AMD, the leading service provider in US has showcased a next generation graphics processor with a native DisplayPort interface at the Video and Electronic Standards Association’s (VESA) PlugTest event in Milpitas, California. The DisplayPort toting graphics processor is tested by the VESA. The association is performing interoperability testing at its PlugTest event in Milpitas, Calif.

DisplayPort is an open standard, which has no licensing fees like HDMI. The standard is intending to replace three existing standards, including DVI, LVDS and VGA interfaces. AMD is lunched the R700 and RS780 products with DisplayPort outputs. The company is planning to implement native DisplayPort in its ATI Radeon graphics processors in the early 2008.

Display manufacturing companies like Samsung are developing new display products by using the Genesis Microchip DisplayPort receiver. Samsung is planning to launch a 30′ LCD display with 2560 x 1600 resolution and 10 bits of color depth by the end of next year. Intel is also planning to launch its DisplayPort packing Eaglelake-G chipset. While Dell is intending to release DisplayPort capable displays in the future.

According to Alan Kobayashi, Vice President, DisplayPort and Monitor Marketing, Genesis Microchip, the creation of DisplayPort is AMD’s milestone, which will deliver incredible performance in displays. DisplayPort addresses the concerns of growing bandwidth of any high-resolution audio and video application.

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