Associations

Eclipse.org

Website: http://www.eclipse.org/

Overview:
Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. A large and vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities, research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse platform.

Khronos Group (OpenGL ES, OpenMax, OpenVG)

Website: http://www.khronos.org/

Overview:
The Khronos Group is a member-funded industry consortium focused on the creation of open standard, royalty-free APIs to enable the authoring and accelerated playback of dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. All Khronos members are able to contribute to the development of Khronos API specifications, are empowered to vote at various stages before public deployment, and are able to accelerate the delivery of their cutting-edge 3D platforms and applications through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests.

MITRON Committee

Website: http://www.tron.org/index-e.html

Overview:
TRON was conceived in 1984 by Dr. Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo. He proposed new computer operating system architecture, deriving the name "TRON" from "The Real-time Operating system Nucleus." Dr. Sakamura called on the technical industry and academia to collaborate on the development of the TRON concept, as well as the introduction of the standard into the computing market. As seen in the TRON Road Map, the TRON Project has come a long way, completing stage 1 and stage 2, and is now moving into the final stage, which includes fulfilling the ultimate vision of a "computing everywhere" environment.

Power.org

	Website: http://www.power.org/
Overview: Power.org's mission is to develop, enable and promote Power Architecture technology as the preferred open standard hardware development platform for the electronics industry and to administer qualification programs that optimize interoperability and accelerate innovation for a positive user experience.

SD Card Association

Website: http://www.sdcard.org/about/

Overview:

In January 2000, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), SanDisk Corporation and Toshiba Corporation established the SD Card Association as a new industry-wide organization charged with setting industry standards and promoting wide acceptance for the SD Memory Card in digital applications.

The association aims to establish the technical and specification standards for SD Memory Card applications, to continuously promote the SD memory card as the de-facto industry standard, and to encourage the development of digital A/V, wireless communication, and digital networking products that utilize the many unique benefits of SD technology.

The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC)

Website: http://www.eembc.com/

Overview:
EEMBC, the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, was formed in 1997 to develop meaningful performance benchmarks for the hardware and software used in embedded systems. Through the combined efforts of its members, EEMBC® benchmarks have become an industry standard for evaluating the capabilities of embedded processors, compilers, and Java implementations according to objective, clearly defined, application-based criteria.

USB-IF: USB Integrators Forum

Website: http://www.usb.org/home

Overview:
USB Implementers Forum, Inc. is a non-profit corporation founded by the group of companies that developed the Universal Serial Bus specification. The USB-IF was formed to provide a support organization and forum for the advancement and adoption of Universal Serial Bus technology. The Forum facilitates the development of high-quality compatible USB peripherals (devices), and promotes the benefits of USB and the quality of products that have passed compliance testing.

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