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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4)
Registration Statement No. 333-15627

3,600,000 SHARES

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COMMON STOCK

All of the 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock offered hereby are being sold
by 8x8, Inc. ("8x8" or the "Company"). Prior to this offering (the "Offering"),
there has been no public market for the Common Stock of the Company. See
"Underwriting" for a discussion of the factors considered in determining the
initial public offering price. The Company's Common Stock has been approved for
quotation on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "EGHT."

THIS OFFERING INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE "RISK FACTORS"
COMMENCING ON PAGE 6 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF THE COMMON STOCK OFFERED HEREBY.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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Underwriting
Price to Discounts and Proceeds to
Public Commissions(1) Company(2)

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Per Share........................................ $6.50 $0.455 $6.045
Total(3)......................................... $23,400,000 $1,638,000 $21,762,000
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(1) See "Underwriting" for information concerning indemnification of the
Underwriters and other matters.

(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $1,300,000.

(3) The Company has granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to
540,000 additional shares of Common Stock solely to cover over-allotments,
if any. If the Underwriters exercise this option in full, the Price to
Public will total $26,910,000, the Underwriting Discounts and Commissions
will total $1,883,700 and the Proceeds to Company will total $25,026,300.
See "Underwriting."

The shares of Common Stock are offered by the several Underwriters named
herein, subject to receipt and acceptance by them and subject to their right to
reject any order in whole or in part. It is expected that delivery of the
certificates representing such shares will be made against payment therefor at
the office of Montgomery Securities on or about July 8, 1997.

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MONTGOMERY SECURITIES DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
SECURITIES CORPORATION

July 2, 1997
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LOGO

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The Company intends to furnish its stockholders with annual reports
containing financial statements audited by its independent accountants and
quarterly reports for the first three quarters of each fiscal year containing
unaudited financial information.
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This Prospectus includes trademarks and trade names of the Company and
other corporations.
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As used in this Prospectus, "8x8" and the "Company" refer to 8x8, Inc. and
its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise indicates. Except as otherwise
indicated, the information presented in this Prospectus assumes that (i) the
Underwriters' over-allotment option is not exercised, (ii) all outstanding
shares of the Company's Preferred Stock are converted into Common Stock upon the
closing of this Offering and (iii) the Company has filed an Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation immediately after the closing of this Offering to
eliminate the Company's currently existing classes of Preferred Stock and
authorize undesignated Preferred Stock. See "Capitalization," "Description of
Capital Stock" and "Underwriting."
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CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THIS OFFERING MAY ENGAGE IN TRANSACTIONS
THAT STABILIZE, MAINTAIN, OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK,
INCLUDING BY ENTERING STABILIZING BIDS, EFFECTING SYNDICATE COVERING
TRANSACTIONS OR IMPOSING PENALTY BIDS. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES,
SEE "UNDERWRITING."

IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS MAY ENGAGE IN
PASSIVE MARKET MAKING TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON STOCK ON THE NASDAQ NATIONAL
MARKET IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 103 OF REGULATION M. SEE "UNDERWRITING."

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

The following summary should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified
in its entirety by, the more detailed information, including "Risk Factors" and
Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this
Prospectus. The discussion in this Prospectus contains forward-looking
statements. The outcome of the events described in such forward-looking
statements is subject to risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results
may differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements.
Factors that may cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed
in sections entitled "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Business," as well as those
discussed elsewhere in this Prospectus.

THE COMPANY

8x8, Inc. ("8x8" or the "Company") designs, develops and markets highly
integrated, proprietary video compression semiconductors and associated software
to original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") of corporate video conferencing
systems. To address new opportunities, the Company is leveraging its strengths
in semiconductor design and related software to develop and market video
conferencing systems for the consumer market. The Company began shipping the
VC100 (or "ViaTV"), the first product in its planned family of
VideoCommunicators, to the United States consumer market in February 1997. The
VC100 connects to a television set and a standard touch-tone telephone adding
video to an otherwise normal telephone call, without the need for a personal
computer ("PC"). The Company has sold a limited number of VC100s in several
foreign countries and is pursuing regulatory approvals which will permit the
sale of the VC100 in additional foreign countries. There can be no assurance,
however, that the Company will receive any such foreign regulatory approvals in
a timely manner, if at all. See "Risk Factors -- Compliance with Regulations and
Industry Standards."

The Company's video compression semiconductors combine, on a single chip, a
reduced instruction set computer ("RISC") microprocessor, a digital signal
processor ("DSP"), specialized video processing circuitry, static random access
memory ("RAM") and proprietary software to perform the real time compression and
decompression ("codec") of video and audio information and establish and
maintain network connections in a manner consistent with international standards
for video telephony. These semiconductors are designed to provide video
conferencing over a broad range of network types including POTS, integrated
services digital networks ("ISDN"), local area networks ("LAN") and asymmetric
digital subscriber lines ("ADSL"). Customers for the Company's video compression
semiconductors include PictureTel, Siemens, Sony, VideoServer, VCON and Vtel.

The Company's VideoCommunicators are based on its proprietary
semiconductor, software and systems technology. The VC100 is designed to be
compliant with the H.324 international standard for video telephony over
standard analog telephone lines (commonly known as plain old telephone service,
or "POTS") and to be compatible with PC and non-PC based systems that adhere to
the H.324 standard. The VC100 is designed to communicate with full duplex audio
and video rates of up to 15 frames per second. In addition, the Company is
currently demonstrating prototypes of two additional VideoCommunicators : a
version of its VC100 that permits internet browsing and the VC200, which is a
non-PC based POTS video phone and internet browser with a built-in liquid
crystal display. The Company sells its VideoCommunicators through a direct
marketing effort utilizing a combination of advertising, toll-free telemarketing
and direct mail supported by co-marketing relationships with third parties such
as EFA, GTE and Hewlett-Packard. The Company also recently began marketing its
VideoCommunicators through retail channels such as Comexpo, Fry's Electronics,
J&R Computer World and Staples and catalogs such as Hello Direct and
MicroWarehouse. In addition, Hammacher Schlemmer and Sharper Image have agreed
to include the VC100 in their catalogs. See "Business -- Products" and
"Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements" for a discussion of the
development status of the VC100, the version of the VC100 with internet browsing
capability, the VC200 and the successor products to the Company's video
compression semiconductors and certain related licensing and development
arrangements (including arrangements pursuant to which U.S. Robotics Access
Corporation ("USR") and Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. ("KME") have
licensed all or substantially all of the Company's technology underlying its
VideoCommunicators). Although the Company has received certain revenues from
licensing and development arrangements in the past, there can be no assurance
that the Company will receive any revenues from such arrangements in the future.
In addition, KME, Leadtek, Truedox, USR and other licensees or purchasers of the
Company's technology, video compression semicon-

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ductors, software or board designs are using or may use such technology or
components to manufacture and sell products that compete with the Company's
VideoCommunicators.

The proliferation of video conferencing products is dependent on several
factors including network bandwidth, advanced compression technologies and the
acceptance of video telephony standards. Increases in available bandwidth
improve the data carrying capacity of networks, while improvements in
compression technologies utilize a given bandwidth more efficiently. Finally,
video telephony standards are key to widespread adoption as they are designed to
permit the interoperability between systems offered by different vendors.

As a result of recent technological advances and the adoption of the H.324
standard for video telephony over POTS, consumer video phones are being
developed by a number of suppliers. These products are being introduced in a
variety of product configurations and physical forms (i.e., "form factors"),
including those based on telephones and televisions and those based on the PC.
An increasing number of PCs are being shipped with pre-installed H.324 compliant
software. Significant sales of such H.324 products, if achieved, should increase
the usefulness and demand for additional H.324 compliant video phones by
providing potential video phone purchasers with other parties to call.

C-Phone and Leadtek recently began shipping to consumer electronics stores
products that are directly competitive with the Company's VC100. Leadtek is
currently both a licensee of certain of the Company's technology and a purchaser
of the Company's video compression semiconductors. The Company expects that
others will introduce products that compete with the Company's
VideoCommunicators in the future.

During fiscal years 1993 through 1995, the Company's revenues were derived
primarily from the sale of math co-processors. However, the Company's revenues
from math co-processors subsequently declined and revenues from the Company's
sale of video compression semiconductors increased, comprising the majority of
the Company's total revenues during fiscal 1997. In the past, the Company has
also derived revenues from certain licensing transactions. Nonetheless, there
can be no assurance that the Company will receive revenues from the licensing of
its technology in the future. See "Business -- Licensing and Development
Arrangements." Because the Company's video compression semiconductor business
has not provided, and is not expected to provide, sufficient revenues to
profitably operate the Company, the Company believes that its future
profitability will be largely dependent on the success of its VideoCommunicator
business. As a result, the Company believes that its historical operating
results will not be comparable to, and should not be relied upon as an
indication of, future operating results.

The Company was incorporated in February 1987 in California under the name
Integrated Information Technology, Inc. In April 1996, the Company changed its
name to 8x8, Inc. and in December 1996 reincorporated in Delaware. The Company's
executive offices are located at 2445 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA
95054, and its telephone number is (408) 727-1885.

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THE OFFERING

Common Stock offered by the Company............. 3,600,000 shares
Common Stock to be outstanding after the 14,316,659 shares(1)
Offering......................................
Use of Proceeds................................. For general corporate purposes including working
capital. See "Use of Proceeds."
Proposed Nasdaq National Market symbol.......... EGHT

SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Total revenues.......................................... $31,082 $34,401 $19,929 $28,774 $ 19,146
Gross profit............................................ 16,945 14,932 8,025 12,106 7,116
Income (loss) from operations........................... (1,473) 243 (6,527) (4,149) (13,551)
Net loss................................................ (841) (348) (5,881) (3,217) (13,613)
Pro forma net loss per share............................ $ (1.14)
Shares used in pro forma per share calculations......... 11,943

MARCH 31, 1997
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ACTUAL AS ADJUSTED(2)
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Working capital..................................................................... $ 4,654 $ 25,116
Total assets........................................................................ 12,727 33,189
Total liabilities................................................................... 6,686 6,686
Stockholders' equity................................................................ 6,041 26,503

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(1) Excludes, as of March 31, 1997, (i) an aggregate of 2,291,150 shares of
Common Stock issuable on the exercise of outstanding options granted under
the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan and 1996 Stock Plan and (ii) an
aggregate of 1,102,656 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan, 1996 Stock Plan, 1996 Director Option
Plan and 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Subsequent to March 31, 1997 and
prior to the date of this Prospectus, the Company (i) granted options for an
additional 751,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to its 1992 Stock Option
Plan and 1996 Stock Plan and (ii) reserved an additional 500,000 shares of
Common Stock for issuance under its 1996 Stock Plan. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans" and Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.

(2) Adjusted to reflect the sale of 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock by the
Company at the public offering price of $6.50 per share after deducting
estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering
expenses. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Capitalization."

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Certain statements contained under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and under "Business," as well as
other statements contained in this Prospectus regarding matters that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements. Because the outcome of the
events described in such forward-looking statements is subject to risks and
uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, those discussed
herein under "Risk Factors." The Company undertakes no obligation to release
publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that
may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to
reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

RISK FACTORS

An investment in the shares of Common Stock being offered hereby involves a
high degree of risk. In addition to the other information in this Prospectus,
the following risk factors should be considered carefully by potential
purchasers in evaluating an investment in the Common Stock offered hereby.

HISTORY OF LOSSES; UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE PROFITABILITY; DEFERRED COMPENSATION
EXPENSE

The Company recorded operating losses of $6.5 million, $4.1 million and
$13.6 million in the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively.
Revenues fluctuated from $19.9 million in fiscal 1995 to $28.8 million in fiscal
1996 to $19.1 million in fiscal 1997. In view of the Company's operating losses,
there can be no assurance that the Company will either become profitable or
sustain profitability on an annual or quarterly basis. Future losses will likely
occur in the event that the Company's initial VideoCommunicators, particularly
the VC100, do not achieve widespread consumer market acceptance, of which there
can be no assurance.

The Company has recorded deferred compensation expense of $7.3 million
relating to certain stock option grants which were made during the period June
through September 1996. The Company recognized $4.5 million of the deferred
compensation expense during fiscal 1997, and will recognize the remainder over
the related vesting period of the options (which is generally 48 months). The
future compensation charges are subject to reduction for any employee who
terminates employment prior to the expiration of such employee's option vesting
period. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

DEPENDENCE ON FUTURE VIDEOCOMMUNICATOR REVENUES

The Company believes that its business and future profitability will be
largely dependent on widespread market acceptance of its first
VideoCommunicator, the VC100. The Company's video compression semiconductor and
related software business has not provided, and is not expected to provide,
sufficient revenues to profitably operate the Company. The Company has sold a
limited number of VC100s in several foreign countries and is pursuing regulatory
approvals which will permit the sale of the VC100 in additional foreign
countries. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will receive any
such foreign regulatory approvals for the VC100, or any regulatory approvals for
its other VideoCommunicators, in a timely manner, if at all. If the Company does
not receive such approvals in a timely manner, or if the VC100 product does not
achieve sufficient market acceptance, it would have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business and operating results. See "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Business -- 8x8
Strategy."

POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS IN FUTURE OPERATING RESULTS

The Company's future operating results are expected to fluctuate as the
Company proceeds with the development and marketing of its family of non-PC
based VideoCommunicators. Moreover, because the Company's video compression
semiconductor and related software business has not provided, and is not
expected to provide, sufficient revenues to profitably operate the Company, the
Company believes that its future profitability will be largely dependent on the
success of its VideoCommunicator business. As a result, the Company believes
that its historical operating results will not be comparable to, and should not
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upon as an indication of, future operating results. In addition, the Company's
operating results have fluctuated significantly and may continue to fluctuate in
the future, on an annual and a quarterly basis, as a result of a number of
factors, many of which are outside the Company's control, including changes in
market demand, the timing of customer orders, competitive market conditions,
lengthy sales cycles, new product introductions by the Company or its
competitors, market acceptance of new or existing products, the cost and
availability of components, the mix of the Company's customer base and sales
channels, the mix of products sold, the level of international sales, continued
compliance with industry standards and general economic conditions. The
Company's gross margin is affected by a number of factors, including product
mix, product pricing, the allocation between international and domestic sales,
the percentage of direct sales and sales to distributors, and manufacturing and
component costs. The Company may also be required to reduce prices in response
to competitive pressure or other factors or increase spending to pursue new
market opportunities. Any decline in average selling prices of a particular
product which is not offset by a reduction in production costs or by sales of
other products with higher gross margins would decrease the Company's overall
gross margin and adversely affect the Company's operating results. In
particular, in the event that the Company encounters significant price
competition in the markets for its products, the Company could be at a
significant disadvantage compared to its competitors, many of which have
substantially greater resources, and therefore may be better able to withstand
an extended period of downward pricing pressure. Moreover, the Company believes
that the marketing of its family of VideoCommunicators may adversely impact its
gross margins due in part to higher unit costs associated with initial
production of its first products, including the VC100, as well as substantially
different cost and pricing structures related to the manufacture and sale of
consumer products.

Variations in timing of sales may cause significant fluctuations in future
operating results. In addition, because a significant portion of the Company's
business may be derived from orders placed by a limited number of large
customers, the timing of such orders can also cause significant fluctuations in
the Company's operating results. Anticipated orders from customers may fail to
materialize, and delivery schedules may be deferred or canceled for a number of
reasons, including changes in specific customer requirements. If sales do not
meet the Company's expectations in any given quarter, the adverse impact of the
shortfall on the Company's operating results may be magnified by the Company's
inability to adjust spending to compensate for the shortfall. Announcements by
the Company or its competitors of new products and technologies could cause
customers to defer purchases of the Company's existing products, which would
also have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating
results.

The Company's strategic shift towards the production and marketing of
VideoCommunicators, such as the VC100, may result in substantially different
patterns in operating results. For example, the Company's operating results may
be subject to increased seasonality with sales higher during the Company's third
fiscal quarter, corresponding to the Christmas shopping season. The Company
intends to spend substantial additional amounts on advertising, toll-free
marketing and customer support. There can be no assurance as to the amount of
such spending or that revenues adequate to justify such spending will result. As
a result of its shift to selling VideoCommunicators, the Company may experience
different inventory, product return, price protection, receivable collection and
warranty cost patterns.

As a result of these and other factors, it is likely that in some future
period the Company's operating results will be below the expectations of
securities analysts or investors, which would likely result in a significant
reduction in the market price for the Common Stock. See "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

COMPETITION

The Company competes with independent manufacturers of video compression
semiconductors and, as a result of the recent introduction of the VC100, its
initial VideoCommunicator, now competes with manufacturers of video conferencing
products targeted at the consumer market. The markets for the Company's products
are characterized by intense competition, declining average selling prices and
rapid technological change. The competitive factors in the market for the
Company's VideoCommunicators include audio and video quality, phone line
connectivity at high transmission rates, ability to connect and maintain stable
connections, ease of use, price, access to enabling technologies, product
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industry standards, interoperability, strength of distribution channels,
customer support, reliability and brand name. In addition to these factors, the
Company's ability to compete depends upon its future success in developing and
manufacturing new generations of video compression semiconductors that integrate
additional functions and reduce costs. Otherwise, competing semiconductor
manufacturers may in the future have competitive advantages in cost, size and
performance which could make systems based on competing semiconductors
preferable to the Company's VideoCommunicators. The Company expects intense
competition for its VideoCommunicators from the following segments:

Large consumer electronics manufacturers. The Company will face intense
competition from many well known, established suppliers of consumer
electronics products, which may include Lucent Technologies, Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ("Matsushita"), Philips, Samsung and Sony.
Many of these potential competitors sell television and telephone products
into which they may integrate video conferencing systems, thereby
eliminating a consumer's need to purchase a separate video conferencing
system, such as the VC100.

Licensees and purchasers of the Company's VideoCommunicator technology and
components. A number of companies have licensed portions of the Company's
technology, including USR and KME, an affiliate of Matsushita, which have
each licensed all or substantially all of the Company's technology
underlying its VideoCommunicators. Pursuant to the Company's license
agreements with USR and KME, the Company has already received lump sum
payments and will receive additional licensing revenues only in the event
that such parties develop their own semiconductors or products based on the
Company's licensed technology. In connection with these licensing
arrangements, each of USR and KME may be able to use the licensed
technology to manufacture and sell products that compete with the Company's
VideoCommunicators. The Company may in the future enter into similar
license agreements with respect to substantial portions of its technology.
See "Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements." In addition,
other companies have chosen or may choose to manufacture and sell products
competitive with the Company's VideoCommunicators by incorporating video
compression semiconductors purchased from the Company into products that
are based on the Company's video phone reference board designs or other
video phone designs. For example, Leadtek, which is currently both a
licensee of certain of the Company's technology and a purchaser of the
Company's video compression semiconductors, recently began shipping to
consumer electronics stores a product that is directly competitive with the
Company's VC100.

Purchasers of other companies' video compression semiconductors and
reference designs. Companies may choose to manufacture and sell products
based upon video compression semiconductors manufactured by suppliers other
than the Company or upon reference designs based upon such semiconductors.
Certain of these other suppliers of video compression semiconductors,
including Analog Devices, Chromatic Research, Lucent Technologies, Philips,
Texas Instruments and Winbond Electronics, may have significantly greater
resources than the Company. In order to increase the sale of their video
compression semiconductors, these manufacturers may provide marketing,
financial and other support to the purchasers of these products. One
company has publicly announced that it is developing a video conferencing
product based upon Lucent Technologies' video compression semiconductors
and that it will be making available for sale to third parties a video
phone reference design incorporating Lucent Technologies' semiconductors.
In addition, another company has publicly announced that it is developing a
similar product based on semiconductors from Analog Devices. The Company's
ability to compete depends upon its future success in developing and
manufacturing new generations of video compression semiconductors that
integrate additional functions and reduce costs. Otherwise, competing
semiconductor manufacturers may in the future have competitive advantages
in cost, size and performance which could make systems based on competing
semiconductors preferable to the Company's VideoCommunicators.

Personal computer system and software manufacturers. Potential customers
for the Company's VideoCommunicators may elect instead to buy PCs equipped
with video conferencing capabilities, which are currently available. As a
result, the Company may face competition from Intel; PC system
manufacturers such as Apple, Compaq, IBM and Sony; PC software suppliers
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Existing manufacturers of video conferencing equipment. Manufacturers of
more expensive corporate video conferencing systems may enter the market
for lower cost consumer video conferencing products. Potential competitors
include Compression Labs, C-Phone (which is shipping to consumer
electronics stores a product that is competitive with the Company's VC100),
PictureTel, Sony and Vtel.

Emerging suppliers of "internet appliances." Potential customers for the
Company's VideoCommunicators may elect instead to buy standalone internet
access terminals which may provide some or all of the functionality of the
Company's products. Consumer products for television-based internet access
have recently been announced or introduced by companies such as Microsoft,
Philips and Sony.

C-Phone and Leadtek recently began shipping to consumer electronics stores
products that are directly competitive with the Company's VC100. Leadtek is
currently both a licensee of certain of the Company's technology and a purchaser
of the Company's video compression semi conductors. The Company expects that
others will introduce products that compete with the Company's
VideoCommunicators in the future.

The principal competitive factors in the market for video compression
semiconductors include product definition, product design, system integration,
chip size, functionality, time-to-market, adherence to industry standards, price
and reliability. The Company has a number of competitors in this market
including Analog Devices, Chromatic Research, Lucent Technologies, Philips,
Texas Instruments and Winbond Electronics. Certain of the Company's competitors
for video compression semiconductors maintain their own semiconductor foundries
and may therefore benefit from certain capacity, cost and technical advantages.

Many of the Company's current and potential competitors have longer
operating histories, are substantially larger, and have greater financial,
manufacturing, marketing, technical and other resources. A number also have
greater name recognition and a larger installed base of products than the
Company. Competition in the Company's markets may result in significant price
reductions. As a result of their greater resources, many current and potential
competitors may be better able than the Company to initiate and withstand
significant price competition or downturns in the economy. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to continue to compete effectively, and
any failure to do so would have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business and operating results.

UNCERTAINTY OF MARKET ACCEPTANCE; LIMITS OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY

Previous efforts to sell consumer video phones have been unsuccessful and
there can be no assurance that the market for such products will develop. The
Company has no reliable data to suggest that there will be significant customer
demand for such products, including the Company's VideoCommunicators. For such
products to achieve widespread consumer acceptance, the installed base must
reach a critical mass. Failure of the market for consumer video telephony to
develop or achieve critical mass would have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business and operating results.

In addition, the data carrying capacity of standard analog phone lines is
limited. Currently, modems used for the symmetrical transmission of data over
standard analog phone lines are limited to data transfer rates of up to 33.6
kilobits per second ("Kbps"). Using such modems, the Company's VC100 may
initially be capable of delivering video data at rates only up to 15 frames per
second. This compares to 30 frames per second provided by television, 24 frames
per second provided by movies and 24 or more frames per second provided by ISDN
video teleconferencing. At rates less than approximately 24 frames per second,
the human eye can detect degradation of video quality. Further, POTS
infrastructure varies widely in configuration and integrity, which can result in
decreased rates of transmission and difficulties in establishing and maintaining
connections. Actual or perceived technical difficulties related to the H.324
standard on POTS could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business
and results of operations. See "Business -- Sales and Marketing."

DEPENDENCE ON H.324 STANDARD FOR VIDEO TELEPHONY

The H.324 standard has only recently received industry endorsement as an
international protocol for video telephony using POTS. The Company believes that
adherence to this standard is an important factor in the development of this
marketplace and, if the H.324 standard is not widely implemented in the
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different vendors' products will not be compatible, which may deter or delay
growth in the market and reduce the demand for consumer video telephony
products. However, the emergence of industry standards may also lower barriers
to entry and result in increased competition. There can be no assurance that the
H.324 standard will not change or be supplanted by other standard or
non-standard video methods, which could render the Company's H.324 compliant
products uncompetitive. There can be no assurance that, even with the H.324
standard in place, a market for video telephony products compatible with H.324
will develop. Further, the implementation of the H.324 standard by different
manufacturers may vary. Such variation could degrade the quality and limit the
interoperability of POTS based systems, which may inhibit widespread acceptance
of consumer video telephony products.

NO HISTORY OF CONSUMER MARKETING

In recent years, the Company has been a provider of video compression
semiconductors to OEMs of video conferencing systems. Accordingly, the Company
has had no prior experience in marketing commercial quantities of consumer
products such as its VideoCommunicators. In order to achieve significant market
penetration and brand awareness for its VideoCommunicators, the Company must
expand its sales and marketing efforts and further develop consumer marketing
capabilities. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in
these areas or that the Company will be able to achieve significant market
penetration with its VideoCommunicators. See "Business -- Sales and Marketing."

NO ASSURANCE OF FUTURE LICENSING REVENUES

The Company has in the past received substantial revenues from licensing of
technology. Licensing revenues (all of which were non-recurring) were $1.3
million, $9.0 million and $3.9 million in the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996
and 1997, respectively. There can be no assurance that the Company will receive
revenues from licensing of its technology in the future.

PRODUCT CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL LOSS OF SEMICONDUCTOR SALES; DEPENDENCE ON
VIDEO CONFERENCING INDUSTRY

In the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, sales of video
compression semiconductors and reference design boards accounted for
approximately 38%, 59% and 76%, respectively, of the Company's total revenues.
Pending widespread market acceptance of its VideoCommunicators, sales of video
compression semiconductors will continue to account for a substantial portion of
total revenues. Moreover, successful introduction of VideoCommunicators may
adversely affect sales of semiconductors to the Company's existing customers
that currently, or may in the future, sell products that compete with the
Company's VideoCommunicators.

Sales of the Company's existing compression semiconductors and
VideoCommunicators are also dependent on the video conferencing industry. Thus,
regardless of the success or failure of its VideoCommunicators, the Company will
continue to be substantially dependent on the video conferencing industry. Any
reduction in the demand for the Company's video compression semiconductors
(particularly prior to significant VideoCommunicator revenues) or any general
decline in the market for video conferencing products could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, and operating results. See
"Business -- Sales and Marketing" and "Business -- Competition."

