Trident Microsystems, Inc. ("Trident") has developed these Terms of Use to govern your use of Trident's site, located at www.tridentmicro.com (the "Site"). Trident provides the Content (defined below) available to you on the Site subject to the following conditions.

YOUR USE OF WWW.TRIDENTMICRO.COM INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS OF USE. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY. THESE TERMS OF USE IS A BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS, INC., REGARDING YOUR USE OF THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, PLEASE EXIT WWW.TRIDENTMICRO.COM.

Content
All of the information, text, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips, video, html, source and object code, data, and other materials displayed on, transmitted through, or used in connection with the Site, including for example new and existing product information, marketing brochures, press releases, highlights, investor information, driver downloads, and other materials (collectively, the "Content"), as well as its selection and arrangement, are owned and copyrighted by Trident Microsystems, Inc., or its subsidiaries, licensors, or business partners. Trident actively protects its rights, including its copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights, in the Content to the fullest extent of the law. You may not use such material except as provided in these Terms of Use.

You may use the Content online and solely for your personal, non-commercial use, and you may download or print a single copy of any portion of the Content for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not remove any trademark, copyright or other notice contained in such Content. No other use is permitted. You may not, for example, republish the Content on any Internet, Intranet or Extranet site or incorporate the Content in any database, compilation, archive or cache without Trident's express written consent. You also may not distribute any of the Content to others, whether or not for payment or other consideration, and you may not modify, copy, frame, reproduce, sell, publish, transmit, display or otherwise use any portion of the Content without the express written consent of Trident. You may not (i) decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble any Content; (ii) insert any code or product or manipulate the Content of the Site in any way that affects other users' experience; or (iii) use any spiders, robots, cancelbots, Trojan horses, or any data gathering, mining, or extraction method in connection with your use of the Site. Requests to use the Content for any purpose other than as permitted above should be directed to webmaster@tridentmicro.com.

Content provided by you
Any comments, ideas, suggestions, questions or materials you send to Trident shall be deemed non-confidential, and you relinquish any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right that you may have in what you have sent. By submitting comments, ideas, suggestions, questions or other materials, you further represent and warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted to Trident a royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) and to incorporate it into other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed.

Trademarks
The Content may include logos, trademarks and service marks (collectively "Marks") owned by Trident, its licensors, its business partners, and other third parties. No Marks may be used in any manner unless approved in advance by Trident, and/or the appropriate trademark holder.

Privacy
Trident is committed to protecting the privacy of information it receives from you. Trident's privacy practices are set forth in the Privacy Statement and are incorporated into these Terms of Use.

Links to, and frames of, the Site
If you operate a web site and wish to link to the Site, you may link only to the home page, www.tridentmicro.com, and not to any other page or subdomain of www.tridentmicro.com. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques that involve any trademark, logo, copyrighted material or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of any portion of the Site without our express written consent.

Driver downloads
Trident makes available for downloading drivers for certain of its products, subject to your agreement to the End User License Agreement. Please see here for further details.

Technical support
Trident encourages its customers to contact their computer equipment manufacturer, distributor or vendor directly for technical support. These manufacturers may offer technical support assistance for products still under warranty. Trident also provides online technical support in the form of an e-mail address to which you may address your technical inquiries. THIS SUPPORT, AS WITH ALL OTHER CONTENT, IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. Your computer equipment, including your monitor, graphics card, and/or audio card, may be covered by a warranty provided by a third party, such as your equipment manufacturer, distributor, or vendor. The terms of such warranties vary. Some warranty coverage may be adversely affected by following Trident's technical assistance information. Therefore, Trident strongly urges you to consult any equipment warranties prior to following any technical assistance information. TRIDENT DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY DIMINUTION, REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OR VOIDING OF ANY THIRD-PARTY WARRANTY COVERAGE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO ACTIONS TAKEN PURSUANT TO TRIDENT'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION OR ADVICE.

Interactions with third parties through the Site
Your dealings or communications through the Site with any party other than Trident are solely between you and that third party. For example, certain areas of the Site may allow you to link to manufacturers or distributors of products containing Trident products, such as third party original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs"). These transactions will be conducted by the OEMs or business partners on their sites. Under no circumstances will Trident be liable for any drivers or other goods, services, resources or content available through such third party sites, or for any harm related thereto. Please review carefully any third party's policies and practices and make sure you are comfortable with those policies and practices before you engage in any downloads or other transactions on third party sites. Any complaints, concerns or questions you may have relating to materials provided by third parties should be forwarded directly to the third party.

General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
While Trident uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information, we make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the Content and assume no liability or responsibility for any error or omission in the Content. Trident has not reviewed all of the sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or links to or from any other sites. While Trident encourages third parties that link to the Site to abide by these Terms of Use, Trident has no responsibility for actions of third parties.

You expressly understand and agree that use of the site is at your own risk. The Site, the Content, or the results that may be obtained from use of the Content, or the sites available through www.tridentmicro.com are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. TRIDENT, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AND EACH OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS, MAKE NO REPRESENTATION AND/OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND REGARDING SUCH MATERIALS, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. Trident makes no warranty that the Site will meet your requirements, be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free, or that the Site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components or destructive files. Trident assumes no responsibility, and is not liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in, the site or your downloading of any drivers or other materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.

In no event shall Trident, or any of its subsidiaries, and their respective employees, agents, content providers or licensors be liable for any indirect, consequential, special, exemplary, incidental or punitive damages including, without limitation, damages related to the Content or any errors or omissions in the Content, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Trident, or any of its subsidiaries, or their respective employees, agents, content providers or licensors is found liable for any claim, loss, damage, expense or other liability arising out of the Site or the Content, such aggregate liability shall be limited to a maximum of one hundred U.S. dollars ($100). Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of certain warranties and conditions, and/or the disclaimer of some types of damages, so some of the above may not apply to you.

International Users
Trident's Site located at www.tridentmicro.com is controlled, operated and administered by Trident from its offices within the United States. The Site also links to Trident's international subsidiaries' sites located in Taiwan (www.trident.com.tw) and China (www.trident.com.cn). Trident makes no representation that materials or Content available through the Site are appropriate or available for use in Taiwan, China, or anywhere else outside the United States, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. If you access the Site from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. This Terms of Use is deemed executed in the United States of America, and you agree to irrevocably waive those foreign laws that may limit the enforceability of, or render unenforceable or inapplicable to you, these Terms of Use, including without limitation, laws pertaining to jurisdiction and contracts.

Miscellaneous
Trident reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time in its discretion and to notify users of any such changes solely by changing these Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Site after the posting of any amended Terms of Use shall constitute your agreement to be bound by any such changes. Trident may modify, suspend, discontinue or restrict the use of any portion of the Site, including the availability of any portion of the Content at any time, without notice or liability. Trident may deny access to any person at any time for any reason.

These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions, and of the United States. You may not use the Site or export the Content in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. You hereby agree that, for any cause of action you may have with respect to the Site, jurisdiction and venue for such action shall lie exclusively and solely in a federal or state court located in the state of California, U.S.A. You agree that any such action by you must be filed within two (2) months of the time in which the events giving rise to such claim began, or you agree to waive such claim. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use is found unenforceable, it shall be replaced with an enforceable provision which most nearly effectuates the intent of the parties as reflected in the prior provision, and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect. Any failure of Trident to enforce or exercise any provision of these Terms of Use or related right shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. The section titles used in these Terms of Use are purely for convenience and carry with them no legal or contractual effect. These Terms of Use may be translated into other languages for the convenience of non-English-speaking visitors, however the English language version shall control over any translation into another language.

Contact Us
To contact Trident, please use the following.

Date: November, 2001
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