Intel confirms that DG2 GPU will support DisplayPort 2.0

by ddos ·

AMD just released a new Linux system graphics driver patch to prepare Radeon graphics cards to support DisplayPort 2.0 output. In view of the current RDNA 2 architecture GPU does not support DisplayPort 2.0 output, it is generally speculated that the new patch should be the preliminary work for the new generation of RDNA 3 architecture GPU.

AMD’s next-generation graphics cards are still some time away from consumers, but Intel’s first-generation Intel Arc products are already on the line. According to Phoronix reports, Intel has released a new Linux patch that has enabled DisplayPort 2.0 output for DG2 series GPUs. Unlike AMD’s patch, Intel’s patch notes have directly mentioned DG2 series GPUs, therefore, the first-generation Intel Arc graphics card code-named Alchemist supports DisplayPort 2.0 output. It should be the first consumer graphics card that supports DisplayPort 2.0 output.

Intel supersampling method

Intel’s support for DisplayPort 2.0 started with 17 patches of the i915 kernel display driver, however, support for the DisplayPort 2.0 standard has not yet been fully realized, and engineers still have a lot of follow-up work to do. It is also mentioned in the patch that DG2 series GPUs support UHBR (Ultra High Bit Rate) as 128/132b channel encoding.

Previously, VESA stated that displays that support the DisplayPort 2.0 standard are currently under development and will use new chips to work. Related products will appear in the second half of this year and are not expected to be available until 2022. According to the original plan, these monitors should appear at the end of last year. As the coronavirus epidemic has spread globally for more than a year, progress has been delayed, and it has been a full year late in terms of time. AMD and Intel have already revealed which products will support the DisplayPort 2.0 standard, but Nvidia has no news yet. It is generally speculated that the Ada Lovelace core will provide support.

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