Parade Technologies launched the DP2.0 to HDMI2.1 conversion chip
Parade Technologies is a manufacturer established in 2005, focusing on the research and development of various high-speed transmission chips, image display chips, and touch control chips. Its chips support transmission interfaces such as HDMI, DisplayPort, USB and PCI Express, and the products are used in fields such as network and storage devices, personal computers, in-vehicle devices, consumer electronics and display panels.
Recently, Parade Technologies released the DisplayPort 2.0 to HDMI 2.1 protocol conversion solution for computer motherboards, docking stations, and image conversion peripheral products, including PS195 and PS196. Currently, PS195 and PS196 have begun to provide samples, their size is 7mm x 8mm, using a 74-pin QFN package.
Both PS195 and PS196 conversion chips comply with VESA DisplayPort v2.0 and HDMI v2.1 specifications, the DisplayPort receiver can support four groups of HBR3 (8.1 Gbps) rate channels and supports display stream compression technology (DSC), can directly decode or transmit compressed data at the DisplayPort receiver to HDMI output.
The HDMI output includes four groups of channels that support the FRL protocol, and each group works at a transmission rate of 12 Gbps and can support up to 10K display resolution through display stream compression technology. The current HDMI 2.1 specification can support Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), and Quick Media Switching (QMS) to enhance the display function. In addition, the HDMI output is backward compatible with HDMI 2.0 or earlier and can provide TMDS signals with a transmission rate of up to 6 Gbps in compatibility mode.
According to Parade Technologies, the PS195 and PS196 products are currently the best power performance available on the market. They have extremely low power consumption data in standby and low-power modes and are very suitable for use in portable devices. “PS19x HDMI 2.1 converter family enables HDMI 2.1 on host systems and accessories to bring about 8K and higher display resolution,” says Jimmy Chiu, Executive VP of Marketing at Parade Technologies. “Parade continues the success of the PS185/PS186 DP 1.4 – HDMI 2.0 converter family.”
