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Article: COMPETING STANDARDS.(flat-panel displays)
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- EDN
- Article date:
- June 10, 1999
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SEVERAL TECHNICAL APPROACHES ARE VYING TO BECOME THE STANDARD INTERFACE BETWEEN COMPUTERS AND FLAT-PANEL DISPLAYS. WHILE THE INDUSTRY SEARCHES FOR HARMONY, THE APPROACHES ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE CHALLENGES OF MAKING FLAT-PANEL DISPLAYS PLUG-COMPATIBLE WITH CRTs.
seek common ground for flat-panel displays
THE FLAT-PANEL-DISPLAY INDUSTRY is changing, as several industry groups and vendors propose varying digital standards for connecting the PC's graphics adapter to the display. A problem remains, however: These standards are incompatible with the several hundred millions of analog graphics cards in the PC world. Thus, flat-panel-display vendors must face the ...