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DisplayPort Adds DockPort Extension to Royalty-Free VESA Standard

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The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced today that DockPort will be added as an official extension to the existing DisplayPort standard. DockPort is an emerging technology that enables high-speed USB 3.0 data over the existing DisplayPort connector. Originally developed by AMD, Texas Instruments, and other VESA member companies, the DockPort extension will allow notebooks, tablets and other small form factor computers to aggregate the display, data and power interfaces into a single convenient connector.

Computers and other smart devices require high-speed I/O ports to share high-resolution video with external displays, high-bandwidth data with external storage and other peripherals, and power for battery charging. As notebooks and tablets become thinner and more portable, consumers want to combine these three common interfaces into a single port on their mobile device. With a single DisplayPort connection using the new DockPort extension and enhanced power capabilities under development, consumers will be able to attach their computers or tablets to a docking station and have instant, hassle-free access to a wide array of external resources.

"Consumers are happiest when they can personalize their electronics systems and reduce the number of cables they need to deal with at the same time," explained Steve Belt, AMD's corporate vice president of strategic alliances. "We identified DisplayPort as an ideal starting point and began collaborating with other industry leaders to create DockPort as an extension of DisplayPort's capabilities. With just one inexpensive connector, users can now access power, a mouse, keyboard, external optical and hard disk drives, printers, gaming controller, and up to four external monitors. That's a lot of capability from a single, standardized connector."

AMD's Discovery Tablet reference design, which utilizes DisplayPort with the DockPort extension to enable video, data and power over one connector, won two 2014 CES Innovation Awards.

"VESA's decision to augment the popular DisplayPort standard with the single-connector capabilities of TI's innovative DockPort controller is a win for end equipment designers and consumers," said Wes Ray, systems and applications manager for Consumer and Computing Interface at Texas Instruments. "As an open standard, DockPort will be readily available for designers to implement, and more quickly deliver, the convenience of a single connection in devices such as tablets, notebooks, docking stations and dongles."

DisplayPort is the world's most advanced, high data rate video interface standard. It connects computers and other video sources to televisions and displays, while maintaining backward compatibility with VGA, DVI and HDMI. The global standard is backed by more than 200 technology leaders worldwide.

Designed to be robustly 'future proof' as well as backward compatible, DisplayPort allows a video source to drive up to four displays, and it is the only video interface that can support 4K UHD TVs and displays with deep color at 60 frames per second. DisplayPort with the DockPort extension will continue to be a royalty-free standard. DisplayPort-certified systems are available from every leading display manufacturer, and consumers purchase millions of DisplayPort products every year.

"Being a modern, high-speed, packet-based digital interface, DisplayPort was designed to be extensible while also providing backward compatibility," said Craig Wiley, Sr. Director of Marketing for Parade Technologies, and Chair of the VESA Board of Directors. "Similar to Thunderbolt and MyDP, the new DockPort extension will utilize the flexibility of DisplayPort technology to create a single display, data, and, in the near future, power connector, while still being backward compatible with all other DisplayPort devices. We expect the DockPort feature will appear in main-stream products since its performance is tailored for standard connectors and passive cables."

"VESA anticipates finalizing the DockPort extension specification by Q2 2014," according to Bill Lempesis, Executive Director of VESA. "Our rigorous standardization process will include the development of a compliance test, and devices claiming to support the DockPort extension will be tested as part of the DisplayPort logo program to ensure interoperability."

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Dockport vs Thunderbolt, seems like USB vs FW all over again. My money is on Dockport unless TB periph prices drop to reasonable levels by the time DP products start hitting the market.
 
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Great there goes $30.99 down the drain with my new Belkin Pure display-port cable , . Whats that you say I don't have to buy this new DockPort , Well what kind of nerd do you take me for . Man that drawer of mind with all the obsolete connectors is getting full , I wonder what the 2015 model AV cable has in store for us .
 
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