VESA Bows Early Certification Program On USB Type-C, DisplayPort Alt Mode
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) said it launched an early certification test program for products incorporating USB Type-C connectors and the DisplayPort Alternate Mode (Alt Mode) standard. The DisplayPort Alt Mode standard enables a USB Type-C connector and cable…
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to deliver full DisplayPort audio/video performance (driving monitor resolutions of 4K and beyond), SuperSpeed USB data, and up to 100 watts of power, VESA said in a Wednesday news release. DisplayPort is the only display interface alt mode that’s natively supported by both standard USB-C connectors and cables, it said. Allion Labs and Granite River Labs are doing certification testing, and VESA organizes and sponsors PlugTest events in the U.S. and Taiwan for member companies. VESA’s latest version of DisplayPort, v1.4, incorporates VESA's Display Stream Compression technology to facilitate high dynamic range and 8K video across the USB-C connector, it said.