<s>
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
(	O
Open	O
LVDS	B-Architecture
Display	O
Interface	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
high-bandwidth	O
digital-video	O
interface	O
standard	O
for	O
connecting	O
graphics/video	O
processors	O
to	O
flat	B-General_Concept
panel	I-General_Concept
LCD	B-Device
monitors	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
displays	O
in	O
medical	O
imaging	O
,	O
machine	O
vision	O
,	O
and	O
construction	O
equipment	O
use	O
the	O
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
chipsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
FPD-Link	B-Protocol
specification	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
for	O
transferring	O
graphics	O
and	O
video	O
data	O
through	O
notebook	O
computer	O
hinges	O
since	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
and	O
FPD-Link	B-Protocol
use	O
low-voltage	B-Architecture
differential	I-Architecture
signaling	I-Architecture
(	O
LVDS	B-Architecture
)	O
as	O
the	O
physical	O
layer	O
signaling	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
three	O
terms	O
have	O
mistakenly	O
been	O
used	O
synonymously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
FPD-Link	B-Protocol
and	O
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
are	O
largely	O
compatible	O
,	O
beyond	O
the	O
physical-layer	O
;	O
specifying	O
the	O
same	O
serial	O
data-streams	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
standard	O
was	O
promoted	O
by	O
National	O
Semiconductor	O
,	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
,	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
(	O
SGI	O
)	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
was	O
n't	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
intended	O
applications	O
after	O
losing	O
the	O
computer-to-monitor	O
interconnect	O
application	O
to	O
a	O
competing	O
standard	O
,	O
Digital	B-Protocol
Visual	I-Protocol
Interface	I-Protocol
(	O
DVI	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SGI	B-Device
1600SW	I-Device
was	O
the	O
only	O
monitor	O
produced	O
in	O
significant	O
quantities	O
with	O
an	O
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
connection	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
had	O
minor	O
differences	O
from	O
the	O
final	O
published	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1600SW	O
used	O
a	O
36-pin	O
MDR36	O
male	O
connector	O
with	O
a	O
pinout	O
that	O
differs	O
from	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
36-pin	O
centronics-style	O
connector	O
in	O
the	O
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
According	O
to	O
the	O
SGI	B-Device
1600SW	I-Device
entry	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
displays	O
were	O
made	O
by	O
various	O
manufacturers	O
using	O
the	O
OpenLDI	B-Protocol
standard	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
