rate for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020 was 8.8% and 4.9%, respectively, and 6.7% and 5.9% for2021 as compared to the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019, respectively.
The increase in our effective tax rate for the second quartersame periods of fiscal year 2020 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 was primarily due to an increasea decrease in the proportional amount of earnings subject to United States tax and a decreasean increase of tax benefits from stock-based compensation partially offset by an increase in the impact of tax benefits fromand the U.S. federal research tax credit. The decrease in our effective tax rate for the first half of fiscal year 2020 as compared to the first half of fiscal year 2019 was primarily due to an increase in the impact of tax benefits from the U.S. federal research tax credit and stock-based compensation.
Our effective tax rates for the first half of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019 were 4.9% and 5.9%, respectively, and2020 were lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% due to income earned in jurisdictions that are subject to taxes lower than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate, tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, and the benefit of the U.S. federal research tax credit.
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, we completed the acquisition of Mellanox. As a result of the acquisition, we recorded $256 million of net deferred tax liabilities primarily on the excess of book basis over the tax basis of the acquired intangible assets and undistributed earnings in certain foreign subsidiaries. We also recorded $153 million of long-term tax liabilities related to tax basis differences in Mellanox. The net deferred tax liabilities and long-term tax liabilities are based upon certain assumptions underlying our purchase price allocation. Upon finalization of the purchase price allocation, additional adjustments to the amount of our net deferred taxes and long-term tax liabilities may be required.
As of July 26, 2020, we intend to indefinitely reinvest approximately $675 million of cumulative undistributed earnings held by Mellanox non-U.S. subsidiaries. We have not provided the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liabilities for temporary differences related to investments in Mellanox non-U.S. subsidiaries as the determination of such amount is not practicable.
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For the first half of fiscal year 2020,2021, there have been no material changes to our tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions. Additionally,We are currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for our fiscal years 2018 and 2019. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, we assumed $59 million of unrecognized tax benefits and $4 million of related interest through the Mellanox acquisition. Other than these amounts, there have been no material changes to our unrecognized tax benefits and any related interest or penalties since the fiscal year ended January 27, 2019.26, 2020.
While we believe that we have adequately provided for all uncertain tax positions, or tax positions where we believe it is not more-likely-than-not that the position will be sustained upon review, amounts asserted by tax authorities could be greater or less than our accrued position. Accordingly, our provisions on federal, state and foreign tax related matters to be recorded in the future may change as revised estimates are made or the underlying matters are settled or otherwise
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resolved with the respective tax authorities. As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we do not believe that our estimates, as otherwise provided for, on such tax positions will significantly increase or decrease within the next twelve months.

Note 7 - Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities 
Our cash equivalents and marketable securities are classified as “available-for-sale” debt securities.
The following is a summary of cash equivalents and marketable securities as of July 28, 201926, 2020 and January 27, 2019:26, 2020:
 July 26, 2020
Amortized
Cost
Unrealized
Gain
Unrealized
Loss
Estimated
Fair Value
Reported as
 Cash EquivalentsMarketable Securities
 (In millions)
Corporate debt securities$3,494 $3 $ $3,497 $515 $2,982 
Debt securities issued by United States government agencies2,101 1  2,102 50 2,052 
Money market funds2,053   2,053 2,053  
Debt securities issued by the United States Treasury1,956   1,956  1,956 
Certificates of deposit893   893 342 551 
Foreign government bonds256   256 90 166 
Total$10,753 $4 $ $10,757 $3,050 $7,707 
 July 28, 2019
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Unrealized
Gain
 
Unrealized
Loss
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 Reported as
     Cash Equivalents Marketable Securities
 (In millions)
Money market funds$2,868
 $
 $
 $2,868
 $2,868
 $
Debt securities issued by the United States Treasury2,161
 
 
 2,161
 1,833
 328
Corporate debt securities2,103
 1
 
 2,104
 1,282
 822
Debt securities of United States government agencies1,120
 
 
 1,120
 995
 125
Foreign government debt securities45
 
 
 45
 
 45
Asset-backed securities44
 
 
 44
 
 44
Certificates of deposit24
 
 
 24
 24
 
Mortgage-backed securities issued by United States government-sponsored enterprises6
 
 
 6
 
 6
Total$8,371
 $1
 $
 $8,372
 $7,002
 $1,370
 January 27, 2019
 Amortized
Cost
 Unrealized
Gain
 Unrealized
Loss
 Estimated
Fair Value
 Reported as
     Cash Equivalents Marketable Securities
 (In millions)
Corporate debt securities$2,626
 $
 $(6) $2,620
 $25
 $2,595
Debt securities of United States government agencies2,284
 
 (4) 2,280
 
 2,280
Debt securities issued by the United States Treasury1,493
 
 (1) 1,492
 176
 1,316
Money market funds483
 
 
 483
 483
 
Foreign government debt securities209
 
 
 209
 
 209
Asset-backed securities152
 
 (1) 151
 
 151
Mortgage-backed securities issued by United States government-sponsored enterprises88
 1
 
 89
 
 89
Total$7,335
 $1
 $(12) $7,324
 $684
 $6,640

For the second quarter and first half of fiscal years 2020 and 2019, there were no other-than-temporary impairment losses and net
 January 26, 2020
Amortized
Cost
Unrealized
Gain
Unrealized
Loss
Estimated
Fair Value
Reported as
 Cash EquivalentsMarketable Securities
 (In millions)
Money market funds$7,507 $ $ $7,507 $7,507 $ 
Debt securities issued by the United States Treasury1,358   1,358 1,358  
Debt securities issued by United States government agencies1,096   1,096 1,096  
Corporate debt securities592   592 592  
Foreign government bonds200   200 200  
Certificates of deposit27   27 27  
Asset-backed securities1   1  1 
Total$10,781 $ $ $10,781 $10,780 $1 
Net realized gains and unrealized gains and losses were not significant.significant for all periods presented.
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of cash equivalents and marketable securities as of July 28, 201926, 2020 and January 27, 201926, 2020 are shown below by contractual maturity.
 July 28, 2019 January 27, 2019
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 (In millions)
Less than 1 year$8,255
 $8,255
 $5,042
 $5,034
Due in 1 - 5 years112
 113
 2,271
 2,268
Mortgage-backed securities issued by United States government-sponsored enterprises not due at a single maturity date4
 4
 22
 22
Total$8,371
 $8,372
 $7,335
 $7,324

July 26, 2020January 26, 2020
Amortized CostEstimated Fair ValueAmortized CostEstimated Fair Value
(In millions)
Less than one year$10,027 $10,028 $10,781 $10,781 
Due in 1 - 5 years726 729   
Total$10,753 $10,757 $10,781 $10,781 

Note 8 – Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities
The fair values of our financial assets and liabilities are determined using quoted market prices of identical assets or quoted market prices of similar assets from active markets. We review fair value hierarchy classification on a quarterly basis.
  Fair Value at
 Pricing Category July 28, 2019 January 27, 2019
   (In millions)
Assets     
Cash equivalents and marketable securities:   
Money market fundsLevel 1 $2,868
 $483
Debt securities issued by the United States TreasuryLevel 2 $2,161
 $1,492
Corporate debt securitiesLevel 2 $2,104
 $2,620
Debt securities of United States government agenciesLevel 2 $1,120
 $2,280
Foreign government debt securitiesLevel 2 $45
 $209
Asset-backed securitiesLevel 2 $44
 $151
Certificates of depositLevel 2 $24
 $
Mortgage-backed securities issued by United States government-sponsored enterprisesLevel 2 $6
 $89
      
Liabilities     
Other noncurrent liabilities:     
2.20% Notes Due 2021 (1)Level 2 $999
 $978
3.20% Notes Due 2026 (1)Level 2 $1,022
 $961
16

(1)These liabilities are carried on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at their original issuance value, net of unamortized debt discount and issuance costs, and are not marked to fair value each period. Refer to Note 12 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

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Fair Value at
Pricing CategoryJuly 26, 2020January 26, 2020
(In millions)
Assets
Cash equivalents and marketable securities:
Money market fundsLevel 1$2,053 $7,507 
Corporate debt securitiesLevel 2$3,497 $592 
Debt securities issued by United States government agenciesLevel 2$2,102 $1,096 
Debt securities issued by the United States TreasuryLevel 2$1,956 $1,358 
Certificates of depositLevel 2$893 $27 
Foreign government bondsLevel 2$256 $200 
Other asset:
Investment in non-affiliated entities (1)Level 3$110 $77 
Liabilities
Other non-current liabilities:
2.20% Notes Due 2021 (2)Level 2$1,019 $1,006 
3.20% Notes Due 2026 (2)Level 2$1,139 $1,065 
2.85% Notes Due 2030 (2)Level 2$1,684 $ 
3.50% Notes Due 2040 (2)Level 2$1,211 $ 
3.50% Notes Due 2050 (2)Level 2$2,432 $ 
3.70% Notes Due 2060 (2)Level 2$637 $ 
(1)  Investment in non-affiliated entities is privately held and recorded at fair value on a non-recurring basis only if an impairment or observable price adjustment occurs in the period with changes in fair value recorded through net income. The amount recorded as of July 26, 2020 has not been significant.
(2) These liabilities are carried on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at their original issuance value, net of unamortized debt discount and issuance costs, and are not marked to fair value each period. Refer to Note 12 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.


