LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

FOR SECTION 16(a) REPORTING



 KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned

hereby makes, constitutes and appoints David L. Teichmann, Chris Siu and

Pete Mangan, and each of them, as the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact (the "Attorney-in Fact"), with full power of substitution

and resubstitution, each with the power to act alone for the undersigned and

in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to:



 1. prepare, execute, deliver and file with the United States

Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchange and

Trident Microsystems, Inc. (the "Company") any and all reports (including any

amendment thereto) of the undersigned required or considered advisable under

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the

"Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder, with respect to

the equity securities of the Company, including Form 3 (Initial Statement of

Beneficial Ownership of Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in

Beneficial Ownership), and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial

Ownership); and



 2. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the

undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's equity

securities from any third party, including the Company, brokers, dealers,

employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby

authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the

Attorney-in-Fact.



 The undersigned acknowledges that:



 1. this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require,

the Attorney-in-Fact to act at his or her discretion on information provided to

such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;



 2. any documents prepared and/or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact

on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will

be in such form and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in

his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;



 3. neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any

liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements

of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any liability of the undersigned for any

failure to comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned

for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and



 4. this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned

from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under

Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including, without, limitation, the reporting

requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.



 The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and

authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary

or convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all

intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her

substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority

of this Limited Power of Attorney.



 This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect

until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with

respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity securities

of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact.



 This Limited Power of Attorney shall be governed and construed in

accordance the laws of the State of California without regard to the laws that

might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws

thereof.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of

Attorney to be executed as of April 22, 2008.



Signature:  /s/ J. Carl Hsu



Print Name:  J. Carl Hsu