Server: Microsoft-IIS/2.0 Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 20:50:35 GMT Content-Type: text/html Accept-Ranges: bytes Last-Modified: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 08:50:24 GMT Content-Length: 4538 Trident to Highlight Latest Audio and DVD

Trident to Highlight Latest Audio and DVD In 3D Graphics Booth at Comdex '97

Company Once Again Sets Technology Standards for Multimedia Graphics Industry

Mountain View, Calif. Nov. 10, 1997: Trident's booth at COMDEX, being held from November 17 through 21, will emphasize the company's aggressive move into the multimedia arena, with products ranging from PCI audio chips to 3D notebook graphics devices, DVD playback capabilities and home entertainment demonstrations.
New Audio Capability:
The company has recently launched a major initiative in the $700 million audio market with the introduction of the 9753WAVE™ and the 4DWAVE-DX audio PCI devices. Trident's audio lineup has already won critical acclaim from industry leaders and market experts. The 9753WAVE for the first time combines PCI audio capability with an advanced graphics accelerator on a single chip. The new device, which creates high-performance PCI audio at the price of low-performance ISA audio, is aimed at the sub-$1000 PC market.
The 4DWAVE-DX, a single-purpose audio device, provides 64 voices with advanced sound effects, digital joystick and enhanced audio capabilities such as 3D positional sound.
Portable Devices:
Trident derives more than 40% of its revenues from the portable market. The COMDEX booth will exhibit a number of notebook computers that are already using
Trident's advanced 3D-enabled Cyber9397™ chips, such as the IBM ThinkPad 770, the Fujitsu LifeBook, the Power Computing PowerTrip and Twinhead's latest notebook model. The company will demonstrate its first embedded graphics accelerator, the Cyber9388™, with 2MB of SDRAM. Trident just announced the world's first embedded 3D notebook chip, the Cyber9520™ flat-panel controller, for AGP and PCI systems.
Multimedia Desktop:

Trident's transition from a graphics accelerator vendor to a full-fledged multimedia solutions provider is also evident in the desktop area with the presentation of the 3DImàge 985™, the 3DImàge 975DVD™, and the 3DImàge 975™. The 3DImàge 975™ powers the graphics in Philips' new DVX8000 world-class home entertainment module that will serve as the core for this year's Trident multimedia presentation. Philips was specifically interested in the high-quality videographics that the 3DImàge 975™ provides.

The 3DImàge 985™ features full-blown AGP on a fully-functional 3D graphics accelerator. Trident has a proven track record in supplying the full-line of AGP solutions. One of the first to maximize the advantages that Intel's new graphics port can offer, the 3DImàge 985™ can pump out up to 85 frames per second. The 3DImàge 975DVD™ is another Trident solution for satisfying customers' demands for DVD content.
Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRID), with headquarters in Mountain View, California, designs, develops and markets highly-integrated graphics controllers and multimedia video/audio chips for PCs. Trident's products are sold through a network of OEMs, original design manufacturers and system integrators worldwide.

Trident is a registered trademark of Trident Microsystems, Inc.
3DImàge 975™, 3DImàge 975DVD™, 3DImàge 985™, Cyber9397™, Cyber9388™, Cyber 9520™, and 9753WAVE™ , are trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc.
All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

For more information contact:
Peter Brown Tel: (415) 943 3761 FAX: (415) 938 3772 pbrown@tridmicr.com