New display interface for PC

Intel and several other computer groups have unanimously developed a new display interface for computers, which helps link to high-resolution digital displays.

The new UDI SIG interface standard hopes to replace the old VGA standard thanks to the new connection technology that is compatible with HD video content (high quality video). Corporations such as Intel, Apple, Nvidia, Silicon Image, Samsung Electronics, and Foxconn Electronics have agreed to support UDI SIG standards.

For many years, PC manufacturers have made great efforts in improving the quality of consumer electronics. Typical of this effort is Microsoft with Windows XP Media Center Edition and Intel operating systems with the upcoming Viiv PC technology, helping to improve the PC into a home entertainment center. If these technologies are widely deployed, it will need a new display standard that allows low-end PCs (cheap) with simple graphics technology to send content to TVs and HD screens.

Modern PCs with high-end graphics chipsets such as Nvidia often use DVI (virtual digital interface) to connect to digital displays. HD TV uses a standard called HDMI (HD multimedia interface) to receive sharp images from the decoder box. These two standards are fully compatible with each other, but HDMI has some additional features, such as universal remote control (URC) and the ability to handle more traffic via a single cable. .

However, many low-end PCs still use the VGA anolog standard to connect to monitors. VGA is enough for PC users to surf the Web or perform other simple tasks, but if you want to watch video on a digital screen, you need a DVI connection.

UDI SIG promises to bring many features and functions of HDMI. UDI will use the same HDCP technology (high-bandwidth digital content protection) - currently used by HDMI and DVI, and will be compatible with today's display standards. And of course, UDI computers will interact well with HDMI TVs and DVI digital displays.

Expected in the first quarter of 2006, details related to UDI SIG will be completed and transferred to hardware equipment manufacturers.