AMD pushes FreeSync forward with support for HDMI, mobile, DisplayPort, HDR (PC World)
The following articles, especially AnandTech, go into more depth and discussion on the above.
AMD GPUs In 2016: HDR, FreeSync Over HDMI And New Standards (Tom's Hardware)
AMD Discusses 2016 Radeon Visual Technologies Roadmap (AnandTech)
The new Radeon Technologies Group also announced it will support DisplayPort in its upcoming GPUs next year. DisplayPort 1.3 HBR3 will increase the bandwidth to 32.4GBps, which is about 80 percent more than even HDMI 2.0 and almost twice the bandwidth of DisplayPort 1.2.
AMDs other aim-high announcement is its plan to enable high dynamic range gaming and movies eventually. Many games are actually already rendered in HDR today, the company said. But because GPUs arent made to output it and monitors dont support it, its mapped to standard dynamic ranges.
High dynamic range itself is the ability visualize a brightness level far outside what is normal. For example, you wouldnt typically be able to see an object lit by the sun and see into the deep shadows simultaneously. With HDR, you could.
The typical color chart below shows the colors used today. The black triangle is sRGB used in PCs and Blu-ray. The blue triangle is a spec called Rec. 2020 and is considered the Holy Grail of color space.
The target is to enable HDR gaming and imaging using the current Radeon R9 300-series GPUs next year. Radeon GPUs introduced next year will enable HDR movie playback using HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.3, AMD says.
The following articles, especially AnandTech, go into more depth and discussion on the above.
AMD GPUs In 2016: HDR, FreeSync Over HDMI And New Standards (Tom's Hardware)
AMD Discusses 2016 Radeon Visual Technologies Roadmap (AnandTech)
Haven't read it while posting the HDMI spec comment.