DEPENDENCE ON KEY CUSTOMERS

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distribution relationship with ASCII effective June 30, 1997. Nonetheless, sales
of video compression semiconductors to relatively few customers may continue to
account for a significant portion of its total revenues. Substantially all the
Company's sales have been made, and are expected to be made, on a purchase order
basis. None of the Company's customers has entered into a long-term agreement
requiring it to purchase the Company's products. The loss of, or any reduction
in orders from, significant customers could have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business and operating results. See "Business -- Sales and
Marketing."

RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; DEPENDENCE ON NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

The video compression semiconductor and video conferencing markets are
characterized by rapid changes in customer requirements, frequent introductions
of new and enhanced products, and continuing and rapid technological
advancement. To compete successfully, the Company must continue to design,
develop, manufacture and sell new and enhanced products that provide
increasingly higher levels of performance and reliability, take advantage of
technological advancements and changes and respond to new customer requirements.
The Company's success in designing, developing, manufacturing and selling such
products will depend on a variety of factors, including the identification of
market demand for new products, product selection, timely implementation of
product design and development, product performance, cost-effectiveness of
products under development, effective manufacturing processes and the success of
promotional efforts.

The Company is currently a developer and supplier of video compression
semiconductors which it has sold since 1991. The Company was previously involved
in several other businesses which have since been discontinued. Prior product
lines that were discontinued include math co-processors and Motions Picture
Expert Group ("MPEG") semiconductors, discontinued in June 1995 and September
1996, respectively. Prior development efforts that were discontinued include
Intel compatible x86 microprocessors and graphics semiconductors, discontinued
in June 1995 and during the quarter ended September 30, 1994, respectively. The
Company discontinued its products and efforts in these areas in part because of
rapid changes in the personal computer marketplace and severe price competition
for certain of these components. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

The Company plans to introduce additional VideoCommunicators and video
compression semiconductors. There can be no assurance that these or any future
products will be successfully developed or introduced to the market. The Company
has in the past experienced delays in the development of new products and the
enhancement of existing products, and such delays may occur in the future. If
the Company is unable, due to resource constraints or technological or other
reasons, to develop and introduce new or enhanced products in a timely manner,
or if such new or enhanced products do not achieve sufficient market acceptance,
it would have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating
results. See "Business -- Research and Development."

MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH

The development and marketing of the Company's VideoCommunicators will
continue to place a significant strain on the Company's limited personnel,
management and other resources. The Company's ability to manage any future
growth effectively will require it to attract, train, motivate and manage new
employees successfully, to effectively integrate new employees into its
operations and to continue to improve its operational, financial and management
systems. In particular, the Company intends to hire additional research and
development personnel and to further develop consumer marketing capabilities by
increasing the size of its domestic and international sales and marketing staff.
The Company's failure to manage its growth effectively could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business and operating results. See
"Business -- 8x8 Strategy."

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other written materials under trade secret and copyright laws, which afford only
limited protection. There can be no assurance that the steps taken by the
Company will prevent misappropriation of its technology. The Company also relies
in part on patent law to protect its intellectual property in the United States
and abroad. The Company currently holds four United States patents, including
patents relating to video compression and memory architecture technology, and
has 13 United States patent applications pending. The Company has a number of
foreign patent applications pending. There can be no assurance that any patent,
trademark or copyright owned by the Company will not be invalidated,
circumvented or challenged, that the rights granted thereunder will provide
competitive advantages to the Company or that any of the Company's pending or
future patent applications will be issued with the scope of the claims sought by
the Company, if at all. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not
protect the Company's proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United
States. Thus, effective intellectual property protection may be unavailable or
limited in certain foreign countries. There can be no assurance that the
Company's means of protecting its proprietary rights in the United States or
abroad will be adequate or that competitors will not independently develop
technologies that are similar or superior to the Company's technology, duplicate
the Company's technology or design around any patent of the Company. Moreover,
litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce the Company's intellectual
property rights, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights
of others, or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such
litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of management time
and resources and could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business
and operating results.

There has been substantial litigation in the semiconductor, electronics and
related industries regarding intellectual property rights, and there can be no
assurance that third parties will not claim infringement by the Company of their
intellectual property rights. In addition, as is common in its industry, the
Company has from time to time received notification from other companies of
intellectual property rights held by those companies upon which the Company's
products may infringe. For example, in 1996, the Company received an allegation
of infringement from Elk Industries, Inc. If the Company were found to be
infringing on the intellectual property rights of any third party, the Company
could be subject to liabilities for such infringement, which could be material,
and could be required to seek licenses from other companies or to refrain from
using, manufacturing or selling certain products or using certain processes.
Although holders of patents and other intellectual property rights often offer
licenses to their patents or other intellectual property rights, no assurance
can be given that licenses would be offered to the Company, that the terms of
any offered license would be acceptable to the Company or that failure to obtain
a license would not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and
operating results.

The Company relies upon certain technology, including hardware and
software, licensed from third parties. There can be no assurance that the
technology licensed by the Company will continue to provide competitive features
and functionality or that licenses for technology currently utilized by the
Company or other technology which the Company may seek to license in the future
will be available to the Company on commercially reasonable terms or at all. The
loss of, or inability to maintain, existing licenses could result in shipment
delays or reductions until equivalent technology or suitable alternative
products could be developed, identified, licensed and integrated, and the
inability to license key new technology that may be developed, on commercially
reasonable terms, would have a material adverse effect on the Company's business
and operating results.

LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN MANUFACTURING CONSUMER VIDEO TELEPHONY PRODUCTS

The Company is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer and has only recently
begun to manufacture consumer video telephony products. To achieve future
profitability, the Company must be able to reliably manufacture its
VideoCommunicators directly or through third party subcontract manufacturers, in
commercial quantities, on a cost effective basis and in a timely manner, of
which there can be no assurance. In view of the Company's lack of manufacturing
experience, there can be no assurance that unforeseen technical or other
difficulties will not arise which could interfere with the manufacture thereof
or prevent, or create delays in, marketing these products. Any delay in the
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problems, or inability to produce such products in commercial quantities or on a
cost effective basis could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business and operating results.

DEPENDENCE ON THIRD PARTY MANUFACTURERS; COMPONENT AVAILABILITY

The Company uses independent foundries to fabricate, assemble and test its
video compression semiconductors. The Company does not have long-term purchase
agreements with its semiconductor foundries, and purchases semiconductor wafers
pursuant to purchase orders. Therefore these foundries are generally not
obligated to supply products to the Company for any specific period, in any
specific quantity or at any specific price. The Company secures assembly and
test services on a purchase order basis as well.

The Company outsources the manufacture of its VideoCommunicators to
subcontract manufacturers. These subcontract manufacturers procure components
from their suppliers and perform assembly and testing of the Company's
VideoCommunicators on a turnkey basis. There can be no assurance that the
Company's contract manufacturers will be able to reliably manufacture the
Company's products in volumes, on a cost effective basis or in a timely manner.

The Company's reliance on independent semiconductor foundries and
subcontract manufacturers involves a number of risks, including the lack of
direct control over the manufacturing process, the absence or unavailability of
adequate capacity, the unavailability of, or interruption in access to, certain
process technologies (particularly in the case of semiconductors) and reduced
control over delivery schedules, quality control, manufacturing yields and
costs. In the event that the Company's foundries and subcontract manufacturers
are unable or unwilling to continue to manufacture the Company's products in
required volumes, on a cost effective basis, in a timely manner or at all, the
Company will have to secure additional foundry or manufacturing capacity.
Available semiconductor foundry and manufacturing capacity at times has been
limited. Even if such additional capacity is available at commercially
acceptable terms, the qualification process could be lengthy and could create
delays in product shipments.

Certain components necessary for the manufacture of the Company's products
are obtained from a single supplier or a limited group of suppliers. These
include a digital camera, modem chips, certain application specific integrated
circuits ("ASICs") and other semiconductor components. The Company does not
maintain any long-term agreements with any of its suppliers of components.
Because the purchase of certain key components may involve long lead times, in
the event of unanticipated increases in demand for the Company's products, the
Company could be unable to manufacture certain products in a quantity sufficient
to meet end user demand. A shortage of any key component could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business and operating results.

These risks and the related difficulties that the Company may experience
due to its reliance on independent semiconductor foundries, subcontract
manufacturers and component suppliers could have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business and operating results.

COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS

The Company must comply with certain rules and regulations of the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC") regarding electromagnetic radiation and
standards established by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., as well as similar
regulations and standards applicable in other countries. The Company's
VideoCommunicators must comply with these regulations and standards as a
prerequisite to commercial sales. In February 1997, the Company's VC100 received
certification of compliance with applicable FCC regulations. The Company has
also complied with similar regulations in several foreign countries and is
pursuing regulatory approvals which will permit the sale of the VC100 in
additional foreign countries. There can be no assurance, however, that the
Company will receive any such foreign regulatory approvals for the VC100, or any
regulatory approvals for its other VideoCommunicators, in a timely manner, if at
all. As regulations and standards evolve, the Company may be required to modify
its existing products or develop and support new versions of its products. The
failure of the Company's products to comply, or delays in compliance, with the
various existing and evolving government regulations and industry standards
could delay or interrupt volume production of VideoCommunicators, which would
have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating results.

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INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

Sales to customers outside of the United States represented 40%, 49% and
54% of the total revenues in the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997,
respectively. Although the Company's VideoCommunicator sales outside of the
United States are currently limited, international sales of the Company's
semiconductors may continue to represent a substantial portion of the Company's
total revenues for the foreseeable future. In addition, substantially all of the
Company's current products are, and substantially all of the Company's future
products will be, manufactured, assembled and tested by independent third
parties in foreign countries. International sales and manufacturing are subject
to a number of risks, including changes in foreign government regulations and
telecommunications standards, export license requirements, tariffs and taxes,
other trade barriers, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, difficulty in
collecting accounts receivable and difficulty in staffing and managing foreign
operations. While international sales are typically denominated in U.S. dollars,
fluctuations in currency exchange rates could cause the Company's products to
become relatively more expensive to customers in a particular country, leading
to a reduction in sales or profitability in that country. Payment cycles for
international customers may be longer than those for customers in the United
States. The Company is also subject to geopolitical risks, such as political,
social and economic instability, potential hostilities and changes in diplomatic
and trade relationships, in connection with its international operations. See
"Business -- Sales and Marketing" and "Business -- Manufacturing."

NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CAPITAL TO FINANCE GROWTH AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

While the Company expects that the proceeds from this Offering, its
existing cash balances and the amounts, if any, generated from operations will
be sufficient to meet its cash requirements for at least the next 12 months, the
Company is operating in a rapidly changing industry. There can be no assurance
that the Company will not seek to exploit business opportunities that will
require it to raise additional capital from equity or debt sources to finance
its growth and capital requirements. In particular, the development and
marketing of new products could require a significant commitment of resources,
which could in turn require the Company to obtain additional financing earlier
than otherwise expected. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able
to raise such capital on acceptable terms, if at all. If the Company is unable
to obtain such additional capital, the Company may be required to reduce the
scope of its planned product development and marketing, which could have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating results. See
"Use of Proceeds" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations."

DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL

The Company is highly dependent on the continued service of, and on its
ability to attract and retain, qualified technical, marketing, sales and
managerial personnel. The competition for such personnel is intense,
particularly in Silicon Valley, where the Company's principal office is located,
and the loss of any of such persons, as well as the failure to recruit
additional key technical and sales personnel in a timely manner, would have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating results. There
can be no assurance that the Company will be able to continue to attract and
retain the qualified personnel necessary for the development of its business.
The Company currently does not have employment contracts with any of its
employees and does not maintain key person life insurance policies on any of its
employees. See "Business -- Employees" and "Management."

ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, BYLAWS
AND DELAWARE LAW

Certain provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws, as in effect upon the closing of this Offering, may have the effect of
making it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or discouraging a third
party from attempting to acquire, control of the Company. Such provisions could
limit the price that certain investors might be willing to pay in the future for
shares of the Company's Common Stock. Certain of these provisions eliminate the
right of the stockholders to act by written consent without a meeting, eliminate
cumulative voting by stockholders in the election of directors and specify
procedures for director nominations by stockholders and submission of other
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Company's Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to 5,000,000 shares
of Preferred Stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges
and restrictions of those shares without any further vote or action by the
stockholders. The rights of the holders of Common Stock will be subject to, and
may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any Preferred Stock
that may be issued in the future. The Company has no present plans to issue
shares of Preferred Stock. Certain provisions of Delaware law applicable to the
Company could also delay or make more difficult a merger, tender offer or proxy
contest involving the Company, including Section 203 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any
business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years
unless certain conditions are met. Additionally, the issuance of Preferred
Stock, while providing desirable flexibility in connection with possible
acquisitions and other corporate purposes, may discourage bids for the Common
Stock at a premium over the market price of the Common Stock and may adversely
affect the market price of, and the voting and other rights of the holders of,
the Common Stock. Such provisions could have the effect of delaying, deferring
or preventing a change in control of the Company, including without limitation,
discouraging a proxy contest or making more difficult the acquisition of a
substantial block of the Company's Common Stock. These provisions could also
limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares
of the Company's Common Stock. See "Description of Capital Stock -- Preferred
Stock," "Description of Capital Stock -- Anti-Takeover of Provisions of
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws" and "Description of Capital
Stock -- Effect of Delaware Antitakeover Statute."

NO PRIOR TRADING MARKET FOR COMMON STOCK; POTENTIAL VOLATILITY OF STOCK PRICE

Prior to this Offering, there has been no public market for the Common
Stock and there can be no assurance that an active trading market will develop
or be sustained after this Offering. The initial public offering price will be
determined through negotiations between the Company and the representatives of
the Underwriters based on several factors and may not be indicative of the
market price of the Common Stock after this Offering. See "Underwriting." The
market price of the shares of Common Stock is likely to be highly volatile and
may be significantly affected by factors such as actual or anticipated
fluctuations in the Company's operating results, announcements of technical
innovations, new products or new contracts by the Company, its competitors or
their customers, governmental regulatory action, developments with respect to
patents or proprietary rights, general market conditions, changes in financial
estimates by securities analysts and other factors, certain of which could be
unrelated to, or outside the control of, the Company. The stock market has from
time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have
particularly affected the market prices for the common stocks of technology
companies and that have often been unrelated to the operating performance of
particular companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the
market price of the Common Stock. In the past, following periods of volatility
in the market price of a company's securities, securities class action
litigation has been initiated against the issuing company. There can be no
assurance that such litigation will not occur in the future with respect to the
Company. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and a diversion of
management's attention and resources, which would have a material adverse effect
on the Company's business and operating results. Any settlement or adverse
determination in such litigation would also subject the Company to significant
liability, which would have a material adverse effect on the Company's business
and financial condition.

DILUTION

Purchasers of the Common Stock offered hereby will suffer immediate and
substantial dilution in the net tangible book value of the Common Stock from the
initial public offering price. To the extent outstanding options to purchase the
Company's Common Stock are exercised, there will be further dilution. See
"Dilution."

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

Sale of substantial amounts of shares in the public market or the prospect
of such sales could adversely affect the market price of the Company's Common
Stock. Upon completion of this Offering, the Company will have outstanding
14,316,659 shares of Common Stock. Of the shares outstanding prior to this
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with the exception of 166,083 shares which will be immediately eligible for sale
under Rule 144 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), all shares of Common Stock held by current stockholders
are subject to lock-up agreements under which the holders of such shares have
agreed not to sell or otherwise dispose of any of their shares for a period of
180 days after the date of this Prospectus without the prior written consent of
Montgomery Securities. After the 180-day period, 9,866,023 shares held by
current stockholders will be eligible for sale under Rule 144 or Rule 701. The
remaining 684,553 shares held by existing stockholders will become eligible for
sale from time to time in the future under Rule 144 or Rule 701. In addition,
the Company intends to file a registration statement under the Securities Act,
upon the effectiveness of this Offering or shortly thereafter, covering the sale
of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under its Key Personnel Plan,
1992 Stock Option Plan, 1996 Stock Plan, 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
1996 Director Option Plan. As of March 31, 1997, there were outstanding options
to purchase a total of 2,291,150 shares of the Company's Common Stock, all of
which are subject to 180-day lock-up agreements. A total of 483,388 shares
issuable upon exercise of such options, as of March 31, 1997, will be eligible
for sale into the public market 180 days after the date of this Prospectus. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans," "Shares Eligible for Future Sale" and
"Underwriting." Certain existing stockholders holding approximately 3,726,373
shares of Common Stock, are also entitled to registration rights with respect to
their shares of Common Stock. See "Description of Capital Stock -- Registration
Rights."

USE OF PROCEEDS

The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the 3,600,000 shares of
Common Stock offered by the Company hereby at the initial public offering price
of $6.50 per share, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and
commissions and estimated offering expenses, will be $20.5 million ($23.7
million if the Underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised in full).

Of the net proceeds of the Offering, the Company expects that through the
end of fiscal 1998 it will use approximately $8 to $10 million for product
development, $8 to $9 million for marketing and $500,000 for capital equipment,
with the balance being used for working capital and other purposes. A portion of
the net proceeds may also be used for investments in or acquisitions of
complementary businesses, products or technologies, although no such
transactions are currently under negotiation. Pending such uses, the Company
plans to invest the net proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing, investment
grade securities.

DIVIDEND POLICY

The Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on its capital stock.
The Company currently does not anticipate paying any cash dividends on its
capital stock in the foreseeable future.

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth the capitalization of the Company as of
March 31, 1997 (i) on an actual basis, (ii) on a pro forma basis to reflect the
automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock into Common
Stock upon the closing of this Offering and the filing of the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation immediately after the closing of the
Offering to eliminate the Company's classes of Preferred Stock existing prior to
the closing of the Offering and authorize undesignated Preferred Stock and (iii)
as adjusted to reflect the receipt by the Company of the net proceeds from the
sale of the 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock offered hereby at the initial
public offering price of $6.50 per share, after deducting the estimated
underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

MARCH 31, 1997
----------------------------------
AS
ACTUAL PRO FORMA ADJUSTED
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(IN THOUSANDS)

Long-term debt, including current portion.................... $ -- $ -- $ --
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share; actual:
5,411,820 shares authorized, 3,726,373 shares issued and
outstanding; pro forma and as adjusted: 5,000,000 shares
authorized, no shares issued or outstanding............. 4 -- --
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, 40,000,000 shares
authorized; actual: 6,990,286 shares issued and
outstanding; pro forma: 10,716,659 shares issued and
outstanding; as adjusted: 14,316,659 shares issued and
outstanding (1)......................................... 7 11 14
Additional paid-in capital................................. 23,291 23,291 43,750
Notes receivable from stockholders......................... (1,078) (1,078) (1,078)
Deferred compensation...................................... (2,781) (2,781) (2,781)
Accumulated deficit........................................ (13,402) (13,402) (13,402)
------- ------- -------
Total stockholders' equity.............................. 6,041 6,041 26,503
------- ------- -------
Total capitalization.................................. $ 6,041 $ 6,041 $ 26,503
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DILUTION

The pro forma net tangible book value of the Company at March 31, 1997,
giving effect to the conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock
into Common Stock upon the closing of this Offering, was approximately $6.0
million, or $0.56 per share of Common Stock. "Pro forma net tangible book value"
per share represents the amount of total tangible assets of the Company less
total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.
After giving effect to the sale by the Company of 3,600,000 shares of Common
Stock offered hereby (and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts
and commissions and estimated offering expenses) at the initial public offering
price of $6.50 per share, the pro forma net tangible book value of the Company
at March 31, 1997 would have been $26.5 million, or $1.85 per share. This
represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $1.29
per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $4.65 per share
to new investors purchasing in this Offering. The following table illustrates
this per share dilution:

Assumed initial public offering price................................ $6.50
Pro forma net tangible book value before this Offering............. $0.56
Increase per share attributable to new investors................... 1.29
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Pro forma net tangible book value per share after this Offering...... 1.85
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Dilution per share to new investors.................................. $4.65
======

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis as of March 31, 1997
the differences between the number of shares of Common Stock purchased from the
Company, the total consideration paid or payable and the average price per share
paid or payable by the Company's existing stockholders and the new investors in
this Offering with respect to the 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock to be sold by
the Company. The calculations in this table with respect to shares of Common
Stock to be purchased by new investors in this Offering reflect the initial
public offering price of $6.50 per share:

SHARES PURCHASED TOTAL CONSIDERATION AVERAGE
---------------------- ----------------------- PRICE
NUMBER PERCENT AMOUNT PERCENT PER SHARE
---------- ------- ----------- ------- ---------

Existing stockholders................ 10,716,659 74.9% $16,075,000 40.7% $ 1.50
New investors........................ 3,600,000 25.1 23,400,000 59.3 6.50
---------- ----- ----------- ----- ------
Total...................... 14,316,659 100.0% $39,475,000 100.0% $ 2.76
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The foregoing computations exclude as of March 31, 1997, (i) an aggregate
of 2,291,150 shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of outstanding
options granted under the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan and 1996 Stock Plan
and (ii) an aggregate of 1,102,656 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan, 1996 Stock Plan, 1996 Director
Option Plan and 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Subsequent to March 31, 1997
and the prior to the date of this Prospectus, the Company (i) granted options
for an additional 751,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to its 1992 Stock
Option Plan and 1996 Stock Plan and (ii) reserved an additional 500,000 shares
of Common Stock for issuance under its 1996 Stock Plan. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The selected consolidated statement of operations data presented below for
each of the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997 and the selected
consolidated balance sheet data as of March 31, 1996 and 1997 are derived from,
and are qualified by reference to, the Consolidated Financial Statements and
Notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The selected consolidated
statement of operations data for the years ended March 31, 1993 and 1994 and the
selected consolidated balance sheet data as of March 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 are
derived from the audited historical financial statements of the Company, which
are not included herein. The Company's future operating results are expected to
fluctuate as the Company proceeds with the development, introduction and
marketing of its family of VideoCommunicators. Moreover, because the Company's
video compression semiconductor and related software business has not provided,
and is not expected to provide, sufficient revenues to profitably operate the
Company, the Company believes that its future profitability will be largely
dependent on the success of its VideoCommunicator business. As a result, the
Company believes that its historical operating results will not be comparable
to, and should not be relied upon as an indication of, future operating results.
The data set forth below are qualified in their entirety by, and should be read
in conjunction with, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" and the Consolidated Financial Statements
and Notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus.

YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:

Total revenues................................................ $31,082 $34,401 $19,929 $28,774 $ 19,146
Cost of revenues.............................................. 14,137 19,469 11,904 16,668 12,030
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Gross profit.................................................. 16,945 14,932 8,025 12,106 7,116
Operating expenses:
Research and development................................... 7,005 6,540 8,107 7,714 10,510
Selling, general and administrative........................ 11,413 8,149 6,445 7,938 10,098
Restructuring costs........................................ -- -- -- 603 59
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Total operating expenses.............................. 18,418 14,689 14,552 16,255 20,667
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Income (loss) from operations................................. (1,473) 243 (6,527) (4,149) (13,551)
Other income, net............................................. 282 189 611 952 120
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Income (loss) before income taxes............................. (1,191) 432 (5,916) (3,197) (13,431)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes.......................... (350) 780 (35) 20 182
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Net loss...................................................... $ (841) $ (348) $(5,881) $(3,217) $(13,613)
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Pro forma net loss per share(1)............................... $ (1.14)
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Shares used in pro forma per share calculations(1)............ 11,943
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
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(IN THOUSANDS)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Working capital............................................... $10,355 $10,683 $11,983 $ 9,333 $ 4,654
Total assets.................................................. 24,586 21,908 20,644 23,067 12,727
Total liabilities............................................. 11,920 9,579 6,661 11,693 6,686
Total stockholders' equity.................................... 12,666 12,329 13,983 11,374 6,041

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(1) See Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for an
explanation of the method used to determine the number of shares used to
compute pro forma per share amounts.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

The Company was incorporated in February 1987 in California and
reincorporated in Delaware in December 1996. The Company initially developed and
sold math co-processors compatible with systems based on Intel's
microprocessors. During the years ended March 31, 1993 through 1995, the
Company's revenues were derived primarily from the sale of math co-processors.
As Intel's microprocessors eliminated the need for a separate math co-processor,
the Company's revenues from math co-processors declined.

In 1990, the Company began development of semiconductors and related
software for the video conferencing and digital video playback markets. In
fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, sales of the Company's video compression
semiconductors and reference design boards accounted for 38%, 59% and 76%,
respectively, of total revenues.

Since June 1995, the Company has been executing a new business strategy
designed to discontinue efforts unrelated to video conferencing. As part of this
strategy, the Company discontinued its efforts to develop Intel compatible x86
microprocessors in June 1995, reduced its workforce in May 1996 and sold its
remaining MPEG inventory in September 1996. To address new opportunities, the
Company is leveraging its strengths in semiconductor design and related software
to develop and market video conferencing systems for the consumer market. The
Company began shipping the VC100 (or "ViaTV"), the first product in its planned
family of VideoCommunicators, to the United States consumer market in February
1997. The VC100 connects to a television set and a standard touch-tone telephone
adding video to an otherwise normal telephone call, without the need for a PC.
The Company has sold a limited number of VC100s in several foreign countries and
is pursuing regulatory approvals which will permit the sale of the VC100 in
additional foreign countries. There can be no assurance, however, that the
Company will receive any such foreign regulatory approvals for the VC100, or any
regulatory approvals for its other VideoCommunicators, in a timely manner, if at
all. See "Risk Factors -- Compliance with Regulations and Industry Standards."
The Company is currently demonstrating prototypes of two additional
VideoCommunicators: a version of its VC100 that permits internet browsing and
the VC200, which is a non-PC based POTS video telephone and internet browser
with a built-in liquid crystal display. See "Business -- Products" and
"Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements" for a discussion of the
development status of the VC100, the version of the VC100 with internet browsing
capability, the VC200 and the successor products to the Company's video
compression semiconductors and certain related licensing and development
arrangements (including arrangements pursuant to which USR and KME have licensed
all or substantially all of the Company's technology underlying its
VideoCommunicators). Although the Company has received certain revenues from
licensing and development arrangements in the past, there can be no assurance
that the Company will receive any revenues from such arrangements in the future.
In addition, KME, Leadtek, Truedox, USR and other licensees or purchasers of the
Company's technology, video compression semiconductors, software or board
designs are using or may use such technology or components to manufacture and
sell products that compete with the Company's VideoCommunicators.

