VESA Planning DisplayPort Version 1.1.MILPITAS, Calif. -- The Video Electronics Standards Association See VESA. (body, standard) Video Electronics Standards Association - (VESA) An industry standards organisation created in 1989 or 1990 mostly(?) concerned with IBM compatible personal computers. (VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association, Milpitas, CA, www.vesa.org) A membership organization founded in 1989 that sets interface standards for the PC, workstation and computing environments. Note the following VESA standards following this entry. ) today announced proposed enhancements to the DisplayPort standard. The DisplayPort Task Group has proposed DisplayPort Version 1.1 for consideration by the VESA membership. Task Group member companies proposing the new version include AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (1), Dell, Genesis Microchip, HP, Intel, Lenovo, NVIDIA, and Samsung Electronics. DisplayPort 1.1 adds capabilities to support High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) An encryption system for enforcing digital rights management (DRM) over DVI and HDMI interfaces. The copy protection system (DRM) resides in the computer, DVD player or set-top box. ) in addition to DisplayPort Content Protection (DPCP DPCP Display Port Content Protection (Philips) DPCP Digital Phone Control Protocol (Calista) ) and includes technical enhancements that enable PCI-Express design compatibility in DisplayPort devices. These changes improve DisplayPort's integration capability within graphics processors and chipsets and improve interoperability with earlier digital interfaces. HDCP version 1.3 for DisplayPort will be provided by the DCP LLC. This version, expected to be final in early 2007, allows products supporting DVI or HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) A digital interface for audio and video signals designed as a single-cable solution for home theater and consumer electronics equipment. and DisplayPort to share a common key set. DisplayPort is designed to be a long term replacement for DVI, LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) A transmission method for sending digital information. LVDS sends data over data high and data low lines rather than data and ground. and eventually VGA in PCs. Compatibility with HDMI and DVI is also possible with DisplayPort products. An Interoperability Guideline providing recommendations for products supporting all three specifications is currently in development. The VESA DisplayPort Task Group is also working to complete a compliance and interoperability program for DisplayPort connectors, cables and devices to ensure functional compatibility between DisplayPort products. DisplayPort version 2.0 -- a planned upgrade to the specification that will increase capacity and add new features based on DisplayPort's unique micro-packet architecture while maintaining full backward compatibility with DisplayPort 1.1, is on deck for definition by the DisplayPort Task Group during 2007. (1) ATI Technologies Inc. was also a member of VESA. AMD acquired ATI in October 2006. About VESA The Video Electronics Standards Association is a worldwide organization with more than 150 member companies that promotes and develops timely, relevant, open display and display interface standards, ensuring interoperability, and encouraging innovation and market growth. For more information, visit www.vesa.org. |
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