(Trident Microsystems)泰鼎微電子有限公司Trident Microsystems is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering innovative semiconductor solutions for digital televisions and set-top boxes – at the heart of today’s digital home.
A pioneer in the consumer electronics and television markets for the past 20 years, Trident understands the rapidly-evolving consumer space and has taken bold moves to deepen its technology portfolio and expand its addressable market. In February of 2010, Trident completed its acquisition of NXP Semiconductor’s television and set-top box lines, creating a leader in the digital home entertainment market with industry-leading positions in each of the digital television and set-top box markets.
Products: Trident delivers complete end-to-end semiconductor solutions for the low-end, mid-range and high-end of the digital home entertainment market. The company’s cost-competitive solutions for DTV, PCTV and set-box applications are widely used in the industry by top-tier OEMs around the globe.
TRIDENT’S MILESTONE
1987 Formation of Company
1991 NASDAQ IPO
1995 Established Trident Far East Ltd.; Invested $50M in UMC JV (UICC)
2000 Established Digital Media BU to address DTV market
2002 Sold Graphics BU to XGI (UMC Co.); sold first DTV product
2007 Became #1 in DTV; 40M SVP units sold in 2006/2007
2008 Acquired Tiside Beijing software company
2009 Acquired FRC, Demod, and Audio PLs from Micronas
2010 Acquired NXP BU’s television and STB product lines (Feb. 2010)
The New Trident Following the NXP Set-top Box and TV Product Line Acquisition
Television
*Half of all TVs worldwide containTrident chips
*First with DTV one-chip based on 45nm process technology
*World’s most advanced DTV solution with highest level of integration for lowest system cost
*Leading in PQ and first to market with new requirements like CI+, H.264 HD video decoding, Connected TV, and DVB-C
*#1 in Analog CRT and video decoders
Set-top Box
*Top 3 player in digital video systems (including STB) with the scale to establish a strong leadership position
*Launching highly integrated 45nmone chip solutions in Apollo / Shiner
PC TV
*Leader in PC TV
*One in every two PC TVs use our SoC and front end
*Deep relationships with leading PC OEMs and supply chain partners
OFFICE LOCATIONS
ASIA
China – Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen
India – Bangalore, Hyderabad
Japan – Tokyo
Korea – Seoul
Taiwan – Kaohsiung and Taipei
EMEA
France – Suresnes
Germany – Freiburg, Hamburg
Israel – Haifa
The Netherlands – Eindhoven, Nijmegen
Northern Ireland – Belfast
England – Southampton
NORTH AMERICA Austin, San Diego, Sunnyvale