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Note 9 - Amortizable Intangible Assets
The components of our amortizable intangible assets are as follows:
 July 28, 2019 January 27, 2019
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
 (In millions) (In millions)
Acquisition-related intangible assets$195
 $(190) $5
 $195
 $(188) $7
Patents and licensed technology508
 (464) 44
 491
 (453) 38
Total intangible assets$703
 $(654) $49
 $686
 $(641) $45

 July 26, 2020January 26, 2020
 Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net Carrying
Amount
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net Carrying
Amount
 (In millions)
Acquisition-related intangible assets (1)$3,287 $(474)$2,813 $195 $(192)$3 
Patents and licensed technology524 (483)41 520 (474)46 
Total intangible assets$3,811 $(957)$2,854 $715 $(666)$49 
The increase in gross carrying amount(1)  As of July 26, 2020, acquisition-related intangible assets is dueinclude the fair value of a Mellanox IPR&D project of $630 million, which initially will not be amortized. Once the project reaches technological feasibility, we will begin to purchasesamortize the intangible asset over its estimated useful life. Refer to Note 2 of licensed technology during the first half of fiscal year 2020. these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.
Amortization expense associated with intangible assets was $284 million and $291 million for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2021, respectively, and $6 million and $13 million for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020, respectively, and $6 million and $17 million for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019, respectively. Future amortization expense related to the net carrying amount of intangible assets as of July 28, 201926, 2020 is estimated to be $12$316 million for the remainder of fiscal year 2020, $16 million in fiscal year 2021, $9$532 million in fiscal year 2022, $7$529 million in fiscal year 2023, and $5$407 million in fiscal year 2024.2024, $354 million in fiscal year 2025, and $716 million in fiscal year 2026 and thereafter. Refer to Note 2 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on acquisition-related intangible assets.

Note 10 - Balance Sheet Components 
Certain balance sheet components are as follows:
July 26,January 26,
 20202020
Inventories:(In millions)
Raw materials$320 $249 
Work in-process516 265 
Finished goods565 465 
Total inventories$1,401 $979 
 July 28, January 27,
 2019 2019
Inventories:(In millions)
Raw materials$362
 $613
Work in-process203
 238
Finished goods639
 724
Total inventories$1,204
 $1,575

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 July 28, January 27,
 2019 2019
Accrued and Other Current Liabilities:(In millions)
Customer program accruals$312
 $302
Accrued payroll and related expenses183
 186
Deferred revenue (1)127
 92
Operating lease liabilities84
 
Taxes payable37
 91
Licenses payable21
 12
Coupon interest on debt obligations20
 20
Other96
 115
Total accrued and other current liabilities$880
 $818
(1)Deferred revenue primarily includes customer advances and deferrals related to license and development arrangements and post contract customer support, or PCS.

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July 26,January 26,
 20202020
Accrued and Other Current Liabilities:(In millions)
Customer program accruals$506 $462 
Accrued payroll and related expenses322 185 
Deferred revenue (1)222 141 
Operating leases124 91 
Licenses and royalties101 66 
Coupon interest on debt obligations74 20 
Taxes payable52 61 
Product warranty and return provisions31 24 
Professional service fee20 18 
Other65 29 
Total accrued and other current liabilities$1,517 $1,097 
(1) Deferred revenue primarily includes customer advances and deferrals related to license and development arrangements and post contract customer support, or PCS.
July 26,January 26,
July 28, January 27, 20202020
2019 2019
Other Long-Term Liabilities:(In millions)Other Long-Term Liabilities:(In millions)
Income tax payable (1)$501
 $513
Income tax payable (1)$721 $528 
Deferred revenue (2)54
 46
Deferred income tax (2)Deferred income tax (2)274 29 
Deferred revenue (3)Deferred revenue (3)120 60 
Licenses payable26
 1
Licenses payable89 110 
Deferred income tax liability23
 19
Employee benefits liability22
 20
Deferred rent
 21
Employee benefitsEmployee benefits38 22 
Other24
 13
Other43 26 
Total other long-term liabilities$650
 $633
Total other long-term liabilities$1,285 $775 
(1)As of July 28, 2019, represents the long-term portion of the one-time transition tax payable of $317 million, as well as unrecognized tax benefits of $159 million and related interest and penalties of $25 million.
(2)Deferred revenue primarily includes deferrals related to PCS.
(1) As of July 26, 2020, income tax payable represents the long-term portion of the one-time transition tax payable of $284 million, unrecognized tax benefits of $245 million, related interest and penalties of $41 million, and other foreign long-term tax payable of $151 million.
(2) Deferred income tax primarily relates to acquired intangible assets.
(3) Deferred revenue primarily includes deferrals related to PCS.
Deferred Revenue
The following table shows the changes in deferred revenue during the first half of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019.2020:
July 26,July 28,
 20202019
(In millions)
Balance at beginning of period$201 $138 
Deferred revenue added during the period213 161 
Addition due to business combinations75  
Revenue recognized during the period(147)(118)
Balance at end of period$342 $181 
 July 28, July 29,
 2019 2018
 (In millions)
Balance at beginning of period$138
 $63
Deferred revenue added during the period161
 194
Revenue recognized during the period(118) (153)
Balance at end of period$181
 $104

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Revenue related to remaining performance obligations represents the remaining contracted license, development arrangements and PCS that has not been recognized. This includes related deferred revenue currently recorded and amounts that will be invoiced in future periods. As of July 26, 2020, the amount of our remaining performance obligations that has not been recognized as revenue was $670 million, of which we expect to recognize approximately 40% as revenue over the next twelve months and the remainder thereafter. This amount excludes the value of remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less.

Note 11 - Derivative Financial Instruments
We enter into foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate the impact of foreign currency exchange rate movements on our operating expenses. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges for hedge accounting treatment. Gains or losses on the contracts are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss and reclassified to operating expense when the related operating expenses are recognized in earnings or ineffectiveness should occur. The fair value of the contracts was not significant as of July 28, 201926, 2020 and January 27, 2019.26, 2020.
We also enter into foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate the impact of foreign currency movements on monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, including intercompany hedging instruments, or intercompany derivatives, with wholly-owned subsidiaries in order to hedge certain forecasted expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. These forward contracts were not designated for hedge accounting treatment. Therefore, the change in fair value of these contracts is recorded in other income or expense and offsets the change in fair value of the hedged foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities, which is also recorded in other income or expense.

The table below presents the notional value of our foreign currency forward contracts outstanding as of July 28, 201926, 2020 and January 27, 2019:26, 2020:
 July 28,
2019
 January 27,
2019
 (In millions)
Designated as cash flow hedges$420
 $408
Not designated for hedge accounting$269
 $241

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 July 26,
2020
January 26,
2020
(In millions)
Designated as cash flow hedges$575 $428 
Not designated for hedge accounting$373 $287 
As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, all designated foreign currency forward contracts mature within eighteen months. The expected realized gains and losses deferred into accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)or loss related to foreign currency forward contracts within the next twelve months was not significant.
During the second quarter and first half of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, the impact of derivative financial instruments designated for hedge accounting treatment on other comprehensive income or loss was not significant and all such instruments were determined to be highly effective. Therefore, there were no gains or losses associated with ineffectiveness.

Note 12 - Debt
Long-Term Debt
2.20%In March 2020, we issued $1.50 billion of the 2.85% Notes Due 2021 and 3.20%2030, $1.00 billion of the 3.50% Notes Due 20262040, $2.00 billion of the 3.50% Notes Due 2050, and $500 million of the 3.70% Notes Due 2060, or collectively, the March 2020 Notes. Interest on the March 2020 Notes is payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2020. Upon 30 days' notice to holders of the Notes, we may redeem the Notes for cash prior to maturity, at redemption prices that include accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and a make-whole premium. However, no make-whole premium will be paid for redemptions of the Notes Due 2030 on or after January 1, 2030, the Notes Due 2040 on or after October 1, 2039, the Notes Due 2050 on or after October 1, 2049, or the Notes Due 2060 on or after October 1, 2059. The net proceeds from the March 2020 Notes were $4.97 billion, after deducting debt discount and estimated issuance costs.
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In fiscal year 2017,September 2016, we issued $1.00 billion of the 2.20% Notes Due 2021 and $1.00 billion of the 3.20% Notes Due 2026, or collectively, the September 2016 Notes. Interest on the September 2016 Notes is payable on March 16 and September 16 of each year. Upon 30 days' notice to holders of the Notes, we may redeem the Notes for cash prior to maturity, at redemption prices that include accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and a make-whole premium. However, no make-whole premium will be paid for redemptions of the Notes Due 2021 on or after August 16, 2021, or for redemptions of the Notes Due 2026 on or after June 16, 2026. The net proceeds from the September 2016 Notes were $1.98 billion, after deducting debt discount and issuance costs.
TheBoth the September 2016 Notes and the March 2020 Notes, or collectively, the Notes, are our unsecured senior obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The Notes are structurally subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries and are effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. All existing and future liabilities of our subsidiaries will be effectively senior to the Notes.

The carrying value of the Notes and the associated interest rates were as follows:
Expected
Remaining Term (years)
Effective
Interest Rate
July 26, 2020January 26, 2020
(In millions)
2.20% Notes Due 20211.12.38%$1,000 $1,000 
3.20% Notes Due 20266.13.31%1,000 1,000 
2.85% Notes Due 20309.72.93%1,500  
3.50% Notes Due 204019.73.54%1,000  
3.50% Notes Due 205029.73.54%2,000  
3.70% Notes Due 206039.73.73%500  
Unamortized debt discount and issuance costs(40)(9)
Net carrying amount$6,960 $1,991 
  
Expected
Remaining Term (years)
 
Effective
Interest Rate
 July 28, 2019 January 27, 2019
      (In millions)
2.20% Notes Due 2021 2.1 2.38% $1,000
 $1,000
3.20% Notes Due 2026 7.1 3.31% 1,000
 1,000
Unamortized debt discount and issuance costs     (11) (12)
Net carrying amount     $1,989
 $1,988

As of July 26, 2020, we were in compliance with the required covenants under the Notes.
Revolving Credit Facility
We have a Credit Agreement under which we may borrow up to $575 million for general corporate purposes and can obtain revolving loan commitments up to $425 million. As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we had not0t borrowed any amounts and were in compliance with the required covenants under this agreement.
Commercial Paper
We have a $575 million commercial paper program to support general corporate purposes. As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we had not0t issued any commercial paper.

Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies
Inventory Purchase Obligations
As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we had outstanding inventory purchase obligations totaling $757 million.
Capital Purchase Obligations
As of July 28, 2019, we had outstanding capital$2.04 billion and other purchase obligations totaling $133$310 million.
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Performance Obligations
Revenue related to remaining performance obligations represents the amount of contracted license and development arrangements and PCS that has not been recognized. As of July 28, 2019, the amount of our remaining performance obligations that has not been recognized as revenue was $418 million, of which we expect to recognize approximately 48% as revenue over the next twelve months and the remainder thereafter. This amount excludes the value of remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less.
Accrual for Product Warranty Liabilities
The estimated amount of product returns and warranty liabilities was $17$19 million and $18$15 million as of July 28, 201926, 2020 and January 27, 2019, respectively.26, 2020, respectively, and the activities related to the warranty liabilities were not significant.
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In connection with certain agreements that we have entered in the past, we have provided indemnificationindemnities to cover the indemnified party for matters such as tax, product, and employee liabilities. We have included intellectual property indemnification provisions in our technology related agreements with third parties. Maximum potential future payments cannot be estimated because many of these agreements do not have a maximum stated liability. We have not recorded any liability in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for such indemnifications.
Litigation
Securities Class Action and Derivative Lawsuits
On December 21, 2018, a purported securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, captioned Iron Workers Joint Funds v. Nvidia Corporation, et al. (Case No. 18-cv-7669), naming as defendants NVIDIA and certain of NVIDIA’s officers. On December 28, 2018, a substantially similar purported securities class action was commenced in the Northern District of California, captioned Oto v. Nvidia Corporation, et al. (Case No. 18-cv-07783), naming the same defendants, and seeking substantially similar relief. On February 19, 2019, a number of shareholders filed motions to consolidate the two cases and to be appointed lead plaintiff and for their respective counsel to be appointed lead counsel. On March 12, 2019, the two cases were consolidated under case number 4:18-cv-07669-HSG and titled In Re NVIDIA Corporation Securities Litigation. On May 2, 2019, the Court appointed lead plaintiffs and lead counsel. On June 21, 2019, the lead plaintiffs filed a consolidated class action complaint. The consolidated complaint asserts that the defendants violated Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and SEC Rule 10b-5, by making materially false or misleading statements related to channel inventory and the impact of cryptocurrency mining on GPU demand between May 10, 2017 and November 14, 2018. The plaintiffs also allege that the NVIDIA executives who they named as defendants violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. The plaintiffs seek class certification, an award of unspecified compensatory damages, an award of reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expert fees, and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. On August 2, 2019, NVIDIA moved to dismiss the consolidated class action complaint on the basis that plaintiffs failed to state any claims for violations of the securities laws by NVIDIA or the named defendants. On March 16, 2020, the Court issued an order dismissing the consolidated class action complaint with leave to amend. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on May 13, 2020. On June 29, 2020, NVIDIA moved to dismiss the amended complaint on the basis that plaintiffs failed to state any claims for violations of the securities laws by NVIDIA or the named defendants.
On January 18, 2019, a shareholder, purporting to act on the behalf of NVIDIA, filed a derivative lawsuit in the Northern District of California, captioned Han v. Huang, et al. (Case No. 19-cv-00341), seeking to assert claims on behalf of NVIDIA against the members of NVIDIA’s board of directors and certain officers. The lawsuit asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, waste of corporate assets, and violations of Sections 14(a), 10(b), and 20(a) of the Exchange Act based on the dissemination of allegedly false and misleading statements related to channel inventory and the impact of cryptocurrency mining on GPU demand. The plaintiff is seeking unspecified damages and other relief, including reforms and improvements to NVIDIA’s corporate governance and internal procedures. On February 12, 2019, a substantially similar derivative lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California captioned Yang v. Huang, et. al. (Case No. 19-cv-00766), naming the same named defendants, and seeking the same relief. On February 19, 2019, a third substantially similar derivative lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California captioned The Booth Family Trust v. Huang, et. al. (Case No. 3:19-cv-00876), naming the same named defendants, and seeking substantially the same relief. On March 12, 2019, the three derivative actions were consolidated under case number 4:19-cv-00341-HSG, and titled In re NVIDIA Corporation Consolidated Derivative Litigation. The parties stipulatedCourt approved the parties’ stipulation to stay the In Re NVIDIA Corporation Consolidated Derivative Litigation pending resolution of any motion to dismiss that NVIDIA may file in the In Re NVIDIA Corporation Securities Litigation.
On September 24, 2019, two shareholders, purporting to act on behalf of NVIDIA, filed two identical lawsuits in the District of Delaware. One is captioned Lipchitz v. Huang, et al. (Case No. 1:19-cv-01795-UNA) and the other is captioned Nelson v. Huang, et. al. (Case No. 1:19-cv-01798- UNA). The lawsuits assert claims for breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, insider trading, misappropriation of information, corporate waste and violations of Sections 14(a), 10(b), and 20(a) of the Exchange Act based on the dissemination of allegedly false, and misleading statements related to channel inventory and the impact of cryptocurrency mining on GPU demand. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages and other relief, including disgorgement of profits from the sale of NVIDIA stock and unspecified corporate governance measures. On December 11, 2019, the Court approved the parties’ stipulation to stay the Lipchitz and Huang actions pending resolution of any motion to dismiss that NVIDIA may file in the In Re NVIDIA Corporation Securities Litigation.
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It is possible that additional suits will be filed, or allegations received from shareholders, with respect to these same or other matters, naming NVIDIA and/or its officers and directors as defendants.
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Litigation Related to Mellanox Merger
On May 3, 2019, an alleged stockholder of Mellanox filed a putative class action lawsuit alleging that the proxy statement filed by Mellanox in connection with the stockholder vote on NVIDIA’s pending acquisition of Mellanox violates Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and asserting claims under those statutes against Mellanox and its board of directors as well as NVIDIA. The complaint, which is captioned Stein v. Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., et al., Case No. 19-2428 (United States District Court, Northern District of California), seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and unspecified damages. A number of other alleged Mellanox stockholders have filed substantially similar lawsuits against Mellanox and its directors in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, but to date, NVIDIA has not been named as a defendant in any of these other lawsuits.
Accounting for Loss Contingencies
As of July 26, 2020, we have not recorded any accrual for contingent liabilities associated with the legal proceedings described above based on our belief that liabilities, while possible, are not probable. Further, except as specifically described above, any possible loss or range of loss in these matters cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. We are engaged in legal actions not described above arising in the ordinary course of business and, while there can be no assurance of favorable outcomes, we believe that the ultimate outcome of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on our operating results, liquidity or financial position. As of July 28, 2019, we have not recorded any accrual for contingent liabilities associated with the legal proceedings described above based on our belief that liabilities, while possible, are not probable. Further, except as specifically described above, any possible loss or range of loss in these matters cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Note 14 - Shareholders’ Equity 
Capital Return Program 
Beginning August 2004, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase our stock.
During the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020, we paid $97 million and $195 million, respectively, in cash dividends to our shareholders.
Through July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we have repurchased an aggregate of 260 million shares under our share repurchase program for a total cost of $7.08 billion. All shares delivered from these repurchases have been placed into treasury stock. As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we were authorized, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase additional shares of our common stock up to $7.24 billion through December 2022.
Preferred StockDuring the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2021, we paid $99 million and $197 million in cash dividends to our shareholders, respectively.
As of July 28, 2019 and January 27, 2019, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding.
Common Stock
We are authorized to issue up to 2.00 billion shares of our common stock at $0.001 per share par value.
Note 15 - Segment Information
Our Chief Executive Officer, who is considered to be our chief operating decision maker, or CODM, reviews financial information presented on an operating segment basis for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance. In the prior fiscal year, we had reported two operating segments: GPU and Tegra Processor. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, we changed our operating segments to be consistent with the revised manner in which our CODM reviews our financial performance and allocates resources. The 2 new operating segments are "Graphics" and "Compute & Networking". Comparative periods presented reflect this change. Our operating segments are equivalent to our reportable segments.
We report our business in two primary reportable segments -Our Graphics segment includes GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GPU businessGeForce NOW game streaming service and the Tegra Processor business - based on a single underlying architecture.
related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro GPUs for enterprise design; GRID software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; and automotive platforms for infotainment systems. Our GPU product brands are aimed at specialized markets including GeForce for gamers; Quadro for designers; TeslaCompute & Networking segment includes Data Center platforms and DGXsystems for artificial intelligence, data scientistsor AI, high performance computing, or HPC, and big data researchers;accelerated computing; Mellanox networking and GRID for cloud-based visual computing users. Our Tegra brand integrates an entire computer onto a single chip, and incorporates GPUs and multi-core CPUs to drive supercomputinginterconnect solutions; DRIVE for autonomous robots, drones,vehicles; and cars, as well asJetson for game consolesrobotics and mobile gamingother embedded platforms.
Operating results by segment include costs or expenses that are directly attributable to each segment, and entertainment devices.
Under the single unifyingcosts or expenses that are leveraged across our unified architecture forand therefore allocated between our GPU and Tegra Processors, we leverage our visual computing expertise by charging the operating expenses of certain core engineering functions to the GPU business, while charging the Tegra Processor business for the incremental cost of the teams working directly for that business. In instances where the operating
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expenses of certain functions benefit both reportable segments, our CODM assigns 100% of those expenses to the reportable segment that benefits the most.two segments.
The “All Other” category presented below representsincludes the expenses that our CODM does not assign to either the GPU businessGraphics or the Tegra Processor businessCompute & Networking for purposes of making operating decisions or assessing financial performance. The expenses include stock-based compensation expense, corporate infrastructure and support costs, acquisition-related costs, legal settlement costs, contributions, restructuring and other charges, product warranty charge, and other non-recurring charges and benefits that our CODM deems to be enterprise in nature.
Our CODM does not review any information regarding total assets on a reportable segment basis. Reportable segments doDepreciation and amortization expense directly attributable to each reportable segment is included in operating results for each segment. However, the CODM does not recordevaluate depreciation and amortization expense by operating segment and, therefore, it is not separately presented. There is no intersegment revenue, and, accordingly, there is none to be reported.revenue. The accounting policies for segment reporting are the
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same as for our consolidated financial statements. The table below presents details of our reportable segments and the “All Other” category.
 GraphicsCompute & NetworkingAll OtherConsolidated
 (In millions)
Three Months Ended July 26, 2020    
Revenue$2,085 $1,781 $ $3,866 
Operating income (loss)$911 $691 $(951)$651 
Three Months Ended July 28, 2019    
Revenue$1,803 $776 $ $2,579 
Operating income (loss)$707 $164 $(300)$571 
Six Months Ended July 26, 2020
Revenue$3,991 $2,955 $ $6,946 
Operating income (loss)$1,747 $1,142 $(1,262)$1,627 
Six Months Ended July 28, 2019
Revenue$3,329 $1,470 $ $4,799 
Operating income (loss)$1,239 $259 $(569)$929 
 GPU Tegra Processor All Other Consolidated
 (In millions)
Three Months Ended July 28, 2019       
Revenue$2,104
 $475
 $
 $2,579
Depreciation and amortization expense$76
 $12
 $4
 $92
Operating income (loss)$746
 $122
 $(297) $571
        
