Joshua Larson-Mogul

Seeing this limitation, Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, CA) and other interested companies formed the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG; Hillsboro, OR; www.ddwg.org) to develop the digital visual interface (DVI) standard based on transition- minimized differential signaling (TMDS). The group's aim, as Joshua Larson-Mogul, formerly of SGI (Mountain View, CA), explains, is to create a common digital interface specification that is scalable for the future, while at the same time supports legacy standards. "If the value of a flat-panel monitor lies in its lack of flicker, better image quality, and more compact form, customers are only likely to spend the additional money that FPDs cost if image quality is a priority," says Larson-Mogul.