Cable with Fade and Hot Plug Features

A system comprising:

• a host computing device comprising a host display, wherein the host computing device is configured to generate one or more first frames to be displayed on the host display and on an external display;
• the external display;
• and
• a cable coupled between the host computing device and the external display, the cable comprising an embedded video processing system configured to process the one or more frames transmitted on the cable by the host computing device, wherein the video processing system is configured to enter a low power mode if the external display is not connected, and wherein the video processing system is configured to detect that the external display is connected to the cable while the video processing system is in the low power mode, and wherein the video processing system is configured to transmit a message to the host computing device responsive to detecting the connection of the external display, wherein the video processing system is configured to return to the low power mode responsive to transmitting the message.

A method comprising:

• entering a low power mode in a video processing system embedded in a cable configured to connect between a host computing device and an external display, the video processing system entering the low power mode in response to a lack of connection to an external display on an external display connector of the cable, wherein at least a portion of the video processing system is powered down in the low power mode;
• detecting a connection to the external display in the video processing system while in the low power mode;
• and
• sending a communication to a host connector of the cable from the video processing system in response to detecting the connection.