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with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2009</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.&#160;&#160;See definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule&#160;12b-2 of the Exchange
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filer&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings 2, serif">&#163;</font> (Do not check
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      Registered</font></div>
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      (2)</font> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(3)</font></font></div>
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      rights)</font></div>
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      pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated June 7, 2004 (the &#8220;Rights
      Agreement&#8221;), between Sigma Designs, Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC,
      as Rights Agent. Until the occurrence of certain events specified in the
      Rights Agreement, the preferred stock purchase rights will not be
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      options outstanding under the CopperGate Communications Ltd. 2003 Share
      Option Plan, assumed by the Registrant in connection with the acquisition
      of all the issued and outstanding share capital of CopperGate
      Communications Ltd., an Israeli corporation (&#8220;CopperGate&#8221;) pursuant to an
      Acquisition Agreement among the Registrant, CopperGate, Carmel V.C. 2 Ltd.
      and Tamir Fishman Ventures Management II Ltd. as the Holder
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      additional shares of common stock (and related preferred stock purchase
      rights) to be offered or sold pursuant to the above-named plan that may be
      issued as a result of the anti-dilution and other adjustment provisions
      therein by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including
      any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
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      solely for the purpose of calculating the total registration fee. The
      aggregate offering price and amount of registration fee have been computed
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Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with
Rule 462 under the Securities Act.</font></div>
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November 10, 2009, the Registrant acquired all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of CopperGate pursuant to an Acquisition Agreement among the
Registrant, CopperGate, Carmel V.C. 2 Ltd. and Tamir Fishman Ventures Management
II Ltd. as the Holder Representatives and the selling shareholders named
therein, dated as of October 12, 2009 (the &#8220;Acquisition&#8221;).&#160;&#160;In
connection with the Acquisition, certain options to acquire CopperGate stock
granted under the CopperGate Communications, Ltd&#8217;s 2003 Share Option Plan
outstanding as of the closing date of the Acquisition, were assumed by the
Registrant and converted on November 10, 2009, the closing date of the
Acquisition, into options to purchase shares of common stock, no par value, of
the Registrant (the &#8220;Registrant Common Stock&#8221;). This Registration Statement on
Form S-8 registers the aggregate number of shares of Registrant Common Stock
that may be issued pursuant to such assumed options.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;) and the Note to Part I
of Form S-8.</font></div>
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Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) are hereby incorporated by reference in this
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      Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the
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description.</font></div>
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addition, all documents filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections&#160;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(excluding any portions thereof furnished by the Registrant, including but not
limited to information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 and any exhibits
relating to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 furnished under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K and any
certification required by 18 U.S.C. &#167; 1350), on or after the date of this
Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.</font></div>
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statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed
document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby has been passed upon for
the Registrant by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto,
California.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Section&#160;317
of the California Corporations Code provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to
indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Our
articles of incorporation and bylaws provide for indemnification of our
directors and officers to the extent and under the circumstances permitted by
the California Corporations Code.&#160;&#160;The Registrant also maintains
insurance policies that insure its officers and directors against certain
liabilities.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
8: Exhibits.</font></div>
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      No.</font></div>
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      Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2004, between the Company and
      Mellon Investors Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including the Certificate
      of Designation, the Form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights
      attached thereto as Exhibit A, B and C, respectively (incorporated by
      reference to exhibit filed with the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form
      8-K filed on June 8, 2004).</font></div>
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:&#160;&#160;(i)&#160;to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)&#160;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)&#160;to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">however</font>, that clauses (1)(i)
and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&#160;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide </font>offering
thereof.</font></div>
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securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></div>
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide </font>offering
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constitutes and appoints Thinh Q. Tran and Thomas E. Gay III and each of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, to this Registration
Statement on Form&#160;S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of
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      of Designation, the Form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights
      attached thereto as Exhibit A, B and C, respectively (incorporated by
      reference to exhibit filed with the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form
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sigma_s8-111309.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2009
Registration
No. 333-____
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
____________________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
____________________
SIGMA
DESIGNS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
(State
      or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
      or organization)
94-2848099
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
1778
      McCarthy Blvd.
Milpitas,
      California
(Address
      of principal executive offices)
95035
(Zip
      Code)
CopperGate
      Communications Ltd. 2003 Share Option Plan
(Full
      title of the plan)
Thinh
      Q. Tran
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
Sigma
      Designs, Inc.
1778
      McCarthy Blvd.
Milpitas,
      California
(Name
      and address of agent for service)
(408)
      262-9003
(Telephone
      number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy
      to:
James
      J. Masetti, Esq.
Pillsbury
      Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2475
      Hanover Street
Palo
      Alto, CA 94304
(650)
      233-4500
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.  See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large
accelerated filer
£
Accelerated
filer
R
Non-accelerated
filer
£
(Do not check
if a smaller reporting
company)                                Smaller
reporting company
£
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Securities
To
      Be Registered
Amount
      To
Be
      Registered
(1)
      (2)
(3)
Proposed
Maximum
      Offering
Price
      Per Share
(4
)
Proposed
Maximum
      Aggregate
Offering
      Price
(5)
Amount
      of
Registration
      Fee
Common
      stock, no par value (including preferred stock purchase
      rights)
574,881
$11.38
$6,542,146
$366
(1)
Each
      share of common stock is accompanied by a preferred stock purchase right
      pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated June 7, 2004 (the "Rights
      Agreement"), between Sigma Designs, Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC,
      as Rights Agent. Until the occurrence of certain events specified in the
      Rights Agreement, the preferred stock purchase rights will not be
      exercisable or evidenced separately from the common
  stock.
(2)
This
      registration statement (the "Registration Statement") registers the
      issuance of an aggregate of 574,881
shares
      of the common stock, no par value, of Sigma Designs, Inc, a California
      corporation (the "Registrant") issuable pursuant to exercise of stock
      options outstanding under the CopperGate Communications Ltd. 2003 Share
      Option Plan, assumed by the Registrant in connection with the acquisition
      of all the issued and outstanding share capital of CopperGate
      Communications Ltd., an Israeli corporation ("CopperGate") pursuant to an
      Acquisition Agreement among the Registrant, CopperGate, Carmel V.C. 2 Ltd.
      and Tamir Fishman Ventures Management II Ltd. as the Holder
      Representatives and the selling shareholders named therein, dated as of
      October 12, 2009.
(3)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"),
      this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of
      additional shares of common stock (and related preferred stock purchase
      rights) to be offered or sold pursuant to the above-named plan that may be
      issued as a result of the anti-dilution and other adjustment provisions
      therein by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including
      any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
      transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in
      an increase in the number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common
      stock.
(4)
Represents
      the average of the high and low prices of the common stock as reported on
      the Nasdaq Global Market on November 11,
2009.
(5)
Computed
      in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act,
      solely for the purpose of calculating the total registration fee. The
      aggregate offering price and amount of registration fee have been computed
      based on the average of the high and low prices of the common stock as
      reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on November 11,
  2009.
The
Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with
Rule 462 under the Securities Act.
On
November 10, 2009, the Registrant acquired all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of CopperGate pursuant to an Acquisition Agreement among the
Registrant, CopperGate, Carmel V.C. 2 Ltd. and Tamir Fishman Ventures Management
II Ltd. as the Holder Representatives and the selling shareholders named
therein, dated as of October 12, 2009 (the "Acquisition").  In
connection with the Acquisition, certain options to acquire CopperGate stock
granted under the CopperGate Communications, Ltd's 2003 Share Option Plan
outstanding as of the closing date of the Acquisition, were assumed by the
Registrant and converted on November 10, 2009, the closing date of the
Acquisition, into options to purchase shares of common stock, no par value, of
the Registrant (the "Registrant Common Stock"). This Registration Statement on
Form S-8 registers the aggregate number of shares of Registrant Common Stock
that may be issued pursuant to such assumed options.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan
      Information.*
Item 2.
