Trident Showcases HiDTV™, a World-First HDTV System-On-a-Chip Device, and the DPTV™SVP Advanced Digital TV Reference Designs at the Consumer Electronics Show 2004 in Las Vegas
Sunnyvale, California. December 10, 2003:
Trident Technologies Inc, a subsidiary of Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), and a world-wide leader in developing cutting-edge Digital TV technology for the consumer digital video marketplace, will demonstrate its HiDTV™ System-On-a-Chip device, and will offer a preview of the DPTV™SVP advanced digital TV reference designs for HDTV, HDTV-Ready TVs, LCD TVs, DLP TVs, projection TVs, and plasma TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show 2004 in Las Vegas.
Trident’s HiDTV™ device is the world’s first highly integrated system-on-a-chip solution that supports both the analog and digital video processing capabilities in a single device. It integrates a 32-bit MIPS microprocessor, a DSP accelerator, a MPEG MP@ HL video decoder, a programmable MPEG audio decoder supporting AC3, AAC and MPEG2 audio, a transport stream de-multiplexer that supports ATSC and DVB standard, a TDES and DVB common descrambler, a high performance graphic engine for EPG, and the newest generation of DPTV™ video engine. Trident’s HiDTV system-on-a-chip device is designed to provide the most integrated and comprehensive solution with a user-friendly HDTV development SDKs that enables Trident’s HDTV customers to provide HDTV, digital set-top-box and digital tuner box through fast prototyping and easy integration; thus shortening the time-to-market for HDTV products. Trident’s HiDTV™ system-on-a-chip solution will be shown at Trident’s 2004 CES suite in Las Vegas.
In addition to the HiDTV™ demonstration, Trident will showcase live demonstrations of the latest DPTV™SVP reference designs for LCD TV, PDP, and Digital CRT TVs. The DPTV™SVP video processor features the award-winning Digital Cinema Reality engine (DCRe™) technology, which includes an advanced 3-D digital comb color decoder, pixel-perfect motion adaptive de-interlacing, vertical and horizontal sharpness enhancement, object-based intelligent digital noise reduction, dynamic Average Picture Level (APL) feedback to enhance picture dynamic range, DETI engine providing color vividness and black and white extensions as well as LCD overdrive circuitry to improve the LCD panel response time. Trident’s proprietary DCRe™ technology delivers vivid cinema-realistic motion and still images for high-performance flat-panel LCD TVs, Rear-Projection TVs, Flat CRT, and Plasma display TVs applications.
Visit TRIDENT at the CES 2004 in Las Vegas
CES 2004 Date: January 8, 2004 to January 11, 2004
Time: During CES show daily from 9am to 5pm
Place: Hospitality suite, The Mirage, Las Vegas
Agenda:
• Preview Trident's HiDTV ™ System-On-A-Chip device for CRT/LCD/PDP TV applications
• Preview the New Generation Digital Video Processors for HDTV, HDTV-ready TVs, LCD TVs, DLP TVs, Microdisplay TVs, PJTVs, and PDP designs.
Trident's exclusive technology demonstration are by invitations only, please make an appointment to meet us at the CES through your local Trident sales representative.
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This press release contains
forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the
company's expectations for the DPTV™ market, and designs for the
DPTV™ product. The forward-looking statements above are subject to
certain risks, and actual results could vary materially depending on
a number of factors. These risks include, in particular, trends in
the television industry, the results of Trident's sales and shipment
activities to television manufacturers, Trident's ability to timely
introduce new or follow-on products, Trident's success in
implementing planned production, competitive pressures, including
pricing and competitors' new product introductions. Additional
factors that may affect the Company's business are described in
detail in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
About Trident Microsystems,
Inc.
Trident Microsystems, Inc., with
headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, designs, develops and markets
digital media for the masses in the form of integrated circuits
(ICs) for CRT TV, LCD TV, PDP TV, HDTV, and digital set-top box.
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:
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Trident is a registered trademark of Trident Microsystems; Inc.
DPTV™ is a 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.
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