DisplayLink
Plug and Display
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| Private | |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder |
Dr. Quentin Stafford-Fraser, Martin King |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, US |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Products | USB Graphics chips |
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Number of employees
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160 (2016) |
| Website | DisplayLink.com |
DisplayLink (formerly Newnham Research) is a semiconductor and software technology company. DisplayLink USB graphics technology is designed to connect computers and displays using USB, Ethernet, and WiFi. It also allows multiple displays to be connected to a single computer. DisplayLink's primary customers are notebook OEMs (HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer, Asus), LCD monitor manufacturers (AOC, ASUS) and PC accessory vendors (Targus, Belkin, Kensington, Plugable), supporting the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android and Linux operating systems.
DisplayLink operates worldwide with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Taiwan. The company is privately funded and to date has raised $75 million in financing from venture capital organizations Atlas Venture, Balderton Capital, Cipio Partners DAG Ventures and DFJ Esprit.
DisplayLink was founded in 2003 as Newnham Research by Dr. Quentin Stafford-Fraser and Martin King.The Newnham Research team invented NIVO (Network In, Video Out) designed for low cost thin client computing over Ethernet networks. The company referred to these thin-client computers as network displays.
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