AMD had a next-generation GPU with DisplayPort running at the VESA PlugTest event

AMD this week demonstrated a next-generation graphics processor with a native DisplayPort interface – the first graphics processor to support the standard. The DisplayPort toting graphics processor is undergoing testing by the Video and Electronics Standards Association (VESA). The association is performing interoperability testing at its PlugTest event in Milpitas, Calif.

The AMD demonstration had the next-generation graphics processor output to a Genesis Microchip DisplayPort receiver. Display manufacturers such as Samsung are developing new display products using the Genesis Microchip DisplayPort receiver. Samsung plans to release a 30” LCD display with 2560 x 1600 resolution and 10 bits of color depth next year.

“Achieving this level of interoperability is the result of a long-time collaboration between AMD and Genesis Microchip,” said Alan Kobayashi, Vice President, DisplayPort and Monitor Marketing, Genesis Microchip. “Like AMD, we believe that the creation of DisplayPort is an industry milestone that will deliver incredible performance in displays and address the growing bandwidth concerns of any high-resolution audio and video application.”

VESA previously ratified the DisplayPort 1.1 standard last April. DisplayPort is an open standard with no licensing fees, unlike HDMI. The standard intends to unify and replace three existing standards – DVI, LVDS and VGA interfaces.

“As one of the founding members of the DisplayPort promoter group, and a very active VESA member, AMD has played a valuable role for more than four years now in the specification development of the DisplayPort interface,” said Bill Lempesis, executive director, VESA. “We congratulate AMD on achieving this tremendous milestone so soon after DisplayPort version 1.1 was ratified in April.”

AMD plans to release DisplayPort capable graphics cards in 2008. The company’s roadmap has R700 and RS780 products pegged with DisplayPort outputs. AMD is not alone with supporting DisplayPort. Intel plans to release its DisplayPort packing Eaglelake-G chipset next year during its usual chipset refresh. Dell also plans to release DisplayPort capable displays in the future.

Source from DailyTech