Today the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced the Display port 2.0, soon to be arriving on 16K displays in the years to come.
It will be the comapny’s first major update since 2016, and it will provide up to a threefold increase in bandwidth over the previous version. It will support 8K monitors, higher refresh rates, HDR support at higher resolutions and improved support for multiple display set-ups. It could also give AR and VR displays a boost.
| DisplayPort Signaling Standards | ||||||||||||
| Standard | Raw Bandwidth (4 Lanes) |
Effective Bandwidth (4 Lanes) |
Target Monitor Resolutions | |||||||||
| DP 1.0/1.1 (HBR1) | 10.8 Gbps | 8.64 Gbps | 1440p@60Hz | |||||||||
| DP 1.2 (HBR 2) |
21.6 Gbps | 17.28 Gbps | 4K@60Hz | |||||||||
| DP 1.3/1.4 (HBR3) |
32.4 Gbps | 25.92 Gbps | 4K@120Hz 8K@60Hz (w/DSC) |
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| DP 2.0 (UHBR 20) |
80 Gbps | 77.37 Gbps | 8K@60hz HDR >8K@60Hz SDR 4K@144Hz HDR 2x 5K@60H |
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VESA DisplayPort 2.0 has arrived, offering nearly triple the bandwidth of DisplayPort 1.4 – up to 77.4 Gbps opposed to 1.4’s 25.92 Gbps. That’s quite a lot of data over a single connection. And, because of its higher bandwidth, DisplayPort 2.0 is able to support much higher resolutions – up to 16K (15,360 x 8,460) at 60Hz.
“DP 2.0 represents one of our most significant milestones in the history of DisplayPort, and is the culmination of several years’ effort and major enhancements to this ubiquitous standard,” said VESA Board Chair Alan Kobayashi. According to VESA, “The first DisplayPort 2.0 products are expected to appear on the market by late 2020. With any luck, they’ll arrive before the Japanese Broadcasting Company broadcasts the 2020 Summer Olympics in 8K.”