Accellera

Founded: September 2000; from the merger of OVI and VI

Board Members: ARM, Cadence, Denali, Freescale, IBM, Intel, Magma, Mentor, Nokia, Novas, Qualcomm, Rockwell Collins, Sun, Synopsys, Texas Instruments

Mission: Accellera provides design and verification standard for quick availability and use in the electronics industry. The organization and its members cooperatively deliver much-needed EDA standards that lower the cost of designing commercial IC and EDA products. As a result of Accellera's partnership with the IEEE, Accellera standards are provided to the IEEE Standards Association for formalization and ongoing change control.

Number of Members: See Web site for latest Membership List (www.accellera.org/join/roster)

Mix of Members: EDA, Semiconductor, Electronic Systems

Classification: Non-profit

Deliverables: See Web site for latest Technical Activities (www.accellera.org/activities)

Working Groups: See Web site for latest active Working Groups (www.accellera.org/activities)

Funding: Membership Dues

Benefits of Membership: See Web site for membership benefits (www.accellera.org/join)

Web Address: www.accellera.org

Tech Support Available: N/A

White Papers/Documentation Available: See Web site for currently available documentation (www.accellera.org/activities/techrep)

Training: See Web site for training events (www.accellera.org/events)

Tech Focus: EDA Standards

Partnership/Collaborations: IEEE