Dave Horvath
3 Jan 2007 6:56
Santa Clara, California based Analogix Semiconductor announced Wednesday that it has developed its first receiver chip for their high definition interconnect, DisplayPort. Looking to become the new standard of connection devices for high definition televisions, component devices and computer monitors, DisplayPort offers lower power consumption, low pin count and license free connection. This trumps rival connection standards DVI, HDMI and VGA standards. With 10.8 Gigabits/second data transfer and WQXGA (2560×1600) resolution over a 15-meter cable, DisplayPort packs a very attractive package for the future of high definition.
Also, wildly attractive for the next generation hardware providers is the support with DisplayPort 1.1 to use HDCP. High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is one of the newest DRM standards to hit the scene. Developed by Intel this copy protection standard requires a license to be implimented and controls audio and video as it travels over DVI, HDMI and now even DisplayPort.
These receiver chips, due to start production in April will initially be aimed at high end graphics cards and monitors packaged in certain computer bundles. Adoption of this standard into other venues will be a bit further off.
Source:
EE Times