The Company's future operating results are expected to fluctuate as the
Company proceeds with the development and marketing of its VideoCommunicators.
Moreover, because the Company's video compression semiconductor and related
software business has not provided, and is not expected to provide, sufficient
revenues to profitably operate the Company, the Company believes that its future
profitability will be largely dependent on the success of its VideoCommunicator
business. As a result, the Company believes that its historical operating
results will not be comparable to, and should not be relied upon as an
indication of, future operating results. The successful development and
marketing of the Company's VideoCommunicators are subject to a number of
substantial risks and contingent on the achievement of numerous significant
milestones, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. See "Risk
Factors."

Historically, the Company has sold its video compression semiconductors and
related software to video conferencing OEMs and distributors. The Company sells
its VideoCommunicators through a direct marketing effort utilizing a combination
of advertising, toll-free telemarketing and direct mail supported by
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arrangements with third parties. The Company also markets its VideoCommunicators
through retail channels and catalogs.

The Company believes that the development and marketing of its family of
VideoCommunicators may adversely impact its gross margins due in part to higher
unit costs associated with initial production of its first products, including
the VC100, as well as substantially different cost and pricing structures
related to the manufacture and sale of consumer products.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth certain items from the Company's
consolidated statement of operations as a percentage of total revenues for the
periods indicated. The data set forth below should be read in conjunction with
the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto.

YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
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1995 1996 1997
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Total revenues.................................................... 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of revenues.................................................. 59.7 57.9 62.8
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Gross margin...................................................... 40.3 42.1 37.2
Operating expenses:
Research and development........................................ 40.7 26.8 54.9
Selling, general and administrative............................. 32.3 27.6 52.7
Restructuring costs............................................. -- 2.1 0.3
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Total operating expenses................................ 73.0 56.5 107.9
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Loss from operations.............................................. (32.7) (14.4) (70.7)
Other income, net................................................. 3.1 3.3 0.6
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Loss before provision for income taxes............................ (29.6) (11.1) (70.1)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes.............................. (0.2) 0.1 1.0
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Net loss.......................................................... (29.4)% (11.2)% (71.1)%
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FISCAL YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 1995, 1996 AND 1997

Total Revenues. Total revenues consist of product sales and the licensing
of technology. Total revenues were $19.9 million, $28.8 million and $19.1
million in fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. Product revenues fluctuated
primarily due to declining sales of the Company's discontinued line of math
co-processors, fluctuating sales of the Company's video conferencing
semiconductors and the discontinuation of MPEG semiconductor sales. The
Company's math co-processor revenues declined from $10.9 million in fiscal 1995
to $2.5 million in fiscal 1996 and to $206,000 in fiscal 1997, while total
revenues from video conferencing semiconductors increased from $7.5 million in
1995 to $13.1 million in fiscal 1996, then declined to $12.6 million in fiscal
1997. MPEG semiconductor revenues declined from $3.8 million in fiscal 1996 to
$2.0 million in fiscal 1997. In September 1996, the Company sold the last of its
MPEG inventory. Accordingly, the Company does not expect to derive any future
product revenue from the sale of MPEG semiconductors. In fiscal 1995, 1996 and
1997, total revenues from technology licensing (all of which were non-recurring)
were $1.3 million, $9.0 million and $3.9 million, respectively. Of the $9.0
million technology licensing revenue in fiscal 1996, $6.8 million was derived
from one customer. See "Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements."

Gross Profit. The cost of revenues consists of costs associated with wafer
fabrication, assembly and testing performed by third-party vendors and direct
and indirect costs associated with purchasing, scheduling and quality assurance.
The Company's gross profit was $8.0 million, $12.1 million and $7.1 million, or
40%, 42% and 37% of total revenues, in fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively.
The gross profit for fiscal 1996 was favorably impacted by technology licensing
revenues and adversely impacted by negative margin from sales of MPEG products.
In fiscal 1997, the significant decline in gross margin relates primarily to
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with the write off of inventories related to the Company's exit from the MPEG
market. In fiscal 1997, the Company sold all of its remaining MPEG inventory.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist
primarily of personnel, mask and equipment costs necessary for the Company to
conduct its development efforts. Research and development costs, including
software development costs, are expensed as incurred. Research and development
expenses were $8.1 million, $7.7 million and $10.5 million, or 41%, 27% and 55%
of total revenues, in fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. A significant
portion of research and development expenses during fiscal 1995 and 1996 was
attributable to the development of products that were subsequently discontinued,
including an Intel compatible x86 microprocessor and graphics and MPEG
semiconductors. During fiscal 1997, research and development expenses were
concentrated on video compression semiconductors and VideoCommunicators.

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative
expenses consist primarily of personnel and related overhead costs for sales,
marketing, finance, human resources and general management. Such costs also
include advertising, sales commissions, trade shows and other marketing and
promotional expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $6.4
million, $7.9 million and $10.1 million, or 32%, 28% and 53% of total revenues,
in fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. Selling, general and administrative
expenses increased by $1.5 million in fiscal 1996 primarily due to higher
compensation expenses and, to a lesser extent, higher legal and bad debt
expenses. In fiscal 1997, selling, general and administrative expenses increased
by $2.2 million due primarily to compensation expense recognized on certain
stock option grants and expenses associated with the Offering. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations -- Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" and Note 6 of Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements.

Restructuring Costs. During fiscal 1996, the Company recorded
restructuring charges related to discontinuing certain research and development
activities not related to video conferencing products. These restructuring costs
related primarily to the write off of equipment associated with the discontinued
research and development efforts.

During fiscal 1997, the Company recorded an additional charge for
restructuring its operations by reducing its workforce. As of March 31, 1997,
the Company's restructuring actions were fully completed and there were no
remaining restructuring cost accruals.

Other Income, Net. In fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, other income was
$611,000, $952,000 and $120,000, respectively. In fiscal 1995, other income
consisted primarily of interest income. During fiscal 1996, the Company acquired
equity positions in four privately held companies. In fiscal 1996, the Company
realized $727,000 of income by selling the stock of one of these entities. The
Company's investment in each of these entities represents less than 15% of the
outstanding voting stock of these entities and accordingly, the Company has
accounted for these investments on a cost basis. As of March 31, 1997, these
investments have been completely written off.

Income Taxes. In fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, the Company was not
profitable and incurred no material income tax expense. The provision for income
taxes for fiscal 1997 primarily represents certain foreign withholding taxes.

At March 31, 1997, the Company had approximately $10.0 million of federal
net operating loss carryforwards and approximately $1.6 million of research and
development tax credit carryforwards available to offset future tax liabilities;
such carryforwards expire beginning in the years 2011 and 2010, respectively.
Under the ownership change limitation provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, the amount of, and benefit from, the net operating losses and
credit carryforwards may be impaired or limited in certain circumstances.

At March 31, 1997, the Company had gross deferred tax assets of
approximately $8.8 million. The weight of available evidence indicates that it
is more likely than not that the Company will not be able to realize its
deferred tax assets and thus a full valuation reserve has been recorded at March
31, 1997.

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QUARTERLY RESULTS

The following tables set forth consolidated statements of operations data
for the eight quarters in the period ended March 31, 1997, both in dollar
amounts and as percentages of total revenues. The data set forth has been
derived from unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and has
been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial statements, and in the
opinion of management, includes all normal recurring adjustments that the
Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the
interim periods and should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated
Financial Statements and Notes thereto. The operating results for any quarter
are not necessarily indicative of results for future quarters. Further, because
of the Company's planned reliance on its VideoCommunicators, the Company's
historical operating results will not be comparable to, and should not be relied
upon as an indication of, future operating results.

QUARTER ENDED
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JUNE 30, SEPT. 30, DEC. 31, MARCH 31, JUNE 30, SEPT. 30, DEC. 31, MARCH 31,
1995 1995 1995 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997
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(IN THOUSANDS)

Total revenues....................... $ 4,881 $ 7,241 $7,083 $ 9,569 $ 5,703 $ 4,372 $ 4,582 $ 4,489
Cost of revenues..................... 4,184 3,741 3,019 5,724 7,503 1,942 1,283 1,302
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Gross profit (loss).................. 697 3,500 4,064 3,845 (1,800) 2,430 3,299 3,187
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Operating expenses:
Research and development........... 2,296 1,701 1,633 2,084 2,421 2,340 3,141 2,608
Selling, general and
administrative................... 1,803 1,575 2,243 2,317 3,247 1,733 2,003 3,115
Restructuring costs................ 603 -- -- -- 59 -- -- --
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Total operating expenses..... 4,702 3,276 3,876 4,401 5,727 4,073 5,144 5,723
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Income (loss) from operations........ (4,005) 224 188 (556) (7,527) (1,643) (1,845) (2,536)
Other income (expense), net.......... 152 (72) 233 639 53 74 265 (272)
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Income (loss) before income taxes.... (3,853) 152 421 83 (7,474) (1,569) (1,580) (2,808)
Provision for income taxes........... -- -- -- (20) (100) (46) -- (36)
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Net income (loss).................... $(3,853) $ 152 $ 421 $ 63 $(7,574) $(1,615) $(1,580) $(2,844)
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AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUES
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QUARTER ENDED
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JUNE 30, SEPT. 30, DEC. 31, MARCH 31, JUNE 30, SEPT. 30, DEC. 31, MARCH 31,
1995 1995 1995 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997
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Total revenues...................... 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cost of revenues.................... 85.7 51.7 42.6 59.8 131.6 44.4 28.0 29.0
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Gross margin........................ 14.3 48.3 57.4 40.2 (31.6) 55.6 72.0 71.0
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Operating expenses
Research and development.......... 47.0 23.5 23.0 21.8 42.5 53.5 68.6 58.1
Selling, general and
administrative.................. 36.9 21.7 31.7 24.2 56.9 39.7 43.7 69.4
Restructuring costs............... 12.4 -- -- -- 1.0 -- -- --
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Total operating expenses.... 96.3 45.2 54.7 46.0 100.4 93.2 112.3 127.5
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Income (loss) from operations....... (82.0) 3.1 2.7 (5.8) (132.0) (37.6) (40.3) (56.5)
Other income (expense), net......... 3.1 (1.0) 3.3 6.7 0.9 1.7 5.8 (6.1)
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Income (loss) before income taxes... (78.9) 2.1 6.0 0.9 (131.1) (35.9) (34.5) (62.6)
Provision for income taxes.......... -- -- -- (0.2) (1.7) (1.0) -- (0.8)
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Net income (loss)................... (78.9)% 2.1% 6.0% 0.7% (132.8)% (36.9)% (34.5)% (63.4)%
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The Company's technology licensing activities have contributed to
fluctuations in the Company's quarterly revenues. Technology licensing revenues
(all of which were non-recurring) for each of the eight quarters in the period
ended March 31, 1997, were $150,000, $2.4 million, $2.9 million, $3.6 million,
$1.3 million, $1.0 million, $650,000 and $843,000, respectively. In addition,
revenues have fluctuated as the Company has introduced new or enhanced versions
of its video compression semiconductors and as earlier products approached the
end of their life cycle. In the quarter ended March 31, 1996, the Company
realized both significant technology licensing revenues and "end of life"
revenues related to the Company's prior generation of video compression
semiconductors. In contrast, the quarter ended June 30, 1996 reflects licensing
revenues of only $1.3 million and insignificant revenues related to these
discontinued products.

In general, favorable gross margin fluctuations in the quarters ended
September 30, 1995 and December 31, 1995 reflect the impact of technology
license revenues, which have no material associated costs.

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However, in the quarter ended June 30, 1996 the unfavorable gross margin
fluctuation was due primarily to a $4.0 million charge for inventories related
to the Company's MPEG inventory. In September 1996, the Company sold its
remaining MPEG inventory. Margins improved in the quarter ended December 31,
1996 due primarily to discontinuation of MPEG sales and a fee of $471,000
received from a customer for cancellation of an order.

Operating expenses have fluctuated as the Company discontinued its efforts
to develop an Intel compatible x86 microprocessor in the quarter ended June 30,
1995, reduced its workforce in the quarter ended June 30, 1996 and has focused
its efforts on developing its video compression semiconductors and its
VideoCommunicators. Operating expenses for the quarters ended June 30, 1996,
September 30, 1996, December 31, 1996 and March 31, 1997 were also impacted by
compensation charges taken by the Company for certain stock options repriced and
granted in fiscal 1997. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations -- Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation"
and Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Company's operating results have fluctuated significantly and may
continue to fluctuate in the future, on an annual and a quarterly basis, as a
result of a number of factors, many of which are outside the Company's control,
including changes in market demand, the timing of customer orders, competitive
market conditions, lengthy sales cycles, new product introductions by the
Company or its competitors, market acceptance of new or existing products, the
cost and availability of components, the mix of the Company's customer base and
sales channels, the mix of products sold, the level of international sales,
continued compliance with industry standards and general economic conditions.

Variations in timing of sales can cause significant fluctuations in future
operating results. In addition, because a significant portion of the Company's
business may be derived from orders placed by a limited number of large
customers, the timing of such orders can also cause significant fluctuations in
the Company's operating results. Anticipated orders from customers may fail to
materialize, and delivery schedules may be deferred or canceled for a number of
reasons, including changes in specific customer requirements. If sales do not
meet the Company's expectations in any given quarter, the adverse impact of the
shortfall on the Company's operating results may be magnified by the Company's
inability to adjust spending to compensate for the shortfall. Announcements by
the Company or its competitors of new products and technologies could cause
customers to defer purchases of the Company's existing products, which would
also have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating
results.

The Company's strategic shift towards the development and marketing of
VideoCommunicators such as the VC100 may result in substantially different
patterns in operating results. For example, the Company's operating results may
be subject to more heightened seasonality with sales higher during the Company's
third fiscal quarter, corresponding to the Christmas shopping season. The
Company intends to spend substantial additional amounts on advertising,
toll-free marketing and customer support. There can be no assurance as to the
amount of such spending or that revenues adequate to justify such spending will
result. As a result of its shift to selling VideoCommunicators, the Company may
experience different inventory, product return, price protection and warranty
cost patterns.

As a result of these and other factors, it is likely that in some future
period the Company's operating results will be below the expectations of
securities analysts or investors, which would likely result in a significant
reduction in the market price for the Common Stock. See "Risk
Factors -- Potential Fluctuations in Future Operations Results."

ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company accounts for its employee stock option plans in accordance with
the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25. In October 1995,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123 ("FAS 123"), "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation," which established a fair value based method of accounting for
employee stock option plans. Had compensation costs for the Company's option
plans been determined based on the fair market value of options at their grant
dates as described in FAS 123, the Company's net loss would have been $3.7
million and

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$14.7 million for fiscal 1996 and fiscal 1997, respectively, and the Company's
pro forma net loss per share would have been $1.23 per share for fiscal 1997.

The Company has recorded a deferred compensation expense of $7.3 million
relating to certain stock option grants which were made during the period June
through September 1996. The Company recognized $4.5 million of the deferred
compensation expense during fiscal 1997, and will recognize the remainder over
the related vesting period of the options (which is generally 48 months). The
future compensation charges are subject to reduction for any employee who
terminates employment prior to the expiration of such employee's option vesting
period. See Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Since fiscal 1994, the Company has satisfied its liquidity needs
principally from proceeds generated from two issuances of its equity securities
and cash generated from operations in fiscal 1994 and prior years. At March 31,
1994, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and short term investments of $9.2
million, which decreased to $8.7 million at March 31, 1997. The Company
currently has no bank borrowing arrangements.

The cash used by the Company for operations was $4.1 million, $625,000 and
$4.3 million in fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. Cash used in
operations in fiscal 1995 reflects a net loss of $5.9 million that was partially
offset by noncash items and cash generated by changes in working capital. Cash
used in operations in fiscal 1996 reflects a net loss of $3.2 million that was
substantially offset by changes in working capital. Cash used in operations in
fiscal 1997 reflects a net loss of $13.6 million that was partially offset by
reductions in inventory and accounts receivable and a non-cash deferred
compensation charge of $4.5 million.

During fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, the Company's capital expenditures were
$1.5 million, $1.0 million and $691,000, respectively. These capital
expenditures related primarily to the acquisition of machinery, equipment and
software. At March 31, 1997, the Company did not have any material capital
commitments outstanding.

During fiscal 1995, 1996 and 1997, the Company's financing activities
generated cash of $7.5 million, $608,000 and $3.9 million, respectively,
primarily from the sale of the Company's equity securities.

The Company expects that the anticipated net proceeds of this Offering, its
existing cash resources, and the amounts, if any, generated from operations,
will be sufficient to meet the Company's cash requirements for at least the next
12 months. However, the Company is operating in a rapidly changing industry.
There can be no assurance that the Company will not seek to exploit business
opportunities that will require it to raise additional capital from equity or
debt sources to finance its growth and capital requirements. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to raise such capital on acceptable
terms, if at all. See "Risk Factors -- Need for Additional Capital to Finance
Growth and Capital Requirements."

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BUSINESS

8x8, Inc. designs, develops and markets highly integrated, proprietary
video compression semiconductors and associated software to original equipment
manufacturers ("OEMs") of corporate video conferencing systems. To address new
opportunities, the Company is leveraging its strengths in semiconductor design
and related software to develop and market video conferencing systems for the
consumer market. The Company began shipping the VC100 (or "ViaTV"), the first
product in its planned family of VideoCommunicators, to the United States
consumer market in February 1997. The VC100 connects to a television set and a
standard touch-tone telephone adding video to an otherwise normal telephone
call, without the need for a PC. The Company has sold a limited number of VC100s
in several foreign countries and is pursuing regulatory approvals which will
permit the sale of the VC100 in additional foreign countries. There can be no
assurance, however, that the Company will receive any such foreign regulatory
approvals in a timely manner, if at all. See "Risk Factors -- Compliance with
Regulations and Industry Standards."

The Company's video compression semiconductors combine, on a single chip, a
reduced instruction set computer ("RISC") microprocessor, a digital signal
processor ("DSP"), specialized video processing circuitry, static random access
memory ("RAM") and proprietary software to perform the real time compression and
decompression ("codec")of video and audio information and establish and maintain
network connections in a manner consistent with international standards for
video telephony. These semiconductors are designed to provide video conferencing
over a broad range of network types including standard analog telephone lines
(commonly known as plain old telephone service or "POTS"), integrated services
digital networks ("ISDN"), local area networks ("LAN") and asymmetric digital
subscriber lines ("ADSL"). Customers for the Company's video compression
semiconductors include PictureTel, Siemens, Sony, VideoServer, VCON and Vtel.

The Company's VideoCommunicators are based on its proprietary
semiconductor, software and systems technology. The VC100 is designed to be
compliant with the H.324 international standard for video telephony over POTS
and to be compatible with PC and non-PC based systems that adhere to the H.324
standard. The VC100 is designed to communicate with full duplex audio and video
rates of up to 15 frames per second. In addition, the Company is currently
demonstrating prototypes of two additional VideoCommunicators: a version of its
VC100 that permits internet browsing and the VC200, which is a non-PC based POTS
video phone and internet browser with a built-in liquid crystal display ("LCD").
The Company sells its VideoCommunicators through a direct marketing effort
utilizing a combination of advertising, toll-free telemarketing and direct mail
supported by co-marketing relationships with third parties such as EFA, GTE and
Hewlett-Packard. The Company also recently began marketing its
VideoCommunicators through retail channels such as Comexpo, Fry's Electronics, J
& R Computer World and Staples and catalogs such as Hello Direct and
MicroWarehouse. In addition, Hammacher Schlemmer and Sharper Image have agreed
to include the VC100 in their catalogs. See "Business -- Products" and
"Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements" for a discussion of the
development status of the VC100, the version of the VC100 with internet browsing
capability, the VC200 and the successor products to the Company's video
compression semiconductors and certain related licensing and development
arrangements (including arrangements pursuant to which USR and KME have licensed
all or substantially all of the Company's technology underlying its
VideoCommunicators). Although the Company has received certain revenues from
licensing and development arrangements in the past, there can be no assurance
that the Company will receive any revenues from such arrangements in the future.
In addition, KME, Leadtek, Truedox, USR and other licensees or purchasers of the
Company's technology, video compression semiconductors, software or board
designs are using or may use such technology or components to manufacture and
sell products that compete directly with the Company's VideoCommunicators.

INDUSTRY BACKGROUND

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Since the first video conferencing products were introduced in the late
1970's, users have faced a tradeoff between the cost and availability of network
bandwidth and the quality of video images which can be transmitted over the
network. High capacity connections, such as T1/E1 (1.5/2.0 megabits per second
("Mbps")) and ISDN (128 kilobits per second ("Kbps")), provide greater bandwidth
but are significantly more costly and less available than ubiquitous analog POTS
lines which now offer one-way data transmission rates of up to 56.6 Kbps using
technology such as x2 from USR, but remain limited to rates of up to 33.6 Kbps
for the symmetrical data transmission required by video conferencing. The
challenge faced by developers of video conferencing systems has been to provide
the best possible image quality through the efficient compression of video and
audio data for transmission over available network bandwidth. The proliferation
of video communications equipment has been influenced by the adoption of
international video telephony standards which, if complied with, will permit
interoperability between systems offered by different vendors.

To date, nearly all video conferencing products have been targeted at
corporate users with access to high bandwidth connections such as T1/E1 and
ISDN. However, the vast majority of consumers continue to have limited access to
bandwidth beyond that provided by standard analog POTS lines. The Company
believes that significant demand exists for inexpensive video phone products
that would allow users to transmit video images with audio over normal telephone
lines. Several factors are contributing to the viability of consumer video
phones, including:

- Improved Bandwidth. A number of technologies have been deployed or are
under development which aim to increase the bandwidth available from
existing copper telephone lines. These include faster POTS modems
(currently limited to symmetrical data transmission rates of up to 33.6
Kbps) and residential ISDN and ADSL service.

- Advanced Compression Techniques. The quality of transmitted video images
is a function of network bandwidth and the sophistication of the hardware
and software used to compress and decompress the data. Because video
images contain a large amount of information, video conferencing systems
must compress the video and audio data to fit the available network
bandwidth while attempting to maintain the quality and synchronization of
audio and video. For example, a normal television signal contains 90 Mbps
of information, which must be compressed by a factor of approximately
2,700 to 1 to permit symmetrical transmission over POTS at 33.6 Kbps. By
using sophisticated compression algorithms and advanced DSP
semiconductors, video conferencing system manufacturers can achieve
improved video quality.

- Adoption of Industry-Wide Standards. Increased usage of video
conferencing in the corporate market has been facilitated by the adoption
of the H.320 standard, which defined the video telephony protocols used
by systems connected over ISDN. The adoption of H.320 enabled
interoperability between systems from different vendors, encouraged new
market entrants, and contributed to significantly lower system pricing
and an increased installed base. The Company believes that the H.320
standard expanded the market for business video conferencing systems over
ISDN. Similarly, the H.324 standard for video telephony over POTS may
result in expanded home use of video phones. Other standards, such as
H.323, are being developed for communications over packet-based networks,
such as LANs.

As a result of the above technological advances and the adoption of the
H.324 standard, low cost consumer POTS video phones are being developed by a
number of suppliers. These products may be introduced in a variety of product
configurations and physical forms (i.e., "form factors"), including those based
on telephones and using a television for display, such as the VC100, or using an
LCD for display, such as the VC200, and those based on the PC. An increasing
number of PCs are being shipped with pre-installed H.324 compliant software.
Significant sales of such H.324 products, if achieved, should increase the
usefulness of and demand for additional H.324 compliant video phones by
providing potential video phone purchasers with other parties to call.

8X8 STRATEGY

The Company's strategy is to leverage its expertise in video compression
semiconductors, software and system design and its understanding of video
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effective VideoCommunicators for the consumer video conferencing market. Key
elements of the Company's strategy include:

Leverage Proprietary Technology. The Company provides highly integrated
video compression semiconductors and related software to manufacturers of video
conferencing systems. The Company is leveraging its proprietary semiconductor
and software expertise to develop its non-PC based VideoCommunicators to address
the United States consumer market. In addition, the Company intends to develop
future generations of highly integrated semiconductor and software products for
use in video conferencing systems developed both by the Company and its OEM
customers. The Company's ongoing development efforts are targeted at reducing
overall system costs continuously improving video and audio quality at varying
bandwidths and ensuring compliance with emerging video telephony standards to
encourage proliferation of its products.

Broaden and Enhance VideoCommunicator Family. The Company intends to
develop a variety of consumer video conferencing products. The VC100, the
Company's initial VideoCommunicator, is targeted at the United States consumer
market and is based upon the Company's proprietary semiconductor and software
technology. The VC100 connects to a television and standard touch-tone telephone
and adds video to an otherwise normal telephone call, without the need for a PC.
The Company is demonstrating prototypes of two additional VideoCommunicators: a
version of its VC100 that permits internet browsing and the VC200, which is a
POTS video telephone and internet browser with a built-in LCD display. The
Company plans to extend its VideoCommunicator product line in the future by
developing products in new form factors and products that are designed to comply
with emerging video telephony standards. The Company further intends to
differentiate its products in the future by adding features which may include
picture quality enhancements, caller identification ("caller ID"), pan/tilt/zoom
and auto-answer.

Utilize Multiple Marketing Channels for VideoCommunicators. The Company
sells its VideoCommunicators through a direct marketing channel, utilizing a
combination of advertising, toll-free telemarketing and direct mail supported by
co-marketing relationships with third parties such as EFA, GTE and Hewlett-
Packard. The direct marketing approach generally allows more rapid establishment
of brand recognition and introduction of new products, and enables competitive
pricing and better management of working capital. The Company also recently
began marketing its VideoCommunicators through retail channels such as Comexpo,
Fry's Electronics, J&R Computer World and Staples and catalogs such as Hello
Direct and MicroWarehouse. In addition, Hammacher Schlemmer and Sharper Image
have agreed to include the VC100 in their catalogs. The Company intends to
continue to sell its video compression semiconductor and software products to
OEMs and distributors through its existing sales and marketing force.

