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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trident Microsystems, Inc. (“Trident” or “the Company”) today announced that the Company and its Cayman subsidiary, Trident Microsystems (Far East) Ltd. have filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Trident will shortly file for protection in the Cayman Islands as well.

As part of the filing, Trident has filed a motion to approve the bid procedures for the sale of its Set-Top-Box business operations to Entropic Communications, Inc. (“Entropic”) pursuant to the asset purchase agreement included with the motion. Trident intends to continue to operate all of its business lines in the ordinary course and has ample liquidity to do so, while it completes the Bankruptcy approval process regarding the sale of its Set-Top-Box business to Entropic and explores strategic alternatives for its remaining business units.

“Trident, like many of its competitors, has been undergoing rapid changes which have hindered its ability to operate profitably,” stated Dr. Bami Bastani, chief executive officer of Trident.   “A combination of increased pricing pressures in our industry, lower demand in consumer electronics, and slower than anticipated new product adoption has contributed to increased operating losses, a deterioration in liquidity and an erosion in equity values for Trident.” Trident recently announced that it was exploring a number of strategic alternatives, and this process led to the contemplated sale of the Set-Top-Box business to Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR), a leading provider of silicon and software solutions for the home entertainment market. Bastani added that “we are extremely pleased with the opportunity that Entropic provides for not only our Set-Top-Box business, but also our key suppliers and vendors, customers and our dedicated employees throughout the world.” This transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of Trident and Entropic. The sale of the Set-Top-Box business to Entropic will be subject to a bidding process and approval by the Bankruptcy Court and the Cayman court, and it is expected that the sale will close in late February, 2012.

Trident also announced that it has entered into a license agreement with RDA Technologies, Ltd., pursuant to which it granted a non exclusive license to its SX-5 SOC product for the television market. Under the license agreement, Trident has received an upfront fee of $7.5 million and expects to receive an additional $8.5 million in the near term. As a result of cost cutting efforts, the RDA license agreement, and the receipt of funds from the sale of its facility in China, the Company believes its cash balance as of December 31, 2011 provides adequate liquidity to continue to meet customer and vendor requirements while the marketing efforts for its key assets continues.

During the interim, Trident expects that Chapter 11 protection will enable the Company to conduct its business operations in the ordinary course. To that end, the Company is seeking approval from the court for a variety of First Day and other initial motions, including requests to make wage and benefit payments to employees and continuation of the Company’s global cash management system.

None of Trident’s other operating subsidiaries are subject to the Chapter 11 proceedings, and they will continue to operate in the ordinary course of their businesses. 

Additional information on the filing can be found at the Claims Agent’s website at www.kccllc.net/trident.

Forward-Looking Information 

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding liquidity expectations and timing expectations as well as the Company’s ability to continue to conduct business in the ordinary course. The forward-looking statements made above are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially depending on a number of factors. These risks include, in particular, the ability to conclude the transaction with Entropic or alternative transactions in a timely manner and on satisfactory terms. Additional factors that may affect Trident’s business are described in detail in Trident’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission available at http://www.sec.gov.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 – Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), a leading provider of set-top box (STB) and TV semiconductor solutions, today announced that GBN, a South Korean cable services operator, began commercial deployment of Trident-based hybrid Cable STBs to their cable service subscribers in South Korea.  LG CNS is the service infrastructure provider for GBN and developed the complete end-to-end Android STB software for the Trident solution.

“We are very excited to be the engine for the world’s first Android-based hybrid Cable service deployment,” said Mark Samuel, senior vice president and general manager of Trident’s Set-top Box Business Unit.  “South Korea has one of the most advanced IP networks in the world, so it is the natural place to begin Android IP service deployment.  As other countries enhance their broadband services, we expect these Android IP deployments to expand worldwide. We achieved this major milestone by working closely with LG CNS, a premier developer of Android IP solutions for operator networks.”

Deog-Joo Won, vice president of LG CNS’s Telecom and Media Business Unit commented,

“We are pleased to enable commercial deployment of the world’s first Cable/IP hybrid services by GBN.  Trident’s ARM-based SoC products provide the performance, features and ecosystem support necessary for commercial Android IP services.”

