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The CES event will surely bring in an “influx” of technological innovations, and consumers will see the showcase of a new HDMI standard that will replace modern-day HDMI 2.1 ports. Based on a report by ComputerBase, the HDMI Licensing Administrator has unveiled its intention to showcase a “breakthrough” technology, and while the authority hasn’t named the next HDMI standard explicitly, we will undoubtedly see the debut of the “HDMI 2.2” standard, which is said to bring in higher bandwidth, resolution support, and refresh rates.
HDMI 2.2
The HDMI Forum will announce a new version of the HDMI specification. The new specification, featuring next-generation HDMI technology and higher bandwidth, will enable a variety of higher resolutions and refresh rates and will be supported with a new HDMI cable.
New technologies are enabling higher quality options for content producers such as television, film and game studios now and in the future, while also enabling multiple distribution platforms.
– HDMI LA
Yet again, it’s important to note that the statement by HDMI LA doesn’t specifically mention the next HDMI naming scheme, so it could be that we might see a revision of the existing HDMI 2.1 standard, but that is highly unlikely given the past track record of standard releases.
We are currently unaware of the exact specifications of the rumored HDMI 2.2 standard, but given that the current HDMI 2.1 port type supports bandwidth up to 48 Gbps and resolutions up to 10,240 × 4,320 pixels, HDMI 2.2 will surely pass through these numbers,
Until now, we haven’t seen a GPU manufacturer report on HDMI 2.2’s integration in their next-gen GPUs, and the only upgrade we saw in this department was with DisplayPort 2.1, which came with AMD’s RDNA 3 GPU series, and is rumored to be featured in NVIDIA’s “RTX 5000” Blackwell GPUs too. If the standard is officially announced, there may be a chance that the upcoming GPUs might support HDMI 2.2, but we are still uncertain for now, given that sufficient information isn’t available right now.
