DisplayLink Celebrates Sales of 1 Millionth USB Graphics Chip

May 13th, 2009

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DisplayLink Celebrates Sales of 1 Millionth USB Graphics Chip

Marking a rising tide of distributed peripherals, DisplayLink announced it had reached its one millionth USB graphics chip sale. Having been incorporated into more than 30 consumer and business devices DisplayLink is the leading embedded USB graphics chip maker in the world. Expected to grow to 12 million in 2 more years. USB monitors first started showing up in limited fashion in docking stations and eventually into specialty projectors. Docking station applications are currently the most favored use of the graphics chips. The mini type USB monitors are currently picking up steam alongside the application specific versions like digital picture frames.

Up to 58 million more chip sales are projected as USB 3.0 devices are released in the next 3-4 years. These are expected to really expand the functionality of higher bandwidth peripheral applications like attached monitors and remote video devices. USB to DVI adapters should be able to continue to flourish as a fast and economical way to add multi-monitor function to desktops and laptops. USB 3.0 bandwidth should allow for add on video solutions to approach the quality and responsiveness of PCI and AGP video cards. Congratulations guys, here's to the next million.

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