Advanced Adaptive Compression

DisplayLink's real-time adaptive compression technology automatically balances the compression methods in use from moment to moment, based on the content, available CPU power, and USB bandwidth, to provide the best possible USB graphics experience at any given moment. With DisplayLink virtual graphics, video processing and compression software is installed on the PC, and decompression happens at the chip, which can be embedded in a docking station or in a monitor using an adapter.

The third and newest generation of DisplayLink adaptive compression takes advantage of bi-direction throughput of SuperSpeed USB with USB 3.0. SuperSpeed USB is capable of running up to 10 times faster than the previous USB generation, transferring data at speeds of up to 5 gigabits per second.  With DisplayLink adaptive compression, peripherals based on its DL-3000 chip platform can process multiple high-definition video signals to run two HD displays, networked data, high-resolution graphics, and audio channels simultaneously.

Newer chip platforms from DisplayLink, like the DL-3000 family, are backwards-compatible and use adaptive compression to bring enhanced video to USB 2.0 monitors.