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- JEDEC
- The division of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) that deals with semiconductor standards (officially, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association of EIA). JEDEC was formed in 1958 when the...
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ZDNet Resources
- ZDNet reader: Don't let OOXML vs. ODF shenanigans tarnish other standards setters
- I've been a watcher of the great many standards setting processes for a great many years and there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes that most people don't know about. In 2003, I even won an award for my coverage of standards from the American National Standards Institute:...
- Tags: JEDEC, Specification, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Computerworld, OpenDocument Format, Session, Standards, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Public discourse under way over definition of "open"
- Public discourse under way over definition of "open"No commenta VERY thoughtful analysis!Writing in the box[i]The box for editing comments on IBM blogs is small and difficult to work with if you're trying to edit a long post at midnight.[/i]As distinct from the box for editing comments on ZD blogs?Pot, meet...
- Tags: Quality, specification, DRAM, JEDEC, standards
- Discussion threads 2005-06-17
Additional Resources
- RAM to avoid: hot, expensive and slow
- RAM to avoid: hot, expensive and slowJEDECFB-DIMM was proposed by Intel back in 2003 (March, to be specific) to the JC-42 memory committee. The reason for it, as they explained in their slideware, was that server performance had more to do with total amount of memory than with either...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Memory, Servers, RAM, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., FB-DIMM
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
- Must vendors wait for standards?
- Must vendors wait for standards?Differences and Distinctions[i]The problem I see is with the standards bodies. Prolonging an argument (and this could go on for another year) only promotes the establishment of quasi-proprietary standards on a standard base. Or maybe I’m just old-fashioned…[/i]Lumping all standards groups together is approximately as valid...
- Tags: Quality, standards
- Discussion threads 2007-01-24
- FTC: Rambus monopolized memory chip market
- FTC: Rambus monopolized memory chip marketHere we go againHistory repeats -- especially when it works so well the first time.Rambus is [i]reputed[/i] to hold blocking IP on the JEDEC FBDIMM standard. However, they refuse to tell the Committee or JEDEC BOD what, if any, they have.Of course, in a...
- Tags: Corporate law, Semiconductors, Network technology, Rambus Inc., antitrust, patent, memory chip, FTC, fraud statute, chip
- Discussion threads 2006-08-02
- OpenDocument standard ratified
- OpenDocument standard ratifiedJust a WAG but I would say...Office Automation and workflows would be a couple of places where Microsoft Office users would find .odf supported documents lacking.Like I said, just a WAG.Sounds like a good excuse.Was that your only one?Are you working with DRAMs? ntntStill waiting[i]However, Jason Matusow, Microsoft...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- AMD power usage trumps Intel -- but does anyone care?
- AMD power usage trumps Intel -- but does anyone care?I care, and the Pentium M is Intel's secret weaponJoel,Nice work and thanks for that link which measures CPU power consumption. I'll have to see if they include Pentium M numbers.I do have a comment. You're absolutely right that...
- Tags: Processors, Servers, Pentium M architecture, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Pentium M, Intel Pentium, processor
- Discussion threads 2005-08-03
- New OASIS chairman replaced after only five months
- New OASIS chairman replaced after only five monthsFYIA much older standards body ([url="http://www.jedec.org"]JEDEC[/url]) which deals almost entirely in hardware [1] has a [url="http://www.jedec.org/Home/manuals/JEDEC_Patent_Policy_Stmt.pdf"]patent policy[/url] much stricter than OASIS' current RAND policy.If OASIS had adopted JEDEC's "unencumbered if possible, RAND if you must" policy from the beginning, I suspect that the...
- Tags: Corporate governance, OASIS, board, Eduardo Gutentag
- Discussion threads 2005-08-03
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