Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID) is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering innovative semiconductor solutions for digital televisions and set-top boxes — at the heart of today’s digital home.

A pioneer in the consumer electronics and television markets for the past 20 years, Trident understands the rapidly-evolving consumer space, has a deep understanding of what consumers want, and can uniquely deliver an exceptional multimedia experience through its innovative and cost effective discrete semiconductors and system-on-chip (SoCs) and software.

Trident’s vision is to be the leader in innovative platform solutions for the Connected Home. The company’s current and future products are driving the evolution of the connected home, which will enable consumers to access TV shows, movies, music, games, personal photos and videos, and extensive Internet content anywhere and everywhere.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Trident maintains a substantial engineering presence in Asia complemented by technology centers of excellence in Europe and North America. This global infrastructure enables Trident to deliver both the innovation and cost-competitiveness needed to win in today’s high-growth digital home entertainment market. 

Trident delivers complete end-to-end semiconductor solutions for the low-end, mid-range and high-end of the digital home entertainment market. The company’s cost-competitive solutions for DTV, PCTV and set-box applications are widely used in the industry by top-tier OEMs around the globe. Trident currently has an extensive portfolio of consumer IP applicable to a wide range of markets, with over 2,000 granted and in-process patents including motion estimation/motion compensation and conditional access, as well as advanced 45nm system-on-chip technology. Trident’s extensive portfolio enables it to offer a broad range of solutions for the digital home entertainment market.

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