Registrant
      Information and Employee Program Annual
  Information.*
*        Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I
of Form S-8.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The
following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for
      the
fiscal year
      ended January 31, 2009, filed with the Commission on April 2, 2009, as
      amended on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009, filed
      with the Commission on May 29, 2009.
(b)
Definitive
      proxy statement for 2009 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the
      Commission on June 30, 2009.
(c)
Quarterly
      Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended May 2, 2009 and August 1, 2009,
      filed with the Commission on June 11, 2009 and September 10, 2009,
      respectively;
(d)
The
      Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 4,
      2009, October 13, 2009, October 14, 2009 and November 12,
      2009;
(f)
The
      description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on November 3, 1986,
      including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
      description.
(g)
The
      description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in the
      Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the
      Commission on June 8, 2004, including any amendment or report filed for
      the purpose of updating such
description.
In
addition, all documents filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(excluding any portions thereof furnished by the Registrant, including but not
limited to information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 and any exhibits
relating to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 furnished under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K and any
certification required by 18 U.S.C. § 1350), on or after the date of this
Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed
document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4.
Description
      of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.
Interests
      of Named Experts and Counsel.
The
validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby has been passed upon for
the Registrant by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto,
California.
Item 6.
Indemnification
      of Directors and Officers.
Section 317
of the California Corporations Code provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to
indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Our
articles of incorporation and bylaws provide for indemnification of our
directors and officers to the extent and under the circumstances permitted by
the California Corporations Code.  The Registrant also maintains
insurance policies that insure its officers and directors against certain
liabilities.
Item 7.
Exemption
      From Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item
8: Exhibits.
Exhibit
      No.
Description
4.1
Preferred
      Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2004, between the Company and
      Mellon Investors Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including the Certificate
      of Designation, the Form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights
      attached thereto as Exhibit A, B and C, respectively (incorporated by
      reference to exhibit filed with the Registrant's Current Report on Form
      8-K filed on June 8, 2004).
5.1
Opinion
      of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1
Consent
      of Armanino McKenna LLP, independent registered public accounting
      firm.
23.2
Consent
      of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in
      Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
99.1
CopperGate
      Communications, Ltd. 2003 Share Option
Plan.
Item 9:
Undertakings.
(a) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:  (i) to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that clauses (1)(i)
and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Milpitas, State of
California, on the 13th day of November, 2009.
SIGMA
      DESIGNS, INC.
By:
/s/ Thinh
      Q. Tran
Thinh
      Q. Tran
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
POWER
OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Thinh Q. Tran and Thomas E. Gay III and each of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Name
Title
Date
\s\
Thinh Q. Tran
Thinh
      Q. Tran
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
November
      13, 2009
\s\
Thomas E. Gay III
Thomas
      E. Gay III
Chief
      Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal
      Financial and Accounting Officer)
November
      13, 2009
\s\
William J. Almon
William
      J. Almon
Director
November
      13, 2009
\s\
Julien Nguyen
Julien
      Nguyen
Director
November
      13, 2009
\s\
Lung C. Tsai
Lung
      C. Tsai
Director
November
      13, 2009
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
      No.
Description
4.1
Preferred
      Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2004, between the Company and
      Mellon Investors Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including the Certificate
      of Designation, the Form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights
      attached thereto as Exhibit A, B and C, respectively (incorporated by
      reference to exhibit filed with the Registrant's Current Report on Form
      8-K filed on June 8, 2004).
5.1
Opinion
      of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1
Consent
      of Armanino McKenna LLP, independent registered public accounting
      firm.
23.2
Consent
      of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in
      Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
99.1
CopperGate
      Communications, Ltd. 2003 Share Option
Plan.