Three Months Ended July 29, 2018 
  
  
  
Revenue$2,656
 $467
 $
 $3,123
Depreciation and amortization expense$43
 $12
 $3
 $58
Operating income (loss)$1,259
 $97
 $(199) $1,157
        
Six Months Ended July 28, 2019       
Revenue$4,126
 $673
 $
 $4,799
Depreciation and amortization expense$152
 $24
 $7
 $183
Operating income (loss)$1,415
 $78
 $(564) $929
        
Six Months Ended July 29, 2018       
Revenue$5,421
 $909
 $
 $6,330
Depreciation and amortization expense$83
 $22
 $11
 $116
Operating income (loss)$2,653
 $194
 $(395) $2,452

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
(In millions)
Reconciling items included in "All Other" category:
Acquisition-related and other costs$(474)$(5)$(479)$(15)
Stock-based compensation expense(374)(224)(598)(401)
Unallocated cost of revenue and operating expenses(86)(69)(168)(140)
Legal settlement costs(17)(2)(17)(13)
Total$(951)$(300)$(1,262)$(569)

 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 (In millions)
Reconciling items included in "All Other" category:       
Stock-based compensation expense$(224) $(132) $(401) $(262)
Unallocated cost of revenue and operating expenses(66) (65) (135) (129)
Acquisition-related and other costs(5) (2) (15) (4)
Legal settlement costs(2) 
 (13) 
Total$(297) $(199) $(564) $(395)
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)



Revenue by geographic region is allocated to individual countries based on the location to which the products are initially billed even if our customers’ revenue is attributable to end customers that are located in a different location. The following table summarizes information pertaining to our revenue from customers based on the invoicing address by geographic regions:
 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 July 28, July 29, July 28, July 29,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
 (In millions)
Revenue:       
Other Asia Pacific$756
 $676
 $1,178
 $1,259
Taiwan635
 843
 1,333
 1,810
China (including Hong Kong)583
 760
 1,136
 1,514
Europe288
 234
 537
 469
United States188
 413
 353
 847
Other countries129
 197
 262
 431
Total revenue$2,579
 $3,123
 $4,799
 $6,330

 Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
July 26,July 28,July 26,July 28,
 2020201920202019
 (In millions)
Revenue:  
Taiwan$954 $635 $1,766 $1,333 
United States944 188 1,441 353 
China (including Hong Kong)855 583 1,614 1,136 
Other Asia Pacific698 756 1,305 1,178 
Europe240 288 494 537 
Other countries175 129 326 262 
Total revenue$3,866 $2,579 $6,946 $4,799 
The following table summarizes information pertaining to our revenue by each of the specialized markets we serve:
 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 July 28, July 29, July 28, July 29,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
 (In millions)
Revenue:       
Gaming$1,313
 $1,805
 $2,368
 $3,528
Professional Visualization291
 281
 557
 532
Data Center655
 760
 1,289
 1,461
Automotive209
 161
 375
 306
OEM and Other111
 116
 210
 503
Total revenue$2,579
 $3,123
 $4,799
 $6,330

 Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
July 26,July 28,July 26,July 28,
 2020201920202019
 (In millions)
Revenue:  
Gaming$1,654 $1,313 $2,993 $2,368 
Professional Visualization203 291 510 557 
Data Center1,752 655 2,893 1,289 
Automotive111 209 266 375 
OEM and Other146 111 284 210 
Total revenue$3,866 $2,579 $6,946 $4,799 
One customer represented approximately 11% of our total revenue for the second quarter and the first half of fiscal year 2020, and was attributable primarily to the GPU business. No customer represented 10% or more of total revenue for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019.2021. One customer represented 11% of our total revenue for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020, and was attributable primarily to the Graphics segment.
One customer represented approximately 20%14% and 21% of our accounts receivable balance as of July 28, 2019,26, 2020 and one customer represented approximately 19%January 26, 2020, respectively.

Note 16 - Goodwill
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, we changed our accounts receivableoperating segments to Graphics and Compute & Networking, as discussed in Note 15 of these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As a result, our reporting units also changed, and we reassigned the goodwill balance asto the new reporting units based on their relative fair values. We determined there was 0 goodwill impairment immediately prior to the reorganization. As of January 27, 2019.
July 26, 2020, the total carrying amount of goodwill was $4.19 billion and the amount of goodwill allocated to our Graphics and Compute & Networking reporting units was $347 million and $3.85 billion, respectively. In the second quarter and first half of fiscal
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)


year 2021, goodwill increased by $3.56 billion and $3.57 billion, respectively. The increase in goodwill in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 was due to goodwill of $3.43 billion arising from the Mellanox acquisition, and goodwill of $133 million from other acquisition activity, both of which were allocated to the Compute & Networking reporting unit.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements 
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “goal,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “potential” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Other statements in this Form 10-Q regarding the potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business and results of operations are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results, performance, time frames or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, time frames or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks, uncertainties and other factors in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors.” Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this filing. You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We hereby qualify our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
All referenreferecesnces to “NVIDIA,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” mean NVIDIA Corporation and its subsidiaries.
NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, CUDA, CUDA-X AI, GeForce, DRIVE AGX Orin, GeForce GTX, GeForce RTX,NOW, GeForce RTX SUPER, NVIDIA DGX,A100, NVIDIA CUDA, NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD,A100, NVIDIA DRIVE, NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation, NVIDIA GRID, NVIDIA Omniverse,Jarvis, NVIDIA Merlin, NVIDIA RTX, NVIDIA Turing,Mellanox, Quadro, Quadro RTX, TegraQuadro View and TeslaTegra are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject to change without notice.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with “Item 6. Selected Financial Data” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 201926, 2020 and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes thereto, as well as other cautionary statements and risks described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, before deciding to purchase or sell shares of our common stock.
Overview
Our Company and Our Businesses
NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to help solve the most challenging computational problems. Starting with a focus on PC graphics, NVIDIA invented the GPU to solve some of the most complex problems in computer science. We havewe extended our focus in recent years to the revolutionary field of AI. Fueled by the sustained demand for betterexceptional 3D graphics and the scale of the gaming market, NVIDIA has evolved theleveraged its GPU into a computer brain at the intersection ofarchitecture to create platforms for virtual reality, high performance computing, or HPC, and artificial intelligence, or AI.
Our twoThrough fiscal year 2020, our reportable segments -were GPU and Tegra Processor - are based on a single underlying architecture. FromProcessor. Starting with the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, our proprietary processors, wereportable segments have designed, created,changed to "Graphics" and marketed"Compute & Networking".
Our Graphics segment includes GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro GPUs for enterprise design; GRID software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; and automotive platforms that address four large markets wherefor infotainment systems.
Our Compute & Networking segment includes Data Center platforms and systems for AI, HPC, and accelerated computing; Mellanox networking and interconnect solutions; DRIVE for autonomous vehicles; and Jetson for robotics and other embedded platforms.
All prior period comparisons presented reflect our expertise is critical:new reportable segments. Our market platforms – Gaming, Professional Visualization, Data Center, Automotive, OEM and Automotive.
Our GPU product brands are aimed at specialized markets including GeForce for gamers; Quadro for designers; Tesla and DGX for AI data scientists and big data researchers; and GRID for cloud-based visual computing users. Our Tegra brand integrates an entire computer onto a single chip, and incorporates GPUs and multi-core CPUs to drive supercomputing for autonomous robots, drones, and cars, as well as for consoles and mobile gaming and entertainment devices.Other – remain unchanged.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, NVIDIA was incorporated in California in April 1993 and reincorporated in Delaware in April 1998.

