SAN JOSE: Chrontel has begun to test two latest devices that will assist computer and display producers as they navigate the transition from LVDS to DisplayPort.

Chrontel's CH7508 is a timing controller (TCON) converting DisplayPort signals into mini-LVDS for display manufactures using mini-LVDS Technology to drive TFT panels.

The CH7508 is aimed at display manufacturers that desire to carry on leveraging their extensive investment in mini-LVDS electronics that controls the internal column and row drivers that control display pixels. By combining a CH7508 into their display design, a panel can be upgraded for DisplayPort compatibility whilst maintaining internal mini-LVDS designs for timing control.

The CH7509 is aimed at computer motherboard producers that have transitioned to processors utilizing DisplayPort video outputs completely. On integration of a CH7509 into their motherboard design,
these systems can sustain compatibility with the millions of external displays in the marketplace that solely utilize LVDS inputs. The CH7509 supports panel resolutions up to WSXGA (1680 x 1050), and is
able of managing DisplayPort link rates up to 2.7 GB/s.

Developed as a substitute for the extensively used LVDS standard, DisplayPort handles video data transmissions between a computer's CPU or graphics controller and external display panels. DisplayPort handles larger display resolutions than the earlier LVDS standard