摘要 |
A scaling unit is disclosed that is within a computing device having an internal display and an external interface. The scaling unit facilitates the concurrent presentation of images on the internal display and an external display connected to the external interface. In configurations in which the external interface does not have sufficient data width to concurrently display images on the external display at the same resolution as the internal display, the scaling unit may be used to reduce the number of pixels in a line, thus reducing bandwidth requirements at the external interface. The scaling unit may also scale further to maintain an aspect ratio of the image displayed on the internal display. Further vertical scaling may be performed outside the computing device (e.g., by a dongle coupled between the computing device and the external display), such that the scaling unit may be implemented with reduced memory requirements. |