Trident Microsystems' Cyber9385 designed into Fujitsu's Mobile PCs; Trident first to offer fully integrated multimedia 64-bit LCD graphics & video controller on single chip; Trident also announces NEW Motion Video Algorithm to enhance display quality for TFT and DSTN displays.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1996--Trident Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :TRID TRID Training Requirement Identification Display TRID Transaction Identifier TRID Trident Display ) announced today a significant notebook design win agreement with Fujitsu Ltd. Fujitsu's FMV-BIBLO NA Series of mobile PCs are using Trident's 64-bit Cyber9385 advanced LCD graphics and video controller in their FMV-5133NA/X and FMV-5133NA/W models of mobile PCs. These models are scheduled to ship in April 1996 to customers throughout Japan representing the industry's first volume delivery of 64-bit LCD graphics and video accelerators. Today's announcement makes Trident the first graphics controller manufacturer to ship a complete visual multimedia 64-bit LCD graphics and video accelerator that integrates 2D, graphics, video acceleration and TV-Out on a single chip. "Notebook consumers, a significant segment of the total PC market, are now demanding the same features and performance as the desktop market," commented Trident President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Frank Lin. "Fujitsu is among the first of the notebook manufacturers to fully utilize these new features and functionality. Naturally, we are very excited to be able to include a world-class manufacturer like Fujitsu among our growing list of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers." Masami Yamamoto, Engineering Department Manager for Fujitsu Ltd., remarked: "Trident's 64-bit LCD graphics and video controller impressed us with its features and superior performance. In addition to being the first 64-bit LCD controller on the market, we feel it supplies the required display speeds to work with our advanced Pentium 133 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. based FMV-BIBLO mobile PCs." About Trident's Cyber9385 Trident first to market 64-bit Cyber9385/9382 LCD controllers include a new break through improvement in image display quality for notebooks. Trident announces its proprietary shading algorithm, Motion Video Shading Algorithm (MVSA MVSA Motor Vehicle Safety Association (Ontario, Canada) MVSA Mitral Valve Surface Area (evaluation of degree of Mitral Stenosis) ), which enhances the display quality for Dual Scan Dual Scan, also known as dual-scan supertwist nematic or DSTN, is an LCD technology in which a screen is divided into two sections which are simultaneously refreshed giving faster refresh rate than traditional passive matrix screens. Twisted Neumatic Neumatic is an adjective for "Neume". It is also a common misspelling of the words
TFT - Thin Film transistor ) panels. MVSA dramatically reduces the break up of image that is particularly prevalent in the slower response times experienced with DSTN panels. Image break up becomes even more unacceptable in video playback such as software MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). where video data moves rapidly. With Trident's MVSA, the DSTN display quality will approach that of TFTs, especially for those new DSTN panels that provide fast response times (lower than 100ms). The Cyber9385/9382 LCD controllers integrate 2D and multimedia acceleration at high resolutions (panels up to 1280x1024). Trident's 64-bit Cyber9385/9382 LCD controllers have the fastest flat panel benchmark performance on the market today. The chip's Motion Video Capture port enables a direct interface to a MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 decoder and interface with off-the-shelf video decoders for external video input devices like camcorders and VCRs. Its flicker-free TV-Out functionality allows users to use TVs for display. Richard Silverman, Trident's vice president of marketing, remarked: "The added features of a 64-bit EDO DRAM interface of up to 4MB and built-in TrueVideo processor means our customers can offer the industry's best video performance." Trident's TrueVideo feature combines a proprietary edge recovery algorithm with horizontal and vertical interpolation interpolation In mathematics, estimation of a value between two known data points. A simple example is calculating the mean (see mean, median, and mode) of two population counts made 10 years apart to estimate the population in the fifth year. logic that virtually eliminates jagged edges, blocking and other video artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. that often result during playback of scaled MPEG-1 video images. "Trident's Cyber9385/9382 LCD controllers support the market's movement to TFT panels up to 1280x1024 with double pixel clock," remarked Silverman. "TFT panels achieve the same high quality display achieved by the Cyber9385 LCD controller's predecessor, the Cyber9320 LCD controller. Trident's Cyber product family has a unique frame buffer configuration that allows system designers to incrementally increase memory as their system design demands. To support 800x600 panels with HiColor and video, 1.5MB of frame buffer is adequate even though this chip supports up to 4MB of frame buffer." "The Cyber9385/9382 LCD controllers have a glue-less interface for off-the-shelf MPEG-2 decoders, including future multimedia products from Trident," remarked Silverman. "In Pentium 100 and above systems, the Cyber9385/9382 LCD controllers will deliver real-time full motion video (30 frames per second) MPEG decompression. Combined with TrueVideo TV-quality resolution and TV-Out flicker removal, the Cyber family is well suited for the state-of-the-art performance requirements of today's notebook market." Forward-Looking Information The statements made herein regarding Fujitsu's selection and shipping of products using Trident's Cyber9385/9382 LCD controllers are forward-looking statements. These statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. The actual availability of such products could vary substantially as a result of a variety of factors, including the Company's ability to supply and support its customers, the ability of the Company's customers to manufacture and ship products incorporating the Company's products, as well as the availability of other products and resources. Statements about future multimedia features and products in the Cyber product family are dependent upon emerging innovations in chip design, integration and manufacture. Further information regarding these and other risks is described from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. About Trident This announcement adds Fujitsu to Trident's growing list of OEM manufacturers of premier performance notebook design-wins, including NEC's PC-98 line and IBM's ThinkPad 760CD notebook computers which both use Trident's 32-bit Cyber9320 LCD graphics and video controller. Trident Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , designs, develops and markets integrated circuit graphics controllers and multimedia video processing chipsets for IBM-compatible PCs. Trident products are sold through a network of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), original design manufacturers (ODMs) and system integrators worldwide. -0- Note to Editors: Trident, Cyber, Cyber9385, TrueVideo, and Motion Video Shading Algorithm/MVSA are trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Trident Microsystems Lawren Farber, 415/691-9211 Ext. 257 or Morgen Walke Associates Suzanne Craig/Lisa Laukkanen, 415/296-7383 Elissa Grabowski, 212/850-5600 |
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