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• EIA board OK's split

  - 2007-09-01

  WASHINGTON -- The Electronic Industries Alliance's (eia.org) board of directors has approved a plan that would split the assets of the trade group coalition across five distinct organizations. Under the plan, EIA will distribute its assets equally among its four current member associations--The Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association...

  Tags: asset, board, electronics, JEDEC, Quality, reserve, standards, Telecommunications Industry Association, TIA

• The Antitrust Risks Associated With Manipulating The Standard-Setting Process.

  - 2004-10-13

  In many technology-related markets, an industry standard will emerge to provide a common framework or format to ensure interoperability among related products and to foster the development of ancillary or peripheral devices. Some standards will develop as a result of open market competition. In other cases, however, standards are created...

  Tags: antitrust, Authentication/Encryption, Dell Computer Corp., FTC, JEDEC, Rambus Inc., SECURITY, standards, Unocal Corp.

• Who set those standards? In the wake of outsourcing, alliances become increasingly important

  - 2002-07-22

  Companies are banding together to lead standardization and R&D efforts now that OEMs and IC houses are outsourcing more and more of their manufacturing, assembly and development, picking up the slack for an industry that no longer is dominated by any single company. While contract manufacturers, front-end and backend...

  Tags: alliance, Amkor Technology Inc., HARDWARE, IBM Corp., JEDEC, outsourcing, Quality, R&D, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, Semiconductors, standards, Strategy

• Federal Trade Commission examines standards-setting procedures.

  - 2001-11-01

  Government agency looking into how high-tech companies handle IP Who polices standards bodies? Nobody, really, but the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating several high-tech companies' behavior in standards bodies in an effort to determine whether they need...

  Tags: FTC, JEDEC, patent, Quality, standards, Sun Microsystems Inc.