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7. Sigma Designs

Rank: 7 (Previous rank: N.A.)
CEO: Trinh Q. Tran
Address: 1778 McCarthy Blvd
Milpitas, CA 95035

Makes chips that power new media toys like Blu-ray DVD players and high-definition TVs.

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Financials: Latest Results

	$ millions (past 4 qtrs.)	% growth (3 yr. annual rate)	Growth rank
Revenues	242.1	108	4
Net income**	69.5	—	—
Total return	—	22	63
Earnings per share	—	294	1

Share price
As of 9/3/08	$16.37
Beat the S&P 500*	Yes
P/E (current fiscal year est.)	12

Industry: Technology

Rank	Company	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Apple	30,801.0
2	Atheros Communications	456.7
3	Atlantic Tele-Network	193.7


4	Ceradyne	756.6
5	Cognizant Technology Solutions	2,487.3
6	Concur Technologies	193.7
7	Dolby Laboratories	606.1
8	Google	19,611.3
9	Ladish Co.	449.5
10	NII Holdings	3,890.2
11	Perficient	231.9
12	Precision Castparts	7,036.7
13	Sigma Designs	242.1
14	Vasco Data Security International	125.5
15	Western Digital	8,074.0

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From the Sept. 29th, 2008 issue

Notes:
* The S&P 500 returned 4.41% annually over the same period.
** Through the quarter ended June 30, 2008.

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