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Recent Developments, Future Objectives and Challenges
COVID-19
The coronavirus identified in late calendar year 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be a worldwide pandemic. Government authorities around the world have implemented measures to try to contain the disease, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders and shutdowns. Since March 2020, most of our employees have been working remotely and we have temporarily prohibited most business travel.
Our employees and partners are performing above and beyond to keep our supply chain functioning normally. Many industries we serve are adversely impacted, including higher education research, energy, manufacturing, automotive, architecture, engineering, and media. Each industry is recovering, albeit at different rates. Professional Visualization revenue was negatively affected as corporate customers delayed spending on workstations. Automotive production is well below pre-COVID-19 levels.
The full extent and duration of COVID-19 is uncertain. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the timing and overall demand from customers and the availability of supply chain, logistical services and component supply may have a material net negative impact on our business and financial results. Refer to Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information under the heading “Risk Factors”.
The Company believes its existing balances of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, along with commercial paper and other short-term liquidity arrangements, will be sufficient to satisfy its working capital needs, capital asset purchases, dividends, debt repayments and other liquidity requirements associated with its existing operations.
Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 20202021 Summary
Three Months Ended
Three Months Ended     July 26, 2020April 26, 2020July 28, 2019Quarter-over-Quarter ChangeYear-over-Year Change
July 28, 2019 April 28, 2019 July 29, 2018 Quarter-over-Quarter Change Year-over-Year Change
($ in millions, except per share data)    ($ in millions, except per share data)
Revenue$2,579
 $2,220
 $3,123
 16% (17)%Revenue$3,866 $3,080 $2,579 26 %50 %
Gross margin59.8% 58.4% 63.3% 140 bps
 (350) bps
Gross margin58.8 %65.1 %59.8 %(630) bps(100) bps
Operating expenses$970
 $938
 $818
 3% 19 %Operating expenses$1,624 $1,028 $970 58 %67 %
Income from operations$571
 $358
 $1,157
 59% (51)%Income from operations$651 $976 $571 (33)%14 %
Net income$552
 $394
 $1,101
 40% (50)%Net income$622 $917 $552 (32)%13 %
Net income per diluted share$0.90
 $0.64
 $1.76
 41% (49)%Net income per diluted share$0.99 $1.47 $0.90 (33)%10 %
Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 decreased 17% year over year and increased 16% sequentially.
GPU business revenue2021 was $2.10$3.87 billion, down 21%up 50% from a year earlier and up 4%26% sequentially. Results for the second quarter include the acquisition of Mellanox on April 27, 2020, the first day of the quarter. Mellanox contributed approximately 14% of total company revenue.
Graphics segment revenue for the second quarter was $2.09 billion, up 16% from a year earlier and up 9% sequentially.
Tegra Processor businessCompute & Networking segment revenue, - which includes Automotive, SOC modules for gaming platforms, and embedded edge AI platforms -Mellanox, was $475 million,$1.78 billion, up 2%130% from a year ago and up 140%52% sequentially.
From a market-platformsmarket-platform perspective, Gaming revenue was $1.31$1.65 billion, down 27%up 26% from a year ago and up 24% sequentially. The year-on-year decreaseincrease reflects a decline in shipmentshigher sales of gaming desktop GPUs and SOC modules for gaming platforms, partially offset by growth in gaming notebook GPUs. The sequential increase reflects growthhigher sales from SOC modules for gaming platforms, gaming notebook GPUs and GeForce RTX SUPER gaming GPUs.game console SOCs.
Professional Visualization revenue was $291$203 million, up 4%down 30% from a year earlier and up 9%down 34% sequentially. The year-on-year and sequential growth reflects strength across mobile workstation products.
Data Center revenue, which includes Mellanox, was $655 million, down 14%$1.75 billion, up 167% from a year ago and up 3%54% sequentially. TheMellanox contributed approximately 14% of total company revenue and just over 30% of Data Center revenue for the second quarter. In addition to Mellanox, the year-on-year decline reflects lower hyperscale revenue. Theand sequential increase was due to enterprise revenue growthincreases were driven by expanding AI workloads.the ramp of Ampere GPU architecture products.
Automotive revenue of $209was $111 million, was up 30%down 47% from a year earlier and up 26%down 28% sequentially. The year-on-year and sequential growth was primarily driven by a development services agreement in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020. The growth in revenue also reflected AI cockpit solutions and other autonomous vehicle development agreements.
OEM and Other revenue was $111$146 million, down 4%up 32% from a year ago and up 12% sequentially. The sequential increase was6% sequentially, primarily due to growth in shipments of embedded edge AI products.higher demand for entry-level laptop GPUs.
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Gross margin for the second quarter of fiscal year 20202021 was 59.8%58.8%, down 350100 basis points from a year earlier and up 140down 630 basis points sequentially. The year-on-year decrease reflects lower Gamingsequentially, reflecting charges related to the Mellanox acquisition. These include a non-recurring inventory step-up expense of $161 million and Data Center margins, driven primarily by product costs. The sequential increase reflects automotive development services, a favorable mix in Gaming, and lower component costs.intangible asset amortization of $84 million that is expected to be recurring.
Operating expenses for the second quarter of fiscal year 20202021 were $970 million,$1.62 billion, up 19%67% from a year earlier and up 3%58% sequentially, reflecting primarily employee additions and increases in employee compensation and other related costs, including infrastructure costs.driven by our Mellanox acquisition, as well as hiring additional employees.
Income from operations for the second quarter of fiscal year 20202021 was $571$651 million, down 51%up 14% from a year earlier and up 59%down 33% sequentially. Net income and netfor the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 was $622 million. Net income per diluted share for the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 were $552 million and $0.90, respectively, down 50% and 49%, respectively,2021 was $0.99, up 10% from a year earlier and up 40% and 41%, respectively,down 33% sequentially. The year-on-year decrease reflects lower revenue and gross margin, and higher operating expenses. The sequential increase reflects higher revenue and gross margin.
We previously communicated our intent to return $3.00 billion to shareholders by the end of fiscal year 2020, including $700 million in share repurchases made during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019. In the first half of fiscal year 2020, we returned $195 million in quarterly cash dividends. We intend to return the remaining $2.11 billion through a combination of share repurchases and cash dividends. We do not expect to repurchase shares prior to the close of the acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., or Mellanox, and therefore the intended repurchases may extend into fiscal year 2021.


Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at the end of the second quarter were $10.98 billion, up from $8.47 billion as of July 28, 2019, compared with $7.42a year earlier and down from $16.35 billion as of January 27, 2019.in the prior quarter. The year-on-year increase was primarily related to growth in operating cash flow.
On March 10, 2019, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, orreflects the Merger Agreement, with Mellanox, pursuant to which we will acquire allissuance of the issued and outstanding common shares$5 billion of notes in March 2020, offset by acquisitions. The sequential decrease reflects the Mellanox for $125 per shareacquisition during the second quarter.
We paid $99 million in quarterly cash representing a total enterprise value of approximately $6.9 billion as of the date of the Merger Agreement. The closing of the merger is subject to approval by regulatory agencies. If the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances involving the failure to obtain the required regulatory approvals, we could be obligated to pay Mellanox a termination fee of $350 million. We have received regulatory approvaldividends in the United States and Mexico and are engaged with regulators in Europe and China. In June 2019, Mellanox shareholders approved the merger.second quarter.
GPU BusinessMarket Platform Highlights
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020,2021, in our Gaming platform, we introducedramped 100+ new GeForce laptops across a range of price points; announced a range of games now supporting NVIDIA RTX 2060 SUPER,ray tracing and DLSS AI super resolution; expanded GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER and GeForce RTX 2080 SUPERNOW to our GeForce GPU lineup; accelerated the momentum of ray-tracing games by supporting newly announced blockbuster titles; introduced new RTX Studio laptops powered by GeForce RTX and Quadro RTX GPUs for online and studio-based creatives and prosumers;Chromebooks; and announced OEMs will be launching additional gaming laptops incorporating NVIDIAthat Square Enix is adding its catalog to GeForce Turing GPUs.NOW.
In our Professional Visualization platform, we rolled out a full range of Turing architecture-based Quadro GPUs forlaunched with Acer, Dell, Lenovo and Microsoft new mobile workstations also incorporating ray tracing for product design, architecture, effectsprofessional creators, based on NVIDIA Quadro graphics; powered new AI features in the latest releases of Substance Alchemist and scientific visualization.Blender; announced that NVIDIA RTX has been implemented in the latest application releases from Foundry, Chaos Group and Redshift by Maxon; and released NVIDIA Quadro View.
In our Data Center platform, we announced NVIDIA's DGX SuperPOD, which providesmore than 50 NVIDIA A100-powered systems; powered eight of the 10, and two-thirds of the total systems, on the latest TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers; set 16 AI infrastructure for our autonomous-vehicle development program; set eightperformance records in AI training performance inon the latest MLPerf benchmarking tests;benchmarks; made the NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU available on Google Cloud; provided CUDA GPU-acceleration for Apache Spark; and unveiled the NVIDIA Mellanox UFM Cyber-AI Platform.
In our Automotive platform, we announced support for Arm CPUs, providingwith Mercedes-Benz that the carmaker is integrating into every vehicle in its lineup, beginning in 2024, a new path to build highly energy-efficient, AI-enabled exascale supercomputers.software-defined vehicle architecture built on the NVIDIA DRIVE AV autonomous driving software and AGX Orin AV computer.
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2020,2021, in our Gaming platform, we introducedlaunched Minecraft with RTX as an open beta on Windows 10; announced the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GTX 1660 and GTX 1650 gaming GPUs with improved performance and efficiency for today’s most popular games; announced a numberrelease of gaming laptop models based on Turing GPUs from top makers;powered by NVIDIA GeForce GPUs; expanded the RTX Studio lineup powered by new GeForce RTX SUPER GPUs; released DLSS 2.0; and announced that real-time ray tracing is now integrated into Unreal Engine and Unity commercial game engines.expanded NVIDIA GeForce NOW.
In our Professional Visualization platform, we announced expanded adoption ofpowered Autodesk’s latest 3D visualization software with NVIDIA RTX ray-tracing technology by top 3D application providersQuadro RTX; accelerated Altair's engineering software with NVIDIA CUDA; and unveiled the NVIDIA Omniverse open-collaboration platformbrought Quadro professional graphics to simplify creative workflows for content creation.HP's mobile workstation lineup.
In our Data Center platform, we introduced NVIDIA A100 data center GPU, the first based on the NVIDIA CUDA-X AI platform for accelerating data science; announced availability of NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPUs from leading OEMs and Amazon Web Services; partnered with global system builders to create powerful data-science workstations integrating NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPUs and NVIDIA CUDA-X AI; andAmpere architecture; launched beta access to NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Workstation software in the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.
Tegra Processor Business
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, in our Automotive platform, Volvo Group announced that it is using the NVIDIA DRIVEDGX A100; introduced two products for the EGX Edge AI platform; released NVIDIA Jarvis; collaborated with the open-source community to bring end-to-end autonomous driving platformGPU acceleration to train networks in the data center, test them in simulation, and deploy them in self-driving vehicles, targeting freight transport, refuse and recycling collection, public transport, construction, mining, forestry and more.
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, in our Automotive platform, we announced that we are partnering with Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development to develop, train and validate self-driving vehicles; unveiled the NVIDIA DRIVE AP2X automated driving solution, encompassing DRIVE AutoPilot software, DRIVE AGX and DRIVE validation tools; introduced NVIDIA DRIVE AV Safety Force Field to enable safe, comfortable driving experiences;Apache Spark 3.0; and announced availability of the NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation autonomous vehicle simulation platform.Merlin.
Financial Information by Business Segment and Geographic Data
Refer to Note 1515 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure regarding segment information.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments
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that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, cost of revenue, expenses and related disclosure of contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Our management has discussed the development and selection of these critical accounting policies and estimates with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. The Audit Committee has reviewed our disclosures relating to our critical accounting policies and estimates in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Due to the Mellanox acquisition, we added the following critical accounting policy:
Business Combinations
The application of acquisition accounting to a business acquisition requires that we identify the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed and estimate the fair value of each. The fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business acquisition are recognized at the acquisition date, with the purchase price exceeding the fair values being recognized as goodwill. Determining fair value of identifiable assets, particularly intangibles, liabilities acquired and contingent obligations assumed requires management to make estimates. In certain circumstances, the allocations of the purchase price are based upon preliminary estimates and assumptions and subject to revision when we receive final information, including appraisals and other analysis. Accordingly, the measurement period for such purchase price allocations will end when the information, or the facts and circumstances, becomes available, but will not exceed twelve months. We will recognize measurement-period adjustments during the period of resolution, including the effect on earnings of any amounts that would have been recorded in previous periods if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date.
Goodwill and intangible assets often represent a significant portion of the assets acquired in a business combination. We recognize the fair value of an acquired intangible apart from goodwill whenever the intangible arises from contractual or other legal rights, or when it can be separated or divided from the acquired entity and sold, transferred, licensed, rented or exchanged, either individually or in combination with a related contract, asset or liability. Intangible assets consist primarily of technology, customer relationships, order backlog and trade name acquired in a business combination and IPR&D. We generally assess the estimated fair values of acquired intangibles using a combination of valuation techniques. To estimate fair value, we are required to make certain estimates and assumptions, including future economic and market conditions, revenue growth, technology migration curve, and risk-adjusted discount rates. Our estimates require significant judgment and are based on historical data, various internal estimates, and external sources. Our assessment of IPR&D also includes consideration of the risk of the projects not achieving technological feasibility.
There have been no other material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 26, 2020. Refer to Note 1 “Basis of Presentation” to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details. In addition, please refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended January 26, 2020 for a more complete discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates.


