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1394 Trade Association
Supports the development of computer and consumer electronics systems that can be easily connected with each other via a single IEEE 1394 serial multimedia link.
Accellera
Directly influences development of standards used in electronic design for the Electronic Design Automation industry.
Ada Resource Association (ARA)
Software tool vendors that support the use of Ada for excellence in software engineering.
Adobe Open Screen Project
To provide a consistent runtime environment for open web browsing and standalone applications - taking advantage of Adobe Flash Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the United States and represents the needs and views of U.S. stakeholders in standardization forums around the globe.
AS-Interface
Promotes and supports the use of the AS-Interface networking protocol in automation systems.
ASIC Forum
Forum for ASIC developers with the latest and most relevant content on ASIC development.
Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM)
Promotes global standards and growth of RFID and barcoding identification technologies.
AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture)
Automobile manufacturers, suppliers and tool developers focused on developing and promoting the AUTOSAR standard.
Blade Systems Alliance (BladeS)
Forum for end users, analysts, consultants, and vendors who are interested in the deployment and application of computer blade systems.
Blade.org
Developers and users dedicated to expanding the blade ecosystem and to accelerating the growth and adoption of innovative technologies and solutions in the blade market.
Bluetooth Special Interest Group
Addresses the development and marketing of Bluetooth wireless technology.
CAN in Automation (CiA)
Develops and supports CAN-based higher-layer protocols.
Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) Electronic Products and Systems Consortium
Forum dedicated to providing a knowledge and resource base to support the development of competitive electronic components, products and systems.
Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA)
Communications platform and building block providers dedicated to accelerating the adoption of SIG-governed, open specification-based communications platforms through interoperability certification.
CompactFlash Association
Maintains and promotes the CompactFlash® and CF+ specification as a worldwide, small form factor, removable card standard.
Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA)
Facilitates the interaction, and advances the interests, of the entities involved in the vehicle communication environment.
Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF)
Focused on the advancement of Linux as an open source platform for consumer electronics (CE) devices.
Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA)
Encourages the development, promotion, pursuit and understanding of integrated systems and automation in homes and buildings.
Continua Health Alliance
Developers and users interested in establishing a system of interoperable personal telehealth solutions that empower people and organizations to better manage health and wellness.
Design & Reuse
A global collaboration network for sharing design resources in the electronics SoC industry.
Digital Living Network Alliance
Focused on delivering an interoperability framework of design guidelines based on open industry standards to complete the cross-industry digital convergence in the home.
Display Port
Display industry members improving the display experiences that can be implemented ubiquitously across complete product lines.
DO-178 Industry Group
Avionics companies and DO-178B avionics product and services providers developing and promoting DO-178B.
Eclipse Foundation
Focused on providing an extensible development platform and application frameworks for building software.
Electronic Design Automation Consortium
Association of companies developing EDA tools and services that enable engineers to create the world's electronic products.
Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC)
Develops and promotes meaningful performance benchmarks for the hardware and software used in embedded systems.
EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG)
Supports and promotes the further technology development of the open real-time EtherCAT Ethernet network.
Ethernet Alliance
System and component vendors, industry experts, and university and government professionals who are committed to the continued success and expansion of Ethernet technology.
Ethernet Powerlink Standardization Group (EPSG)
Supports and promotes the ETHERNET Powerlink Real‑Time protocol for high performance Real‑Time networking systems.
EXM32 Users & Manufacturers Group
Supporters of the EXM32 system-on-module (SOM).
Fermto Forum
Developers and users of femto technologies driving the solution for mobile coverage in the home.
Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA)
Supports and promotes Fibre Channel infrastructure for industry applications within the mass storage and IT-based arenas.
Fieldbus Foundation
Dedicated to promoting a single international, interoperable fieldbus standard.
GENIVI Alliance
Alliance committed to driving the broad adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform.
Hackerspaces
Increase communication and collaboration between hackerspaces, so bigger projects like hackerspace-festivals and support of fledgling hackerspaces become feasible.
HART Communication Foundation (HCF)
Technology owner and central authority on the HART Protocol providing global support for application of the HART technology.
HD-PLC
Promotion of high definition power line communication technology.
High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA)
Dedicated to providing consumers with a proven and simple way to bring HD audio-video devices to life throughout homes.
HomeGrid Forum
Promoting the International Telecommunication Union's G.hn standardization efforts for next-generation home networking.
Homeplug Powerline Alliance
To enable and promote rapid availability, adoption and implementation of cost effective, interoperable and standards-based home powerline networks and products
HyperTransport Technology Consortium
Manages and promotes the HyperTransport Technology.
InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA)
Encourages the development, promotion, pursuit and understanding of the InfiniBand architecture.
INSTEON Alliance
Designers and technologists interested in the adoption and development of INSTEON as a wireless networking technology for home control and monitoring.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Advances global prosperity by fostering technological innovation, enabling members' careers and promoting community worldwide.
