Santa Clara, Calif. — December 17, 2008: Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID) a leader in high-performance semiconductor system solutions for the multimedia and digital television markets, today announced that Grundig Eletronik's Vision-9 FHD 100Hz digital television has adopted Trident's HiDTV™ PRO-QX system-on-a-chip (SoC) with an integrated advanced motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) frame rate conversion engine, providing naturally smooth 100Hz video motions.
Trident's HiDTV PRO-QX is its latest generation of system-on-a chip digital TV processors designed to provide superior video performance in HD digital TV systems targeting the emerging HDTV LCD, PDP and DLP TV markets.
“We are very pleased to extend our relationship with Grundig Electronik,” stated Hungwen Li, Trident's Chief Marketing Officer. “This additional design win is not only evidence of the quality of our MEMC technology, DVB-T 100Hz system middleware and first-class digital picture capabilities, but it also enables us to continue expanding our presence in Europe. This win is another step toward our goal of engineering the industry's leading SoC processors.”
The HiDTV PRO-QX contains 32-bit embedded CPUs, a 2D graphic engine, a MPEG-2 MP@HLdecoder, a programmable MPEG audio decoder which supports AC3, AAC, and MP3, and a transport stream demultiplexer that supports ATSC, DVB and ARIB standards. It has standard I/O interfaces, including UART, IR, USB 2.0 Host controller and SmartCard. Trident's DCRe™, the seventh generation of Digital Cinema Reality engines, is integrated to provide natural and cinema-realistic images. HiDTV PRO-QX integrates the key functions needed to support both digital and analog TV broadcasting with minimal external components.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the video performance of Trident's digital TV processors, its ability to target the emerging HDTV LCD, PDP and DLP TV markets, and Trident's ability to expand its presence in Europe, and its expectations regarding the market for its products and product introductions in Europe. 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, Trident's ability to develop and deliver SoC solutions with superior video performance and expand its presence in the multimedia and television markets in Europe and elsewhere, whether Trident can recapture market share, the ability to obtain design wins among major OEMs for Trident's products, and an increasingly competitive environment for Trident's business, including pricing and competitors' new product introductions. Additional factors that may affect Trident's business are described in detail in Trident's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission available at www.sec.gov.
About Grundig Elektronik A.S.
Grundig Elektronik A.S. with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey is one of Europe's largest TV companies, making some 7 million units a year. Besides its own brands, Grundig (formerly Beko Elektronik) provides original equipment manufacturing, as well as design and research and development services, for other consumer electronics companies. For further information, please visit the company's web site: http://www.bekoelektronik.com.
About Trident Microsystems, Inc.
Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Santa Clara, California, designs, develops and markets integrated circuits, or ICs, and associated software for digital media applications, such as digital television, LCD television, or TV, and digital set-top boxes, or STB. 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.
NOTE: Trident and design, HiDTV, DPTV and DCRe are registered trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc., Trident and PRO-SX 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.