Jan 17th, 2008

Trident Microsystems, Inc. Announces Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2008 Conference Call


Trident Microsystems, Inc. Announces Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2008 Conference Call

Santa Clara, Calif. — January 17, 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 of the financial community at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, January 31, 2008. The Company will release financial results after the market close on the same day.

Ms. Sylvia Summers, CEO, Dr. JH Chang, President, and Pete J. Mangan, Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the second quarter of fiscal 2008 financial results and the Company's business outlook, followed by a Question and Answer session.

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

Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) / 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Dial In: 866-314-9013
International Dial In: 617-213-8053
Passcode: 34519135

A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours following the conference call until midnight Pacific Time, on February 14, 2008 and can be accessed by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) using access code 98368718.

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 Thomsom 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 digital media for the masses in the form of multimedia integrated circuits (ICs) for PCs and digital processing ICs for TVs and TV monitors. 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.