Trident and LG CNS worked together to offer a system solution to enable service operators to provide products that merge traditional broadcast content, video-on-demand and IP-based content.  Trident’s ARM-based SoC solution supports the Android ecosystem, providing superior time to market and performance.  Trident’s support of the Android OS allows service providers to offer a business model offering new apps and services to subscribers.

For more information, please contact sales@tridentmicro.com.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home and select Consumer Electronics (CE) products.  As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident’s solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide.  The company’s extensive IP portfolio has been driving key innovations in image quality, 3D TV, audio, low power, and 45nm designs. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company’s web site: www.tridentmicro.com. 

About LG CNS

LG CNS, the leading IT services company in South Korea, provides total solution package in various fields of industry. LG CNS has implemented large-scale public IT infrastructure projects and played a major role in the Korean government’s e-Korea initiatives.  The company, founded in 1987 as a joint venture between LG and EDS, currently employs over 9,000 people across 7 subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, North America and etc. LG CNS provides over 5,000 businesses and governments across the world its expertise on a wide range of projects on diverse industry verticals ranging from Public sector, Telecommunication and media services, Financial Services, Manufacturing & Utilities  and Transportation & Logistics among a host of others. For more information, please visit www.lgcns.com

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause Trident’s actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements.  These risks include the possibility that our products may not meet changing customer requirements, that revenues of our products could be delayed as a result of supply shortages or other production challenges, that customers may experience weak demand for their products, which would impact our revenue, and other risks and uncertainties related to the production and sale of our products.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release; Trident does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the statement was made. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Reports on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which are available at http://www.sec.gov.

NOTE: Trident, Trident logo and MAP-X are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Trident Microsystems in the United States and /or other countries. NOTE: Trident and the Trident logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc in the United States and/or other countries. All other names, brands, products or trademarks may be claimed as the property of their respective owners.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011 – Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), a leading provider of set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions, today announced that its HiDTV^® Pro-SXL system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been adopted in AOC’s new series of Digital TVs for Brazil and other South American markets and has begun volume shipment.  In 2010, Trident supported AOC’s entry into the Brazilian digital TV market with its HiDTV Pro-SX1 solution and is now following up with the HiDTV Pro-SXL.  This new platform provides the scalability required for AOC to address different segments of the DTV market ranging from standard DTV to DTVs with full IP capabilities.  When coupled with Trident’s FRC MEMC solution, AOC is able to extend the same design to address the high end 120Hz market as well.

“We are excited by the launch of this new family of AOC DTVs driven by Trident’s HiDTV Pro-SXL, which can serve as a platform for both the conventional DTV and Connected TV,” said Dirk Wieberneit, General Manager of TV BU at Trident. “It is a testament to the strong platform approach of AOC and their ODM partner, TPV, and to the system-level capability and flexibility of our SOC.  Our solution enables the delivery of cloud-based services including on demand video, music and games to the living room and brings a rich array of multimedia content in the large screen form factor.   We appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with TPV for the development of the platform and are happy to contribute to their successful penetration of the fast-growing South American markets.”

“Trident’s HiDTV Pro-SXL provides the perfect combination of picture quality and internet connectivity,” said Vincent Lin, Product Marketing Director for Own Brand BG, TPV.  “Their software platform serves as the ideal foundation for AOC to develop value-added applications enabling AOC to differentiate their products in this fast growing region for DTVs.  We look forward to growing our market share with this Trident based solution.”

About the Trident HiDTV^® Pro-SXL

Trident has developed a complete platform around the HiDTV Pro-SXL family that includes integrated hardware and software with built-in support for popular online services.

The SXL platform combines Trident’s leading digital TV and picture-quality processing technology into one highly integrated SOC, delivering a production-ready design at a cost effective bill-of-material.  This SOC delivers crystal clear video with 50/60Hz output and supports 3D TV formats using panels based on the patterned retarder technology, bringing the viewing experience of 3D TV at the cost effectiveness of the 50/60Hz platform.   To take advantage of the vast library of 2 D content, this SOC is capable of converting 2D to 3D, enabling viewers to enjoy their collection of DVDs and BlueRays in 3D.

