---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001040161-25-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PXLW"
cik: "0001040161"
company_name: "PIXELWORKS, INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:25:01.294622+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pixelworks sells 37 patents for $3M, expects $3M gain in Q4 2025

## Summary
- Sold 37 patents to an unrelated third party for $3.0 million.
- Patents originated from ViXS Systems acquisition in 2017; sole ownership in 2021.
- Technologies pertain to markets no longer pursued by the company.
- Expects to record a gain of approximately $3.0 million in Q4 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001040161-25-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PXLW
- cik: 0001040161
- company_name: PIXELWORKS, INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040161/000104016125000045/0001040161-25-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040161/000104016125000045/pxlw-20251022.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001040161-25-000045.txt

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