SiBEAM :: Industry Associations

Industry Associations

SiBEAM is a standards-focused company. SiBEAM is leading and contributing to the industry’s foremost associations and consortium for the development of very high data rate wireless communications standards.

	WirelessHD^™ Broadcom Corporation, Intel Corporation, LG Electronics Inc., NEC Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Philips Electronics, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, SiBEAM, Inc., Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation, have joined together to form WirelessHD, an industry-led effort to define a specification for the next generation wireless digital network interface specification for consumer electronics products based on the 60GHz millimeter wave band..

	IEEE 802 The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee develops Local Area Network standards and Metropolitan Area Network standards. The most widely used standards are for the Ethernet family, Token Ring, Wireless LAN, Bridging and Virtual Bridged LANs. An individual Working Group provides the focus for each area.

	Consumer Electronics Association The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry through technology policy, events, research, promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA represents more than 1,850 corporate video, mobile electronics, wireless and landline communications, information technology, home networking, multimedia and accessory products, as well as related services that are sold through consumer channels. Combined, CEA's members account for more than $110 billion in annual sales. CEA's resources are available online at www.CE.org, the definitive source for information about the consumer electronics industry. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Defining Tomorrow's Technology. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.

	Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator The Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator, or DTLA, administers Digital Transmission Content Protection (“DTCP”) technology. DTCP protects high-value digital motion pictures, television programs and audio against unauthorized interception and copying in the home and personal environment (e.g., between a digital set top box and digital video recorder, or between a personal computer and a digital TV). DTLA has approved and published a new supplement to the DTCP Specification for the Use of WirelessHD.

	Global Semiconductor Alliance The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) mission is to accelerate the growth and increase the return on invested capital of the global semiconductor industry by fostering a more effective fabless ecosystem through collaboration, integration and innovation. It addresses the challenges within the supply chain including IP, EDA/design, wafer manufacturing, test and packaging to enable industry-wide solutions. Providing a platform for meaningful global collaboration, the Alliance identifies and articulates market opportunities, encourages and supports entrepreneurship, and provides members with comprehensive and unique market intelligence. Members include companies throughout the supply chain representing 25 countries across the globe.

	Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is a privately held, not-for-profit trade association. Founded in 1998, their main tasks are to publish Bluetooth specifications, administer the qualification program, protect the Bluetooth trademarks, and evangelize Bluetooth wireless technology. With over 13,000 members, Bluetooth wireless technology is the global short-range wireless standard for personal connectivity of a broad range of electronic devices. The technology continues to develop, building on its inherent strengths – small-form factor radio, low power, low cost, built-in security, robustness, ease-of-use, and ad hoc networking abilities

	Wi-Fi Alliance The goal of this organization is to driving adoption of a single worldwide standard for high-speed wireless local area networking. Today, in every continent, one in ten people around the world use Wi-Fi at home, at work, in countless ways. Wi-Fi adoption continues to grow, and common goals still bind together more than 300 Wi-Fi Alliance member companies from dozens of countries.

	Wireless Gigabit Alliance Formed in 2009, this organization strives to meet the needs of consumers and manufacturers, by developing a specification that will allow devices to communicate wirelessly at gigabit speeds with wireless technology.