Oct 8th, 2008

Trident Microsystems, Inc. Announces First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 Conference Call


Trident Microsystems, Inc. Announces
First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 Conference Call

Santa Clara, Calif. — October 8, 2008: Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), a leader in high-performance semiconductor system solutions for the multimedia and digital television markets will hold a conference call for interested parties at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, November 3, 2008. The Company will release financial results after the market close on the same day.

Ms. Sylvia Summers, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Pete Mangan, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the first quarter of fiscal 2009 financial results and the Company's business outlook, followed by a question and answer session.

Please see below for further information about the scheduled first quarter conference call:

Date: Monday, November 3, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) / 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Dial In: 888-679-8037
International Dial In: 617-213-4849
Passcode: 45008817

A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours following the conference call until midnight Pacific Time, on November 10, 2008 and can be accessed by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) using access code 95171129.

This call is being webcasted 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 Santa Clara, California, designs, develops and markets integrated circuits (ICs) and associated software for digital media applications, such as digital televisions, liquid crystal display televisions and digital set-top boxes. Trident's products are sold to a network of OEMs, original design manufacturers and system integrators worldwide. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company's web site: http://www.tridentmicro.com.