Trident to Present at AeA Classic Financial Conference

Thursday November 3, 6:47 pm ET

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID – News), a leading provider of integrated circuits for HDTV, LCD TV, PDP TV, DLP TV and DCRT, today announced that Frank Lin, Chief Executive Officer, and John Edmunds, Chief Financial Officer, will be featured speakers at the AeA Classic Financial Conference at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California on Monday, November 7 and Tuesday, November 8, 2005.

Trident will present its company overview 11 times throughout the two-day period. A live webcast of the presentation on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. PST will also be available to all interested investors at: http://www.tridentmicro.com . The replay of the webcast will be available approximately one hour following the presentation and is accessible for 30 days.

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 for HDTV, LCD TV, PDP TV, DLP TV and DCRT. 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