HiDTV Pro-SXL, like other Trident SOCs, is encapsulated in an industry standard software platform.  Such architecture facilitates modular application development, enables faster time-to-market, simplifies software updates for feature enhancements, and accelerates platform customization process for different regions of the world.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home and select Consumer Electronics (CE) products.  As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident’s solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide.  The company’s extensive IP portfolio has been driving key innovations in image quality, 3D TV, audio, low power, and 45nm designs. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company’s web site: www.tridentmicro.com.

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause Trident’s actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. These risks include the ability of our product to meet customer requirements, the possibility that competitors may offer similar products at more competitive terms, and uncertainty as to the demand for our customers’ products, which would impact our revenue.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release; Trident does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the statement was made. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Reports on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which are available at http://www.sec.gov.

NOTE: Trident, HiDTV^® Pro-SXL and the Trident logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Trident Microsystems in the United States and /or other countries. NOTE: Trident and the Trident logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc in the United States and/or other countries.  All other names, brands, products or trademarks may be claimed as the property of their respective owners.

“We are taking decisive actions to better position Trident for success as we enter 2012, given the current mass production timing of our new design wins and the soft economic environment,” said Trident’s chief executive officer and president, Dr. Bami Bastani.  “Trident has always had very strong technology and good access to customers, both of which are translating into new design wins for our latest TV and Set-Top Box products.  By focusing on our core strengths, including connectivity for Smart TV and Smart Box, and our customer centric engagements with a select list of leading OEMs, ODMs, and operators, we intend to position ourselves for stronger financial results and improved returns for our shareholders.”

Investor Conference Call

Date:   Monday, Sept. 26, 2011
Time:   1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time)
Domestic Dial-In:   866.825.1709
International Dial-In:  617.213.8060
Passcode:  22944875 

A replay of the conference call will be available for two weeks, beginning on Sept. 27, 2011 and will be accessible by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or +1-617-801-6888 (international) using access code 17931077. 

This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Trident’s web site at: http://www.tridentmicro.com. The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson/CCBN’s individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents.  Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson’s password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). 

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home and select Consumer Electronics (CE) products.  As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident’s solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide.  The company’s extensive IP portfolio has been driving key innovations in image quality, 3D TV, audio, low power, and 45nm designs. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company’s web site: www.tridentmicro.com. 

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause Trident’s actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. These risks include Trident’s ability to implement the workforce reductions in various geographies, possible changes in the size and components of the expected costs and charges associated with the restructuring plan, Trident’s ability to reduce costs on a timely basis, Trident’s ability to reduce expenses to a sustainable level when future revenues are uncertain, and Trident’s ability to obtain design wins and realize revenue from such wins.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release; Trident does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the statement was made. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Reports on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which are available at http://www.sec.gov. 

Non-GAAP Financial Information

Trident Microsystems, Inc. reports its financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). To provide management and investors with additional insight into its operations, the trends affecting the company and marketplace performance, the company also supplements this information with non-GAAP information that excludes certain costs, expenses and gains. Non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP EBITDA and non-GAAP expenses give an indication of the company’s baseline performance before gains, losses or other charges that are considered by management to be outside the company’s core operating results. In addition, these non-GAAP measures as a percentage of net revenues are used to identify key trends in performance and measure key results against objectives. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary indicators management uses as a basis for planning and forecasting future periods. These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, GAAP and may be materially different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. The company computes non-GAAP net income (loss) by adjusting GAAP net income (loss) for acquisition-related expenses, stock-based compensation expense, expenses related to the stock option investigation and related matters, legal settlements, restructuring charges, expenses related to software license fees, amortization and impairment of intangible assets from acquisitions, impairment loss, backlog amortization, capital gains and losses and dividend income.

NOTE: Trident, Trident logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Trident Microsystems in the United States and /or other countries. NOTE: Trident and the Trident logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc in the United States and/or other countries.  All other names, brands, products or trademarks may be claimed as the property of their respective owners.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2011 – Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), a leading provider of set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions, today unveiled a new generation of high-performance set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed for the worldwide satellite, cable, and IPTV markets.  Featuring support for Android, online content playback, advanced web browsing, and 3D graphics, the new TSC100™ STB family delivers all the key features demanded by leading operators in a single and powerful STB platform.

“As the world’s leading satellite and cable operators prepare for the next wave of  high performance, multimedia–rich applications, it’s important that we are able to offer an integrated STB solution that incorporates the latest video coding technology,” said Mark Samuel, senior vice president and general manager of Trident’s Set-top Box Business Unit.  “The TSC100 family is built around the same open platform that has become a cornerstone of Trident’s STB solutions, delivering support for leading web browsing capabilities, online services and popular Android applications.”

About the Trident TSC100 Family of STB SoCs
The TSC100 family of SoC products features Trident’s latest generation video decoder technology to natively support the latest codec technologies including SVC (scalable video codec), MVC (multi-view video coding), VP8, Sorenson and other standards.  The chip also integrates a SATA interface for DVR functionality, a 10/100 Ethernet PHY for connected TV and IP-based applications, and dual DVB-S2 or DVB-C demodulators to further optimize the BOM cost for network operator applications.

The Trident TSC100 family incorporates advanced security schemes natively in hardware, including NSK2, NOCS 1.2, CSA3, AES, RSA, baseband watermarking, and Cryptography Research’s CryptoFirewall technology.  Powered by a 1700 DMIPS ARM Cortex-A9 processor, the TSC100 family is capable of advanced software solutions including the latest releases of Android optimized for the ARM architecture.  In addition, the TSC100 family integrates an advanced 3D graphics engine by Imagination Technologies supporting OpenGL ES2.0.

With the TSC100 family of SoCs, satellite and cable operators will be able to quickly and effectively develop high-performance and multimedia-rich products,  optimize manufacturing and operational logistics, and improve time-to-market by leveraging theTSC100 family’s satellite, cable and IPTV features and performance to address digital TV standards around the world.

Product Availability
The Trident TSC100 family of SoCs is sampling now to select customers.  For more information, please contact sales@tridentmicro.com.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.
Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home.  As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident’s solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide.  The company’s extensive IP portfolio has been driving key innovations in image quality, 3D TV, low power consumption, and 45nm designs. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company’s web site: www.tridentmicro.com.

Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause Trident’s actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. These risks include, without limitation, that operators may not realize improved time to market; that the SoC delivers all the key features demanded by leading operators, that not all support issues may be fully addressed or that other suppliers may provide similar solutions at more competitive prices. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release; Trident does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the statement was made. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Reports on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which are available at http://www.sec.gov.
NOTE: Trident and the Trident logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc in the United States and/or other countries. All other names, brands, products or trademarks may be claimed as the property of their respective owners.

The connected home market has been driving the emergence of innovative features such as 3D-TVs and 240Hz televisions.  The higher refresh rates of 240Hz TVs deliver significantly better picture quality, particularly in larger screen TVs, and 240Hz is also an essential element for delivering quality 3D content.  With its new Fusion HiDTV family, Trident is well positioned to emerge as a leader in connected TVs, which market research firm Display Search predicts will represent 43% of the total worldwide market by 2014.

“We believe that the Fusion HiDTV family will fuel our growth in the highly connected Smart TV market segments with its outstanding CPU and graphics performance, superior picture quality, 3D performance and 21:9 cinemascope viewing ability,” said Dr. Bami Bastani, CEO and President of Trident.  ”The TV market continues to be driven by new innovations such as connectivity and 3D, and Trident is well positioned to lead this technology evolution with its feature-rich TV platform.”

About the Fusion HiDTV Family

The Fusion HiDTV family is a highly integrated SoC platform that includes multiple CPUs, ATSC/DVB-T/DVB-C/ISDB-T and analog demodulators, a secure programmable transport stream demultiplexer, a high performance 3D graphics engine, a 3D-TV-capable multi-standard multi-stream HD video decoder, an HD video encoder, and a programmable audio decoder with post processor that supports several of Trident’s industry-leading audio processing algorithms.

