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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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1. What is the Digital Display Working Group?
The objective of the Digital Display Working Group is to deliver a robust
industry specification based on Open IP that defines the digital interface
between digital displays and high performance PCs.
2. What is the Adopter's Agreement?
The Adopters Agreement is the DVI licensing agreement. It provides you
with a royalty-free, reciprocal license necessary to implement the
interface portion of the DVI 1.0 specification for DVI-compliant products,
including both silicon and connectors. Note that the Participants Agreement
does not provide this license. In addition to the licensing, this agreement
also allows for use of the DVI Logo and DVI Icon.
3. What is Open IP?
Open IP refers to a mutual agreement amongst companies to license patents
and other intellectual property necessary to implement the interface portion
of the specification on a reciprocal, royalty free basis.
4. Why is Intel coordinating this effort?
Digital displays will be an important part of a positive visual computing
experience on the Pentium II processor platform. Intel wants to help establish
guidelines to reduce confusion in the industry.
5. What about the specifications that are currently in the market?
Several technologies from individual companies exist today that try to address
the issues of digital displays in different ways. However, these technologies
are proprietary and do not offer an open specification accessible to all
manufacturers. The Digital Display working group feels a specification that
addresses all areas requires the involvement of multiple players in the industry.
6. Has DDWG determined that the DFP and P&D connector are not sufficient?
The working group will conduct complete technical evaluation of all potential
alternatives and it is our intent to utilize all best known methods where
applicable and to develop new standards where mandated.
7. Is this working group part of VESA, if not why?
The companies involved in the working group are in fact active members
of VESA, but this working group is independent from the organization.
It is our intent to keep VESA informed of our activities and progress.
8. Is Silicon Image's TMDS the core technology that
will provide the basis for the specification?
Yes, Silicon Image's Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS)
provides the technical basis for the working group's proposed technology
specification in order to ensure backwards compatibility.
9. Is the Digital Display working group limited to
Intel, Silicon Image, Compaq, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, and NEC?
No. This working group was implemented to get all interested industry
players involved in the development of this specification.
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