Founded in 1987, Trident Microsystems, Inc designs, develops and markets digital television System-on-chip (SOC) solutions for the rapidly growing consumer electronic markets in digital flat CRT TV, LCD TV, PDP TV, Micro Display Projection TV, AV Notebook PC, and especially High Definition TV (HDTV), With headquarter in Sunnyvale, California, the company also has sales, support, and development centers in Shanghai, China, ShenZhen, China, and Tokyo, Japan.