Many of you have probably heard something about the Trident XP4 graphics card. You’ve probably heard that it will offer performance along the lines of a GeForce 4 Ti4200 for only $100. It has been a while (a long while) since Trident first started boasting about the new card, and nothing has really turned up. What has happened? Well what was originally slated to be introduced in October of 2002 now has no certain date. Trident’s XP4 is being manufactured on a .13 micron process by UMC. Unfortunately for Trident, UMC has been having quite a bit of trouble with the move to the smaller process. This problem as well as others has caused delays in Trident’s schedule.