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Latest revision of the DisplayPort digital communication interface raises the maximum data transfer rate to a massive 21.6Gbps.
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Latest revision of the DisplayPort digital communication interface raises the maximum data transfer rate to a massive 21.6Gbps.
Any idea how you would feed four monitors from one cable? a Simple passive splitter? daisy chaining? an active powered sliptter?
From the press release:Interesting!Quote:
DisplayPort v1.2 supports "multi-streaming" -- the ability to transport multiple independent uncompressed display and audio streams over a single cable, supporting protected content and high performance applications such as 3D gaming. This enables the use of multiple monitors connected by cable in a daisy chain or hub configuration.
I missed the PR link at the bottom. That is interesting, sounds like a pretty good interconnect, although it'll all be rendered pointless if Intel and Apple ahve their way.
I didn't even know there was a 1.1! I have DP on my laptop, I'll probably never use it.
It's a real shame this isn't / hasn't taken off so far. HDMI is such a poor quality adaptor - unsecure and runs into real problems carrying its signal on anything beyond short (<5m) runs...
Daisy chaining, à la FireWire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkstar
The whole cable convergence thing seems like it could be really convenient with a laptop. Using one cable for an external monitor (or more), ethernet, and USB would make it like a docking station of sorts.
I guess we just need to hope computer equipment manufacturers cooperate.
It would certainly be nice to have less cables. With Intel's Light Peak technology, hopefully this will be a reality within the new few years.