Maybe this is why you think it's called Trident...
But that in no way means that it is as bad as the old Trident brand 3D chips (which have been used alot even on recent PC's onboard) that you seem to be discribing. The XGI chips seems to be an entirely new chip.
XGI is a leading visual computing and GPU design company. Its core management team is made up from a wide range of industry leading expertise who came from such as SiS (TSE:2363), and Trident (Nasdaq:TRID).