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High speed docking station chip-set supports dual 2K display and Gb Ethernet

Date: 07/01/2014
DisplayLink has launched new DL-3950 USB 3.0 Universal Docking Chip-set which helps in docking notebook computers to desktop display and other desktop devices such as 2560x1600 DisplayPort monitors, Gigabit Ethernet, 5.1 channel audio.

The new DL-3950 is available from Q1 2014 for volume production. The fully integrated docking chip set enables the highest USB graphics resolution to-date with dual 2560x1600 and new dual 2560x1440 resolutions offered on the latest monitors.

“The new DL-3950 pushes USB docking stations to a new level of functionality for the productivity worker,” said John Cummins, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, “We’re excited to offer an integrated solution that can support dual 2K resolution displays. As with all DisplayLink based products, further expansion to even more monitors is possible using DisplayLink Certified USB adapters. The DL-3950 enabled Targus ACP7101USZ Universal USB 3.0 DV2K Docking Station with Power can be further expanded using a Targus ACA039US dual head USB graphics adapters for maximum flexibility.”

“DisplayLink’s new DL-3950 was an obvious choice for Targus for the newest version of our much acclaimed ACP71USZ Universal USB 3.0 DV Docking Station with Power,” said Ron DeCamp, Senior Product Manager at Targus. “We were keen to increase the ACP71USZ’s capabilities to support dual 2K monitors and the DL-3950 from DisplayLink does exactly that. The new ACP7101USZ also features charging capability for a wide variety of PC notebooks making it the perfect universal solution for office hot desk docking.”

The other features of DL-3950, USB Docking Chipset solution includes:

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 host connection.
Sub Frame latency
Link aware chipset and software with automatic dynamic compression
Adapts automatically to bandwidth restrictions
Compatible with HDCP 2.0 encryption
Backwards compatible with previous DisplayLink solutions
Supports daisy chaining & expansion of DisplayLink enabled USB adapters for productivity and connectivity