ESS Technology, Inc., founded in 1984 by Mr. Fred Chan and Mr. Forest Mozer, headquartered in Fremont, California, has approximately 400 employees in North America and over 100 employees in Asia providing R&D, sales, and technical support worldwide, designs and markets high-performance digital video processor and imaging sensor semiconductors for the consumer digital entertainment, camera phones and digital home markets. ESS products include highly integrated chips for DVD players, DVD recorders, VCD players, digital media players, digital audio systems, and camera-enabled cellular phones. During 2004, ESS' annual revenues grew to US$257.3 million.