Intelligent Transportation Systems of America (ITSA)
Supports and promotes a broad range of wireless and wire-line communications-based information, control and electronics technologies for transportation systems.
INTERBUS Club
Users and manufacturers that develop and promote the INTERBUS industrial I/O bus.
Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI)
Promotes specifications for programming test instruments that simplify interchangeability, provide better performance, and reduce the cost of program development and maintenance.
International Engineering Consortium (IEC)
Provides high-quality educational opportunites for engineering and communications professionals, academics, and students via events, publications and on-line education.
International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
To ensure cost-effective advancements in the performance of the integrated circuit and the products that employ such devices, thereby continuing the health and success of this industry.
IPSO Alliance
To provide a foundation for industry growth through building stronger relationships, fostering awareness, providing education, promoting the industry, generating research, and creating a better understanding of IP and its role in connecting Smart Objects.
ISA
Fosters advancement in the theory, design, manufacture, and use of sensors, instruments, computers, and systems for automation in a wide variety of applications.
iVDR Consortium
Develops and promotes the usage of the Information Versatile Disk for Removable specification.
Java Card Forum
To promote and develop Java as the preferred programming language for multiple-application smart cards.
JEDEC
Developer of standards for the solid-state industry.
Khronos Group
Focused on the creation of open standards such as OpenGL, OpenKODE, OpenGL ES, OpenMAX, OpenVG, OpenSL ES, OpenML and COLLADA to enable the authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices.
LiMo Foundation
Dedicated to creating an open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices.
Linux Foundation
Promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms.
LXI Consortium, Inc.
Promotes the development and adoption of the LXI (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) standard.
Meld
To enable embedded Linux developers to connect and collaborate on software designs in order to bring commercial products to market.
Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance
To simplify the design and implementation of hardware and software by driving consistency in processor and peripheral interfaces, promoting reuse and compatibility in mobile devices.
Moblin.org
Community of developers for Moblin, a Linux-based software platform that run on devices based on Intel Atom processor technology.
Modbus-IDA
Users and suppliers of automation devices that seek to drive the evolution and adoption of the Modbus communication protocol suite.
MOST Cooperation
Carmakers, set makers, system architects and key component suppliers working together to define and adopt a common multimedia network protocol and application object model.
Multicore Association
Supports the multicore ecosystem and includes vendors of processors, operating systems, compilers, development tools, debuggers, ESL/EDA tools, simulators, as well as application and system developers.
Multimedia Over COAX Alliance (MoCA)
Develops and promotes specifications for the transport of digital entertainment and information content over in-home coaxial cable.
MultiService Forum (MSF)
Service providers, system suppliers and test equipment vendors committed to developing and promoting open-architecture, multiservice Next Generation Networks.
Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC)
Accelerates the achievement of increased levels of interoperability in a network centric environment within, and amongst, all levels of government of the United States and its allies involved in Joint, Interagency and Multinational operations.
Object Management Group (OMG)
Develops and promotes software modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Model Driven Architecture (MDA).
ODVA (Open DeviceNet Vendor Association)
Develops and supports network technologies based on the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP).
Open Communications Architecture Forum (OCAF)
Defines specifications for a set of components for new carrier grade open platforms that will accelerate deployment of NGN infrastructure and services.
Open Core Protocol - International Partnership (OCP-IP)
Developers dedicated to proliferating a common standard for intellectual property (IP) core interfaces, or sockets, that facilitate "plug and play" System-on-Chip (SoC) design.
Open Group Real-Time and Embedded Systems Forum
Defines, coordinates, integrates and prioritizes real-time and embedded systems standards utilizing various existing architectural approaches.
Open Handset Alliance
Technology and mobile companies who accelerate innovation in mobile devices with mobile handheld platforms like Android.
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
Facilitates global user adoption of mobile data services by specifying market driven mobile service enablers that ensure service interoperability across devices, geographies, service providers, operators, and networks.
Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL)
Promotes and supports the usage of open-source software in the context of machine and plant control systems.
Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI)
Supports and promotes SystemC as an open source standard for system-level design.
Open Virtual Platform
To accelerate the adoption of new methods to develop embedded software - especially for SoC and MPSoC platforms.
Open-IP
Intellectual property stakeholders united to ensure the establishment of a thriving online patent market.
OpenCores.org
Developes digital modules called 'cores', with a similar ethos to the free software movement.
OpenFPGA
Promotes the use of Field Programmable Gate Arrays in high level and enterprise applications by collaboratively defining, developing and sharing critical information, technologies and best practices.
OpenMP Architecture Review Board (OpenMP ARB)
To organize and fund conferences, workshops, and other related events, and promotes OpenMP Application Program Interface.