Drive Price/Performance Improvements. Price/performance improvements in
end-user systems are important to expanding the consumer video conferencing
market. By enhancing its proprietary semiconductor and software technologies,
the Company intends to improve the price/performance of its consumer video
phones by integrating a number of essential system functions onto future
versions of its video compression semiconductors. The Company also intends to
utilize off-the-shelf components when appropriate and to work closely with its
key suppliers to achieve cost and performance advantages.

PRODUCTS

The Company develops, markets and sells a variety of video compression
semiconductors and related software and reference boards. The Company is
currently developing a family of non-PC based VideoCommunicators, including its
recently introduced VC100, which incorporate the Company's proprietary
semiconductor, software and systems technologies. The Company from time to time
enters into licensing and development arrangements with other corporations which
are designed to promote the design, development, manufacture and sale of the
Company's products. Such arrangements may enable these corporations to use this
technology to produce products that compete with the Company's VideoCommunicator
products. See "Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements" and "Risk
Factors -- Competition."

VideoCommunicator Systems

The Company's initial VideoCommunicator, the VC100, connects to a
television and standard touch-tone telephone and adds video to an otherwise
normal telephone call, without the need for a PC. The VC100, targeted at United
States consumer markets, is based primarily upon the Company's existing
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designed to be compliant with the H.324 international standard for video
telephony over POTS and to be compatible with PC and non-PC based systems that
adhere to the H.324 standard. The VC100 is designed to communicate with full
duplex audio and video rates of up to 15 frames per second. The VC100, which is
based on the Company's Low bit-rate Videophone Processor ("LVP") semiconductor
and proprietary software, includes an integrated digital camera and a V.34 modem
and displays video in either full or quarter screen format, as well as
simultaneous remote and self-view mode. The VC100 is controlled through the
touch-tone keypad of the user's telephone and menu driven instructions that
appear on the television screen.

The Company is demonstrating prototypes of two additional
VideoCommunicators: a version of its VC100 that permits internet browsing and
the VC200, which is a non-PC based POTS video phone and internet browser with a
built-in LCD display. The Company plans to extend its VideoCommunicator product
line in the future by developing products in new form factors and products that
are designed to comply with emerging video telephony standards. The Company
further intends to differentiate its products by adding features which may
include picture quality enhancements, caller ID, pan/tilt/zoom and auto-answer.
See "Business -- Research and Development."

Moreover, because the Company's video compression semiconductor and related
software business has not provided, and is not expected to provide, sufficient
revenues to profitably operate the Company, the Company believes that its future
profitability will be largely dependent on the success of its VideoCommunicator
business. The Company has sold a limited number of VC100s in several foreign
countires and is pursuing regulatory approvals which will permit the sale of the
VC100 in additional foreign countries. There can be no assurance, however, that
the Company will receive any such foreign regulatory approvals in a timely
manner, if at all. See "Risk Factors -- Compliance with Regulations and Industry
Standards." The Company recently began demonstrating prototypes of its version
of the VC100 with internet browsing capability and its VC200, with numerous
technical and other milestones remaining before commercial introduction is
possible. See "Risk Factors -- Dependence on Future VideoCommunicator Revenues"
and "Risk Factors -- Rapid Technological Change, Dependence on New Product
Introduction."

Video Compression Semiconductors

The Company's video compression semiconductors are based on the Company's
proprietary architecture, which is protected in part by various patents and
trade secret protections. See "Business -- Intellectual Property." This
architecture combines, on a single chip, a custom RISC microprocessor, a high
performance DSP core, specialized video processing circuitry, static RAM memory
and proprietary software, which together perform the core processing functions
required by video conferencing and other digital video applications.

The table below describes the Company's video compression semiconductors
and their applications:
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION APPLICATIONS
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Video Communications H.320 compression semiconductor - PC ISDN video conferencing add-in boards
Processor("VCP") for ISDN video conferencing - ISDN group video conferencing systems
systems; - LAN video conferencing systems
or H.323 semiconductor for LAN - Internet phone calls
video conferencing systems or
Internet phone calls
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Low bit-rate H.324 compression semiconductor - Consumer video telephones for POTS
Videophone for POTS video conferencing - PC video phone add-in boards for POTS
Processor("LVP") systems
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Multimedia Encoding Compression semiconductor for - Cameras with embedded compression
Processor("MEP") video capture and encoding - Video capture PC add-in boards
systems
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Video to PCI Interface chip which connects the - PC (POTS, ISDN or LAN-based) video
Interface VCP/LVP/MEP devices to the PCI conferencing boards
Chip("VPIC") bus
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VCP -- Video Communications Processor. The Company's VCP is an integrated
video compression semiconductor, which allows OEMs to develop video conferencing
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ISDN video conferencing or on the H.323 standard for LAN video conferencing or
internet phone calls. In recent quarters, the VCP accounted for the majority of
the Company's semiconductor product sales. The Company's proprietary RISC and
DSP technology allows a single VCP semiconductor to output up to 24 frames per
second of H.320 based video over an ISDN line. The VCP includes video processing
circuitry that compresses and decompresses video images. Systems designed using
multiple VCPs are capable of providing higher frame rates, thus providing for
video quality approaching that of a television. The VCP can reside on PC add-in
cards or non-PC based corporate conference room systems.

LVP -- Low bit-rate Videophone Processor. The LVP semiconductor is
designed to support H.324 based video phones using standard POTS phone lines.
Systems based on the LVP benefit from the same RISC and DSP technology found in
the Company's VCP product, and are designed to deliver video at up to 15 frames
per second over a standard POTS telephone line. The LVP can be designed into
systems in a variety of form factors, including non-PC based systems that
utilize a telephone and either television or a LCD display. The LVP can also be
designed into PC video phone add-in boards. The LVP is the core compression
semiconductor inside the Company's VC100 and VC200 products.

MEP -- Multimedia Encoding Processor. The MEP is designed for multimedia
compression applications which require high processing power to compress high
bandwidth digital video, such as cameras with embedded compression, PC add-in
boards for video capture and editing and CD-ROM title development.

VPIC -- Video to PCI Interface Chip. The VPIC is a companion semiconductor
to the Company's video compression semiconductors. The VPIC provides a direct
interface between the Company's compression semiconductors and the high speed
PCI expansion bus found in PCs. By providing a direct path into the PC's graphic
display memory, the VPIC allows PC board designers to improve the performance
and quality of their designs based on the Company's compression semiconductors.

The Company is currently designing a future generation of its video
compression semiconductors and related software. To date, the Company has
focused its semiconductor research and development efforts principally on
development of the successor to the VCP compression semiconductor and the
related software. See "Business -- Research and Development."

Application Software

The Company's semiconductors are sold with its proprietary application
specific software, which addresses the unique system requirements of various
international video telephony standards. This software, which is a combination
of microcode assembly and C firmware, enables the Company's proprietary
semiconductor architecture to implement multiple compression standards such as
H.320, H.323, H.324 and MPEG. In many cases, by enhancing its application
software, the Company can improve the quality of transmitted video images,
address emerging standards and add user features to its existing video
compression semiconductors. The Company supplies an Application Programmers
Interface ("API") with its software to allow limited customization through an
external microprocessor or host controller. The Company also sells non-exclusive
licenses for the source code for its software to customers who wish to modify
the software by adding their own features and controls. Development kits are
also licensed to customers allowing them to write, compile and develop software
for the Company's proprietary semiconductor architecture.

Reference Boards and Designs

The Company provides a range of printed circuit boards and designs as
reference boards or reference designs to its customers which serve as examples
for targeted applications. Each reference board and reference design is provided
with schematics, complete documentation, video processor software and
board-level software diagnostics. This allows the customer to leverage the
Company's systems design expertise. These reference boards and reference designs
enable customers to more quickly introduce new products and improve the
Company's technical support capabilities. Examples of the Company's reference
board designs include the DVC5, which is designed for H.320 systems, and the
DVC8, which is designed for H.324 systems. Each of the Company's reference
boards and reference designs specifies the use of one of the Company's video
compression semiconductors on the board or within the design, as the case may
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TECHNOLOGY

The Company has developed the following video conferencing technologies:

Semiconductor Architecture

The Company's video compression semiconductors share a common architectural
foundation. This architecture has been specifically tailored to video
conferencing applications which must simultaneously compress and transmit video
and audio data from one side of a video call while receiving and decompressing
video and audio data from the remote side. This architecture integrates two core
processors running in parallel: a 33 million instructions per second ("MIPS")
32-bit RISC microprocessor and a 128-bit Single Instruction Multiple Data
("SIMD") DSP. The Company's video compression semiconductors currently in
production are manufactured using 0.5 micron, 3-layer metal complementary metal
oxide semiconductor ("CMOS") process technology. Follow-on versions are being
designed using 0.35 micron process technology.

The Company's RISC processor core uses a proprietary instruction set
specifically designed for video conferencing applications. The RISC core
controls the overall chip operation and manages the input/output interface
through a variety of specialized ports which connect the chip directly to
external host, audio and network subsystems. This core is programmable in the C
programming language and allows customers to add their own features and
functionality to the device software provided by the Company.

The second processor is a proprietary DSP core. This DSP core is a 2 BOPS
(billion operations per second) SIMD processor which implements the
computationally intensive video and audio processing routines. Variable length
32 and 64 bit microcode instructions of the DSP core provide the flexibility to
improve algorithm performance, enhance video and audio quality and maintain
compliance with changing digital video standards. Unlike many competing
semiconductors which use hardwired building blocks to implement each step in the
compression/decompression (codec) process, the Company's DSP core uses microcode
software routines to implement the fundamental processing steps which form the
basis of H.320, H.323 and H.324 standards-based video conferencing systems, thus
allowing upgrades through changes in software only.

In addition to the RISC and DSP cores, all of the Company's video
compression semiconductors share a common set of video processing capabilities
which are fundamental to enhancing video quality. Digital video inputs directly
into the chip and passes through a series of digital filters designed to resize,
re-color and remove noise from the images in preparation for compression. These
semiconductors also incorporate proprietary interlacing and resizing filters at
the output stage.

Application Software Development

The Company's proprietary application specific software, sold with the
Company's semiconductor products, addresses the unique system requirements of
the various international video telephony standards. This software is a
combination of microcode assembly (for the DSP core) and compiled C code (for
the RISC core). By refining its software, the Company can enhance picture
quality, address new standards and add significant user features. In addition,
several of the Company's customers have licensed source code to which they add
proprietary features, custom interfaces and, in some cases, algorithm
improvements. See "Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements."

Algorithm Expertise

The Company has devoted significant resources to develop video and audio
codec algorithms to meet international video telephony standards. While the
H.32x standards clearly specify the syntax requirements of a standards-compliant
decoder, and thus what constitutes a valid H.32x bitstream, they do not specify
the methods by which an H.32x encoder achieves this result. The flexibility of
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semiconductor architecture allows the Company to apply its core algorithm
expertise to develop products for a variety of video conferencing applications.
The Company's algorithm expertise enables the following:

- Video Coding Efficiency and Video Quality. By improving its proprietary
motion search algorithms and optional coding modes which are tuned to the
capabilities of the Company's semiconductor architecture, the Company is
able to enhance video quality for H.32x video conferencing applications.

- Integrated Control of Real-Time Systems. Video conferencing systems are
inherently complex due to the convergence of video, audio and control
information. The Company's proprietary semiconductor architecture and
interrupt-driven control firmware manage these varying data streams in
concert thereby reducing the complexity of the external system design.

- Proprietary Rate Buffer Control. The real-time management of video and
audio buffer occupancy has a significant effect on the performance of
video conferencing systems, especially at low bit-rates. The Company has
developed a suite of proprietary adaptive rate-buffer control algorithms
which dynamically controls the occupancy rate of these buffers and allows
for efficient use of available network bandwidth.

SALES AND MARKETING

The Company markets its semiconductors through its own direct sales force
as well as through distributors. The Company's direct sales force supports
domestic and international sales and operates from the Company's headquarters in
Santa Clara, California and a European office in London. As of March 31, 1997,
the Company employed 22 persons in sales and marketing. These persons provide
direct account support for OEM and distributor customers of the Company's
semiconductors. The Company's sales and marketing personnel typically provide
support to such OEM customers through sales literature, periodic training,
customer symposia, pre-sales support and joint sales calls. As of March 31,
1997, the Company marketed its video compression semiconductors through seven
distributors in Europe and the Pacific Rim. For the years ended March 31, 1996
and 1997, sales by the Company to distributors accounted for approximately 18%
and 25% of total revenues, respectively, with ASCII, the Company's Japanese
distributor, accounting for 7% and 13% of total revenues, respectively. The
Company has elected to terminate its distribution relationship with ASCII
effective June 30, 1997, which termination the Company believes will not have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business or operating results. See
"Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements" for a discussion of certain
licensing and development arrangements (including arrangements pursuant to which
USR and KME have licensed substantially all of the Company's technology
underlying the Company's VideoCommunicators). Although the Company has received
certain revenues from licensing and development arrangements in the past, there
can be no assurance that the Company will receive any revenues from such
arrangements in the future. In addition, KME, Leadtek, Truedox, USR and other
licensees or purchasers of the Company's technology, video compression
semiconductors, software or board designs are using or may use such technology
or components to manufacture and sell products that compete directly with the
Company's VideoCommunicators.

The Company utilizes several marketing programs to support the sale and
distribution of its products, including participation in industry trade shows
and conferences. The Company also publishes technical articles, distributes
sales and product literature and has an active public relations plan to
encourage coverage of the Company's products and technology by editors of trade
journals.

The Company sells its VideoCommunicators through a direct marketing effort,
utilizing a combination of advertising, toll-free telemarketing and direct mail
supported by co-marketing relationships with third parties such as EFA, GTE and
Hewlett-Packard. The direct marketing approach generally allows more rapid
establishment of brand recognition and introduction of new products and enables
competitive pricing and better management of working capital. The Company also
recently began marketing its VideoCommunicators through retail channels such as
Comexpo, Fry's Electronics, J&R Computer World and Staples and catalogs such as
Hello Direct and MicroWarehouse. In addition, Hammacher Schlemmer and Sharper
Image have agreed to include the VC100 in their catalogs. The Company intends to
continue to sell its video compression semiconductor and software products to
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In recent years, the Company has been a provider of video compression
semiconductors to OEMs of video conferencing systems. As such, the Company has
only recently begun marketing its VideoCommunicators. In order to achieve
significant market penetration and brand awareness for its VideoCommunicators,
the Company must expand its sales and marketing efforts and further develop
consumer marketing capabilities. There can be no assurance that the Company will
be able to expand its sales and marketing efforts or further develop consumer
marketing capabilities or that the Company will be able to achieve significant
market penetration with its VideoCommunicators. Failure of the Company to
successfully expand its sales and marketing efforts, or to sufficiently extend
consumer marketing capabilities or to generate significant sales of the VC100
would have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating
results. See "Risk Factors -- Potential Fluctuations in Future Operating
Results," "Risk Factors -- Uncertainty of Market Acceptance; Limits of Existing
Technology," "Risk Factors -- No History of Consumer Marketing" and "Risk
Factors -- Management of Growth."

MARKETS AND CUSTOMERS

The Company provides highly integrated, proprietary semiconductors and
associated software sold primarily to OEMs of corporate video conferencing
systems. The Company sells its VCP semiconductors and related software and
reference designs primarily to OEMs of ISDN office video conferencing systems
that use the H.320 standard, including PictureTel, Siemens, Sony, VideoServer,
VCON and Vtel. The Company sells its LVP semiconductors and related software and
reference board designs to OEMs of POTS video conferencing systems for the
consumer market using the H.324 standard, such as KME, Leadtek, Sony and
Truedox. To address new opportunities, the Company is expanding its product
lines by developing a family of non-PC based VideoCommunicators for the consumer
market. The VC100, the Company's initial VideoCommunicator, began shipping to
the United States consumer market in February 1997 and is based upon the
Company's proprietary semiconductor and software technology. See
"Business -- Products" and "Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements"
for a discussion of the status of the VC100, the version of the VC100 with
internet browsing capability, the VC200 and the successor products to the
Company's video compression semiconductors and certain related licensing and
development arrangements (including arrangements pursuant to which USR and KME
have licensed all or substantially all of the Company's technology underlying
its VideoCommunicators). Although the Company has received certain revenues from
licensing and development arrangements in the past, there can be no assurance
that the Company will receive any revenues from such arrangements in the future.
In addition, KME, Leadtek, Truedox, USR and other licensees or purchasers of the
Company's technology, video compression semiconductors, software or board
designs are using or may use such technology or components to manufacture and
sell products that compete directly with the Company's VideoCommunicators.

Historically, a significant portion of the Company's sales has been to
relatively few customers, although the composition of these customers has
varied. Product revenues from the Company's ten largest customers in the years
ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997 accounted for approximately 44%, 39% and
54%, respectively, of its total revenues. During these periods, excluding one
company paying certain non-recurring licensing fees in fiscal 1996, the Company
had only two customers that accounted for 10% or more of total revenues:
Compression Labs (during the year ended March 31, 1995) and ASCII, the Company's
Japanese distributor (during the year ended March 31, 1997). The Company has
elected to terminate its distribution relationship with ASCII effective June 30,
1997, which termination the Company believes will not have a material adverse
effect on the Company's business or operating results. In addition, the Company
has recently been, and will continue in the foreseeable future to be,
substantially dependent on the video conferencing industry. The loss of, or any
reduction in orders from, a significant customer, or any reduction in demand for
the Company's video compression semiconductors (particularly prior to
significant VideoCommunicator revenues) or any general decline in the market for
video conferencing products, could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business and operating results. See "Risk Factors -- Product
Concentration; Potential Loss of Semiconductor Sales; Dependence on Video
Conferencing Industry" and "Risk Factors -- Dependence on Key Customers."

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MANUFACTURING

The Company has only recently begun to manufacture consumer video telephony
products. The Company outsources the manufacture of its VideoCommunicators to
subcontract manufacturers. These subcontract manufacturers procure components
from their suppliers and perform assembly and testing of the Company's
VideoCommunicators on a turnkey basis. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to reliably manufacture its VideoCommunicators in volumes,
on a cost effective basis or in a timely manner. See "Risk Factors -- Lack of
Experience in Manufacturing Consumer Video Telephony Products."

The Company's reliance on subcontract foundries and system subcontract
manufacturers, its manufacture of semiconductors, its purchase of components
from third parties and its reliance on foreign subcontract manufacturers involve
a number of risks. There can be no assurance that certain risks associated with
these practices and activities will not have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business and operating results. See "Risk Factors -- Dependence on
Third Party Manufacturers; Component Availability" and "Risk
Factors -- International Operations."

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

As of March 31, 1997, the Company had 53 employees engaged in research and
development. Research and development expenses in the years ended March 31,
1995, 1996 and 1997 were $8.1 million, $7.7 million and $10.5 million,
respectively. The Company's development of new products and the enhancement of
existing products is essential to its success. Accordingly, the Company
anticipates that research and developments expenses will continue to increase in
the foreseeable future. However, such expenses may fluctuate from quarter to
quarter depending on a wide range of factors, including the status of and
prospects for various development projects.

The Company's current and future research and development efforts relating
primarily to video compression semiconductors have and will continue to focus on
the Company's next generation of these products. Areas of emphasis will include
an enhanced version of its video compression semiconductor architecture intended
to provide higher performance, enhanced functionality and further integration of
certain essential system functions. This integration is designed to permit
improved system price/performance. Future software developments may focus on
emerging video telephony standards, picture quality enhancements and additional
features supporting both the Company's systems products and its OEM customer
products.

Research and development efforts relating to the VC100, the Company's
initial VideoCommunicator, are directed towards picture quality enhancements,
internet browsing, caller ID, pan/tilt/zoom and auto-answer. To expand its
family of VideoCommunicators, the Company is developing new form factors and
broadening its video conferencing systems to ISDN and LAN as well as internet
phone calls.

Although the Company is a developer of video compression semiconductors and
systems, the Company was previously involved in several other businesses which
have since been discontinued. Prior product lines that were discontinued include
math co-processors and MPEG semiconductors, discontinued in June 1995 and
September 1996, respectively. Prior development efforts that were discontinued
include Intel compatible x86 microprocessors and graphics semiconductors,
discontinued in June 1995 and during the quarter ended September 30, 1994,
respectively. The Company has discontinued its products and efforts in these
areas in part because of rapid changes in the personal computer marketplace and
severe price reduction for certain of these components.

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requirements in a timely manner. The Company's success in designing, developing,
manufacturing and selling such products will depend on a variety of factors. In
addition, the development and marketing of the Company's VideoCommunicators is
at an early stage and, as a result, the Company must achieve numerous
significant milestones and overcome substantial risks in order to successfully
achieve widespread market acceptance of its VideoCommunicators. There can be no
assurance that VideoCommunicators can be successfully developed, introduced to
the market or achieve market acceptance. The Company has in the past experienced
delays in the development of new products and the enhancement of existing
products, and such delays may occur in the future. If the Company is unable, due
to resource constraints or technological or other reasons, to develop and
introduce new or enhanced products in a timely manner, or if such new or
enhanced products do not achieve sufficient market acceptance, it would have a
material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating results. See
"Risk Factors -- Dependence on Future VideoCommunicator Revenues" and "Risk
Factors -- Rapid Technological Change; Dependence on New Product Introduction."

LICENSING AND DEVELOPMENT ARRANGEMENTS

The Company from time to time enters into licensing and development
arrangements with other corporations that are designed to promote the design,
development, manufacture and sale of the Company's products. Such arrangements
may enable these corporations to use the Company's technology to produce
products that compete with the Company's VideoCommunicators. See "Risk
Factors -- Competition." The Company's most significant licenses are with USR
and KME.

On May 5, 1997, the Company entered into a license agreement with USR.
Pursuant to the agreement, the Company has granted to USR, for an initial
license fee plus certain royalties, a license to make, use and sell systems and
products containing the Company's proprietary technology relating to its
VideoCommunicators and its PC-related video conferencing products. As a result,
USR has a license to all of the Company's technology underlying its
VideoCommunicators. USR is prohibited under the agreement from selling the
Company's semiconductors on the open market. Both parties have also agreed to
license to each other any enhancements to the technology which are developed by
either party, unless USR elects to discontinue sharing at any time or the
Company elects to discontinue sharing (which it may do at any time following
June 30, 2000). Any enhancements or other technology developed by USR cannot be
sublicensed by the Company or incorporated into semiconductors which the Company
sells on the open market in component form, but can be incorporated into
semiconductors that the Company uses in the VideoComunicators. Pursuant to the
Company's agreement with USR, the Company is prohibited, until May 5, 1998, from
licensing the technology to others, except in limited circumstances.

The KME agreement provides to KME, for a license fee previously paid in
full to the Company, all of the source code and object code of the H.324
software for 8x8's LVP semiconductor product and related development software,
as well as certain board schematics (the "H.324 Technology"), and grants KME a
perpetual, nonexclusive, nonassignable worldwide license to make, use or sell
products with the H.324 Technology. Under this arrangement, KME also has a
nonassignable option, upon payment of additional consideration, to obtain the
Company's LVP and VCP semiconductor technology for use only on systems assembled
by KME or its affiliates, which would include any entity controlled directly or
indirectly by Matsushita. As a result, KME has a license to substantially all of
the Company's technology underlying its VideoCommunicators. In addition, KME
must pay to the Company a royalty for any LVP or VCP semiconductor it
manufactures or any product wherein KME uses any part of the LVP or VCP
semiconductor technology. Both parties agree to license to the other party, at
no charge, any enhancements to the H.324 Technology or the LVP or VCP
semiconductor made by either party, until such time as KME decides to
discontinue sharing of enhancements.

In addition to the above technology and licensing arrangements intended to
promote the Company's products, in the past the Company has entered into certain
other technology licensing arrangements in connection with the discontinuation
of certain products or development efforts. See "Business -- Research and
Development."

In the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, technology licensing
revenues (all of which were non-recurring) were $1.3 million, $9.0 million and
$3.9 million, respectively. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Although a number of the
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technology licensing arrangements (including the license arrangements with USR
and KME described above) may result in future payments to the Company, the
Company has no way to determine the amount of such payments, if any, as their
receipt by the Company is dependent upon many factors (such as successful
product development and introduction by the licensee) largely outside of the
Company's control.

In March 1996, 8x8 entered into an investment agreement (the "VidUs
Agreement") with certain of its employees to form VidUs, Inc. ("VidUs"), whose
officers include Michael Noonen and Sandra L. Abbott, as a subsidiary of 8x8.
VidUs is currently developing technology by which a digital camera transfers
data to a computer port using the Company's MEP semiconductor and reference
board design video compression capabilities (the "CompressionCam Concept"). See
"Business -- Products" for a discussion of the Company's products, including its
MEP semiconductor and its reference board designs. Pursuant to the VidUs
Agreement and a later related agreement, the Company contributed $157,500 and
certain employees of 8x8 contributed a total of $77,500 for shares of the common
stock of VidUs at a rate of one dollar per share, the price approved by VidUs'
Board of Directors. Each of 8x8, Keith R. Barraclough, Paul Voois and Michael
Noonen owns approximately 67%, 2%, 1% and 11%, respectively, of VidUs common
stock. The remaining 19% of VidUs common stock is owned by other employees of
8x8. The Company has agreed to register under the Securities Act shares of VidUs
in an initial public offering once VidUs has had several quarters of operating
profits and overall profitability and has forecasted profits for each of the
quarters over the succeeding two years. Also in connection with the VidUs
Agreement, the Company will own all patents related to the CompressionCam
Concept as developed by 8x8 as of March 1996, but has provided VidUs with a
royalty-free, nonexclusive, nonassignable license to make, have made, use and
sell products which incorporate the CompressionCam Concept. Neither the Company
nor VidUs has any obligation to share with the other party any patent developed
by it after the formation of VidUs. The Company believes that the value of the
CompressionCam Concept at the time of the formation of VidUs was not material.

