Changes in the Company's Organization	6 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2016
Changes in the Company's Organization	Note 14. Changes in the Company’s Organization In April 2016, the employment of Dr. Sehat Sutardja as Chief Executive Officer and Weili Dai as President was terminated by the Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Sutardja and Ms. Dai remain on the Board of Directors at this time. The Board of Directors then formed an Interim Office of the Chief Executive and appointed Maya Strelar-Migotti, Executive Vice President of the Smart Networked Devices and Solutions Business Group, and Dr. Pantelis Alexopoulos, Executive Vice President of the Storage Business Group, as Interim Co-Chief Executive Officers, each having the authority to exercise all powers of the Chief Executive Officer. Also in April 2016, the Company announced that it entered into an agreement with Starboard Value LP (“Starboard”), regarding the composition of its Board of Directors. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company elected Peter A. Feld, Richard S. Hill, Oleg Khaykin, Michael Strachan and Robert Switz to serve on its board. The agreement specifies that the Board will recommend and the Company will support and solicit proxies only for the election at the 2016 annual general meeting of Messrs. Feld, Hill, Khaykin, Murphy, Strachan and Switz and the four independent directors serving on the Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement, Dr. Juergen Gromer, Dr. John G. Kassakian, Arturo Krueger and Dr. Randhir Thakur. In May 2016, Mr. Hill replaced Dr. Sutardja as the Chairman of the Board. In June 2016, the Board of Directors appointed Matthew J. Murphy to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 11, 2016. Ms. Strelar-Migotti and Dr. Alexopoulos returned to their roles as Executive Vice Presidents of the Company effective upon Mr. Murphy’s commencement of employment. Upon the commencement of Mr. Murphy’s employment, the Board subsequently appointed Richard S. Hill, the Chairman of the Board, as the Company’s Interim Principal Executive Officer, to serve in that capacity until the Company files its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2017 (“Q217 Form 10-Q”). Mr. Murphy will assume the role of the Company’s principal executive officer immediately following the filing of the Q217 Form 10-Q. Mr. Murphy also joined the Board of Directors on July 11, 2016. In August 2016, the Company announced the appointment of Jean Hu as Chief Financial Officer effective August 22, 2016. David P. Eichler, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, ceased serving as the Company’s principal financial officer upon Ms. Hu’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer.

Note 14. Changes in the Company’s Organization

In April 2016, the employment of Dr. Sehat Sutardja as Chief Executive Officer and Weili Dai as President was terminated by the Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Sutardja and Ms. Dai remain on the Board of Directors at this time. The Board of Directors then formed an Interim Office of the Chief Executive and appointed Maya Strelar-Migotti, Executive Vice President of the Smart Networked Devices and Solutions Business Group, and Dr. Pantelis Alexopoulos, Executive Vice President of the Storage Business Group, as Interim Co-Chief Executive Officers, each having the authority to exercise all powers of the Chief Executive Officer.

Also in April 2016, the Company announced that it entered into an agreement with Starboard Value LP (“Starboard”), regarding the composition of its Board of Directors. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company elected Peter A. Feld, Richard S. Hill, Oleg Khaykin, Michael Strachan and Robert Switz to serve on its board. The agreement specifies that the Board will recommend and the Company will support and solicit proxies only for the election at the 2016 annual general meeting of Messrs. Feld, Hill, Khaykin, Murphy, Strachan and Switz and the four independent directors serving on the Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement, Dr. Juergen Gromer, Dr. John G. Kassakian, Arturo Krueger and Dr. Randhir Thakur.

In May 2016, Mr. Hill replaced Dr. Sutardja as the Chairman of the Board. In June 2016, the Board of Directors appointed Matthew J. Murphy to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 11, 2016. Ms. Strelar-Migotti and Dr. Alexopoulos returned to their roles as Executive Vice Presidents of the Company effective upon Mr. Murphy’s commencement of employment.

Upon the commencement of Mr. Murphy’s employment, the Board subsequently appointed Richard S. Hill, the Chairman of the Board, as the Company’s Interim Principal Executive Officer, to serve in that capacity until the Company files its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2017 (“Q217 Form 10-Q”). Mr. Murphy will assume the role of the Company’s principal executive officer immediately following the filing of the Q217 Form 10-Q. Mr. Murphy also joined the Board of Directors on July 11, 2016.

In August 2016, the Company announced the appointment of Jean Hu as Chief Financial Officer effective August 22, 2016. David P. Eichler, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, ceased serving as the Company’s principal financial officer upon Ms. Hu’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer.