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Trident Microsystems Inc. (TRID)At 4:00PM ET: 1.78  Down 0.15 (7.77%)  
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Trident Microsystems Inc.
3408 Garrett Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054-2803
United States - Map
Phone: 408-764-8808
Fax: 408-733-1438
Web Site: http://www.tridentmicro.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Technology
Industry:Semiconductor - Specialized
Full Time Employees:690

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Trident Microsystems, Inc. designs, develops, and markets integrated circuits (ICs) for digital media applications, such as digital television (DTV) and liquid crystal display television (LCD TV). Its system-on-a-chip (SoC) semiconductors provide the intelligence for various displays by processing and optimizing video and computer graphic signals to produce images. The company’s products include SVP video processor, an integrated SoC device targeting the converging HDTV-ready and PC-ready LCD TV, plasma display panel TV, and digital light processing TV applications; the HiDTV Video Processor family that combines the high-definition MPEG2 decoding, H.264 decoding, system processing, and video processing features to deliver video fidelity and system functionality; the Trident Analog Front End family, an analog front end decoder solution for mainstream and premium DTV applications; Frame Rate Converter technology products, which provide solutions for digital display picture quality removing disturbing film judder and eliminating motion blur, as well as enhancing color and sharpness; DTV demodulators for analog and digital broadcast, both terrestrial and via cable; and audio decoder products comprising the MAP-M/MSP-M IC families, which offer solutions to address home-audio and TV-audio applications. It also designs cross-platform software that allows multimedia applications to run on devices in the digital living room, including set top boxes and DTV sets. In addition, the company is developing connected TV solutions to enable TV sets to accept digital media through a storage device, a home network, cable operators, or the Internet. Trident Microsystems sells its products primarily to DTV original equipment manufacturers directly, as well as through direct sales, distributors, and independent sales representatives in South Korea, Japan, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Trident Microsystems Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 81.7% of Russell 3000 companies and 69.4% of Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Ms. Sylvia Summers Couder , 56
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Strategy Committee
    $ 495.00K $ 0
    Mr. Pete J. Mangan , 50
    Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 255.00K $ 0
    Mr. Glen M. Antle , 70
    Exec. Director and Member of Nominating & Corp. Governance Committee
    N/A N/A
    Mr. David L. Teichmann , 53
    Sr. VP, Corp. Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    $ 285.00K $ 0
    Dr. Hungwen Li , 58
    Chief Marketing Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 278.00K $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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