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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain items in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income expressed as a percentage of revenue.
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
Revenue100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %Revenue100.0 %100.0 %100.0 %100.0 %
Cost of revenue40.2
 36.7
 40.9
 36.1
Cost of revenue41.2 40.2 38.4 40.9 
Gross profit59.8
 63.3
 59.1
 63.9
Gross profit58.8 59.8 61.6 59.1 
Operating expenses 
      Operating expenses   
Research and development27.3
 18.6
 28.7
 17.8
Research and development25.8 27.3 24.9 28.7 
Sales, general and administrative10.3
 7.7
 11.0
 7.4
Sales, general and administrative16.2 10.3 13.3 11.0 
Total operating expenses37.6
 26.3
 39.7
 25.2
Total operating expenses42.0 37.6 38.2 39.7 
Income from operations22.2
 37.0
 19.4
 38.7
Income from operations16.8 22.2 23.4 19.4 
Interest income1.8
 1.0
 1.9
 0.9
Interest income0.3 1.8 0.6 1.9 
Interest expense(0.5) (0.4) (0.6) (0.5) Interest expense(1.4)(0.5)(1.1)(0.6)
Other, net
 0.2
 
 0.2
Total other income (expense)1.3
 0.8
 1.3
 0.6
Other income (expense), netOther income (expense), net(1.1)1.3 (0.5)1.3 
Income before income tax23.5
 37.8
 20.7
 39.3
Income before income tax15.7 23.5 22.9 20.7 
Income tax expense2.1
 2.5
 1.0
 2.3
Income tax expense (benefit)Income tax expense (benefit)(0.3)2.1 0.7 1.0 
Net income21.4 % 35.3 % 19.7 % 37.0 %Net income16.0 %21.4 %22.2 %19.7 %
Revenue
Revenue by Reportable Segments
 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
 July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 $
Change
 %
Change
 July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 $
Change
 %
Change
 ($ in millions)
GPU$2,104
 $2,656
 $(552) (21)% $4,126
 $5,421
 $(1,295) (24)%
Tegra Processor475
 467
 8
 2 % 673
 909
 (236) (26)%
Total$2,579
 $3,123
 $(544) (17)% $4,799
 $6,330
 $(1,531) (24)%
Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
 July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
$
Change
%
Change
July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
$
Change
%
Change
 ($ in millions)
Graphics$2,085 $1,803 $282 16 %$3,991 $3,329 $662 20 %
Compute & Networking1,781 776 1,005 130 %2,955 1,470 1,485 101 %
Total$3,866 $2,579 $1,287 50 %$6,946 $4,799 $2,147 45 %
GPU Business.Graphics - GPU businessGraphics segment revenue decreased by 21%increased 16% in the second quarter of fiscal year 20202021 compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2019,2020, which reflects declinesgrowth in gaming GPU and Data Center revenue. GeForce GPU product salesGPUs for gaming, decreased 29%, reflecting a decline in shipments of gaming desktop GPUs partially offset by revenue growth in gaming notebook GPUs. Data Center revenue, including Tesla, GRIDlower sales of Quadro workstations and DGX, decreased 14%, primarily reflecting a decline in hyperscale revenue partially offset by enterprise revenue growth, driven by expanding AI workloads. Revenue from Quadro GPUs for professional visualization increased 4%, primarily reflecting strength across mobile workstation products. Our PC OEM revenue decreased by 4%, primarily driven by the absence of cryptocurrency mining processor sales.game console SOCs.
GPU businessGraphics segment revenue decreased by 24%increased 20% in the first half of fiscal year 20202021 compared to the first half of fiscal year 2019,2020, which reflects declinesgrowth in gaming GPU and Data Center revenue. GeForce GPU product salesGPUs for gaming, decreased 29%, reflecting a decline in shipments of gaming desktop GPUs partially offset by growth in gaming notebook GPUs. Data Center revenue, including Tesla, GRIDgame console SOCs, and DGX, decreased 12%, primarily reflecting a decline in hyperscale revenue partially offset by enterprise revenue growth driven by expanding AI workloads. Revenue from Quadro GPUs for professional visualization increased 5% due primarily reflecting strength across mobile workstation products. Our PC OEM revenue decreased by 58% primarily driven by the absence of cryptocurrency mining processor sales.workstations.
Tegra Processor Business.Compute & Networking - Tegra Processor businessCompute & Networking segment revenue increased by 2% for the second quarter of fiscal year 20202021 compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2019. This was driven2020 increased by an increase of 30% in Automotive130% and revenue primarily


driven by a development services agreement in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020. The growth in Automotive revenue also reflected AI cockpit solutions and other autonomous vehicle development agreements. The increase in Automotive revenue was partially offset by a decline in revenue from SOC modules for gaming platforms.
Tegra Processor business revenue decreased by 26% for the first half of fiscal year 20202021 compared to the first half of fiscal year 2019. This was driven2020 increased by a decline in revenue from SOC modules for gaming platforms, which was101%. These increases reflect the addition of Mellanox acquired on April 27, 2020 and the ramp of Ampere GPU architecture products, partially offset by an increase of 23% in Automotivelower autonomous driving development agreement revenue. Growth in Automotive revenue primarily reflects a development services agreement in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, AI cockpit solutions, and other autonomous vehicle development agreements.
Concentration of Revenue 
Revenue from sales to customers outside of the United States accounted for 93%76% and 79% of total revenue for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020. Revenue from sales to customers outside of the United States accounted for 87%2021, respectively, and 93% of total revenue for the second quarter and first
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half of fiscal year 2019.2020. Revenue by geographic region is allocated to individual countries based on the location to which the products are initially billed even if the revenue is attributable to end customers in a different location.
No customer represented 10% or more of total revenue for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2021. One customer represented approximately 11% of our total revenue for the second quarter and the first half of fiscal year 2020 and was attributable primarily to the GPU business. No customer represented 10% or more of total revenue for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019.Graphics segment.
Gross Margin
Our overall gross margin decreased to 58.8% for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 from 59.8% for the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, from 63.3% for the second quarterreflecting Mellanox acquisition-related costs including a non-recurring inventory step-up charge of fiscal year 2019.$161 million and ongoing intangible asset amortization of $84 million, partially offset by an increase due to a shift in product mix. Our overall gross margin decreasedincreased to 61.6% for the first half of fiscal year 2021 from 59.1% for the first half of fiscal year 2020, from 63.9% for the first halfprimarily driven by a shift in product mix, partially offset by Mellanox acquisition-related costs including a non-recurring inventory step-up charge of fiscal year 2019. These decreases reflect lower Gaming$161 million and Data Center margins, driven primarily by product costs.ongoing intangible asset amortization of $85 million.