The Fusion HiDTV family integrates an HDMI 1.4a receiver and high speed ADCs to support up to 1080p digital and analog video inputs. Multiple USB2.0 transceivers are available to connect USB hard-drives to the TV for PVR functionality, USB camera modules for video call and WiFi modules. With its low-IF inputs, the Fusion HiDTV family can be directly connected to silicon tuners to create worldwide software programmable platform solutions.

Availability

The Fusion HiDTV family is scheduled for commercial production in the first quarter of 2012.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home.  As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident’s solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide.  The company has an extensive IP portfolio of patents that stem from key innovations in video processing, image quality, 3D TV, low power consumption, and 45nm SoC designs. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company’s web site: www.tridentmicro.com.

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the adoption of Trident’s Fusion HiDTV SoC for use in the Smart TV market. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause Trident’s actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. These risks include, without limitation, that customers may not perceive that Trident’s Fusion HiDTV product provides superior picture quality; that Trident may not attain a leadership position in the connected TV market; that the Fusion HiDTV product may not fuel Trident’s growth in the Smart TV market segment and that competitors may provide similar or more cost competitive offerings.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release; Trident does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the statement was made. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Reports on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which are available at http://www.sec.gov.

NOTE: Trident, Trident logo and Fusion HiDTV are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Trident Microsystems in the United States and /or other countries.  All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 14, 2011 – Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), a leading provider of set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions, today announced its new MAP-X™ family of audio System-on-Chip (SoC) designed to deliver HD Audio and Internet connectivity for next generation home audio, AV receivers and sound bars.  The seven members of the new MAP-X™ audio family complement Trident’s innovative set-top box and digital TV solutions by enhancing the audio functionality in home audio products needed to create a realistic and immersive home entertainment experience.

The MAP-X™ family targets the traditional home audio markets, including AV receivers and mini and micro-system components, as well as the fast-growing sound bar market.  Originally designed as an add-on to home theater setups, sound bars are becoming a thriving and distinct home audio segment, according to an analysis by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)[1].  Sound bars provide consumers with an option to improve audio quality and their listening experience, which is being diminished due to the limitations on speaker driver sizes imposed by the space constraints associated with today’s increasingly thin profile flat panel TVs.

“Trident’s goal is to deliver innovative, fully integrated audio SoC solutions to the home audio market, and the MAP-X™ family is integral to achieving this goal,” said Dirk Wieberneit, Vice President and General Manager of Trident’s TV Business Unit .  “We revolutionized television picture quality with our industry-renowned ME/MC technology and now our new audio products complete the home listening experience by delivering a truly cinematic and immersive sound experience via MAP-X™ enabled devices.”

About the MAP-X Family

The MAP-X™ family of products represents the first DSP audio SoC to integrate Internet radio and networked audio functionality, and is designed to enable consumers to stream their popular Internet radio stations from services such as vTuner™ and others, as well as their own collection of music files via USB or from PC/NAS devices over a home network via DLNA.  MAP-X™ is the first SoC to offer a fully integrated solution that can decode HD Audio movie formats without the need for external SDRAM and also enable streaming audio functionality without having to add an expensive streaming audio or Internet radio module.  In addition, the MAP-X™ family integrates ADCs, DACs, and a digital transceiver into one SoC, compared to the typical three- to five-chip solution offered by competitors.  By offering comprehensive functionality integration via an SoC approach, MAP-X™ offers considerable BOM-cost savings over single function DSP ICs, and reduces the overall system design complexity.  Software compatibility across all family members provides designers with flexibility to choose and add features across their entire product line, and to improve their time-to-market.

Availability

The MAP-X™ family of audio SoCs are sampling today with production scheduled for December 2011.  For information, interested parties should contact sales@tridentmicro.com.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home.   As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident’s solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide.  The company has an extensive IP portfolio of patents that stem from the key innovations it has created in video processing, image quality, 3D TV, low power consumption, and 45nm SoC designs. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company’s web site: www.tridentmicro.com.

