Samsung has developed the world's first LCD panel using the next-generation video interface -- DisplayPort. Sanctioned by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), DisplayPort will serve as a replacement for DVI, LVDS and eventually VGA. By using a transmission speed more than double that of today's interfaces, Samsung's new LCD only requires a single DisplayPort interface, instead of the two Digital Visual Interface (DVI) ports now used. For Samsung's new 30-inch LCD, the DisplayPort interface transmits graphics data at a total data rate of 10.8Gbps. This speed enables 2560x1600 resolution without any color smear. In a joint undertaking with Genesis Microchip Inc. Samsung developed its 30" panel using a new four-lane, 2.7Gbps/lane interface chip.

The interface technology processes 2560x1600 pixels of graphics data at up to 10 bits of color depth or 1.07 billion colors, a feat that would normally require at least three DVI or four LVDS interface chips. Samsung's new 30" LCD also offers the company's proprietary Super Patterned Vertical Alignment (S-PVA) liquid crystal technology for a 180 degree viewing angle and 300 nits brightness. Mass production of the Samsung 30-inch panel is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2008.