Inventory provisions totaled $28$45 million and $21$28 million for the second quarter of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. Sales of inventory that was previously written-off or written-down-down totaled $19$49 million and $12$19 million for the second quarter of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. As a result, the overall net effect on our gross margin was insignificant in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, and an unfavorable impact of 0.4% and 0.3% forin the second quarter of fiscal years 2020 and 2019, respectively.year 2020.
Inventory provisions totaled $72$81 million and $54$72 million for the first half of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. Sales of inventory that was previously written-off or written-down-down totaled $31$88 million and $16$31 million for the first half of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. As a result, the overall net effect on our gross margin was insignificant in the first half of fiscal year 2021 and an unfavorable impact of 0.9% and 0.6% for the first half of fiscal years 2020 and 2019, respectively.year 2020.
A discussion of our gross margin results for each of our reportable segments is as follows:
GPU Business.Graphics - The gross margin of our GPU businessGraphics segment increased during the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2021 compared to the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020, primarily driven by a shift in product mix.
Compute & Networking - The gross margin of our Compute & Networking segment decreased during the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 20202021 compared to the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019, primarily reflecting lower gaming GPU and data center margins driven by product costs.
Tegra Processor Business. The gross margin of our Tegra Processor business increased during the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, primarily driven by automotive development services. The gross margin of our Tegra Processor business decreased during the first half of fiscal year 2020 compared to the first half of fiscal year 2019, primarily due to mix shifts.Mellanox acquisition-related costs, partially offset by higher data center sales.


Operating Expenses 
Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
$
Change
%
Change
July 26,
2020
July 28,
2019
$
Change
%
Change
July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 
$
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%
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 July 28,
2019
 July 29,
2018
 $
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($ in millions) ($ in millions) ($ in millions)($ in millions)
Research and development expenses$704
 $581
 $123
 21% $1,379
 $1,124
 $255
 23%Research and development expenses$997 $704 $293 42 %$1,732 $1,379 $353 26 %
% of net revenue27% 19%     29% 18%    % of net revenue26 %27 %25 %29 %
Sales, general and administrative expenses266
 237
 29
 12% 529
 467
 62
 13%Sales, general and administrative expenses627 266 361 136 %920 529 391 74 %
% of net revenue10% 8%     11% 7%    % of net revenue16 %10 %13 %11 %
Total operating expenses$970
 $818
 $152
 19% $1,908
 $1,591
 $317
 20%Total operating expenses$1,624 $970 $654 67 %$2,652 $1,908 $744 39 %
Research and Development
Research and development expenses increased by 21%42% and 23%26% during the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020,2021, compared to the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019,2020, respectively, primarily driven primarily by employee additions,expenses and
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stock-based compensation related to the Mellanox acquisition. In addition to Mellanox, increases inreflect employee compensation and other related costs, including infrastructure costs and stock-based compensation expense.and infrastructure costs.
Sales, General and Administrative
Sales, general and administrative expenses increased by 12%136% and 74% during the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020,2021, compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2019,2020, respectively, primarily driven primarily by employee additions,Mellanox acquisition-related expenses. In addition to Mellanox, increases inreflect employee compensation and other related costs, including stock-based compensation expense and infrastructure costs.
Sales, general and administrative expenses increased by 13% during the first half of fiscal year 2020, compared to the first half of fiscal year 2019, driven primarily by costs related to our plans to acquire Mellanox, costs related to employee additions, and increases in employee compensation and other related costs, including stock-based compensation expense and infrastructure costs.
Total Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest Income and Interest Expense
Interest income consists of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Interest income was $47$13 million and $32$47 million during the second quarter of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $92$44 million and $57$92 million during the first half of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively. The increasedecrease in interest income was primarily due to higher average invested balances, higher rates fromlower interest earned on our floating rate securities, and the purchase of new securities.investments.
Interest expense is primarily comprised of coupon interest and debt discount amortization related to the 2.20%our September 2016 Notes Due 2021 and 3.20% Notes Due 2026 issued in September 2016.March 2020 Notes. Interest expense was $13$54 million and $14$13 million during the second quartersquarter of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $27$78 million and $29$27 million during the first half of fiscal years 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively.
Other, NetIncome Taxes
Other, net, consists primarilyWe recognized an income tax benefit of realized or unrealized gains$13 million and losses from non-affiliated investments, and the impactan income tax expense of changes in foreign currency rates. Other, net, was not significant during$52 million for the second quarter or theand first half of fiscal years 2020year 2021, respectively, and 2019.
Income Taxes
We recognized an income tax expense of $54 million and $48 million for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020, respectively,respectively. The income tax benefit as a percentage of income before income tax was 2.0% for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. The income tax expense as a percentage of income before income tax was 3.3% for the first half of fiscal year 2021, and $79 million8.8% and $146 million4.9% for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019,2020, respectively.
The decrease in our effective tax rate for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2020 was 8.8% and 4.9% respectively, and 6.7% and 5.9% for2021 as compared to the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2019, respectively.


The increase in our effective tax rate for the second quartersame periods of fiscal year 2020 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 was primarily due to an increasea decrease in the proportional amount of earnings subject to United StatesU.S. tax and a decreasean increase of tax benefits from stock-based compensation partially offset by an increase in the impact of tax benefits fromand the U.S. federal research tax credit. The decrease in our effective tax rate for the first half of fiscal year 2020 as compared to the first half of fiscal year 2019 was primarily due to an increase in the impact of tax benefits from the U.S. federal research tax credit and stock-based compensation.
Refer to Note 6 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Liquidity and Capital Resources 
 July 26, 2020January 26, 2020
 (In millions)
Cash and cash equivalents$3,274 $10,896 
Marketable securities7,707 1 
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities$10,981 $10,897 
 July 28, 2019 January 27, 2019
 (In millions)
Cash and cash equivalents$7,105
 $782
Marketable securities1,370
 6,640
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities$8,475
 $7,422

 Six Months Ended
July 26, 2020July 28, 2019
 (In millions)
Net cash provided by operating activities$2,476 $1,656 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$(14,545)$5,040 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities$4,447 $(373)
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 Six Months Ended
 July 28, 2019 July 29, 2018
 (In millions)
Net cash provided by operating activities$1,656
 $2,358
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$5,040
 $(4,356)
Net cash used in financing activities$(373) $(1,286)



As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we had $8.47$10.98 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, an increasea decrease of $1.05 billion$84 million from the end of fiscal year 2019.2020. Our investment policy requires the purchase of highly rated fixed income securities, the diversification of investment types and credit exposures, and certain maturity limits on our portfolio duration.portfolio.
Cash provided by operating activities decreasedincreased in the first half of fiscal year 20202021 compared to the first half of fiscal year 2019,2020, due to lowerhigher net income, partially offset by changes in working capital. Change in working capital was driven by an increase in inventory offset by inventory step-up expense from the Mellanox acquisition and changes in operating liabilities.
Cash provided byused in investing activities increased in the first half of fiscal year 20202021 compared to cash provided in the first half of fiscal year 2019, due to lower2020, primarily reflects cash used for the acquisition of Mellanox, higher purchases of marketable securities, and higherlower maturities and sales of marketable securities.
Cash used inprovided by financing activities decreasedincreased in the first half of fiscal year 2021 compared to cash used in the first half of fiscal year 2020, compared toprimarily reflects the debt issued in the first halfquarter of fiscal year 2019, due to lower share repurchases and lower tax payments related to employee stock plans.2021.
Liquidity
Our primary sources of liquidity are our cash and cash equivalents, our marketable securities, and the cash generated by our operations. As of July 26, 2020, we had $10.98 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Our marketable securities consist of debt securities issued by the U.S. government and its agencies, highly rated corporations and financial institutions, asset-backed issuers, mortgage-backed securities by government-sponsored enterprises, and foreign government entities.certificates of deposits. These marketable securities are denominated in United StatesU.S. dollars. Refer to Note 7 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. We believe that we have sufficient liquidity to meet our operating requirements and capital expenditures for at least the next twelve months.
AsWe have approximately $857 million of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities that we have not accrued any related foreign or state taxes if we repatriate these amounts to the United States. Other than that, as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA, substantially all of our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities held outside of the United States as of July 28, 201926, 2020 are available for use in the United States without incurring additional U.S. federal income taxes.
Capital Return to Shareholders
We previously communicated our intent to return $3.00 billion to shareholders by the end of fiscal year 2020, including $700 million in share repurchases made during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019. In the first half of fiscal year 2020,2021, we returned $195paid $197 million in quarterly cash dividends. We intend to return the remaining $2.11 billion through a combination of share repurchases and cash dividends. We do not expect to repurchase shares prior to the close of the acquisition of Mellanox, and therefore the intended repurchases may extend into fiscal year 2021. As of July 28, 2019, we were authorized, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase additional shares of our common stock up to $7.24 billion through December 2022.


