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Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 9, 2009, MoSys, Inc., or the Company, issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The press release should be read in conjunction with the statements regarding forward-looking statements, which are included in the text of the release.

In addition to disclosing financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the Company's earnings release contains non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the statement of operation effects of stock-based compensation, in-process research and development costs, restructuring charges associated with the Company's exit from its analog/mixed-signal product line, and, in addition to the restructuring charges, write-offs for impairment of intangible assets and amortization of intangibles recorded in connection with the Company's purchase of the analog/mixed-signal intellectual property assets in 2007.

Management of the Company primarily reviews gross margin, operating expenses (research and development and sales, general and administrative), operating loss, net loss and net loss per share exclusive of share-based compensation and non-recurring charges such as those related to amortization of intangibles, in-process research and development in connection with the acquisition of assets or other businesses and restructuring and impairment of intangible asset charges for planning and forecasting future periods. Because management reviews these financial measures calculated without taking into account these items, these financial measures are treated as "non-GAAP financial measures" under Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Management uses the non-GAAP financial measures for internal managerial purposes, to evaluate the Company's performance over comparable periods, and to compare the Company's results to those of other companies in its sector. In addition, management cites these measures when publicly disclosing forward-looking statements about expected future results of operations.

Management and the Board of Directors will continue to compare the Company's historical consolidated results of operations (revenue, gross margin, research and development, selling, general and administrative expenses, operating loss, net loss and net loss per share), at least in part, by excluding share-based compensation and the charges for amortization of intangibles, restructuring and impairment of intangible assets described above, to assess the business and compare operating results to the Company's performance objectives. For example, the Company's budgeting and planning process utilizes these non-GAAP financial measures, along with other types of financial information.

The Company discloses these non-GAAP financial measures to the public as an additional means by which investors can assess the Company's performance and to identify the Company's operating results for investors on the same basis applied by management. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations to those financial statements should be carefully evaluated. The non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies. The Company has provided reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1

Moreover, although these non-GAAP financial measures adjust expense, they should not be viewed as a pro forma presentation reflecting the elimination of the underlying share-based compensation programs, as those programs are an important element of the Company's compensation structure and GAAP requires that all forms of share-based payments should be valued and included, as appropriate, in results of operations. Management believes these expenses are a material part of the Company's operating results.

The information contained in this report and the exhibit attached hereto is furnished solely pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information contained herein and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by MoSys, Inc., whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.