Industry Associations
JEDEC is the leading developer of standards for the
microelectronics industry. Over 3,000 participants, appointed by
nearly 300 companies, work together in 50 JEDEC committees to
meet the needs of every segment of the industry, manufacturers
and consumers alike. The publications and standards that they
generate are accepted throughout the world. All JEDEC standards
are available online, at no charge.
The ONFI Working Group is dedicated to simplifying integration of
NAND Flash memory into consumer electronics (CE) applications
and computing platforms. The ONFI Working Group was formed in
May 2006 and currently has more than 90 member companies.
ONFI's founding companies include Hynix Semiconductor, Intel
Corporation, Micron Technology, Inc., Phison Electronics
Corporation, SanDisk, Sony Corporation, and Spansion.
Formed in September 2004, the SATA-IO is the International Organization that owns and manages Serial ATA specifications as open industry standards. The organization defines and implements Serial ATA storage specification as the industry's storage needs evolve. It is dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of the SATA technology by maintaining the specifications, promoting and marketing the benefits of the technology and creating future interface features and specifications that carry storage into the next decade.
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit global organization, made up of some 400 member companies spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA's mission is to lead the storage industry worldwide in developing and promoting standards, technologies, and educational services to empower organizations in the management of information. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education, and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market.
The aim of the new working group is to focus on driving specifications of PCIe SSD interfaces by building industry momentum around key customer benefits including performance, features, form factor, availability and serviceability.
The Green Grid is a global consortium of companies, government agencies and educational institutions dedicated to resource efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems. The Green Grid does not endorse vendor-specific products or solutions, and instead seeks to provide industry-wide recommendations on best practices, metrics and technologies that will improve overall data center energy efficiency.
