AMD Radeon HD 6000 cards receive VESA DisplayPort 1.2 certification, merit badges

Select AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series Graphics Products Achieve DisplayPort 1.2 Certification with Fast HBR2 Data Transfer Rate

NEWARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced that select AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series graphics products, including the AMD Radeon HD 6990, the world’s fastest graphics card, are the primary source devices to realize DisplayPort® Version 1.2 certification. AMD received certification from Granite River Labs, a Santa Clara, California-based VESA DisplayPort Authorized Test Center (ATC), for support of DisplayPort’s new 5.4Gbps (gigabits-per-second) HBR2 (High Bit Rate 2) data link rate. These same AMD Radeon HD 6000 graphics products also include additional features from the DisplayPort 1.2 standard, reminiscent of multi-stream transport (MST) and whole High Definition (HD) 3D stereoscopic display support.

“Achieving DisplayPort 1.2 Source device certification is a vital milestone for us”
“Achieving DisplayPort 1.2 Source device certification is a crucial milestone for us,” said David Cummings, director, Graphics Technical Marketing, AMD. “With DisplayPort, we can transcend offering enthusiast gamers faster performance and advanced image quality features. Counting on the GPU model, we will be able to now offer dozens of multi-monitor configuration options as much as and including six simultaneous displays, flexibility in display selection, and new DisplayPort audio features, creating an ultra-immersive visual environment for the final gaming experience.”

By doubling the utmost data transfer rate to 21.6Gbps, the HBR2 link rate offered by VESA’s DisplayPort Version 1.2 standard significantly enhances display and audio performance. This includes increased display resolution, color depths and refresh rates, improved support for Full HD 3D stereoscopic displays, and with MST, better support for multiple monitors connected to a single DisplayPort receptacle. These features make DisplayPort your best option for prime performance PC gaming, prompting increased demand for DisplayPort 1.2 certified products.

“As we continue to expand the capabilities of the DisplayPort standard and add benefits for the top user, we’re simultaneously increasing the worth of device certification for our members,” said Bill Lempesis, executive director of VESA. “We glance forward to the support and promotion of more certified devices while encouraging others to take part inside the compliance program.”

DisplayPort 1.2 certification testing is offered through VESA’s seven certified third-party test houses in Asia and the U.S., including Allion Test Labs in Beaverton, Ore., Shenzhen, China, and Taipei, Taiwan; Cable Assemblies and Connector Labs ETC in Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan; CESI Technology Company Ltd. in Beijing; Granite River Labs; and Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) in Korea. Once submitted for certification testing, sink and source devices must pass a sequence of tests to prove compliance with the DisplayPort Version 1.2 standard as outlined in numerous test documents that come with VESA’s PHY Layer Compliance Test Specification (CTS), Link Layer CTS, and EDID CTS.

“Being portion of the 1st DisplayPort 1.2 Source device certification is an important milestone for us,” said Mike Engbretson, chief technology engineer of Granite River Labs. “We’re thrilled to be on the epicenter of accelerating momentum for DisplayPort 1.2 certification in Silicon Valley. By providing a whole suite of DisplayPort product testing, we’re aiding within the adoption of DisplayPort worldwide. We’ll continue to contribute to the compliance testing program for DisplayPort 1.2 because it gains progressively more traction as an industry standard.”

For additional info about DisplayPort, or the traditional, please visit http://www.displayport.org. For more info about VESA, please visit http://www.vesa.org/ or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/VESADisplayPort.

About VESA:
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) is a world, non-profit standards association, representing a world network of hardware, software, PC, display, and component manufacturers committed to developing and promoting the electronics industry. VESA’s established track record of making and supporting simple, universal, and cross-product solutions for today’s video and electronics industry, along with DisplayPort, provides consumers with the arrogance essential to explore new technology standards, consisting of multi-monitor streaming, direct drive capability, and whole HD 3D support without confusion or difficulty. For additional info about VESA, visit www.vesa.org.

About AMD:
AMD (NYSE: AMD) is a semiconductor design innovator leading a better era of vivid digital experiences with its groundbreaking AMD Fusion Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that power quite a lot of computing devices. AMD’s server computing products are interested by driving industry-leading cloud computing and virtualization environments. AMD’s superior graphics technologies are present in numerous solutions starting from game consoles, PCs to supercomputers. For additional information, visit http://www.amd.com.

About Granite River Labs:
Granite River Labs (GRL) provides a variety of Engineering Services to assist customers adopt High Speed Connectivity technologies from the IC to System level, including compliance testing, debugging, characterization, Signal/Power Integrity modeling & simulation, stress testing, benchmarking, and interoperability. A licensed Test Center for DisplayPort, ThunderBolt, and SATA, GRL has deep expertise in quite a lot of technologies including HDMI, MHL, PCIe Gen3, USB 3.0, DDR, and 10G Ethernet. GRL’s test facilities are conveniently located in Silicon Valley, Taiwan (Hsinchu & Taipei), and near Stuttgart, Germany.