Products with DisplayLink technology are supported on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, macOS, Android, Chrome OS and Ubuntu. While the basic network graphics technology can be used on a variety of network interfaces ( Ethernet, and Wi-Fi), DisplayLink has to date only designed products around USB 2.0, USB 3.0, and Wireless USB connectivity. After receiving the data, the HRE then transforms it back into pixels to be displayed on the monitor.
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The VGC software runs on a Windows, macOS, or Linux host PC and takes information from the graphics adapter and compresses the changes to the display from the last update and sends it over any standard network including USB, Wireless USB, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi. The DisplayLink VGC software is based on a proprietary adaptive graphics technology. The DisplayLink network graphics technology is composed of Virtual Graphics Card (VGC) software that is installed on a PC and a Hardware Rendering Engine (HRE) embedded or connected to a display device. On the 31st August 2020 DisplayLink was sold to Synaptics. Īt CES in 2017, DisplayLink demonstrated Wireless VR using DisplayLink graphics over a wireless 60 GHz link. Īt CES in 2016, DisplayLink announced their latest docking chip, DL-6000 series, to support dual 4Kp60 over USB 3.0. Īt CES in 2013, DisplayLink demonstrated USB Power Delivery in which a standard USB cable is used to charge a laptop computer. Īt the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2012, DisplayLink announced several products incorporating video and graphics over a USB 3.0 " SuperSpeed USB" connection, showing substantial improvements in performance, resolution support, and video quality. Thin client manufacturer HP was the first to announce a product based on DisplayLink USB Graphics technology with the launch of the t100 Thin Client. On November 17, 2009, DisplayLink announced their first Thin Client product based on their USB 2.0 virtual graphics technology, designed for Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server. The first products to ship with the new DL-1x5 chips were the Samsung Lapfit LD190G and LD220G monitors. This DL-1x5 family brings improved performance, an increase in maximum resolution to 2048x1152, and the integration of a DVI transmitter and video DAC.
In May 2009, DisplayLink launched its second semiconductor product family, the DL-125, DL-165, and DL-195 USB 2.0 graphics devices. The DL-120 and DL-160 allow up to six additional monitors to be added to a PC through USB 2.0. Note the name is very similar to DisplayPort which was approved by VESA earlier that year.ĭisplayLink launched its first semiconductor product family, the DL-120 and DL-160 USB 2.0 graphics devices, in January 2007, signalling an important change in the company's business plan from FPGA-based systems to semiconductors. In November 2006, Newnham Research renamed itself to DisplayLink, a name that allegedly better described their display connection technology. In 2006, Newnham Research launched its first commercially available product in partnership with the Kensington Computer Products Group: a USB 2.0 universal laptop docking station designed for the retail market. The company referred to these thin-client computers as network displays. The Newnham Research team invented NIVO (Network In, Video Out) designed for low cost thin client computing over Ethernet networks.
DisplayLink was founded in 2003 as Newnham Research by Dr.