Apple’s Mini DisplayPort to be included in DisplayPort 1.2 spec
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 14, 2009 at 10:37am
Laptop vendors will be soon be able to use the same Mini DisplayPort connector found on Apple’s latest MacBooks, reports The Register. The port is to be included in the upcoming DisplayPort 1.2 specification, the standard’s overseer, Vesa, said last week.
What’s more, the digital monitor link tech is to get stereoscopic display support. Vesa said DisplayPort 1.2 will drive, say, two 2560×1600 monitors, or four 1920×1200 screens.
Last month Apple said it was offering no-fee licenses to anyone interested in developing products that use the Mini DisplayPort specification. The Mini DisplayPort Connector is a small form factor connector designed to fully support the VESA DisplayPort protocol. Apple says it’s particularly useful on systems where space is at a premium, such as portable computers or to support multiple connectors on reduced height add-in cards. The dimensional specifications of the plug and receptacle mating interface and a recommended PCB landing pad are available for download under the Mini DisplayPort Evaluation License.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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