COMPETITION

The Company competes with independent manufacturers of video compression
semiconductors and, with the introduction of the VC100, its initial
VideoCommunicator, now competes with manufacturers of video conferencing
products targeted at the United States consumer market. The markets for the
Company's products are characterized by intense competition, declining average
selling prices and rapid technological change. The competitive factors in the
market for the Company's VideoCommunicators include audio and video quality,
phone line connectivity at high transmission rates, ability to connect and
maintain stable connections, ease of use, price, access to enabling
technologies, product design, time-to-market, adherence to industry standards,
interoperability, strength of distribution channels, customer support,
reliability and brand name. In addition to these factors, the Company's ability
to compete depends upon its future success in developing and manufacturing new
generations of video compression semiconductors that integrate additional
functions and reduce costs. Otherwise, competing semiconductor manufacturers may
in the future have competitive advantages in cost, size and performance which
could make systems based on competing semiconductors preferable to the Company's
VideoCommunicators. The Company expects intense competition for its
VideoCommunicators from the following segments:

Large consumer electronics manufacturers. The Company will face intense
competition from many well known, established suppliers of consumer
electronics products, which may include Lucent Technologies, Matsushita,
Philips, Samsung and Sony. Many of these potential competitors sell
television and telephone products into which they may integrate video
conferencing systems, thereby eliminating a consumer's need to purchase a
separate video conferencing system, such as the VC100.

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with the Company's VideoCommunicators. The Company may in the future enter
into similar license agreements with respect to substantial portions of its
technology. See "Business -- Licensing and Development Arrangements." In
addition, other companies have chosen or may choose to manufacture and sell
products competitive with the Company's VideoCommunicators by incorporating
video compression semiconductors purchased from the Company into products
that are based on the Company's video phone reference board designs or
other video phone designs. For example, Leadtek, which is currently both a
licensee of certain of the Company's technology and a purchaser of the
Company's video compression semiconductors, recently began shipping to
consumer electronics stores a product that is directly competitive with the
Company's VC100.

Purchasers of Other Companies' Video Compression Semiconductors and
Reference Designs. Companies may choose to manufacture and sell products
based upon video compression semiconductors manufactured by suppliers other
than the Company or upon reference designs based upon such semiconductors.
Certain of these other suppliers of video compression semiconductors,
including Analog Devices, Chromatic Research, Lucent Technologies, Philips,
Texas Instruments and Winbond Electronics, may have significantly greater
resources than the Company. In order to increase the sale of their video
compression semiconductors, these manufacturers may provide marketing,
financial and other support to the purchasers of these products. One
company has publicly announced that it is developing a video conferencing
product based upon Lucent Technologies' video compression semiconductors
and that it will be making available for sale to third parties a video
phone reference design incorporating Lucent Technologies' semiconductors.
In addition, another company has publicly announced that it is developing a
similar product based on semiconductors from Analog Devices. The Company's
ability to compete depends upon its future success in developing and
manufacturing new generation of video compression semiconductors that
integrate additional functions and reduce costs. Otherwise, competing
semiconductor manufacturers may in the future have competitive advantages
in cost, size and performance which could make systems based on competing
semiconductors preferable to the Company's VideoCommunicators.

Existing manufacturers of video conferencing equipment. Manufacturers of
more expensive corporate video conferencing systems may enter the market
for lower cost consumer video conferencing products. Potential competitors
include Compression Labs, C-Phone (which is shipping to consumer electronic
stores a product that is competitive with the Company's VC100), PictureTel,
Sony and Vtel.

Emerging suppliers of "Internet appliances." Potential customers for the
Company's VideoCommunicators may elect instead to buy standalone internet
access terminals which may provide some or all of the functionality of the
Company's products. Consumer products for television-based Internet access
have recently been announced or introduced by companies such as Microsoft,
Philips and Sony.

The principal competitive factors in the market for video compression
semiconductors include product definition, product design, system integration,
chip size, functionality, time-to-market, adherence to industry standards, price
and reliability. The Company has a number of competitors in this market,
including Analog Devices, Chromatic Research, Lucent Technologies, Philips,
Texas Instruments and Winbond Electronics. Certain of the Company's competitors
for video compression semiconductors maintain their own semiconductor foundries
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also have greater name recognition and a larger installed base of products than
the Company. Competition in the Company's markets may result in significant
price reductions. As a result of their greater resources, many current and
potential competitors may be better able than the Company to initiate and
withstand significant price competition or downturns in the economy. There can
be no assurance that the Company will be able to continue to compete
effectively, and any failure to do so would have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business and operating results.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Company relies in part on trademark, copyright and trade secret law to
protect its intellectual property in the United States and abroad. The Company
seeks to protect its software, documentation and other written materials under
trade secret and copyright laws, which afford only limited protection. There can
be no assurance that the steps taken by the Company will prevent
misappropriation of its technology. The Company also relies in part on patent
law to protect its intellectual property in the United States and abroad. The
Company currently holds four United States patents, including patents relating
to video compression and memory architecture technology, and has 13 United
States patent applications pending. The Company has a number of foreign patent
applications pending. There can be no assurance that any patent, trademark or
copyright owned by the Company will not be invalidated, circumvented or
challenged, that the rights granted thereunder will provide competitive
advantages to the Company or that any of the Company's pending or future patent
applications will be issued with the scope of the claims sought by the Company,
if at all. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect the
Company's proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United States. Thus,
effective intellectual property protection may be unavailable or limited in
certain foreign countries. There can be no assurance that the Company's means of
protecting its proprietary rights in the United States or abroad will be
adequate or that competition will not independently develop technologies that
are similar or superior to the Company's technology, duplicate the Company's
technology or design around any patent of the Company. Moreover, litigation may
be necessary in the future to enforce the Company's intellectual property
rights, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others,
or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such litigation could
result in substantial costs and diversion of management time and resources and
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business and operating
results.

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EMPLOYEES

As of March 31, 1997, the Company employed a total of 98 people, including
11 in manufacturing operations, 53 in research and development, 22 in sales and
marketing and 12 in general and administrative capacities. The Company also
employs a number of temporary employees and consultants on a contract basis.
None of the Company's employees is represented by a labor union with respect to
his or her employment by the Company. The Company has not experienced any work
stoppages and considers its relations with its employees to be good.

The Company's future success will depend, in part, upon its ability to
attract and retain qualified personnel. Competition for qualified personnel in
the electronics and communications industries is intense, and there can be no
assurance that the Company will be successful in retaining its key employees or
that it will be able to attract skilled personnel as the Company grows. See
"Risk Factors -- Management of Growth" and "Risk Factors -- Dependence on Key
Personnel."

FACILITIES

The Company's principal operations are located in an approximately 61,767
square foot facility in Santa Clara, California. A portion of this facility has
been subleased. This lease expires in April 1999. The Company also leases 2,267
square feet in London, England. This lease expires in January 1999 and the
Company has no option to extend the lease. The Company's existing facilities are
adequate to meet its current needs.

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MANAGEMENT

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the executive
officers and directors of the Company as of the date of this Prospectus:

NAME AGE POSITION
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Joe Parkinson(1)............ 51 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Keith R. Barraclough........ 31 President and Chief Operating Officer and Director
Paul Voois.................. 30 Executive Vice President and Director
Sandra L. Abbott............ 50 Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance
David Harper................ 50 Vice President, European Operations
Bryan R. Martin............. 29 Chief Technical Officer and Vice President, Engineering
Chris McNiffe............... 35 Vice President, Marketing and Sales
Michael Noonen.............. 34 Vice President, Business Development
Samuel Wang................. 47 Vice President, Manufacturing and Director
Bernd Girod................. 39 Director
Richard M. Chang(1)(2)...... 56 Director
Akifumi Goto(1)............. 53 Director
Y.W. Sing(2)................ 42 Vice Chairman of the Board
William Tai................. 35 Director

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(1) Member of the Compensation Committee.

(2) Member of the Audit Committee.

Joe Parkinson has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company since June 1995. From October 1994 to June 1995, Mr.
Parkinson served as a consultant to Micron Technology, Inc. ("Micron"), a
manufacturer of semiconductor memory products, personal computers and circuit
board assemblies. From October 1985 to October 1994, he served as Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Micron, and from July 1980 to October
1985 he served as President of Micron. Mr. Parkinson is a director of Ultratech
Stepper, Inc. Mr. Parkinson received a B.A. from Columbia College, a J.D. from
Tulane University and a L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University.

Keith R. Barraclough was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer
and became a director of the Company in January 1997. From April 1996 to the
present, he has also served as a director of VidUs, Inc. ("VidUs"), a subsidiary
of the Company engaged in the design of integrated camera and video compression
solutions. Mr. Barraclough served as Director of Videophone Development of the
Company from September 1995 to January 1997, and as Strategic Marketing Manager
from January 1995 to September 1995. From April 1993 to January 1995, Mr.
Barraclough served as Manager of Semiconductor Development at Media Vision
Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of multimedia products. From 1988 to April
1993, Mr. Barraclough held a position as engineer at IBM. Mr. Barraclough
received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University College, London and a
M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London.

Dr. Paul Voois was promoted to Executive Vice President and became a
director of the Company in January 1997. From April 1996 to the present, he has
also served as a director of VidUs. Dr. Voois served as Manager of Multimedia
Codec Development of the Company from April 1996 to January 1997, as Technical
Lead of the Company's H.324 Development Group from November 1995 to April 1996,
and as a member of the technical staff of the Company from September 1994 to
November 1995. From January 1990 to December 1993, Dr. Voois was a research
assistant in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Dr. Voois received a
B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, and a M.S. and a
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Sandra L. Abbott joined the Company as Controller in April 1991, and was
promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance in June 1995.
From February 1990 to March 1991, Ms. Abbott served as

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Controller for InfoChip Systems, Inc, a semiconductor manufacturer. Prior to
1990, Ms. Abbott held Controller positions at MRP, Inc. (a subsidiary of U.S.
West), Free-Flow Packaging, Inc. and Weitek Corporation. Ms. Abbott received a
B.A. from University California, Riverside and a M.B.A. from Santa Clara
University.

David Harper joined the Company in May 1990 and was promoted to Vice
President, European Operations in March 1991. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Harper was
Chief Executive Officer of Dialog Semiconductor, a European ASIC manufacturer.
Prior to 1988, Mr. Harper held various sales management positions at GEC Plessey
Semiconductor, LSI Logic Corp. and General Electric Company. Mr. Harper received
a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology.

Bryan R. Martin was promoted to Chief Technical Officer and Vice President,
Engineering of the Company in August 1995. Mr. Martin served as Video Project
Manager of the Company from April 1995 to August 1995, and as an integrated
circuit designer for the Company from April 1990 to August 1995. Mr. Martin
received a B.S. and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Chris McNiffe has served as Vice President, Marketing and Sales for the
Company since July 1995. From June 1992 to July 1995, Mr. McNiffe held various
sales and marketing management positions at the Company. From July 1986 to June
1992, Mr. McNiffe held a position as sales manager at NCR Corporation, a
computer products and services provider. From 1982 to 1986, Mr. McNiffe was a
design engineer at RCA Corporation. Mr. McNiffe received a B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Rutgers University.

Michael Noonen has served as Vice President, Business Development for the
Company since May 1996. From April 1996 to the present, he has also served as
Chief Executive Officer of VidUs. From July 1992 to April 1995, Mr. Noonen held
various sales management positions at the Company. From August 1990 to July
1992, Mr. Noonen served as an Area Sales Manager for NCR Corporation, a computer
products and services provider. Prior to 1992, Mr. Noonen was a field
application engineer for Seattle Silicon Corporation, a software developer. Mr.
Noonen received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University.

Dr. Samuel Wang has served as Vice President, Manufacturing and a director
of the Company since October 1995. From 1984 to October 1995, Mr. Wang served as
Executive Vice President and a director of ICT Inc., a manufacturer of
programmable logic devices. From 1981 to 1983 Mr. Wang was a Senior Engineering
Manager at National Semiconductor Corporation, and from 1978 to 1980 he was a
staff engineer at Intel Corporation. Mr. Wang received a B.S. in Physics from
the National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Solid State
Electronics from Princeton University.

Dr. Bernd Girod has served as a director of the Company since November
1996. Dr. Girod has been a Chaired Professor of Electrical
Engineering/Telecommunications at the University of Enlangen-Nuremberg in
Germany since October 1993. In May 1993, he co-founded Vivo Software, Inc., a
developer of video compression software, and has served as Chief Scientist since
then. From June 1990 to September 1993, Dr. Girod was Professor of Computer
Graphics and Technical Director of the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne,
Germany, jointly appointed with the Computer Science Section of Cologne
University. From January 1988 to May 1990, he was employed at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, first as a Visiting Scientist and then as an Assistant
Professor with the Media Laboratory. Dr. Girod received a M.S. in Electrical
Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Doctoral degree from
the University of Hannover, Germany.

Dr. Richard M. Chang has been a director of the Company since February
1987. He has served in various marketing and manufacturing management positions
at Hewlett-Packard Company, an electronics component and system manufacturer,
since 1970. Dr. Chang received a B.S. in Physics from the California Institute
of Technology and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University.

Akifumi Goto has been a director of the Company since September 1996. He
has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sanyo Semiconductor
Corporation ("Sanyo"), a semiconductor manufacturer, since February 1993. From
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Sanyo. Mr. Goto received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tamagawa
University and a M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Dr. Y.W. Sing has served as a director of the Company since February 1987,
and has served as Vice Chairman of the Board since July 1995. Dr. Sing
co-founded the Company in February 1987 and was Vice President of Engineering
until December 1989. From December 1989 to July 1995, he served as the Company's
Executive Vice President, and in July 1995 became the Company's Vice Chairman of
the Board. In April 1997, Dr. Sing resigned as an employee of the Company but
remains as Vice Chairman of the Board. For six years prior to 1987, Dr. Sing
worked for Weitek Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer, where he served as
senior technical manager. From 1979 to 1981, Dr. Sing was a member of the
technical staff at Hewlett-Packard Company. Dr. Sing holds a B.S. from National
Taiwan University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the
University of California at Berkeley.

William Tai has been a director of the Company since April 1994. Mr. Tai
has been associated with the Walden Group of Venture Capital Funds, a venture
capital firm, since September 1991, most recently as a General Partner of
several funds. From August 1987 to September 1991, Mr. Tai was employed by Alex.
Brown & Sons Incorporated, most recently as Vice President. Mr. Tai is also a
director of Network Peripherals, Inc. and Award Software International, Inc. Mr.
Tai received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois
and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

BOARD COMMITTEES

The Board of Directors has a Compensation Committee and an Audit Committee.
The Compensation Committee makes recommendations to the Board concerning the
compensation for the Company's officers and directors and the administration of
the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan, Key Personnel Plan, 1996 Stock Plan, 1996
Director Option Plan and 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Audit Committee
reviews the Company's financial controls, evaluates the scope of the annual
audit, reviews audit results, consults with management and the Company's
independent auditors prior to the presentation of financial statements to
stockholders and, as appropriate, initiates inquiries into aspects of the
Company's financial affairs.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Directors receive no cash remuneration for serving on the Board of
Directors but are reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred by them in
attending Board and Committee meetings upon approval of such reimbursement by
the Board of Directors. Directors are eligible to receive stock options under
the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan, Key Personnel Plan and 1996 Stock Plan.
Effective upon the closing of this Offering, the Company has adopted the 1996
Director Option Plan and, in the future, non-employee directors will be eligible
to receive stock options under this plan. See "Management -- Compensation
Plans."

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors currently consists of
Messrs. Parkinson, Chang and Goto. No member of the Compensation Committee or
executive officer of the Company has a relationship that would constitute an
interlocking relationship with executive officers or directors of another
entity.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION MATTERS

The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation limits the
liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "Delaware Law"). Under the Delaware Law, a director's
liability to a company or its stockholders may not be limited with respect to
(i) any breach of his duty of loyalty to the company or its stockholders, (ii)
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) unlawful payments or dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases or redemptions or (iv) transactions from which the director derived
an improper personal benefit.

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The Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify its officers
and directors and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest
extent permitted under the Delaware Law. The Company has also entered into
agreements to indemnify its directors and executive officers. The Company's
Bylaws also permit it to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director,
employee or other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions,
regardless of whether the Delaware Law would permit indemnification.

There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company where indemnification will be required
or permitted. The Company is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation
or proceeding that might result in a claim for such indemnification.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth in summary form information concerning the
compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid for services rendered to the Company
in all capacities during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997 by (i) the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer and (ii) the
Company's other four most highly compensated executive officers whose salary and
bonus for such fiscal year exceeded $100,000 and who served as executive
officers of the Company at March 31, 1997 (collectively, the "Named Executive
Officers"):

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

LONG TERM
ANNUAL COMPENSATION COMPENSATION
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OTHER ANNUAL SECURITIES ALL OTHER
COMPENSATION UNDERLYING COMPEN-
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION SALARY($) BONUS($) ($)(1) OPTIONS(#) SATION($)
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Joe Parkinson, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer................. 150,000 9,322 -- 1,000,000(2) --
Keith R. Barraclough, President and
Chief Operating Officer........... 123,962 120,650 -- 250,000(3) --
Paul Voois, Executive Vice
President......................... 121,191 190,034 -- 250,000(4) --
Samuel Wang, Vice President,
Manufacturing..................... 150,000 150,000 -- 157,400(5) --
Chris McNiffe, Vice President,
Marketing and Sales............... 150,000 150,000 -- 176,400(6) --
Bryan R. Martin, Chief Technical
Officer, and Vice President,
Engineering....................... 130,192 151,675 -- 160,400(7) --

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(1) Excludes perquisites and other personal benefits which for each Named
Executive Officer did not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the total
annual salary and bonus for such officer.

(2) Includes a grant of options for 500,000 shares issued pursuant to a
repricing of options on June 24, 1996 accomplished through the cancellation
of then existing options and the issuance of new options. See "Certain
Transactions."

(3) Includes grants of options for an aggregate of 35,000 shares issued pursuant
to a repricing of options on June 24, 1996 accomplished through the
cancellation of then existing options and the issuance of new options. See
"Certain Transactions."

(4) Includes grants of options for an aggregate of 31,000 shares issued pursuant
to a repricing of options on June 24, 1996 accomplished through the
cancellation of then existing options and the issuance of new options. See
"Certain Transactions."

(5) Includes a grant of options for 100,000 shares issued pursuant to a
repricing of options on June 24, 1996 accomplished through the cancellation
of then existing options and the issuance of new options. See "Certain
Transactions."

(6) Includes grants of options for an aggregate of 119,000 shares issued
pursuant to a repricing of options on June 24, 1996 accomplished through the
cancellation of then existing options and the issuance of new options. See
"Certain Transactions."

(7) Includes grants of options for an aggregate of 103,000 shares issued
pursuant to a repricing of options on June 24, 1996 accomplished through the
cancellation of then existing options and the issuance of new options. See
"Certain Transactions."

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Option Grants and Holdings

The following table provides information with respect to stock option
grants to each of the Named Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1997:

OPTION GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR

POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS VALUE AT ASSUMED
-------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
NUMBER OF PERCENT OF PRICE APPRECIATION
SECURITIES TOTAL FOR
UNDERLYING OPTIONS GRANTED OPTION TERM(1)
OPTIONS TO EMPLOYEES IN EXERCISE OR EXPIRATION ---------------------
NAME GRANTED(#) FISCAL YEAR BASE PRICE ($/SH.) DATE 5%($) 10%($)
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Joe Parkinson.......... 500,000(3) 18.2% $ 0.50(2) 06/15/05 $157,223 $ 398,435
Joe Parkinson.......... 250,000(4) 9.1% $ 0.50 06/24/06 $ 78,612 $ 169,743
Joe Parkinson.......... 250,000(5) 9.1% $ 0.50 06/24/06 $ 78,612 $ 169,743
Keith R. Barraclough... 20,000(6) 0.7% $ 0.50(2) 12/11/05 $ 6,289 $ 15,937
Keith R. Barraclough... 15,000(7) 0.5% $ 0.50(2) 01/27/05 $ 4,717 $ 11,953
Keith R. Barraclough... 25,000(8) 0.9% $ 5.00 10/21/06 $ 78,612 $ 169,743
Keith R. Barraclough... 170,000(9) 6.2% $ 6.80 01/20/07 $727,002 $1,842,366
Keith R. Barraclough... 20,000(6) 0.7% $ 0.50 06/24/06 $ 6,289 $ 15,937
Paul Voois............. 20,000(6) 0.7% $ 0.50(2) 08/14/05 $ 6,289 $ 15,937
Paul Voois............. 5,000(6) 0.2% $ 0.50 05/20/06 1,572 3,984
Paul Voois............. 6,000(7) 0.2% $ 0.50(2) 10/27/04 $ 1,887 $ 4,781
Paul Voois............. 20,000(9) 0.7% $ 0.50 06/24/06 $ 6,289 $ 15,937
Paul Voois............. 4,000(9) 0.1% $ 0.50 07/17/06 $ 1,258 $ 3,187
Paul Voois............. 25,000(8) 0.9% $ 5.00 10/21/06 $ 78,612 $ 169,743
Paul Voois............. 170,000(9) 6.2% $ 6.80 01/20/07 $727,002 $1,842,366
Samuel Wang............ 100,000(10) 3.6% $ 0.50(2) 10/16/05 $ 31,445 $ 79,687
Samuel Wang............ 57,400(11) 2.1% $ 0.50 06/24/06 $ 18,049 $ 45,740
Chris McNiffe.......... 100,000(11) 3.6% $ 0.50(2) 07/10/05 $ 31,445 $ 79,687
Chris McNiffe.......... 2,000(11) 0.1% $ 0.50(2) 02/22/04 $ 629 $ 1,594
Chris McNiffe.......... 15,000(12) 0.5% $ 0.50(2) 07/08/02 $ 4,717 $ 11,953
Chris McNiffe.......... 2,000(13) 0.1% $ 0.50(2) 08/05/04 $ 629 $ 1,594
Chris McNiffe.......... 57,400(11) 2.1% $ 0.50 06/24/06 $ 18,049 $ 45,740
Bryan R. Martin........ 100,000(11) 3.6% $ 0.50(2) 08/14/05 $ 31,445 $ 79,687
Bryan R. Martin........ 3,000(11) 0.1% $ 0.50(2) 02/22/04 $ 943 $ 2,391
Bryan R. Martin........ 57,400(11) 2.1% $ 0.50 06/24/06 $ 18,049 $ 45,740

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(1) Potential gains are net of the exercise price but before taxes associated
with the exercise. The 5% and 10% assumed annual rates of compounded stock
appreciation are mandated by the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and do not represent the Company's estimate or projection of the
future Common Stock price. Actual gains, if any, on stock option exercises
are dependent on the future financial performance of the Company, overall
market conditions and the option holders' continued employment through the
vesting period.

(2) These options were issued pursuant to a repricing of options on June 24,
1996 accomplished through the cancellation of then existing options and the
issuance of new options. See "Certain Transactions."

(3) The options were granted under the Key Personnel Plan and vest at a rate of
1/3 of the shares at the end of one year and 1/24 of the remaining shares
at the end of each month thereafter, subject to continued service as an
employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is ten years. The
exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair market value of
the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

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(4) The options were granted under the Key Personnel Plan and vest at a rate of
1/48 of the shares at the end of each month, subject to continued service
as an employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is ten
years. The exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair
market value of the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

(5) The options were granted under the Key Personnel Plan. This option shall
vest at a rate of 1/36 of the shares at the end of each month, commencing in
April 1997; provided, however, that vesting shall be accelerated in full
upon an initial public offering of the Company's Common Stock occurring
prior to December 31, 1997 for which either the initial public offering
price or the highest bid price on the secondary market for the month
thereafter is greater than $6.00 per share. The term of each option is ten
years. The exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair market
value of the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans" and "Certain Transactions."

(6) The options were granted under the 1992 Stock Option Plan and vest at a
rate of 1/48 of the shares at the end of each month, subject to continued
service as an employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is
ten years. The exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair
market value of the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

(7) The options were granted under the 1992 Stock Option Plan and vest at a
rate of 1/4 of the shares at the end of one year and 1/36 of the remaining
shares at the end of each month thereafter, subject to continued service as
an employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is ten years.
The exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair market value
of the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

(8) The options were granted under the 1992 Stock Option Plan and vest in full
on October 21, 2000, subject to continued service as an employee,
consultant or director. The options vest in full on June 30, 1997 dependent
upon certain milestones reached by Messrs. Barraclough and Voois. The term
of each option is ten years. The exercise price of each option granted is
equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock of the Company on the
date of grant. See "Management -- Compensation Plans."

(9) The options were granted under the 1996 Stock Plan and vest at a rate of
1/48 of the shares at the end of each month, subject to continued service
as an employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is ten
years. The exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair
market value of the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

(10) The options were granted under the Key Personnel Plan and vest at a rate of
1/4 of the shares at the end of one year and 1/36 of the remaining shares
at the end of each month thereafter, subject to continued service as an
employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is ten years. The
exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair market value of
the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

(11) The options were granted under the Key Personnel Plan and vest at a rate of
1/48 of the shares at the end of each month, subject to continued service
as an employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is ten
years. The exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair
market value of the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

(12) The options were granted under the Key Personnel Plan and vest at a rate of
1/5 of the shares at the end of one year and 1/48 of the remaining shares
at the end of each month thereafter, subject to continued service as an
employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is ten years. The
exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair market value of
the Common Stock of the company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

(13) The options were granted under the Key Personnel Plan and vest at a rate of
1/24 of the shares at the end of each month, subject to continued service
as an employee, consultant or director. The term of each option is ten
years. The exercise price of each option granted is equal to the fair
market value of the Common Stock of the Company on the date of grant. See
"Management -- Compensation Plans."

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The following table provides information with respect to option exercises
during the year ended March 31, 1997 and the value of stock options held as of
March 31, 1997 by each of the Named Executive Officers.

AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION
VALUES

NUMBER OF SECURITIES
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
SHARES AT FISCAL YEAR END(#)(1) AT FISCAL YEAR END($)
ACQUIRED FOR VALUE --------------------------- ---------------------------
NAME EXERCISE(#) REALIZED($)(1) EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
- -------------------------- ------------ -------------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------

Joe Parkinson............. 1,000,000 $ 0 -- -- -- --
Keith R. Barraclough(2)... -- -- 18,750 36,250 $ 118,125 $ 228,375
Keith R. Barraclough(3)... -- -- 0 25,000 $ 0 $ 45,000
Keith R. Barraclough(4)... -- -- 7,083 162,917 $ 0 $ 0
Paul Voois(2)............. -- -- 17,126 37,874 $ 107,894 $ 238,606
Paul Voois(3)............. -- -- 0 25,000 $ 0 $ 45,000
Paul Voois(4)............. -- -- 7,083 162,917 $ 0 $ 0
Samuel Wang............... 157,400 $ 0 -- -- -- --
Chris McNiffe............. 176,400 $ 0 -- -- -- --
Bryan R. Martin........... 160,400 $ 0 -- -- -- --

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(1) Calculated by determining the difference between the exercise price of the
Common Stock ($0.50) and the fair market value of the Common Stock on the
date of exercise ($0.50).

(2) Calculated by determining the difference between the fair market value of
the Common Stock as of March 31, 1997 ($6.80) and the exercise price of the
underlying options as of March 31, 1997 ($0.50).

(3) Calculated by determining the difference between the fair market value of
the Common Stock as of March 31, 1997 ($6.80) and the exercise price of the
underlying options as of March 31, 1997 ($5.00).

(4) Calculated by determining the difference between the fair market value of
the Common Stock as of March 31, 1997 ($6.80) and the exercise price of the
underlying options as of March 31, 1997 ($6.80).

COMPENSATION PLANS

1992 Stock Option Plan

The Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan (the "1992 Plan") was adopted in
January 1992. The 1992 Plan provides for the grant to employees of the Company
(including officers and employee directors) of incentive stock options within
the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), and for the grant of nonstatutory stock options to employees and
consultants of the Company. The 1992 Plan is administered by the Board of
Directors or a Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Administrator"), which
selects the optionees, determines the number of shares to be subject to each
option and determines the exercise price of each option. The 1992 Plan
authorizes the issuance of up to 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of March
31, 1997, 253,892 shares had been issued under the 1992 Plan, options for
1,581,825 shares were outstanding and 164,283 shares remained available for
future grants. The exercise price of all incentive stock options granted under
the 1992 Plan must be at least equal to the fair market value per share of the
Common Stock on the date of grant. The exercise price of all nonstatutory stock
options granted under the 1992 Plan is determined by the Administrator. With
respect to any participant who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company, the exercise price of any
incentive stock option granted must equal at least 110% of the fair market value
on the grant date and the maximum term of the option must not exceed five years.
The term of all other options granted under the 1992 Plan may not exceed ten
years.

In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation,
the 1992 Plan requires that each outstanding option be assumed or an equivalent
option substituted by such successor corporation or a

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parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation. If the successor corporation
refuses to assume or substitute for the options, the optionee will have the
right to exercise the option as to all or a portion of the stock subject
thereto, including shares which would not otherwise be exercisable. Unless
terminated sooner, the 1992 Plan will terminate ten years from its effective
date. The Board has authority to amend or terminate the 1992 Plan, provided no
such action would impair the rights of the holder of any outstanding options
without the written consent of such holder.

Key Personnel Plan

The Company's Key Personnel Plan (the "Key Personnel Plan") was adopted in
July 1995. The Key Personnel Plan provides for the grant to employees of the
Company (including officers and employee directors) of incentive stock options
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, and for the grant of nonstatutory
stock options to employees and consultants of the Company. The Key Personnel
Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or a Committee of the Board of
Directors (the "Administrator"), which selects the optionees, determines the
number of shares to be subject to each option and determines the exercise price
of each option. The Key Personnel Plan authorizes the issuance of up to
2,199,925 shares of Common Stock. As of March 31, 1997, 2,199,925 shares had
been issued under the Key Personnel Plan and no shares remained available for
future grants. The exercise price of all incentive stock options granted under
the Key Personnel Plan must be at least equal to the fair market value of the
Common Stock on the date of grant. The exercise price of all nonstatutory stock
options granted under the Key Personnel Plan is determined by the Administrator.
With respect to any participant who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the exercise price of any
incentive stock option granted must equal at least 110% of the fair market value
on the grant date and the maximum term of the option must not exceed five years.
The term of all other options granted under the Key Personnel Plan may not
exceed ten years.

In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation,
the Key Personnel Plan requires that each outstanding option be assumed or an
equivalent option substituted by such successor corporation or a parent or
subsidiary of such successor corporation. If the successor corporation refuses
to assume or substitute for the options, the optionee will have the right to
exercise the option as to all or a portion of the stock subject thereto,
including shares which would not otherwise be exercisable.

1996 Stock Plan

The Company's 1996 Stock Plan (the "1996 Plan") was adopted in June 1996.
The 1996 Plan provides for the grant to employees of the Company (including
officers and employee directors) of incentive stock options within the meaning
of Section 422 of the Code, and for the grant of nonstatutory stock options and
stock purchase rights ("Rights") to employees and consultants of the Company.
The 1996 Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or a Committee of the
Board of Directors (the "Administrator"), which selects the optionees,
determines the number of shares to be subject to each option or Right and
determines the exercise price of each option or Right. The 1996 Plan authorizes
the issuance of up to 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, to be increased annually
on the first day of each of the Company's fiscal years during the term of the
plan in an amount equal to 5% of the Company's Common Stock issued and
outstanding at the close of business on the last day of the immediately
preceding fiscal year (the "Annual Replenishment"), with only the initial
1,500,000 shares and subsequent annual increases in an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) 1,000,000 shares, or (ii) the number of shares subject to the
Annual Replenishment to be available for issuance as "incentive stock options"
qualified under Section 422 of the Code. As of March 31, 1997, 2,302 shares had
been issued under the 1996 Plan, options for 709,325 shares were outstanding and
288,373 shares remained available for future grants. The exercise price of all
incentive stock options granted under the 1996 Plan must be at least equal to
the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. The exercise
price of all nonstatutory stock options granted under the 1996 Plan shall be
determined by the Administrator. With respect to any participant who owns stock
possessing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company, the exercise price of any incentive stock option granted must equal at
least 110% of the fair market value on the grant date and the maximum term of an
incentive stock option must not exceed five years. The term of all other options
granted under the 1996 Plan may not exceed ten years.

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In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation,
or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the 1996
Plan requires that each outstanding option be assumed or an equivalent option
substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such
successor corporation. If the successor corporation refuses to assume or
substitute for the options, the optionee will have the right to exercise the
option or Right as to all or a portion of the stock subject thereto, including
shares which would not otherwise be exercisable. Unless terminated sooner, the
1996 Plan will terminate ten years from its effective date. The Board has
authority to amend or terminate the 1996 Plan, provided no such action would
impair the rights of the holder of any outstanding options without the written
consent of such holder.

1996 Director Option Plan

The Company's 1996 Director Option Plan (the "Director Plan") was adopted
in June 1996 and will become effective upon the closing of this Offering. A
total of 150,000 shares of Common Stock has been reserved for issuance under the
Director Plan. The Director Plan provides for the grant of nonstatutory stock
options to all nonemployee directors of the Company ("Outside Directors"). The
grants may be made at the discretion of the Board of Directors or a Committee
appointed by the Board of Directors. In addition, grants will be made pursuant
to an automatic, nondiscretionary grant mechanism. The Director Plan provides
that each Outside Director shall be granted a nonstatutory stock option to
purchase 16,000 shares of Common Stock on the date upon which such person first
becomes an Outside Director or, if later, on the effective date of the Director
Plan (the "First Option"). Thereafter, each Outside Director shall be
automatically granted an option to purchase 4,000 shares of Common Stock on the
date such Outside Director is reelected to the Board of Directors by the
Company's stockholders at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders or
otherwise (a "Subsequent Option"), if on such date, such Outside Director shall
have served on the Company's Board of Directors for at least six (6) months. The
Director Plan provides that each option shall become exercisable in installments
over a period of four (4) years from the date of grant. The exercise price per
share of all options granted under the Director Plan shall be equal to the fair
market value of a share of the Company's Common Stock on the date of grant.
Options granted to Outside Directors under the Director Plan have a ten year
term, or shorter upon termination of an Outside Director's status as a director.
In the event of the merger or sale of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, all outstanding options shall be assumed or substituted by the
successor corporation, or if they are not assumed or substituted for, they shall
become fully vested and exercisable. If the options are assumed or substituted
for, they shall also become fully exercisable if the director is terminated
other than upon voluntary termination. If not terminated earlier, the Director
Plan will have a term of ten years.

1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company's 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan") was
adopted in June 1996 and will become effective upon the closing of this
Offering. A total of 500,000 shares of Common Stock has been reserved for
issuance under the Purchase Plan, to be increased annually on the first day of
each of the Company's fiscal years during the term of the Purchase Plan in an
amount equal to (i) 500,000 shares minus (ii) the number of shares available for
issuance under the Purchase Plan as of such date, all of which share numbers are
subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company. The
Purchase Plan, which is intended to qualify under Section 423 of the Code, will
be implemented by an offering commencing on the date of the closing of this
Offering and ending on the last business day in the period ending October 31,
1998. Each twenty-four month offering period will consist of four purchase
periods of approximately six months duration. Employees are eligible to
participate if they are regularly employed by the Company for at least twenty
hours per week and more than five months in any calendar year.

The Purchase Plan permits eligible employees to purchase Common Stock
through payroll deductions, which may not exceed 10% of an employee's base
compensation, including commissions but exclusive of bonuses and overtime, at a
price equal to 85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock at the beginning
of each offering period or the end of a six month purchase period, whichever is
lower. In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation,
or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the
Purchase Plan provides that a new exercise date shall be set for each option
under the plan, which exercise date shall occur before the date of the merger or
asset sale. In the event that the fair market value of the Company's Common
Stock at the end of any six month purchase period is lower than the fair

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market value of the Company's Common Stock at the beginning of the offering
period, Purchase Plan participants will be automatically withdrawn from such
offering period and re-enrolled in the new offering period commencing
immediately thereafter. Unless terminated sooner, the Purchase Plan will
terminate ten years after its effective date. The Board of Directors has
authority to amend or terminate the Purchase Plan provided no such action may
adversely affect the rights of any participant.

Change of Control

In the event of an individual or corporate entity and any related parties
cumulatively acquiring at least 35% of the Company's fully diluted stock (a
"Change of Control"), all stock options or stock subject to repurchase by the
Company held by officers under any stock option plan shall vest immediately
without regard to the term of the option. In addition, in the event of a Change
of Control, each officer shall be entitled to one (1) year severance pay and
continuing medical benefits for life after leaving the Company, provided that
such medical benefits shall cease should such officer accept employment with a
competing company.

Profit Sharing Plan

In July 1995, the Company's Board of Directors approved a profit sharing
plan which provides for additional compensation to all employees of the Company
based on the Company's quarterly income before income taxes. The profit sharing
plan is effective beginning in the year ended March 31, 1996 and provides for
payments of up to 15% of the Company's quarterly income before income taxes.
Additionally, the plan provides for payment of certain discretionary bonuses
based on criteria established by management.

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CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

In September 1996, the Company sold an aggregate of 363,640 shares of
Series D Preferred Stock to Sanyo Semiconductor Corporation ("Sanyo"), a
manufacturer of semiconductors, at a price of $5.50 per share. Akifumi Goto,
President of Sanyo, became a director of the Company in connection with this
transaction. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997, the Company's product
revenues included $106,000 in sales to Sanyo, and the Company purchased $408,000
in inventory from Sanyo.

In July 1996, certain officers and directors of the Company exercised their
stock options under the Company's Key Personnel Plan pursuant to a restricted
stock purchase agreement. The officers and directors exercised an aggregate of
2,156,800 shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of $0.50 per share by
payment of partial recourse promissory notes. The following officers and
directors exercised shares of Common Stock under the Company's Key Personnel
Plan: 122,400 shares exercised by Sandra Abbott; 122,400 shares exercised by
David Harper; 160,400 shares exercised by Bryan Martin; 176,400 shares exercised
by Chris McNiffe; 125,400 shares exercised by Michael Noonen; 1,000,000 shares
exercised by Joe Parkinson; 292,400 shares exercised by Y.W. Sing; and 157,400
shares exercised by Samuel Wang.

In April 1994, the Company sold an aggregate of 681,820 shares of Series C
Preferred Stock to National Semiconductor Corporation ("NSC"), a semiconductor
manufacturer, at a price of $11.00 per share. Also in April 1994, the Company
entered into various joint development and supply agreements with NSC, which
were terminated by mutual agreement between the parties in June 1996. As part of
this termination, the Company licensed, on a non-exclusive, royalty free basis,
its Intel compatible x86 microprocessor technology to NSC. During the year ended
March 31, 1995, the company recognized contract revenue and related costs under
these agreements of $294,000 and $229,000, respectively and purchased $868,000
in inventory from NSC. Additionally, the Company subleases to NSC a portion of
its facilities under a month to month sublease arrangement. Proceeds from the
sublease are recorded as a reduction to operating expenses and aggregated
$207,000, $205,000 and $276,000 during the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and
1997, respectively.

In March 1996, 8x8 entered into an investment agreement (the "VidUs
Agreement") with certain of its employees to form VidUs, Inc. ("VidUs"), whose
officers include Michael Noonen and Sandra L. Abbott as a subsidiary of 8x8.
VidUs is currently developing technology by which a digital camera transfers
data to a computer port using the Company's MEP semiconductor and reference
board design video compression capabilities (the "CompressionCam Concept"). See
"Business -- Products" for a discussion of the Company's products, including its
MEP semiconductor and its reference board designs. Pursuant to the VidUs
Agreement and a later related agreement, the Company contributed $157,500 and
certain employees of 8x8 contributed an aggregate of $77,500 for shares of the
common stock of VidUs at a rate of one dollar per share, the price approved by
VidUs' Board of Directors. Each of 8x8, Keith R. Barraclough, Paul Voois and
Michael Noonen owns approximately 67%, 2%, 1% and 11%, respectively, of VidUs
common stock. The remaining 19% of VidUs common stock is owned by other
employees of 8x8. The Company has agreed to register under the Securities Act
shares of VidUs in an initial public offering once VidUs has had several
quarters of operating profits and overall profitability and has forecasted
profits for each of the quarters over the succeeding two years. Also in
connection with the VidUs Agreement, the Company will own all patents related to
the CompressionCam Concept as developed by 8x8 as of March 1996, but has
provided VidUs with a royalty-free, nonexclusive, nonassignable license to make,
have made, use and sell products which incorporate the CompressionCam Concept.
Neither the Company nor VidUs has any obligation to share with the other party
any patent developed by it after the formation of VidUs. The Company believes
that the value of the CompressionCam Concept at the time of the formation of
VidUs was not material.

In May 1997, the Company entered into a nonbinding letter of intent (the
"U.K. Letter") with 8x8, Ltd., the Company's U.K. subsidiary, and certain
employees of 8x8, Ltd., including David Harper. Pursuant to the U.K. Letter, the
Company and Mr. Harper will own approximately 70% and 11%, respectively, of the
common stock of 8x8, Ltd. The stock will be sold to 8x8, Ltd. employees at book
value, subject to repurchase upon termination of employment prior to an initial
public offering. Also in connection with the U.K. Letter, the Company will
provide 8x8 Ltd. a non-exclusive, royalty-bearing, nonassignable license to
make, have made, use and sell products which incorporate any of the Company's
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from the Company's licensees). In addition, the U.K. Letter specifies that so
long as the Company owns at least 50% of 8x8, Ltd., the Company and 8x8, Ltd.
will share all technology developed or acquired (other than from licensees) by
the other party for three years following the date of the U.K. Letter; provided,
however, that any technology developed by 8x8, Ltd. during such three year term
shall be assigned to the Company. The transactions contemplated by the U.K.
Letter are subject to negotiation of a definitive agreement.

In June 1996, certain officers and directors had their options to buy
Common Stock repriced to $0.50 per share through the cancellation of then
existing options and the issuance of new options. The following summarizes the
number of shares repriced, the exercise price per share before such repricing
and persons associated with the repriced shares: Joe Parkinson had 500,000
shares repriced from $2.50 per share; Keith R. Barraclough had 35,000 shares
repriced from $2.50 per share; Paul Voois had 31,000 shares repriced from $2.50
per share; Y.W. Sing had 235,000 shares repriced from $2.50 per share; Sandra L.
Abbott had 65,000 shares repriced from $2.50 per share; David Harper had 25,000
shares repriced from $2.50 per share, and 40,000 shares repriced from $1.00 per
share; Bryan R. Martin had 103,000 shares repriced from $2.50 per share; Chris
McNiffe had 119,000 shares repriced from $2.50 per share; Michael Noonen had
68,000 shares repriced from $2.50 per share; Samuel Wang had 100,000 shares
repriced from $2.50 per share; and William Tai had 25,000 shares repriced from
$2.50 per share.

In June 1996, the Company granted options to purchase 500,000 shares of its
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share to Joe Parkinson, the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Company has recognized
deferred compensation expense with respect to these options. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and
Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Of this option, 250,000
shares shall vest, subject to Mr. Parkinson's continued service as an employee,
consultant or director, at a rate of 1/36 of the shares at the end of each
month, commencing in April 1997; provided, however, that vesting shall be
accelerated in full upon an initial public offering of the Company's Common
Stock occurring prior to December 31, 1997 for which either the initial public
offering price or the highest bid price on the secondary market for the month
thereafter is greater than $6.00 per share. The remaining 250,000 shares shall
vest at a rate of 1/48 of the shares at the end of each month, subject to Mr.
Parkinson's continued service as an employee, consultant or director.

In July 1996, certain officers and directors of the Company entered into
partial recourse promissory notes in connection with the purchase of the
Company's Common Stock (at a price of $0.50 per share) through the exercise of
stock options granted under the Key Personnel Plan. The following summarizes the
amount of the promissory note entered into by each officer and/or director and
the persons associated with them: Joe Parkinson, $500,000; Y.W. Sing, $146,200;
Sandra L. Abbott, $61,200; David Harper, $61,200; Bryan R. Martin, $80,200;
Chris McNiffe, $88,200; Michael Noonen, $62,700; and Samuel Wang, $78,700. Each
of these promissory notes have an interest rate of 6.4% per year, and are
secured by the shares of the Company's Common Stock held by such respective
officers. Principal and interest on these promissory notes are due and payable
in June 2001.

The Company believes that all of the transactions set forth above were made
on terms no less favorable to the Company than could have been otherwise
obtained from unaffiliated third parties. All future transactions, including
loans (if any), between the Company and its officers, directors and principal
stockholders and their affiliates will be approved by a majority of the Board of
Directors, including a majority of the independent and disinterested outside
directors of the Board of Directors, and will be on terms no less favorable to
the Company than could have been obtained from unaffiliated third parties.

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock as of March 31, 1997, and as
adjusted to reflect the sale of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby and
the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock into
Common Stock upon the closing of this Offering, by (i) each person (or group of
affiliated persons) who is known by the Company to own beneficially 5% or more
of the Company's Common Stock, (ii) each of the Company's directors, (iii) each
of the Named Executive Officers and (iv) all directors and officers as a group.
Except as indicated in the footnotes to the table, the persons named in the
table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common
Stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws
where applicable, and the address of each listed stockholder is c/o 8x8, Inc.,
2445 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA 95054.

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
SHARES(1)(2)
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NUMBER OF SHARES BEFORE AFTER
NAME AND ADDRESS BENEFICIALLY OWNED OFFERING OFFERING
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Y.W. Sing(3)(4)................................. 1,036,400 9.7% 7.2%
Joe Parkinson(3)(5)............................. 1,000,000 9.3 7.0
National Semiconductor Corporation.............. 681,820 6.4 4.8
2900 Semiconductor Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Deby Investments, Ltd.(6)....................... 600,000 5.6 4.2
General Electronics Building FSSTL 96
Sheung Shui, N.T. Hong Kong
Richard M. Chang(3)............................. 453,334 4.2 3.2
Akifumi Goto(3)(7).............................. 363,640 3.4 2.5
David Harper(8)................................. 222,400 2.1 1.6
Chris McNiffe(9)................................ 176,400 1.6 1.2
Bryan Martin(10)................................ 172,900 1.6 1.2
Samuel Wang(3)(11).............................. 157,400 1.5 1.1
Sandra L. Abbott(12)............................ 153,400 1.4 1.1
Michael Noonen(13).............................. 125,400 1.2 *
William Tai(3)(14).............................. 38,750 * *
Keith Barraclough(3)(15)........................ 35,208 * *
Paul Voois(3)(16)............................... 33,583 * *
Bernd Girod(3)(17).............................. 3,125 * *
All directors and executive officers as a group
(14 persons) (18)............................. 3,971,940 36.8 27.6

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* Less than 1%
(1)Percentage of ownership is based on (i) 10,716,659 shares of Common Stock
outstanding as of March 31, 1997, plus any shares issuable pursuant to
options held, as of March 31, 1997, by the person or class in question which
may be exercised within 60 days of March 31, 1997, and (ii) 14,316,659
shares of Common Stock outstanding after completion of this Offering, plus
any shares issuable pursuant to options held by the person or class in
question which may be exercised within 60 days of March 31, 1997.
(2) Assumes no exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment option.
(3) The named person is a director of the Company.
(4) In May 1997, the Company exercised its right of repurchase in respect of
46,638 of these shares.
(5) Includes 661,458 shares that were, as of March 31, 1997, subject to a right
of repurchase in favor of the Company which expires ratably through June
24, 2000.
(6) The beneficial owner of the shares held by Deby Investments, Ltd. is Samuel
Fang.

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(7) Includes 363,640 shares beneficially held by Sanyo Semiconductor
Corporation. Mr. Goto is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sanyo
Semiconductor Corporation.
(8) Includes 61,220 shares that were, as of March 31, 1997, subject to a right
of repurchase in favor of the Company which expires ratably through June
24, 2000.
(9) Includes 106,428 shares that were, as of March 31, 1997, subject to a right
of repurchase in favor of the Company which expires ratably through June
24, 2000.
(10) Includes 107,741 shares that were, as of March 31, 1997, subject to a right
of repurchase in favor of the Company which expires ratably through June
24, 2000.
(11) Includes 111,220 shares that were, as of March 31, 1997, subject to a right
of repurchase in favor of the Company which expires ratably through June
24, 2000.
(12) Includes 84,554 shares that were, as of March 31, 1997, subject to a right
of repurchase in favor of the Company which expires ratably through June
24, 2000.
(13) Includes 87,678 shares that were, as of March 31, 1997, subject to a right
or repurchase in favor of the Company which expires ratably through June
24, 2000.
(14) Includes (i) 13,750 shares issuable pursuant to stock options which may be
exercised within 60 days of March 31, 1997, and (ii) 25,000 shares issuable
upon exercise of stock options to purchase the following number of shares
from the persons indicated: Y.W. Sing, 7,000 shares; Chi-Shin Wang, 7,000
shares; Samuel Fang, 7,000 shares; and Richard Chang, 4,000 shares.
(15) Includes 35,208 shares issuable pursuant to stock options which may be
exercised within 60 days of March 31, 1997.
(16) Includes 33,583 shares issuable pursuant to stock options which may be
exercised within 60 days of March 31, 1997.
(17) Includes 3,125 shares issuable pursuant to stock options which may be
exercised within 60 days of March 31, 1997.
(18) Includes (i) 1,221,965 shares that were, as of March 31, 1997, subject to a
right of repurchase in favor of the Company which expires ratably through
June 24, 2000, (ii) 46,638 shares that were repurchased by the Company in
May 1997 and (iii) 85,666 shares issuable pursuant to stock options which
may be exercised within 60 days of March 31, 1997.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

Upon the closing of this Offering, the authorized capital stock of the
Company will consist of 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

COMMON STOCK

As of March 31, 1997, as adjusted for the conversion of all outstanding
shares of Preferred Stock into Common Stock upon the closing of this Offering,
there were 10,716,659 shares of Common Stock outstanding held of record by
approximately 220 stockholders. As of March 31, 1997, there were options to
purchase 2,291,150 shares of Common Stock outstanding. The holders of Common
Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by the
stockholders. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to outstanding
shares of Preferred Stock, if any, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to
receive ratably such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board
of Directors out of funds legally available therefor. In the event of the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of Common
Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of
liabilities, subject to prior liquidation rights of Preferred Stock, if any,
then outstanding. The Common Stock has no preemptive conversion rights or other
subscription rights. There are no redemption or sinking funds provisions
applicable to the Common Stock. All outstanding shares of Common Stock are fully
paid and nonassessable, and the shares of Common Stock to be outstanding upon
completion of this Offering will be fully paid and non-assessable.

PREFERRED STOCK

Pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, the Board of Directors has the authority, without further action
by the stockholders, to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock in one
or more series and to fix the designations, powers, preferences, privileges, and
relative participating, optional or special rights and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, conversion
rights, voting rights, terms of redemption and liquidation preferences, any or
all of which may be greater than the rights of the Common Stock. The Board of
Directors, without stockholder approval, can issue Preferred Stock with voting,
conversion or other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and
other rights of the holders of Common Stock. Preferred Stock could thus be
issued quickly with terms calculated to delay or prevent a change in control of
the Company or make removal of management more difficult. Additionally, the
issuance of Preferred Stock may have the effect of decreasing the market price
of the Common Stock, and may adversely affect the voting and other rights of the
holders of Common Stock. At present, there are no shares of Preferred Stock
outstanding and the Company has no plans to issue any of the Preferred Stock.
See "Risk Factors -- Anti-Takeover Provisions of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws and Delaware Law."

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Under the terms of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of September 6, 1996 among the Company and certain holders of its
securities (the "Rights Agreement"), following the closing of this Offering, the
holders of 3,726,373 shares of Common Stock (the "Registrable Securities") will
be entitled to certain rights with respect to the registration of such shares of
Common Stock under the Securities Act. Under the Rights Agreement, if the
Company proposes to register any of its Common Stock under the Securities Act,
certain holders of Registrable Securities are entitled to notice of such
registration and to include their Registrable Securities therein; provided,
among other conditions, that the underwriters have certain rights to limit the
number of shares included in any such registration. Beginning six months after
the closing of this Offering, the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the
Registrable Securities have the right to require the Company, on not more than
two occasions, to file a registration statement under the Securities Act in
order to register all or any part of their Registrable Securities, subject to
certain conditions and limitations. The Company may, in certain circumstances,
defer such registration and the underwriters have the right, subject to certain
limitations, to limit the number of shares included in such registrations.
Further, the holders of Registrable Securities may require the Company to
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Registrable Securities on Form S-3, when such form becomes available to the
Company, subject to certain conditions and limitations.

ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECTS OF PROVISIONS OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides
that all stockholder actions must be effected at a duly called annual or special
meeting and may not be effected by written consent. The Company's Bylaws provide
that, except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of the stockholders
can only be called pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board
of Directors, by the chief executive officer of the Company or by stockholders
holding shares in the aggregate entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes
at such meeting. In addition, the Company's Bylaws establish an advance notice
procedure for stockholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting of
stockholders, including proposed nomination of persons for election to the
Board. Stockholders at an annual meeting may only consider proposals or
nominations specified in the notice of the meeting or brought before the meeting
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by a stockholder who was a
stockholder of record on the record date for the meeting, who is entitled to
vote at the meeting and who had delivered timely written notice in proper form
to the Company's Secretary of the stockholder's intention to bring such business
before the meeting.

The foregoing provisions of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity
and stability in the composition of the Board of Directors and in the policies
formulated by the Board of Directors and to discourage certain types of
transactions which may involve an actual or threatened change of control of the
Company. Such provisions are designed to reduce the vulnerability of the Company
to an unsolicited acquisition proposal and, accordingly, could discourage
potential acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control
of the Company. Such provisions are also intended to discourage certain tactics
that may be used in proxy fights but could, however, have the effect of
discouraging others from making tender offers for the Company's shares and,
consequently, may also inhibit fluctuations in the market price of the Company's
shares that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. These
provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in the management of
the Company. See "Risk Factors -- Anti-Takeover Provisions of the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Delaware Law."

EFFECT OF DELAWARE ANTI-TAKEOVER STATUE

The Company is subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the "Antitakeover Law"), which regulates corporate acquisitions. The
Antitakeover Law prevents certain Delaware corporations, including those whose
securities are listed for trading on the Nasdaq National Market, from engaging,
under certain circumstances in a "business combination" with any "interested
stockholder" for three years following the date that such stockholder became an
interested stockholder. For purposes of the Antitakeover Law, a "business
combination" includes, among other things, a merger or consolidation involving
the Company and the interested stockholder and the sale of more than ten percent
(10%) of the Company's assets. In general, the Antitakeover Law defines an
"interested stockholder" as any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more
of the outstanding voting stock of the Company and any entity or person
affiliated with or controlling or controlled by such entity or person. A
Delaware corporation may "opt out" of the Antitakeover Law with an express
provision in its original certificate of incorporation or an express provision
in its certificate of incorporation or bylaws resulting from amendments approved
by the holders of at least a majority of the Company's outstanding voting
shares. The Company has not "opted out" of the provisions of the Antitakeover
Law. See "Risk Factors -- Antitakeover Provisions of the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation, Bylaws and Delaware Law."

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

The Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Common Stock is American
Securities Transfer & Trust, Inc. Its telephone number is (303) 234-5300.

LISTING

The Company's Common Stock has been approved for listing on the Nasdaq
National Market under the trading symbol "EGHT."

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

Upon completion of this Offering, the Company will have 14,316,659 shares
of Common Stock outstanding. Of this amount, the 3,600,000 shares offered hereby
and 166,083 shares will be available for immediate sale in the public market as
of the date of this Prospectus. Approximately 9,900,000 additional shares will
be available for sale in the public market following the expiration of the
180-day lockup agreements with the Representatives of the Underwriters or the
Company, subject in some cases to compliance with the volume and other
limitations of Rule 144.

SHARES
DAYS AFTER DATE ELIGIBLE
OF THIS PROSPECTUS FOR SALE COMMENT
- ----------------------- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------

Upon Effectiveness..... 3,766,083 Freely tradeable shares sold in Offering and shares
saleable under Rule 144(k) that are not subject to 180-day
lockup
180 days............... 9,866,023 Lockup released; shares saleable under Rule 144, 144(k) or
701
Thereafter............. 684,553 Restricted securities held for one year or less

In general, under Rule 144 a person (or persons whose shares are
aggregated) who has beneficially owned shares for at least one year is entitled
to sell within any three-month period commencing 90 days after the date of this
Prospectus a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of (i) 1% of the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock (approximately 143,000 shares
immediately after this Offering) or (ii) the average weekly trading volume
during the four calendar weeks preceding such sale, subject to the filing of a
Form 144 with respect to such sale. A person (or persons whose shares are
aggregated) who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of the Company at any
time during the 90 days immediately preceding the sale who has beneficially
owned his or her shares for at least two years is entitled to sell such shares
pursuant to Rule 144(k) without regard to the limitations described above.
Persons deemed to be affiliates must always sell pursuant to Rule 144, even
after the applicable holding periods have been satisfied.

The Company is unable to estimate the number of shares that will be sold
under Rule 144, as this will depend on the market price for the Common Stock of
the Company, the personal circumstances of the sellers and other factors. Prior
to this Offering, there has been no public market for the Common Stock, and
there can be no assurance that a significant public market for the Common Stock
will develop or be sustained after this Offering. Any future sale of substantial
amounts of the Common Stock in the open market may adversely affect the market
price of the Common Stock offered hereby.

The Company, its directors, executive officers, stockholders with
registration rights and certain other stockholders have agreed pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement and other agreements that they will not sell any Common
Stock without the prior consent of Montgomery Securities for a period of 180
days from the date of this Prospectus (the "180-day Lockup Period"), except that
the Company may, without such consent, grant options and sell shares pursuant to
the 1992 Plan, the Key Personnel Plan, the 1996 Plan, the Director Plan and the
Purchase Plan.

The Company intends to file a registration statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act to register certain shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding
options or reserved for issuance under the 1992 Plan, the Key Personnel Plan,
the 1996 Plan, the Director Plan and the Purchase Plan within 180 days after the
date of this Prospectus, thus permitting the resale of such shares by
nonaffiliates in the public market without restriction under the Securities Act.

Any employee or consultant to the Company who purchased his or her shares
pursuant to a written compensatory plan or contract is entitled to rely on the
resale provisions of Rule 701, which permits nonaffiliates to sell their Rule
701 shares without having to comply with the public information, holding period,
volume limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144 and permits affiliates to
sell their Rule 701 shares without having to comply with the Rule 144 holding
period restrictions, in each case commencing 90 days after the date of this
Prospectus. As of March 31, 1997, the holders of options exercisable into
approximately 483,388 shares of Common Stock will be eligible to sell their
shares in reliance upon Rule 701 or pursuant to the Form S-8 upon the expiration
of the 180-day Lockup Period.

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In addition, after this Offering, the holders of 3,726,373 shares of Common
Stock will be entitled to certain rights with respect to registration of such
shares under the Securities Act. Registration of such shares under the
Securities Act would result in such shares becoming freely tradeable without
restriction under the Securities Act (except for shares purchased by affiliates
of the Company) immediately upon the effectiveness of such registration. See
"Description of Capital Stock -- Registration Rights."

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UNDERWRITING

The underwriters named below (the "Underwriters"), represented by
Montgomery Securities and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
(the "Representatives"), have severally agreed, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase from the Company
the number of shares of Common Stock indicated below opposite their respective
names at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discount set
forth on the cover page of this Prospectus. The Underwriting Agreement provides
that the obligations of the Underwriters are subject to certain terms and
conditions precedent and that the Underwriters are committed to purchase all of
such shares, if any are purchased.

NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITER SHARES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------

Montgomery Securities..................................................... 1,325,000
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation....................... 1,325,000
Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated........................................... 110,000
Cowen & Company........................................................... 110,000
Hambrecht & Quist LLC..................................................... 110,000
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.................................................... 110,000
Robertson, Stephens & Company LLC......................................... 110,000
Cruttenden Roth Incorporated.............................................. 50,000
Furman Selz LLC........................................................... 50,000
Hampshire Securities Corporation.......................................... 50,000
Nutmeg Securities, Ltd.................................................... 50,000
Piper Jaffray Inc......................................................... 50,000
Unterberg Harris.......................................................... 50,000
H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc................................................ 50,000
Wessels, Arnold & Henderson............................................... 50,000
---------
Total........................................................... 3,600,000
=========

The Representatives have advised the Company that the Underwriters
initially propose to offer the Common Stock to the public on the terms set forth
on the cover page of this Prospectus. The Underwriters may allow to selected
dealers a concession of not more than $0.25 per share, and the Underwriters may
allow, and any such dealers may reallow, a concession of not more than $0.10 per
share to certain other dealers. After the initial public offering, the price and
concessions and reallowances to dealers may be changed by the Representatives.
The Common Stock is offered subject to receipt and acceptance by the
Underwriters and to certain other conditions, including the right to reject
orders in whole or in part.

The Company has granted an option to the Underwriters, exercisable during
the 30-day period after the date of this Prospectus, to purchase up to a maximum
of 540,000 additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any,
at the same price per share as the initial 3,600,000 shares to be purchased by
the Underwriters. To the extent the Underwriters exercise this option, each of
the Underwriters will be committed, subject to certain conditions, to purchase
such additional shares in approximately the same proportion as set forth in the
above table. The Underwriters may purchase such shares only to cover over-
allotments made in connection with this Offering.

The Underwriting Agreement provides that the Company will indemnify the
Underwriters against certain liabilities, including civil liabilities, under the
Securities Act, or will contribute to payments to the Underwriters may be
required to make in respect thereof.

Each director and officer of the Company and certain of other holders of
Common Stock prior to this Offering, as well as certain other holders of
options, warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock, have agreed not to
sell, offer to sell, or otherwise dispose of any rights with respect to any
shares of Common Stock, any options or warrants to purchase Common Stock, or any
securities convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock, owned directly by such
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period of 180 days after the date of this Prospectus without the prior written
consent of Montgomery Securities. Montgomery Securities may, in its sole
discretion and at any time without notice, release all or any portion of the
securities subject to these lock-up agreements. In addition, the Company has
agreed not to sell, offer to sell, contract to sell or otherwise sell or dispose
of any shares of Common Stock or any rights to acquire Common Stock, other than
pursuant to the 1992 Plan, the Key Personnel Plan, the 1996 Plan, the Director
Plan and the Purchase Plan, upon exercise of outstanding options and warrants,
for a period of 180 days after the Effective Date without the prior consent of
Montgomery Securities. See "Shares Eligible for Future Sale."

In connection with this offering, certain Underwriters may engage in
passive market making transactions in the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National
Market immediately prior to the commencement of sales in this offering, in
accordance with Rule 103 under Regulation M. Passive market making consists of
displaying bids on the Nasdaq National Market that are limited by the bid prices
of independent market makers and completing purchases in response to order flow
at prices limited by such bids. Net purchases by a passive market maker on each
day are limited to a specified percentage of the passive market maker's average
daily trading volume in the Common Stock during a specified period and must be
discontinued for any day in which such limit is reached. Passive market making
may stabilize the market price of the Common Stock at a level above that which
might otherwise prevail and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

Montgomery Associates 1992, L.P. ("Montgomery Associates"), an affiliate of
Montgomery Securities, purchased 84,545 shares of the Company's Series D
Preferred Stock in an October 1996 financing. Montgomery Associates has agreed
not to sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate such shares for a period of
one year. The National Association of Securities Dealers has deemed that the
difference between the purchase price of those 84,545 shares and the initial
offering price of the Shares to be additional underwriting compensation.

Prior to the Offering, there has been no public market for the Common Stock
of the Company. Consequently, the initial public offering price has been
determined through negotiations among the Company and the Representatives. Among
the factors to be considered in such negotiations were the history of, and
prospects for, the Company and the industry in which it competes, an assessment
of the Company's management, the present state of the Company's development, the
prospects for future earnings of the Company, the prevailing market conditions
at the time of this Offering, market valuations of publicly traded companies
that the Company and the Representatives believe to be comparable to the
Company, and other factors deemed relevant. See "Risk Factors -- No Prior
Trading Market for Common Stock; Potential Volatility of Stock Price" and "Risk
Factors -- Dilution."

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the issuance of shares of Common Stock offered hereby will
be passed upon for the Company by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
("WSGR"), Palo Alto, California. Certain legal matters in connection with this
Offering will be passed upon for the Underwriters by Gunderson Dettmer Stough
Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, Menlo Park, California. As of the date of
this Prospectus, Jeffrey D. Saper, a member of WSGR, beneficially owns 4,550
shares of the Company's Preferred Stock.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of March 31, 1996
and 1997 and for each of the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, included
in this Prospectus have been so included in reliance on the report of Price
Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of such firm as
experts in auditing and accounting.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement, of
which this Prospectus constitutes a part, under the Securities Act with respect
to the shares of Common Stock offered hereby. This Prospectus omits certain
information contained in the Registration Statement, and reference is made to
the Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto for further information with
respect to the Company and the Common Stock offered hereby. Statements contained
herein concerning the provisions of any documents are not necessarily complete,
and in each instance reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement. Each such statement is qualified in its
entirety by such reference. The Registration Statement, including exhibits filed
therewith, may be inspected without charge at the public reference facilities
maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and at the regional offices of the Commission
located at 7 World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New York 10048 and
Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661.
Copies of such materials may be obtained from the Public Reference Section of
the Commission, Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. The Commission maintains a Web site
(http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and
other information regarding registrants, such as the Company, that file
electronically with the Commission. Information concerning the Company is also
available for inspection at the offices of the Nasdaq National Market, Reports
Section, 1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PAGE
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Report of Independent Accountants..................................................... F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets........................................................... F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations................................................. F-4
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity....................................... F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows................................................. F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements............................................ F-7

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
8x8, Inc.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the
related consolidated statements of operations, of stockholders' equity and of
cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
8x8, Inc. and its subsidiaries at March 31, 1996 and 1997 and the results of
their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended March 31, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed
above.

PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
San Jose, California
May 1, 1997, except for note 4,
which is as of May 15, 1997

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AMOUNTS)

PRO FORMA
STOCKHOLDERS'
MARCH 31, EQUITY
----------------- MARCH 31,
1996 1997 1997
------- ------- -------------
(UNAUDITED)

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents.............................................. $ 4,652 $ 8,722
Short-term investments................................................. 5,241 2
Accounts receivable, net............................................... 2,884 834
Accounts receivable from related parties............................... 695 178
Inventory.............................................................. 7,270 1,178
Prepaid expenses and other assets...................................... 284 354
------- -------
Total current assets........................................... 21,026 11,268
Property and equipment, net.............................................. 1,526 1,344
Deposits and other assets................................................ 515 115
------- -------
$23,067 $12,727
======= =======
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable....................................................... $ 5,581 $ 1,146
Accounts payable to related parties.................................... -- 233
Accrued compensation................................................... 1,779 926
Accrued warranty....................................................... 1,058 1,603
Deferred revenue....................................................... 200 363
Other accrued liabilities.............................................. 1,541 689
Income taxes payable................................................... 1,534 1,654
------- -------
Total current liabilities...................................... 11,693 6,614
------- -------
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 4 and 5)
Minority interest........................................................ -- 72
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Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,411,820 shares authorized actual;
5,000,000 shares authorized pro forma (unaudited)...................
Series A convertible noncumulative preferred stock, $0.001 par
value; 1,260,000 shares issued and outstanding actual; none issued
and outstanding pro forma (unaudited).............................. 1 1 $ --
Series B convertible noncumulative preferred stock, $0.001 par
value; 1,100,000 shares issued and outstanding actual; none issued
and outstanding pro forma (unaudited).............................. 1 1 --
Series C convertible noncumulative preferred stock, $0.001 par
value; 681,820 shares issued and outstanding actual; none issued
and outstanding pro forma (unaudited).............................. 1 1 --
Series D convertible noncumulative preferred stock, $0.001 par
value; 684,553 shares issued and outstanding actual; none issued
and outstanding pro forma (unaudited).............................. -- 1 --
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized; 4,782,021
and 6,990,286 shares issued and outstanding actual; 10,716,659
shares issued and outstanding pro forma (unaudited)................. 5 7 11
Additional paid-in capital............................................. 11,155 23,291 23,291
Notes receivable from stockholders..................................... -- (1,078) (1,078)
Deferred compensation.................................................. -- (2,781) (2,781)
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)................................ 211 (13,402) (13,402)
------- ------- -------
Total stockholders' equity..................................... 11,374 6,041 $ 6,041
=======
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$23,067 $12,727
======= =======

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
--------------------------------
1995 1996 1997
------- ------- --------

Product revenues............................................. $16,933 $17,772 $ 12,771
Product revenues from related parties........................ 1,692 2,037 2,521
License revenues............................................. 1,010 7,215 3,854
License revenues from related parties........................ 294 1,750 --
------- ------- -------
Total revenues..................................... 19,929 28,774 19,146

Cost of product revenues..................................... 11,904 16,668 12,030
------- ------- -------

Gross profit................................................. 8,025 12,106 7,116
------- ------- -------

Operating expenses:
Research and development................................... 8,107 7,714 10,510
Selling, general and administrative........................ 6,445 7,938 10,098
Restructuring costs........................................ -- 603 59
------- ------- -------
Total operating expenses........................... 14,552 16,255 20,667
------- ------- -------

Loss from operations......................................... (6,527) (4,149) (13,551)

Other income, net............................................ 611 952 120
------- ------- -------

Loss before income taxes..................................... (5,916) (3,197) (13,431)

Provision (benefit) for income taxes......................... (35) 20 182
------- ------- -------
Net loss..................................................... $(5,881) $(3,217) $(13,613)
======= ======= =======

Pro forma net loss per share (unaudited)..................... $ (1.14)
=======

Shares used in pro forma per share calculations
(unaudited)................................................ 11,943
=======

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AMOUNTS)

PREFERRED STOCK
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
SERIES A SERIES B SERIES C SERIES D COMMON STOCK ADDITIONAL
----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- PAID-IN
SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL
--------- ------ --------- ------ --------- ------ --------- ------ --------- ------ ----------

Balance at March 31,
1994................. 1,260,000 $ 1 1,100,000 $ 1 -- $ -- -- $ -- 4,543,187 $ 5 $ 3,013
Issuance of common
stock upon exercise
of options........... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14,199 -- 35
Repurchase of common
stock................ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (6,665) -- --
Issuance of Series C
convertible
noncumulative
preferred stock...... -- -- -- -- 681,820 1 -- -- -- -- 7,499
Net loss............... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
--------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- -------
Balance at March 31,
1995................. 1,260,000 1 1,100,000 1 681,820 1 -- -- 4,550,721 5 10,547
Issuance of common
stock upon exercise
of options........... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 246,389 1 609
Repurchase of common
stock................ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (15,089) (1) (1)
Net loss............... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
--------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- -------
Balance at March 31,
1996................. 1,260,000 1 1,100,000 1 681,820 1 -- -- 4,782,021 5 11,155
Issuance of common
stock upon exercise
of options........... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2,188,265 2 1,095
Issuance of common
stock................ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20,000 -- 10
Issuance of Series D
convertible
noncumulative
preferred stock...... -- -- -- -- -- -- 684,553 1 -- -- 3,764
Deferred compensation
related to stock
options.............. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7,267
Net loss............... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
--------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- -------
Balance at March 31,
1997................. 1,260,000 $ 1 1,100,000 $ 1 681,820 $ 1 684,553 $ 1 6,990,286 $ 7 $ 23,291
========= ==== ========= ==== ========= ==== ========= ==== ========= ==== =======

NOTES RETAINED
RECEIVABLE DEFERRED EARNINGS
FROM COMPEN- (ACCUMULATED
STOCKHOLDERS SATION DEFICIT) TOTAL
------------ -------- ------------ -------

Balance at March 31,
1994................. $ -- $ -- $ 9,309 $12,329
Issuance of common
stock upon exercise
of options........... -- -- -- 35
Repurchase of common
stock................ -- -- -- --
Issuance of Series C
convertible
noncumulative
preferred stock...... -- -- -- 7,500
Net loss............... -- -- (5,881) (5,881)
------ ------ ------- -------
Balance at March 31,
1995................. -- -- 3,428 13,983
Issuance of common
stock upon exercise
of options........... -- -- -- 610
Repurchase of common
stock................ -- -- -- (2)
Net loss............... -- -- (3,217) (3,217)
------ ------ ------- -------
Balance at March 31,
1996................. -- -- 211 11,374
Issuance of common
stock upon exercise
of options........... (1,078) -- -- 19
Issuance of common
stock................ -- -- -- 10
Issuance of Series D
convertible
noncumulative
preferred stock...... -- -- -- 3,765
Deferred compensation
related to stock
options.............. -- (2,781) -- 4,486
Net loss............... -- -- (13,613) (13,613)
------ ------ ------- -------
Balance at March 31,
1997................. $ (1,078) $ (2,781) $(13,402) $ 6,041
====== ====== ======= =======

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS)

YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
----------------------------------
1995 1996 1997
-------- -------- --------

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss................................................. $ (5,881) $ (3,217) $(13,613)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization......................... 1,000 775 866
Loss on disposition of capital equipment.............. -- 541 7
Deferred income taxes................................. 1,905 -- --
Amortization of deferred compensation................. -- -- 4,486
Writedown of nonmarketable equity investment.......... -- -- 400
Other................................................. -- -- (5)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net............................ 663 (384) 2,567
Inventory........................................... 3,264 (5,788) 6,092
Income taxes receivable............................. (2,241) 2,241 --
Prepaid expenses and other assets................... 114 175 (70)
Accounts payable.................................... (1,704) 3,827 (4,202)
Accrued compensation................................ 133 575 (853)
Accrued warranty.................................... (641) 1 545
Deferred revenue.................................... 2 (565) 163
Other accrued liabilities........................... (893) 1,174 (852)
Income taxes payable................................ 185 20 120
-------- -------- --------
Net cash used in operating activities............ (4,094) (625) (4,349)
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions of property and equipment................... (1,492) (1,013) (691)
Proceeds from the sale of equipment...................... 138 -- --
Sales of short-term investments -- available for sale.... 16,681 21,711 5,168
Purchases of short-term investments -- available for
sale.................................................. (27,114) (16,583) --
Sales of short-term investments -- trading............... -- 64 71
Purchase of nonmarketable equity investments............. -- (400) --
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities..................................... (11,787) 3,779 4,548
-------- -------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of convertible noncumulative
preferred stock, net.................................. 7,500 -- 3,765
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net.............. 35 608 29
Proceeds from minority interest in subsidiary............ -- -- 77
-------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by financing activities........ 7,535 608 3,871
-------- -------- --------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents....... (8,346) 3,762 4,070
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of the year............ 9,236 890 4,652
-------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents end of the year.................. $ 890 $ 4,652 $ 8,722
======== ======== ========

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 -- THE COMPANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

THE COMPANY

8x8, Inc. (the "Company" or "8x8") was incorporated in California in
February 1987 as Integrated Information Technology, Inc. and formally changed
its name to 8x8, Inc. on April 5, 1996. The Company designs, develops and
markets highly integrated proprietary video compression semiconductors and
associated software for video phones and video conferencing. The Company also
designs, manufactures, and markets video phones for use by the consumer market.

On December 3, 1996, the Company was reincorporated in Delaware and
exchanged each share of each series of stock of the predecessor company for 1
share of each corresponding series of stock of the Delaware successor. These
financial statements have been prepared giving effect to the reincorporation for
all periods presented.

FISCAL YEAR

The Company's fiscal year ends on the Thursday closest to March 31. Prior
to fiscal 1996, the Company's fiscal year ended on March 31. For purposes of
these consolidated financial statements, the Company has indicated its fiscal
year as ending on March 31.

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company
accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Revenues from product sales to equipment manufacturers and other end users
are recognized upon shipment. License revenues are generally recognized upon the
delivery of the licensed technology provided no significant future obligations
exist and collection is probable. Revenues generated by sales to distributors
under agreements allowing certain rights of return are deferred for financial
reporting purposes until the products are sold by the distributors. Revenues
generated by sales to distributors when no rights of return exist are recognized
upon shipment.

CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with an original
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Management determines the appropriate classification of debt and equity
securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates the classification at each
reporting date. At March 31, 1996, the Company classified its investments
subject to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 (FAS 115) either
as available-for-sale or as trading. At March 31, 1997, the Company classified
its investments subject to FAS 115 as trading. The cost of the Company's
investments is determined based upon specific identification. Investments
classified as available-for-sale are reported at fair value with unrealized
gains and losses, net of

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

related tax, if any, recorded as a separate component of stockholders' equity.
At March 31, 1996, the Company's investments classified as available-for-sale
were primarily comprised of commercial paper with a maturity of less than 12
months. At March 31, 1996, the fair value of the Company's investments
classified as available-for-sale approximated cost. The investments classified
as trading are reported at fair value with realized and unrealized gains and
losses from investments subject to FAS 115 being reported in the statement of
operations. The cost and fair value of investments classified as trading were
not material at March 31, 1996 and 1997. Realized and unrealized gains and
losses were immaterial for the years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997.

INVENTORY

Inventory is stated at the lower of standard cost, which approximates
actual cost, using the first-in, first-out method or market.

NONMARKETABLE EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Nonmarketable equity investments of less than 20% of the investee's
outstanding voting stock are accounted for on the cost method, because the
Company does not have an ability to significantly influence the operating and
financial policies of the investees. Loss resulting from impairment in the value
of investments which is other than a temporary decline is recorded in the period
in which such loss occurs.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method, based
upon the shorter of the estimated useful lives, ranging from three to five
years, or the lease term of the respective assets as follows:

Machinery and computer equipment.......... 3 years
Furniture and fixtures.................... 5 years
Licensed software......................... 3 years
Leasehold improvements.................... shorter of lease term or useful life of the asset

WARRANTY EXPENSE

The Company provides for the estimated cost which may be incurred under its
product warranties upon revenue recognition.

