Membership Overview
The RapidIO Trade Association is a non-profit corporation controlled by
its members. The Trade Association directs the future development that
drives the adoption of the RapidIO fabric technology. Join this
collaborative team today to help influence the future of the RapidIO
standard.
Please review the information on this page for details about joining the
trade association. If you have any membership questions, please contact
us.
RapidIO Trade Association
Charter
Restrictions on Membership
Membership Levels
Summary of Membership Benefits
Membership Dues
RapidIO Trade Association Charter
The RapidIO Trade Association's mission is to promote the common business
interest of providers to the networking, telecom, storage, signal processor
and high performance embedded applications industries through the conduct of
a forum for the development of specifications and related activities
that:
- Support the creation of interoperable, scalable and reliable I/O
products, networking and communications systems and technologies;
- Are based on a high performance, packet-switched, system-level
interconnect that addresses the needs of a broad range of networking,
telecom, storage, signal processing, and high performance embedded
applications products and technologies; and
- Are limited to those elements required to enable, promote, or improve
communications, interoperability, and connectivity between products
developed in compliance with the specifications.
This includes promoting its specifications as industry-wide standards,
issuing design guidelines relating to its specifications; presenting
activities that promote the use of the specifications; and providing for the
licensing or publication of the specifications on reasonable and
non-discriminatory terms.
Restrictions on Membership
The RapidIO legal charter restricts membership to the following:
The Member is a commercial enterprise that is a user, manufacturer, seller,
or supplier of networking, telecom, storage, signal processing, or high
performance embedded applications products and technologies, or related
peripherals, software, or other similar products or services.
If you are a government or university, please contact us for more information about
joining.
Membership Levels
The RapidIO Trade Association has 4 levels of participation:
Steering Committee ($25,000.00 / year)
The Steering Committee members are the board of directors. Steering
Committee members may chair working groups, and are fully represented in all
trade events and RapidIO collateral material. The Steering Committee sets
the direction of the RapidIO Trade Association. The Steering Committee
approves all working groups and working group chairs as well as providing
final approval of specifications as RapidIO standards.
Sponsoring Member ($15,000.00 / year)
Sponsoring Members may join a Working Group of their choice, and they have
the benefits of the Regular Membership. Sponsoring members are guaranteed
participation in RapidIO trade events and RapidIO collateral material.
Sponsoring members may also chair working groups. Please note that
Sponsoring Members must be approved by the Steering Committee.
Regular Member ($9,500.00 / year)
Regular Members are eligible to participate in membership and workgroup
meetings and have access to RapidIO specifications released and under
development. Regular members may obtain access to the RapidIO bus functional
models through the BFM Working Group, a sub-license and additional annual
fee are required. Regular Members may have
other benefits as determined by the Steering Committee.
Auditing Participant ($2,500.00 / year)
Auditing participants have access to public RapidIO specifications and
bulletin boards. Auditing participants receive RapidIO member updates on
specification development progress, customer opportunities and meeting
reports. Guest attendance at workgroup meetings is available
for limited meetings, with approval from the workgroup chair; as an
opportunity to determine if becoming a Regular Member is of interest. They
may attend annual all member meetings. Auditing participants may have other
benefits as determined by the Steering Committee. Auditing participants do
not have voting privileges or access to the BFM.
All companies, regardless of the level at which they choose to become
members, benefit from being associated with the best-of-breed companies
within the RapidIO Trade Association.
Summary of Membership Benefits
|
|
Member Level |
| Benefit |
Steering |
Sponsoring |
Regular |
Auditing |
| Eligible for a steering committee seat |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Participation at trade and customer sales event hosted by the
RTA
|
Yes |
Yes |
At discretion of Exec. Dir.
|
No |
| Chairing of working groups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes
|
No |
| Inclusion in RapidIO collateral |
Yes |
Yes |
At discretion of Exec. Dir.
|
No |
| RapidIO-related press releases supported by RTA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Participate in working groups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes - At invitation of chair |
Yes - At invitation of chair |
| Access through license agreement RapidIO Bus Functional Model |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Voting Priviledges |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Assigned Vendor ID |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Offer Semiconductor Level RapidIO Products |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Access to members site libraries, monitoring access to
workgroups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access to public specs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Inclusion in members email lists |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access to RapidIO bulletin board |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Membership Dues
Annual membership dues will be associated with each level of membership
and will be set by the Steering Committee. These fees will permit the
association to adhere to the nonprofit 501(c)6 regulations. All fees are
initially directed at the administration, legal and public relations of the
association and are payable to the association by each class of member. The
fee structure is subject to change by resolution of the Steering
Committee.
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