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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001040161-26-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PXLW"
cik: "0001040161"
company_name: "PIXELWORKS, INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T21:06:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:08:23.375310+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pixelworks reports Q1 cash $58M; completes sale of Shanghai unit, authorizes $5M buyback

## Summary
- Closed sale of Shanghai semiconductor subsidiary to VeriSilicon in January 2026; restructuring to focus on technology licensing.
- Ended Q1 with $58M cash, no debt; board authorized $5M stock repurchase program.
- TrueCut Motion platform used for Billie Eilish 3D concert film; endorsed by Europe's largest private cinema operator Vue.
- Company refocused as global technology licensing business following operational streamlining.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001040161-26-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PXLW
- cik: 0001040161
- company_name: PIXELWORKS, INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T21:06:11+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040161/000104016126000031/0001040161-26-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040161/000104016126000031/pxlw-20260514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001040161-26-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001040161-26-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001040161-26-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PIXELWORKS, INC reported financial results for first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 14, 2026, Pixelworks, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2026 and held a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040161/000104016126000031/0001040161-26-000031-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.