Certified Wireless USB from the USB-IF was developed to create a new wireless extension to USB that combines the speed and security of wired technology with the ease-of-use of wireless technology. The certification will speed time to market and ensure rapid consumer adoption by preserving and extending the investment in the existing USB device and class driver infrastructure. Broad industry participation in the Promoter Group demonstrates the multi-vendor support of the technology and will ensure interoperability of Wireless USB devices. The original USB principles of ease-of-use, compatibility, and low cost continue to influence every design decision made by the group. To learn more about Wireless USB please visit http://www.usb.org/wusb.
The WiMedia Alliance is an open industry association whose mission is to promote personal-area range wireless connectivity and interoperability among multimedia devices in a networked environment. The not-for-profit Alliance is involved in the development and adoption of standards-based specifications that govern the connection of wireless multimedia devices including application, transport, and control profiles and test suites. The WiMedia Alliance also sponsors a certification program to accelerate wide-spread consumer adoption of "wire-free" solutions. The Board members of WiMedia are executives from many leading consumer electronics companies, and include Jim Meyer, Alereon's Vice President of Business Development. To learn more about Wimedia, please visit www.wimedia.org.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), a trade association comprised of leaders in the telecommunications, computing, and network industries, is driving development of the technology and bringing it to market. The Bluetooth SIG promoters include Agere, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba, and hundreds of Associate and Adopter member companies. To learn more about Bluetooth, please visit www.bluetooth.org.
The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) is an industry organization which was created to achieve a more optimal balance between semiconductor wafer supply and demand. The mission of the FSA is to be the global voice for both fabless and hybrid semiconductor companies and for their supply chain partners. Alereon is a voting member of the FSA. To learn more about the FSA, please visit www.fsa.org.
The SD Memory Card is a highly-sophisticated memory device, about the size of a postage stamp, which delivers a combination of high storage capacity (up to 128 MB and 256 MB), fast data transfer, great flexibility and excellent security. The SD Card Association is a group of companies who plan to actively engage in the design, development, manufacture or sale of products or services which utilize the SD Specifications. For more information, please visit www.sdcard.org.