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DisplayLink demonstrated the first USB-connected display, along with groundbreaking Wi-Fi and wireless UWB network display technology at CeBIT 2007 in Hannover, Germany, March 15-21.

The demonstration showed how the company’s technology is being used to deliver excellent image quality and high-performance monitor/mouse/keyboard interactivity over either a wireless or a USB connection to a PC.

The company demonstrated the world’s first USB display, the Samsung SyncMaster 940UX, which integrates DisplayLink technology directly into the display, instead of VGA or DVI technology, to connect to a PC via USB 2.0. The demonstration showed how using DisplayLink’s software allows the display to come online instantly, with all of the proper display settings, every time it’s connected to the computer.

DisplayLink’s network display chip family includes high-performance graphics networking chips designed to enable monitor manufacturers, PC OEMs and PC accessory companies to develop products that enable network displays including USB-connected monitors, video-capable USB laptop docking stations, Skype video phones, picture frames and other devices.

The complete DisplayLink solution is comprised of virtual graphics card (VGC) software that runs on a Windows host PC, and a hardware rendering engine (HRE) inside the DL-120 or DL-160 graphics networking chips at the display end.

The VGC software processes a stream of display information using the company’s proprietary adaptive graphics protocol and transmits it over a USB 2.0, wireless USB, or Wi-Fi link to the DL-120 or DL-160 chip that reconstructs the image on the display.