RESEARCH AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

Research and development costs are charged to operations as incurred.
Software development costs incurred prior to the establishment of technological
feasibility are included in research and development and are expensed as
incurred. The Company defines establishment of technological feasibility as the
completion of a working model. Software development costs incurred subsequent to
the establishment of technological feasibility through the period of general
market availability of the product are capitalized, if material. To date, all
software development costs have been expensed as incurred.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The U.S. dollar is the functional currency of the Company's foreign
subsidiary. Exchange gains and losses resulting from transactions denominated in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar are included in the results of operations
for the year. To date, such amounts have not been material. Total assets of the
Company's foreign

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

subsidiary were $320,000, $479,000, and $429,000 as of March 31, 1995, 1996 and
1997, respectively. The Company does not undertake any foreign currency hedging
activities.

INCOME TAXES

Income taxes are accounted for using the asset and liability approach.
Under the asset and liability approach, a current tax liability or asset is
recognized for the estimated taxes payable or refundable on tax returns for the
current year. A deferred tax liability or asset is recognized for the estimated
future tax effects attributed to temporary differences and carry forwards. The
deferred tax assets are reduced, if necessary, by the amount of benefits that,
based on available evidence, are not expected to be realized.

CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant
concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents,
short-term investments and trade accounts receivable. The Company places its
cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments primarily in market rate
accounts, certificates of deposit, U.S. Treasury bonds and commercial paper. The
Company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and distributors
throughout the world. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its
customers' financial condition and maintains an allowance for uncollectible
accounts receivable based upon the expected collectibility of all accounts
receivable. At March 31, 1996 three customers accounted for 26%, 18% and 11% of
accounts receivable. At March 31, 1997 three customers accounted for 16%, 15%,
and 10% of accounts receivable.

ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

In October 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (FAS 123), "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation" which established a fair value based method of accounting for
stock-based compensation plans and requires additional disclosure for those
companies who elect not to adopt the new method of accounting. FAS 123 is
applicable to the Company for fiscal 1997. The Company has elected to continue
to account for employee stock awards in accordance with Accounting Principles
Board Opinion No. 25 and to provide additional disclosures as required by FAS
123.

PRO FORMA NET LOSS PER SHARE (UNAUDITED)

Pro forma net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number
of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the periods assuming
the conversion of all shares of the Company's Convertible Preferred Stock into
Common Stock which will occur upon the consummation of the offering contemplated
by this prospectus ("the Offering"). Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, common equivalent shares relating to
preferred stock (using the if-converted method) and stock options (using the
treasury stock method and assuming the initial public offering price) issued
subsequent to September 30, 1995 have been included in the computations for all
periods presented.

Historical net loss per share data has not been presented since such
amounts are not deemed to be meaningful due to the significant change in the
Company's capital structure which will occur in connection with the Offering.

PRO FORMA STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

If the Offering is consummated, all shares of convertible preferred stock
outstanding at the closing date will automatically convert into an aggregate of
3,726,373 shares of Common Stock.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

The pro forma effect of the above mentioned transactions has been reflected
in the accompanying unaudited pro forma stockholders' equity as of March 31,
1997.

CERTAIN RECLASSIFICATIONS

Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform with fiscal
1997 presentation.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In February 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, "Earnings per Share". This Statement
is effective for the Company's fiscal year ending March 31, 1998. The Statement
redefines earnings per share under generally accepted accounting principles.
Under the new standard, primary earnings per share is replaced by basic earnings
per share and fully diluted earnings per share is replaced by diluted earnings
per share. The Company does not expect the adoption of this Statement to have a
significant impact on the currently reported loss per share.

NOTE 2 -- BALANCE SHEET COMPONENTS (IN THOUSANDS):

MARCH 31,
--------------------
1996 1997
---------- -------

Accounts receivable:
Accounts receivable............................................. $ 3,404 $ 1,208
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts........................ (520) (374)
------- -------
$ 2,884 $ 834
======= =======
Inventories:
Raw materials................................................... $ 262 $ 418
Work-in-process................................................. 6,231 613
Finished goods.................................................. 777 147
------- -------
$ 7,270 $ 1,178
======= =======
Property and equipment:
Machinery and computer equipment................................ $ 4,005 $ 3,254
Furniture and fixtures.......................................... 729 671
Licensed software............................................... 1,782 2,137
Leasehold improvements.......................................... 532 554
------- -------
7,048 6,616
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization................. (5,522) (5,272)
------- -------
$ 1,526 $ 1,344
======= =======

NOTE 3 -- TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES:

During fiscal 1995, the Company issued 681,820 shares of Series C Preferred
Stock to National Semiconductor Corporation ("National") for $11.00 per share
(see Note 6). This transaction resulted in National obtaining a seat on 8x8's
Board of Directors. During fiscal 1995, the Company recognized contract revenue
and related costs of $294,000 and $229,000, respectively, under development
agreements with National. Also, the Company purchased $868,000 in inventory from
National during fiscal 1995. Additionally, the Company subleases to National a
portion of its facilities under a month to month sublease arrangement. Proceeds
from the sublease are recorded as a reduction to operating expenses and
aggregated $207,000, $205,000 and $276,000 during the fiscal years ended March
31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

During the fiscal years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and 1997, the Company's
product revenues included $897,000, $2,037,000 and $2,415,000, respectively, in
sales to ASCII Corporation ("ASCII") which distributes the Company's products in
Japan and is one of the Company's stockholders. An executive of ASCII is also on
the Company's Board of Directors.

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997, the Company's product revenues
included $106,000 in sales to Sanyo Corporation ("Sanyo") which is one of the
Company's stockholders. Additionally, the Company purchased $408,000 in
inventory from Sanyo during fiscal 1997. An executive of Sanyo is also on the
Company's Board of Directors.

During the year ended March 31, 1995, the Company sold $795,000 of product
to Mitsui Comtek Corporation, which is one of the Company's stockholders.

During fiscal 1996, the Company licensed certain technologies to VideoCore
Technology ("VideoCore"), a company founded by one of 8x8's former officers, in
exchange for $600,000 in cash and a 10% equity interest in VideoCore. This
license agreement also provided for potential future license fees and royalty
fees payable to the Company. VideoCore was subsequently acquired by another
entity.

During fiscal 1996, the Company licensed certain technologies to Enable
Semiconductor, a company founded by another of 8x8's former officers, in
exchange for $1,000,000 in cash and a 10% equity interest in that company.

During fiscal 1997, the Company and certain of its employees, but not
including its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer, formed
VidUs, Inc. ("VidUs"). The Company owns 67% of VidUs and the Company's employees
own the remaining 33%. VidUs is engaged in the design of integrated camera and
video compression solutions. VidUs has been consolidated in the Company's
financial statements since inception.

NOTE 4 -- INCOME TAXES:

Loss before income taxes includes $62,000, $51,000, and $74,000 of income
of a foreign subsidiary for the fiscal years ended March 31, 1995, 1996 and
1997, respectively. The components of the consolidated provision (benefit) for
income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):

YEARS ENDED MARCH 31,
-------------------------------
1995 1996 1997
------- ------- -------

Current:
Federal............................................. $(1,962) $ -- $ --
State............................................... -- -- --
Foreign............................................. 22 20 182
---- ------- ---
(1,940) 20 182
---- ------- ---
Deferred:
Federal............................................. 1,905 -- --
State............................................... -- -- --
---- ------- ---
1,905 -- --
---- ------- ---
$ (35) $ 20 $ 182
==== ======= ===

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Deferred tax assets are comprised of the following (in thousands):

MARCH 31,
-------------------
1996 1997
------- -------

Deferred revenue................................................. $ 85 $ 64
Inventory reserves............................................... 1,543 833
Section 263A adjustments......................................... 292 99
Allowance for doubtful accounts.................................. 220 148
Warranty reserve................................................. 449 634
Research and development credit carryforwards.................... 1,200 1,573
Net operating loss carryforwards................................. 594 3,780
Other............................................................ 386 1,650
------- -------
4,769 8,781
Valuation allowance.............................................. (4,769) (8,781)
------- -------
Total.................................................. $ -- $ --
======= =======

Based on factors which include the lack of significant history of recent
profits, the fact that the market in which the Company competes is intensely
competitive and characterized by rapidly changing technology, and the lack of
carryback capacity to realize these assets, the weight of available evidence
indicates that it is more likely than not that it will not be able to realize
its deferred tax assets and thus a full valuation allowance has been recorded at
March 31, 1997.

At March 31, 1997, the Company had approximately $10,000,000 of federal net
operating loss carryforwards for tax reporting purposes available to offset
future taxable income; such carryforwards expire at various dates beginning
2011. In addition, at March 31, 1997, the Company had research and development
credit carryforwards for federal and state tax reporting purposes of
approximately $1,573,000 which begin expiring in 2010. Under the Tax Reform Act
of 1986, the amounts of and benefits from net operating losses and credits that
can be carried forward may be impaired or limited in certain circumstances.
Events which may cause limitations in the amount of net operating losses that
the Company may utilize in any one year include, but are not limited to, a
cumulative ownership change of more than 50% over a three year period.

A reconciliation of the tax provision (benefit) to the amounts computed
using the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 34% is as follows (in
thousands):

YEARS ENDED MARCH 31,
---------------------------
1995 1996 1997
------- ------- -------

Provision (benefit) at statutory rate.......... $(2,012) $(1,087) $(4,567)
State income taxes before valuation allowance,
net of federal benefit....................... (328) (177) (344)
Research and development credits............... (366) (243) (373)
Valuation allowance............................ 2,307 1,414 4,012
Non-deductible compensation.................... -- -- 1,525
Other.......................................... 364 113 (71)
------ ------- -------
Provision (benefit) for income taxes........... $ (35) $ 20 $ 182
====== ======= =======

In August 1995, the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") asserted a
deficiency against the Company for the taxable year 1992 in the amount of
approximately $1,365,000, together with a penalty in the amount of approximately
$273,000 plus accrued interest. The IRS alleged that as of March 31, 1992, the
Company had accumulated earnings beyond the reasonable needs of the Company's
business. The Company did not make any payments and in accordance with IRS
procedures formally protested this assessment on October 30, 1995.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

On May 15, 1997 the Company received a notice from the IRS dated May 7, 1997
indicating that the IRS has fully reversed its August 1995 notice of deficiency.

NOTE 5 -- LEASE COMMITMENTS:

The Company leases its facility under a non-cancelable operating lease
agreement expiring in April 1999. This agreement provides for annual increments
of rent in predetermined amounts and requires the Company to pay property taxes,
insurance and normal maintenance costs.

Future minimum lease payments under this non-cancelable operating lease as
of March 31, 1997 are as follows (in thousands):

YEAR ENDING MARCH 31,
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

1998....................................................................... $ 981
1999....................................................................... 1,299
2000....................................................................... 103
------
Total minimum payments..................................................... $2,383
======

Rent expense for all operating leases for the years ended March 31, 1995,
1996 and 1997 was $776,000, $767,000 and $717,000, respectively.

NOTE 6 -- STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:

PREFERRED STOCK

As of March 31, 1997 the Company had issued 3,726,373 shares of convertible
noncumulative preferred stock, of which 1,260,000 shares, 1,100,000 shares,
681,820 and 684,553 shares have been designated as Series A, B, C and D,
respectively. The Series A, B, C and D preferred stock were sold for $0.50,
$2.00, $11.00 and $5.50 per share, respectively, representing fair market value
of the stock at the date of issuance, as determined by the Board of Directors.

Each share of preferred stock is convertible into one share of common
stock, subject to adjustment for dilution, and will be automatically converted
into common stock in the event of the closing of an underwritten public offering
of at least $5,000,000. The preferred stock has voting rights equal to common
stock on an as-if converted basis.

Holders of the Series A, B, C and D preferred stock are entitled to receive
noncumulative dividends at a rate of $0.05, $0.20, $1.10 and $0.55 per share per
annum, respectively, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, prior to
payment of dividends on common stock.

In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company,
either voluntary or involuntary, holders of the Series A, B, C and D preferred
stock shall be entitled to receive $0.50, $2.00, $11.00 and $5.50 per share,
respectively, plus any declared but unpaid dividends, prior to any distribution
to the holders of common stock. To date, no dividends have been declared.

The Company has reserved 3,726,373 shares of its common stock for issuance
upon conversion of the outstanding preferred stock.

On October 21, 1996 the Company's Board of Directors approved that
effective upon the closing of the Offering, the Company will be authorized to
issue five million shares of undesignated preferred stock. The Board of
Directors will have the authority to issue the undesignated preferred stock in
one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions thereof.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

1987 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN

In 1987, the Company adopted an Incentive Stock Plan ("the 1987 Plan")
which was subsequently terminated by the Board of Directors in January 1992. The
Company had reserved 2,962,000 shares of its common stock for issuance under the
1987 Plan. The 1987 Plan provided for grants of stock purchase rights at prices
equal to the fair market value of stock as determined by the Company's Board of
Directors. Stock purchase rights granted under the plan generally vested over
five years. During the years ended March 31, 1995 and 1996, unvested shares
aggregating 6,665 and 15,089, respectively, were repurchased at prices ranging
from $0.10 to $0.40 per share. In January 1992, on termination, all unissued
shares under the 1987 Plan were canceled. At March 31, 1997, all shares of
common stock purchased under the 1987 Plan were fully vested.

1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN

In January 1992, the Board of Directors adopted the 1992 Stock Option Plan
("the 1992 Plan") and reserved 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock
for issuance under this plan. In August 1994, the Board of Directors authorized
an increase in the number of shares of the Company's common stock reserved for
issuance under the 1992 Plan to 2,000,000 shares. The 1992 Plan provides for
granting incentive and nonstatutory stock options to employees at prices equal
to the fair market value of the stock at the grant dates as determined by the
Company's Board of Directors. Options generally vest over periods ranging from
two to four years. Vesting for certain options accelerates if certain predefined
milestones are met.

KEY PERSONNEL PLAN

In July 1995, the Board of Directors adopted the Key Personnel Plan and
reserved 2,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock for issuance under this
plan. In June 1996, the Board of Directors authorized an increase in the number
of shares of the Company's common stock reserved for issuance under the Key
Personnel Plan to 2,200,000 shares. The Key Personnel Plan provides for granting
incentive and nonstatutory stock options to officers of the Company at prices
equal to the fair market value of the stock at the grant dates as determined by
the Company's Board of Directors. Options generally vest over periods ranging
from two to four years. Vesting for certain options accelerates if certain
predefined milestones are met.

1996 STOCK PLAN

In June 1996, the Board of Directors adopted the 1996 Stock Plan (the 1996
Plan) and reserved 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock for issuance.
This amount is to be increased annually on the first day of each of the
Company's fiscal years commencing November 1, 1997 in an amount equal to 5% of
the Company's common stock issued and outstanding at the end of the immediately
preceding fiscal year subject to certain maximum limitations. The 1996 Plan
provides for granting incentive and nonstatutory stock options to employees at
prices equal to the fair market value of the stock at the grant dates as
determined by the Company's Board of Directors. Options generally vest over a
period of not more than five years.

1996 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN

The Company's 1996 Director Option Plan ("the Director Plan") was adopted
in June 1996 and will become effective upon the closing of the Offering. A total
of 150,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under the
Director Plan. The Director Plan provides for the grant of nonstatutory stock
options to certain nonemployee directors of the Company ("the Outside
Directors"). The Director Plan provides that each Outside Director shall be
granted a nonstatutory stock option to purchase 16,000 shares of common stock on
the date upon which such person first becomes an Outside Director or, if later,
on the effective date of the Director Plan. Thereafter, each Outside Director
shall be automatically granted an option to purchase 4,000 shares of common
stock on the date such Outside Director is reelected to the Board of Directors,
if on such date, such Outside Director shall have served on the Company's Board
of Directors for at

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least six months. The Director Plan provides that each option shall become
exercisable in monthly installments over a period of one year from the date of
grant. The exercise price per share of all options granted under the Director
Plan shall be equal to the fair market value of a share of the Company's common
stock on the date of grant. Options granted to Outside Directors under the
Director Plan have a ten year term, or shorter upon termination of an Outside
Director's status as a director. If not terminated earlier, the Director Plan
will have a term of ten years.

Option activity under the Company's various currently effective stock
option plans is summarized as follows:

WEIGHTED
AVERAGE
OPTIONS SHARES SUBJECT EXERCISE
AVAILABLE TO OPTIONS PRICE
FOR GRANT OUTSTANDING PER SHARE
---------- --------------- ----------

Balance at March 31, 1994.............................. 205,384 787,350 $2.31
Increase in options available for grant................ 1,000,000 -- --
Granted................................................ (423,367) 423,367 $2.50
Exercised.............................................. -- (14,199) $2.50
Returned to plan....................................... 98,168 (98,168) $2.27
--------- ------- -----
Balance at March 31, 1995.............................. 880,185 1,098,350 $2.38
Increase in options available for grant................ 2,000,000 -- --
Granted................................................ (2,973,550) 2,973,550 $2.50
Exercised.............................................. -- (246,389) $2.48
Returned to plan....................................... 1,264,754 (1,264,754) $2.49
--------- ------- -----
Balance at March 31, 1996.............................. 1,171,389 2,560,757 $2.46
Increase in options available for grant................ 1,200,000 -- --
Granted................................................ (4,947,462) 4,947,462 $1.68
Exercised.............................................. -- (2,188,265) $0.50
Cancellation of options available for grant............ (75) -- --
Returned to plan....................................... 3,028,804 (3,028,804) $2.32
--------- ------- -----
Balance at March 31, 1997.............................. 452,656 2,291,150 $2.83
--------- ------- -----
Options exercisable at March 31, 1997.................. -- 483,388 $0.74

The weighted average fair value of options granted during the year ended
March 31, 1996 and 1997 as computed under the Black-Scholes option pricing model
was $0.60 and $0.40, respectively. Significant option groups outstanding at
March 31, 1997 and related weighted average exercise price and contractual life
information are as follows:

STOCK OPTIONS OUTSTANDING STOCK OPTIONS
- ------------------------------------------- EXERCISABLE
WEIGHTED --------------
NUMBER AVERAGE NUMBER
OUTSTANDING AT CONTRACTUAL EXERCISABLE AT
EXERCISE MARCH 31, LIFE MARCH 31,
PRICE 1997 (YEARS) 1997
- -------- -------------- ----------- --------------

$ 0.50 1,431,000 8.59 464,801
$ 5.00 75,200 9.63 --
$ 6.80 784,950 9.81 18,587
--------- -------
2,291,150 483,388
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During the year ended March 31, 1997, options to purchase 2,156,800 shares
under the Key Personnel Plan were exercised for partial recourse notes. At March
31, 1997, approximately 1,295,994 shares issued under this plan were not vested
and are subject to repurchase at their original issuance price of $0.50 if the
employee departs prior to vesting.

In June 1996, the Board of Directors approved a proposal under which
employees elected to cancel approximately 2,467,000 options in exchange for
grants of new options with an exercise price equal to the then current fair
market value as determined by the Board of Directors.

In conjunction with the Offering, the Company has recorded a deferred
compensation charge of approximately $7,267,000 with respect to the options
repriced and certain additional options granted in fiscal 1997. The Company
recognized $4,486,000 of said amount as compensation expense in the fiscal year
ended March 31, 1997. The Company will recognize the balance of this deferred
compensation over the related vesting period of the options (which is generally
48 months). The balance of this deferred compensation is subject to reduction
for any employee who terminates employment prior to the expiration of such
employee's option vesting period.

1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

The Company's 1996 Stock Purchase Plan ("the Purchase Plan") was adopted in
June 1996 and will become effective upon the closing of the Offering. Under the
Purchase Plan a total of 500,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for
issuance to participating employees who meet eligibility requirements.

The Purchase Plan permits eligible employees to purchase common stock
through payroll deductions, which may not exceed 10% of an employee's base
compensation, including commissions, bonuses and overtime, at a price equal to
85% of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning of each
offering period or the end of a six month purchase period, whichever is lower.
In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation or the
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Purchase Plan
provides that a new exercise date shall be set for each option under the plan
which exercise date shall occur before the date of the merger or asset sale.

CERTAIN PRO FORMA DISCLOSURES

The Company accounts for its stock plans in accordance with the provisions
of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25. Had compensation cost for the
Company's stock plans been determined based on the fair value of options at
their grant dates, as prescribed in FAS 123, the Company's net loss would have
been as follows:

YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
----------------------------
1996 1997
----------- ------------

Net loss:
As reported.................................... $(3,217,000) $(13,613,000)
Pro forma as adjusted.......................... (3,685,000) (14,744,000)
Pro forma net loss per share:
As reported.................................... $ (1.14)
As adjusted.................................... (1.23)

For the purposes of the above noted FAS 123 pro forma disclosures, the fair
value of each option grant has been estimated on the date of grant using the
minimum value method with the following assumptions used for grants during the
applicable period: dividend yield and volatility of 0.0% for both years,
risk-free interest rates of 5.1% to 6.7% for options granted during the year
ended March 31, 1996 and 5.7% to 6.5% for options granted during the year ended
March 31, 1997 and a weighted average expected option term of five years for
both years.

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NOTE 7 -- EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PLANS:

401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

In April 1991, the Company adopted a 401(k) savings plan (the "Savings
Plan") covering substantially all of its U.S. employees. Under the Savings Plan,
eligible employees may contribute up to the maximum allowed by the IRS from
their compensation to the Savings Plan with the Company matching participants'
contributions up to $300 per employee per year at a dollar for dollar rate of
the employee contribution. The Company matching vests over 3 years. To date, the
Company's contributions have not been material.

PROFIT SHARING PLAN

In July 1995, the Company's Board of Directors approved a profit sharing
plan which provides for additional compensation to all employees of the Company
based on quarterly income before income taxes. The profit sharing plan is
effective beginning in fiscal 1996 and provides for payments of up to 15% of
total quarterly income before income taxes. Charges related to this plan were
not material for the fiscal years ended March 31, 1996 or 1997.

NOTE 8 -- GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION:

The Company's export sales to Europe represented 26%, 17% and 21% of total
revenues in fiscal years 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. The Company's export
sales to the Asia Pacific region represented 14%, 32% and 33% of total revenues
in fiscal years 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively.

Product sales to one customer accounted for 13% of the Company's total
revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. During the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1996, product sales to no customer accounted for 10% or more of the
Company's total revenues. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997, product
sales to one customer accounted for 13% of the Company's total revenues. During
the fiscal years ended March 31, 1995 and 1997, license revenues from no
customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company's total revenues. License
revenues from one customer accounted for approximately 24% of the Company's
total revenues for the year ended March 31, 1996.

NOTE 9 -- RESTRUCTURING COSTS AND INVENTORY CHARGES:

During fiscal 1996, the Company recorded restructuring charges resulting
from the Company's decision to reduce the scope of its research and development
activities by eliminating certain product development efforts. The restructuring
costs related primarily to a write off of equipment associated with the
terminated development efforts.

During fiscal 1997, the Company recorded an additional charge for
restructuring its operations by reducing its workforce by approximately 25%. As
of March 31, 1997, the Company's restructuring actions were fully completed and
there were no remaining restructuring cost accruals.

During the quarter ended June 30, 1996, the Company recorded a charge of
$4.0 million related to its MPEG inventories. In September 1996, the Company
sold its remaining MPEG inventory.

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APPENDIX -- DESCRIPTION OF GRAPHICS

OUTSIDE FRONT COVER

Graphic: 8x8, Inc. logo.

INSIDE FRONT COVER

Graphic: 8x8, Inc. logo.

GATE FOLD

The graphic heading reads "Silicon, software and systems for video
conferencing." Underneath this heading, and to the left, there is a picture of
the VC100, the first product in the Company's planned family of
VideoCommunicators. To the right of this picture is the following text: "8x8 is
developing a family of VideoCommunicator products. The initial
VideoCommunicator, the VC100, is compliant with the H.324 standard for POTS
video telephony and connects to a television and touch-tone phone to add video
to an otherwise normal telephone call." Underneath the heading, and to the
right, there is a picture of the Company's VCP and LVP semiconductor products.
To the left of this picture is the following text: "8x8's video compression
semiconductors combine, on a single chip, a RISC microprocessor, a high
performance digital signal processor, specialized video processing circuitry,
static RAM memory and proprietary software to perform the real time compression
and decompression of video and audio information and establish and maintain
network connections in a manner consistent with international standards for
video telephony." Underneath the text at the top of the page are four pictures
demonstrating the use of the Company's VideoCommunicator product.

Underneath these four pictures is the following text: "8x8, Inc. designs,
develops and markets highly integrated, proprietary video compression
semiconductors and associated software to manufacturers of corporate video
conferencing systems. To address new opportunities, the Company is leveraging
its strengths in semiconductor design and related software to develop and market
video conferencing systems for the consumer market."

In the bottom right hand corner of the gate fold is the 8x8, Inc. logo.

INSIDE BACK COVER

In the middle of the page is a picture of a prototype of the Company's
VC200 Product (desktop phone with LCD display). Underneath the picture is the
following text: "VC200 PROTOTYPE." In the bottom right hand corner of the inside
back cover is the 8x8, Inc. logo.

OUTSIDE BACK COVER

Graphic: 8x8, Inc. logo.
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No dealer, sales representative or any other person has been authorized to give
any information or to make any representations in connection with this Offering
other than those contained in this Prospectus, and, if given or made, such
information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized
by the Company or any of the Underwriters. This Prospectus does not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy any securities other than
the shares of Common Stock to which it relates or an offer to, or a solicitation
of, any person in any jurisdiction where such an offer or solicitation would be
unlawful. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder
shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no
change in the affairs of the Company or that information contained herein is
correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof.

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Prospectus Summary.................... 3
Risk Factors.......................... 6
Use of Proceeds....................... 16
Dividend Policy....................... 16
Capitalization........................ 17
Dilution.............................. 18
Selected Consolidated Financial
Data................................ 19
Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations....................... 20
Business.............................. 26
Management............................ 40
Certain Transactions.................. 50
Principal Stockholders................ 52
Description of Capital Stock.......... 54
Shares Eligible for Future Sale....... 56
Underwriting.......................... 58
Legal Matters......................... 59
Experts............................... 59
Additional Information................ 60
Index to Consolidated Financial
Statements.......................... F-1

Until July 27, 1997 (25 days after the date of this Prospectus), all
dealers effecting transactions in the Common Stock, whether or not participating
in this distribution, may be required to deliver a Prospectus. This is in
addition to the obligation of dealers to deliver a Prospectus when acting as
Underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

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DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
SECURITIES CORPORATION
July 2, 1997

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