EXHIBIT 21


                      Subsidiaries of ESS Technology, Inc.

o    ESS Canada Holdings, Inc. - California (merged into ESS Technology
     Holdings, Inc. on April 21, 2003)

o    ESS Technology Holdings, Inc. - California

o    NetRidium Communications, Inc. - California (merged into ESS Technology
     Holdings, Inc. on April 21, 2003)

o    OSEE Technology, Inc. - California (merged into ESS Technology Holdings,
     Inc. on April 21, 2003)

o    Platform Technologies, Inc. - California (merged into ESS Technology
     Holdings, Inc. on April 21, 2003)

o    Video Core Technology, Inc. - California (merged into ESS Technology
     Holdings, Inc. on April 21, 2003)

o    ESS Technology International, Inc. - Cayman Islands

o    Vsystems International, Inc. - Cayman Islands (dissolved on March 11, 2003)

o    Wei Shi Technology, Inc. - Cayman Islands (dissolved on November 7, 2003)

o    ESS British Columbia Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Silicon Analog
     Systems Corporation) - British Columbia

o    ESS (Far East) Ltd. - Hong Kong

o    ESS Technology International (Korea) Ltd - Korea

o    ESS KK - Japan

o    ESS Electronics Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. - China

o    ESS Electronics Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (inactive) - China

o    Pictos Technologies, Inc. - Delaware

o    Zing Network, Inc - California

o    Pictos FN - California

o    Pix.com, Inc. - California

o    Taiwan Pictos Ltd - Taiwan

o    Pictos Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. - Hong Kong

o    Divio, Inc. - California

o    Divio Micro-electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd - China