DP cables were designed to replace the older DVI, LVDS, and VGA cables that dominated the tech industry during the '80s, ... Since then, the HDMI cable has become ubiquitous in the tech world.

All told, the selling point of both the Ultra96 cable and HDMI 2.2 specification are the increased bandwidth, which doubles the HDMI 2.1 bandwidth from 48Gbps to a staggering 96Gbps.

The new capabilities will be “supported with a new cable,” according to the HDMI Forum’s email to The Verge announcing the presser. The spec is likely to be HDMI 2.2, as VideoCardz notes.