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause Trident’s actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. These risks include, without limitation, that customers may not adopt our new audio solutions, that other suppliers may provide similar solutions at more competitive prices, that our customers may not realize significant demand for their products, which would impact our revenues, and other risks and uncertainties associated with the introduction of new products.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release; Trident does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the statement was made. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Reports on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which are available at http://www.sec.gov.

NOTE: Dolby and Dolby TrueHD are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.  DTS, DTS-HD and the Symbol are registered trademarks & the DTS logos are trademarks of DTS, Inc.

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept.  13, 2011 — Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), a leading provider of set-top box and TV semiconductor solutions, today announced that the Trident PNX5130 has been chosen to power Loewe’s newly announced Individual Compose 3D line of HD televisions.  Loewe’s Individual Compose 3D offers full-HD, 400Hz, 3D motion picture display, individual configuration for various living arrangements, energy efficiency, and new on-screen menu and multimedia features.

“Trident’s PNX5130 DTV solution delivers superior picture quality, including the most advanced motion-compensated 3D,” said Roland Bohl, Vice President of R&D at Loewe. “Our customers expect the best Picture Quality possible from a Loewe TV set.  Bringing this entitlement also to the new 3D generation with no compromises on motion sharpness and naturalness of the 3D picture was therefore a logical step and focus of our development efforts.”

“The new Individual Compose 3D series benefits from the advantages of existing key features of Trident’s PNX51xx series, such as our unique dimming algorithm for low power, halo-artifact reduction, and  contrast enhancements, and takes the viewer experience to the next level by adding 3D support,” said Dirk Wieberneit, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Trident TV Business Unit.  “By working closely with the Loewe team, for example to further improve the dimming algorithm performance, we were able to adapt our core technology to meet their particular needs and help them bring to market a very high-end and feature-rich LED backlit television.”

About the PNX5130 Chipset

Based on the successful PNX5100 architecture, which is widely recognized for its outstanding motion-compensated frame rate converter (MEMC) performance, the PNX5130 includes next-generation Motion Accurate Picture processing (MAPP) technology in combination with 2D (local) dimming and 3DTV.  The flexible architecture supports all popular 3DTV conversion formats for line and frame interleaved displays, including shutter glass control output.  The PNX5130’s powerful media processors can be used to adjust the depth of stereoscopic content or to execute the 3DTV algorithms of your choice. The PNX5130 supports 2D or local dimming with LED backlights, for PDP-like contrast levels and power savings of up to 50% or more.  Trident’s local dimming algorithm is fully configurable for any type of edge- or direct-lit backlight architecture, and the video output gain is locally compensated for the backlight segment settings.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home and select Consumer Electronics (CE) products.  As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident’s solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide.  The company’s extensive IP portfolio has been driving key innovations in image quality, 3D TV, audio, low power, and 45nm designs. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company’s web site: www.tridentmicro.com.

About Loewe

Outstanding design, innovative technology and superior quality are features of all products sold under the Loewe premium brand.  Technological highlights include: home entertainment systems with high-resolution picture quality, an integrated hard disk recorder and a digital TV receiver.  Loewe, founded in 1923 in Berlin, manufactures and distributes televisions, Blu-ray players, DVD recorders, audio components and multi-room solutions.  The publicly listed company has around 1, 000 employees and, on an international level, is represented in 50 countries.

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause Trident’s actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. These risks include the ability of our product to meet customer requirements, the possibility that competitors may offer similar products at more competitive terms, and uncertainty as to the demand for our customers’ products, which would impact our revenue.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release; Trident does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the statement was made. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Reports on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, which are available at http://www.sec.gov.

NOTE: Trident, Trident logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Trident Microsystems in the United States and /or other countries. NOTE: Trident and the Trident logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc in the United States and/or other countries.  All other names, brands, products or trademarks may be claimed as the property of their respective owners.

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About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of platform solutions that enhance the consumer experience in the Connected Home and select Consumer Electronics (CE) products.  As one of the top-three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets, Trident’s solutions can be found in the products of leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide.  The company’s extensive IP portfolio has been driving key innovations in image quality, 3D TV, audio, low power, and 45nm designs.  For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the company’s web site: www.tridentmicro.com.

NOTE: Trident is a registered trademark of Trident Microsystems, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.