VESA is currently working with member manufacturers to develop the next generation of DisplayPort standards and plans to double the data rate of DisplayPort or even higher. VESA plans to release updates within the next 18 months to meet the future performance requirements of traditional displays, such as achieving resolutions higher than 8K and improving the user experience of AR/VR displays, including 4K and higher VR resolutions.
According to Syed Athar Hussain, Vice Chairman of VESA and Fellow Design Engineer at AMD, with the continuous development of display resolution, refresh rate, and color gamut, DisplayPort, discrete graphics, and mobile personal computer platforms are adopting HBR3 on a large scale. HBR3-certified cables provide users with a seamless connection experience, and DisplayPort HBR3 supports 8K and new ultrawide resolutions (such as 3840x1080) with refresh rates up to 144Hz and above, which is suitable for high dynamic range games.
By using DP8K-certified cables, devices with native DisplayPort connectors will be able to support 5K or 8K displays, as well as high-performance 4K displays. The same performance can be achieved for USB Type-C to USB-C connections using "SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps" cables that support DisplayPort Alt Mode with HBR3 data rates.
DP8K-certified DisplayPort cable suppliers include Yi Shi Industrial from Taiwan, Hongshuo Precision Electric Works, Jinhuai Industrial, and Ningbo Puram Electronic, among others. The DisplayPort Authorized Test Centers (ATC), including Allion Labs and Granite River Labs (GRL), now offer HBR3 cable testing. Visitors to the CES conference next week will see a variety of high-performance gaming systems using DisplayPort HBR3 to drive 120fps, 4K resolution.