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 and has taken bold moves to deepen its technology portfolio and expand its addressable market. In February of 2010, Trident completed its acquisition of NXP Semiconductor’s television and set-top box lines, creating a leader in the digital home entertainment market with industry-leading positions in each of the digital television and set-top box markets.
The home entertainment industry has transitioned to digital television while widely adopting Internet technologies, and Trident’s vision is to be the leader in driving the next wave of innovation. The company’s goal is to enable a truly connected home with semiconductor solutions that make it possible for consumers to access their entertainment and content (music, pictures, internet, data) anywhere and at anytime throughout the home.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, 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.
Products and Technologies
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. This product portfolio enables Trident to offer a broad range of solutions for the digital home entertainment market, which Trident estimates will reach $5 billion by 2010.
Customers
Trident maintains strong relationships with tier-1 OEMs selling digital television and set-top box solutions as well as cable and satellite operators and conditional access providers. Here you can find a partial listing of our customers.