Our cash dividend program and the payment of future cash dividends under that program are subject to our Board's continuing determination that the dividend program and the declaration of dividends thereunder are in the best interests of our shareholders. Refer
As of July 26, 2020, we were authorized, subject to Note 14certain specifications, to repurchase additional shares of our common stock up to $7.24 billion through December 2022. We did not repurchase any shares during the first half of fiscal year 2021.
Outstanding Indebtedness and Credit Facilities
In March 2020, we issued $1.50 billion of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
2.85% Notes Due 2021 and2030, $1.00 billion of the 3.50% Notes Due 20262040, $2.00 billion of the 3.50% Notes Due 2050, and $500 million of the 3.70% Notes Due 2060, or collectively, the March 2020 Notes. The net proceeds from the March 2020 Notes were $4.97 billion, after deducting debt discounts and estimated issuance costs.
In fiscal year 2017,September 2016, we issued $1.00 billion of the 2.20% Notes Due 2021 and $1.00 billion of the 3.20% Notes Due 2026, or collectively, the September 2016 Notes. The net proceeds from the September 2016 Notes were $1.98 billion, after deducting debt discounts and issuance costs.
Revolving Credit Facility
We have a Credit Agreement under which we may borrow up to $575 million for general corporate purposes and can obtain revolving loan commitments up to $425 million. As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we had not borrowed any amounts under this agreement.
Commercial Paper
We have a $575 million commercial paper program to support general corporate purposes. As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we had not issued any commercial paper.
Operating Capital and Capital Expenditure Requirements
In fiscal year 2019, we began construction on a 750 thousand square foot building on our Santa Clara campus, which is currently targeted for completion in fiscal year 2022. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, anticipated cash flows from operations, and our available revolving credit facility or commercial paper program mentioned above will be sufficient to meet our operating requirements for at least the next twelve months.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, we had no material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined by applicable SEC regulations.
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Contractual Obligations
There are $153 million of long-term tax liabilities related to tax basis differences in Mellanox and unrecognized tax benefits of $286 million, which includes related interest and penalties of $41 million recorded in non-current income tax payable as of July 26, 2020. We are unable to reasonably estimate the timing of any potential tax liability, interest payments, or penalties in individual years due to uncertainties in the underlying income tax positions and the timing of the effective settlement of such tax positions. We are currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for our fiscal years 2018 and 2019. Refer to Note 6 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
Other than the contractual obligations described above, there were no material changes outside the ordinary course of business in our contractual obligations from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2019 other than our proposed acquisition of Mellanox as described in Note 2 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

26, 2020. Refer to Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 201926, 2020 for a description of our contractual obligations. For a description of our long-term debt, purchase obligations, and operating lease obligations, refer to Note 12, Note 13, and Note 3 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, respectively.
Adoption of New and Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of adoption of new and recently issued accounting pronouncements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Investment and Interest Rate Risk
Financial market risks related to investment and interest rate risk are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2019.26, 2020. As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, there have been no material changes, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, to the financial market risks described as of January 27, 2019.26, 2020.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk
The impact of foreign currency transactions related to foreign exchange rate risk is described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2019.26, 2020. As of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, there have been no material changes, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, to the foreign exchange rate risks described as of January 27, 2019.26, 2020.
Refer to Note 11 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.



ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on their evaluation as of July 28, 2019,26, 2020, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act)amended) were effective to provide reasonable assurance.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
ThereOther than the acquisition of Mellanox, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of fiscal year 20202021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.reporting despite the fact that virtually all of our employees are working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 situation on our internal controls to minimize the impact on their operating effectiveness. We are in the process of integrating Mellanox into our systems and control environment. We believe that we have taken the necessary steps to monitor and maintain appropriate internal control over financial reporting during this integration.
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Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls, will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, 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. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within NVIDIA have been detected.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Refer to Part I, Item 1, Note 13 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of significant developments in our legal proceedings since January 27, 2019.26, 2020. Also refer to Item 3, “Legal Proceedings” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 201926, 2020 for a prior discussion of our legal proceedings.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Refer to the description ofOther than the risk factors associated with our business previously disclosed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2019. Therelisted below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously described under Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 201926, 2020 and Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 28, 2019.26, 2020.
Before you buy our common stock, you should know that making such an investment involves some risks including, but not limited to, the risks described in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 201926, 2020 and Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 28, 2019.26, 2020. Additionally, any one of those risks could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations, which could cause our stock price to decline. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our business and could materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
COVID-19 has spread worldwide, resulting in shutdowns of manufacturing and commerce. COVID-19 has resulted in government authorities implementing numerous measures to try to contain the disease, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders and shutdowns. These measures have impacted, and may further impact, our workforce and operations, the operations of our customers and our partners, and those of our respective vendors and suppliers (including our subcontractors and third-party contract manufacturers). Our critical business operations, including our headquarters, most of our finished goods inventory and many of our key suppliers, are located in regions which have been impacted by COVID-19. Our customers and suppliers worldwide have also been affected and may continue to be affected by COVID-19 related restrictions and closures. For example, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 many industries we serve were adversely impacted by COVID-19, including higher education, research, energy, manufacturing, automotive, architecture, engineering and media. These industries may continue to be adversely impacted by COVID-19 and may recover at different rates. Our Professional Visualization revenue was negatively affected in the second quarter as corporate customers delayed spending on workstations. Automotive production was and remains well below pre-COVID-19 levels. In some regions, the shelter-in-place orders have driven a temporary increase in demand for our products that may not be sustainable.
The manufacture of product components, the final assembly of our products and other critical operations are concentrated in certain geographic locations, including Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Korea. Additionally, a significant portion of our finished goods product distribution occurs through Hong Kong. Each of these countries has been affected by the pandemic and has taken measures to try to contain it. There is considerable uncertainty regarding the impact of such measures and potential future measures, including restrictions on manufacturing facilities, on our support operations or workforce, or on our customers, partners, vendors and suppliers. Such measures, as well as restrictions or disruptions of transportation, such as reduced availability or increased cost of air transport, port closures and increased border controls or closures, could limit our capacity to meet customer demand and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
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The spread of COVID-19 has caused us to modify our business practices (including employee travel, mandatory work-from-home policies and cancellation of physical participation in meetings, events and conferences), and we may take further actions as required by government authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners and suppliers. Most of our employees in the second quarter continued to work remotely. There is no certainty that such measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks posed by the disease, and our ability to perform critical functions could be harmed.
In addition, while the extent and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and our business in particular is difficult to assess or predict, the pandemic has resulted in, and may continue to result in, significant disruption of global financial markets, which may reduce our ability to access capital or our customers’ ability to pay us for past or future purchases, which could negatively affect our liquidity. Factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced demand for some of our products and may continue to do so. In addition, a recession or financial market correction resulting from the lack of containment and spread of COVID-19 has and could continue to impact overall technology spending, adversely affecting demand for our products, our business and the value of our common stock.
The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or a similar health epidemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operational and financial performance, including our ability to execute our business strategies and initiatives in the expected time frame, will depend on future developments, including, but not limited to, the duration and continued spread of the pandemic, its severity, the actions to contain the disease or treat its impact, further related restrictions on travel, and the duration, timing and severity of the impact on customer spending, including any recession resulting from the pandemic, all of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. An extended period of global supply chain and economic disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic could have a material negative impact on our business, results of operations, access to sources of liquidity and financial condition, though the full extent and duration is uncertain.
We may have exposure to additional tax liabilities and our operating results may be adversely impacted by higher than expected tax rates.
As a multinational corporation, we are subject to income taxes as well as non-income based taxes, such as payroll, sales, use, value-added, net worth, property and goods and services taxes, in both the United States and various foreign jurisdictions. Our domestic and international tax liabilities are subject to the allocation of revenue and expenses in different jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities. We are regularly under audit by tax authorities in different jurisdictions. For example, we are currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for our fiscal years 2018 and 2019. Although we believe our tax estimates are reasonable, tax authorities may disagree with certain positions we have taken, and any adverse outcome of such a review or audit could increase our worldwide effective tax rate, increase the amount of non-income taxes imposed on our business, and harm our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. Further, changes in United States federal, and state or international tax laws applicable to multinational corporations or other fundamental law changes may materially impact our tax expense and cash flows, as we experienced in fiscal year 2018 with the passage of the TCJA.
Our future effective tax rate may be affected by such factors as changes in tax laws, changes in our business or statutory rates, changes in jurisdictions in which our profits are determined to be earned and taxed, changes in available tax credits, the resolution of issues arising from tax audits, changes in United States generally accepted accounting principles, adjustments to income taxes upon finalization of tax returns, increases in expenses not deductible for tax purposes, changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities and in deferred tax valuation allowances, changing interpretation of existing laws or regulations, the impact of accounting for stock-based compensation and the recognition of excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies within the income tax provision in the period in which they occur, the impact of accounting for business combinations, shifts in the amount of earnings in the United States compared with other regions in the world and overall levels of income before tax, changes in our international organization, as well as the expiration of statute of limitations and settlements of audits. Any changes in our effective tax rate may reduce our net income.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Beginning August 2004, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase our stock.
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Since the inception of our share repurchase program, we have repurchased an aggregate of 260 million shares under our share repurchase program for a total cost of $7.08 billion through July 28, 2019.26, 2020. All shares delivered from these repurchases have been placed into treasury stock.
As of July 28, 2019, we were authorized to repurchase additional shares of our common stock up to $7.24 billion through December 2022.
The repurchases can be made in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or in structured share repurchase programs, and can be made in one or more larger repurchases. The program does not obligate NVIDIA to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be suspended at any time at our discretion.


We previously communicated our intent to return $3.00 billion to shareholders by the end of fiscal year 2020, including $700 million in share repurchases made during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019. In the first half of fiscal year 2020,2021, we returned $195paid $197 million in quarterly cash dividends. As of July 26, 2020, we were authorized, subject to certain specifications, to repurchase additional shares of our common stock up to $7.24 billion through December 2022. We had no share repurchasesdid not repurchase any shares during the first half of fiscal year 2020. We intend to return the remaining $2.11 billion through a combination of share repurchases and cash dividends. We do not expect to repurchase shares prior to the close of the acquisition of Mellanox, and therefore the intended repurchases may extend into fiscal year 2021.
Restricted Stock Unit Share Withholding
We also withhold common stock shares associated with net share settlements to cover tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock unit awards under our employee equity incentive program. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020,2021, we withheld approximately 0.31 million shares at a total cost of $50$196 million through net share settlements. During the first half of fiscal year 2020,2021, we withheld approximately 1.52 million shares at a total cost of $261$418 million through net share settlements. Refer to Note 4 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion regarding our equity incentive plans.
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+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
# In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K and SEC Release Nos. 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.
Copies of above exhibits not contained herein are available to any shareholder upon written request to:
Investor Relations: NVIDIA Corporation, 2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051.

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 15, 2019
19, 2020
NVIDIA Corporation 
By:   /s/ Colette M. Kress
NVIDIA Corporation 
By:   /s/ Colette M. Kress
Colette M. Kress
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

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