Sony and NVIDIA become Khronos promoting members

The Khronos Group has announced that NVIDIA and Sony Computer Electronic Inc (SCEI) have become Khronos Promoting Members, gaining a seat on the Board of Directors that direct Khronos activities.
Khronos also announced that CoreLogic, GiQuila, Nextreaming and Sasken Communication Technologies have become Khronos Contributing Members to participate in the ongoing development of open, royalty-free embedded media API standards.
Harman/Becker has also become a Khronos Adopter for OpenGL ES 1.0, which enables them to test their products for conformance with the OpenGL ES 1.0 specification and use the OpenGL ES logo in the automotive market.
Founded in 2000, the Khronos Group is a member-funded industry consortium focused on the creation of open standard APIs such as COLLADA, OpenGL ES, OpenMAX, OpenML, OpenVG and OpenSL ES to enable the authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices.
All Khronos members are able to contribute to the development of Khronos API specifications, are empowered to vote at various stages before public deployment, and are able to accelerate the delivery of their cutting-edge media platforms and applications through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests.
NVIDIA plays a leading role in Khronos and is actively promoting numerous Khronos API standards including OpenGL ES, OpenVG, OpenMAX, COLLADA and OpenSL ES.
NVIDIA's GoForce family of wireless media processors use the Khronos APIs to deliver a high-performance, visually rich multimedia experience on mobile phones and handheld devices combined with low power consumption and long battery life.
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