OpenVPX Industry Working Group
To develop a comprehensive OpenVPX System Design Guide, covering VPX systems for both 3U and 6U form factors.
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF)
Advances the standards and methods of optical networks.
OSGi Alliance
Technology innovators that advances applications and services based on Java.
PC/104 Embedded Consortium
Develops and promotes the PC/104 standard for embedded computers.
PCI-SIG
Develops, manages and promotes the PCI bus and PCI Express standard.
PICMG
Develops open specifications for high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications.
PLCopen
Resolves topics related to control programming to support the use of international standards for PLCs.
PMBus Implementers Forum (PMBus-IF)
PMBus adopters with the objective to provide support and facilitate adoption among potential users.
Power Forward Initiative
Facilitates and supports a new era of low-power design innovation.
Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA)
Educates the electronics industry as to the importance of, and relevant applications for, all types of power sources and conversion devices.
Power.org
Developers, tool providers, and manufacturers united to lead open hardware innovation for industry standards and applications based on Power Architecture technology.
PROFIBUS International (PI)
Coordinates a range of technical and marketing projects to ensure the continuing development of PROFIBUS and PROFINET.
PXI Systems Alliance
Promotes and maintains the PXI standard.
RapidIO Trade Association
Maintains and promotes the RapidIO interconnect architecture.
SATA-IO
Responsible for developing, managing and driving adoption of the Serial ATA specifications.
SCOPE Alliance
Develors and users ocmmitted to accelerating the deployment of carrier grade base platforms for service provider applications.
SCSI Trade Association (STA)
Promotes the development and use of Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) technology, including parallel SCSI, SCSI protocols and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology.
SD Association
To establish the technical and specification standards for SD memory card applications, promote SD technology, and encourage the development of digital A/V, wireless communication, and digital networking products that utilize the benefits of SD technology.
SERCOS International (SI)
Developes the SERCOS (SErial Realtime COmmunications System) specification, disseminates information, supervises conformance testing, promotes the standard and supervises trademark compliance.
Service Availability Forum (SA Forum)
Developes the standard interfaces necessary to enable the delivery of highly available carrier-grade systems with off-the-shelf hardware platforms, middleware and service applications.
Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG)
Develops, adopts, and promotes circuit board specifications and related technologies that will help electronics equipment manufacturers and integrators reduce the overall size of their next-generation systems.
Software Defined Radio Forum (SDRF)
Promotes the development, deployment and use of software defined radio technologies for advanced wireless systems.
SPIRIT Consortium
Focused on establishing multi-faceted IP/tool integration standards that drive sustainable growth in electronic design.
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
Establishes, maintains and endorses a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers.
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
Advances the adoption of storage networks as complete and trusted solutions.
Symbian Foundation
Promotes, manages and unifes the Symbian operating system platform.
System Management Interface Forum (SMIF)
Supports the rapid advancement of an efficient and compatible technology base that promotes power management and systems technology implementations.
Telecommunications Industry Association
Facilitates the convergence of new communications networks.
TesLA Alliance
Alliance of IP test vendors working together to author, publish, support and implement standards that enable seamless and vendor agnostic Test Lab Automation.
Trusted Computing Group
Develops and promotes open, vendor-neutral, industry standard specifications for trusted computing building blocks and software interfaces across multiple platforms.
Unified EFI Forum
Responsible for developing, managing and promoting the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI specification.
Universal Powerline Association (UPA)
To promote among government and industry leaders the tremendous potential of PLC technologies to build a global communication society.
UPDM Group
Object Management Group (OMG) initiative to develop a modeling standard that supports both the USA Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the UK Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF).
UPnP Forum
Industry initiative designed to enable simple and robust connectivity among consumer electronics, intelligent appliances and mobile devices from many different vendors.
USB Implementers Forum
Focused on the advancement and adoption of Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology.
VESA
Provides a forum to develop, promote and support open standards for the display industry.
VITA
Creates and promotes standards used by developers and users having a common market interest in critical embedded systems using real-time, modular embedded computing systems.
VXIbus Consortium
Supports and promotes the VXIbus for the test and measurement community.
Wi-Fi Alliance
Promotes the adoption of a single worldwide-accepted standard for high-speed wireless local area networking.
WiMAX Forum
Promotes global WiMAX deployment and to make WiMAX the platform of choice for broadband wireless.
Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA)
Industrial end-user companies, technology suppliers, industry organizations, software developers, system integrators, and others interested in the advancement of wireless solutions for industry.
WirelessHD Consortium
An industry-led effort to define a specification for the next generation wireless digital network interface specification for consumer electronics products.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.
XTX Consortium
Forum for developers and users of XTX form factor embedded motherboards.
Z-Wave Alliance
Manufacturers who build products based on Z-Wave.
ZigBee Alliance
Develop standards, creates a fair and open test environment and promotes the ZigBee brand in the area of low data rate wireless networking control devices.