14 DAY TRIAL // As more and more electronics gain the ability to play high-quality videos, there comes the need for interfaces capable of streaming such content to larger screens, since LCDs or OLEDs of just a few inches hardly do such videos justice, and STMicroelectronics claims to have developed a solution of this sort.
What the company created, in cooperation with ST-Ericsson, is the 'Mobility DisplayPort' (MYDP) interface standard, which lets mobile gadgets stream 1,080p/60Hz audio and video to Full HD TVs and monitors.
The main convenient factor is that the DisplayPort connector is more or less common on most consumer products (tablets, portable gaming consoles, smartphones etc.).
MYDP also allows one to charge mobile handsets from the connected TV or monitor and “can map audio and video streams on to one differential pair (or lane).”
"Introducing cutting-edge technologies, such as MYDP, is an important element of ST's strategy to continue advancing as a leader in semiconductor solutions for the consumer market," said Luigi Mantellassi, Vice President, Home Entertainment and Displays Group, STMicroelectronics.
"In close cooperation with ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics has co-developed an open and royalty-free technology that will let consumers bring the content from their smart mobile devices into their living rooms."
"MYDP will perfectly meet the constraints of the mobile industry and will enable users to fully benefit from the multimedia performance of ST-Ericsson's smartphone and tablets platforms using a standard connector," said Teppo Hemia, Vice President 3G Multimedia Business Unit at ST-Ericsson.
"The charging capability of MYDP is a major added value for the industry, as consumers will be able to stream high-definition video without compromising the battery lifetime of their mobile handsets."
Basically, the MYDP standard provides concurrent A/V streaming and battery charging via the same standard connector.
The first engineering products should be completed by the third quarter of 2011 and the platform will be demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), between February 14 and 17.