Trident Microsystems Integrates Nokia's Qt User Interface Framework Into Its Newest Set-Top Box Reference Designs

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID), a leader in high-performance semiconductor system solutions for the connected home, today announced that it has integrated Nokia's leading Qt cross platform application and user interface (UI) framework into its 45nm PNX847x/8x/9 family of reference designs. By integrating Qt, Trident can enable its customers to quickly and easily develop advanced web-enabled applications and deploy these applications seamlessly across desktop, mobile and embedded operating systems without having to rewrite the source code.

"Qt is quickly becoming a standard in the industry and among the top specifications we receive from our customer base," said Christos Lagomichos, president of Trident. "By incorporating the Qt framework into our reference designs, we can save customers an enormous amount of development time and make it easy to develop feature-rich user interfaces that can be used across many different product lines."

Trident will be demonstrating the PNX847x/8x/9 with Nokia Qt reference designs at the China Content Broadcasting Network (CCBN) Conference in Beijing, China on March 23-25, 2010. China has become one of the world's fastest growing regions to download Nokia's Qt framework due to factors such as the country's aggressive next generation broadband (NGB) initiative. Trident is pleased to be working with Nokia to provide China STB manufacturers with integrated Qt capabilities that reduce their development times and speed their time to market.

Availability

The PNX847x/8x/9 family of reference designs that incorporate the Qt framework is available today for Trident customers. For information, please contact [email protected].

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Santa Clara, California, is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering an extensive range of innovative multimedia semiconductor solutions for digital televisions and set-top boxes — at the heart of today's digital home. Trident has been making bold moves to expand its market, deepen and more fully leverage its Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio, and drive the evolution of the "connected home." Its acquisition of NXP Semiconductors' set-top box and television product lines in 2010 establishes Trident as one of the top three semiconductor providers to both the TV and set-top box markets. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the Company's web site: http://www.tridentmicro.com.

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the capabilities and functionality of our products and the benefits out products will provide to our customers, including the ability of our clients to save development time and speed time to market. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially depending on a number of factors. These risks include, the timing of product introductions, the ability to obtain design wins among major OEMs for Trident's products, and competitive pressures, including pricing and competitors' new product introductions, the impact of the uncertain global macroeconomic environment, and the increasingly competitive DTV market. Additional factors that may affect Trident's business are described in detail in Trident's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission available at http://www.sec.gov. Such forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Trident's views or expectations as of any subsequent date and Trident does not undertake any obligation to revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the statement was made.

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