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Old 05-31-2019, 05:52 PM   #2
AlbanRampon
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Hello James,

The DL-6950 supports that resolution. The limitation is about pixel clock (=throughput). A shortcut simplification is that 3440x1440x60 is lower than 3840x2160x60. I say shortcut because it's much more complex than that.
The DL-5000 series can do 4Kp30 on DisplayPort.
But the DL-6950 also has hardware accelerated cursor for very low latency mouse cursor, supports improved encoder.
Also, most products which designed the DL-5000 in wouldn't have USB-C charging, because of age.

USB 3.0, or USB 3.1 or USB 3.2 Gen1 or USB 3.2 Gen2 all work. Today we tests hardware and releases with USB 3.2 specifications, it's all backward compatible to lower versions. It also works on USB 2.0, but USB 2.0 doesn't have enough bandwidth to offer a good experience with video, audio, Ethernet and the rest you will plug to the box.

Whether you use USB-A or USB-C plug has no importance for our chip because both USB-A and USB-C must support standard USB traffic and that's what we use for transport.
Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports also work because they also carry real USB traffic.
5 Gbps, the USB 3 max bandwidth (Gen2 can go higher) is much more than you need for a single display or even more than one. I've seen companies using two Ultrawide like that one on top of each other connected to one docking station.

Kind regards,
Alban
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