Khronos Group

History

The Khronos Group was founded in 2000 by companies including ATI Technologies, Discreet, Evans & Sutherland, Intel Corporation, NVIDIA, Silicon Graphics (SGI), and Sun Microsystems. It now has over 140 member companies, over 30 adopters, and 24 conforming members.^[3] Its president is Neil Trevett.

Working groups

Active standards

• 3D Commerce, aligns the 3D asset workflow for online retail
• ANARI, Analytic Rendering Interface for Data Visualization
• COLLADA, a file-format intended to facilitate interchange of 3D assets
• EGL, an interface between Khronos rendering APIs such as OpenGL ES or OpenVG and the underlying native platform window system^[4]
• glTF, a file format specification for 3D scenes and models^[5]
• NNEF reduces machine learning deployment fragmentation by enabling a rich mix of neural network training tools and inference engines to be used by applications across a diverse range of devices and platforms^[6]
• OpenCL, a cross-platform computation API.^[7]
• OpenGL, a cross-platform computer graphics API
• OpenGL ES, a derivative of OpenGL for use on mobile and embedded systems, such as cell phones, portable gaming devices, and more
• OpenGL SC, a safety critical profile of OpenGL ES designed to meet the needs of the safety-critical market
• OpenVG, an API for accelerating processing of 2D vector graphics
• OpenVX, Hardware acceleration API for Computer Vision applications and libraries
• OpenXR, an open and royalty-free standard for virtual reality and augmented reality applications and devices
• SPIR, an intermediate compiler target for OpenCL and Vulkan
• SYCL, a single-source C++ DSEL for heterogeneous computing
• Vulkan, a low-overhead computer graphics API
• Vulkan SC, based on the existing Vulkan API specification to enable safety critical industries
• WebGL, a JavaScript binding to OpenGL ES within a browser on any platform supporting the OpenGL or OpenGL ES graphics standards

Inactive standards

• OpenML, an API for capturing, transporting, processing, displaying, and synchronizing digital media
• OpenKODE, an API for providing abstracted, portable access to operating system resources such as file systems, networks and math libraries
• OpenKCam, Advanced Camera Control API
• OpenMAX, a layered set of three programming interfaces of various abstraction levels, providing access to multimedia functionality
• OpenSL ES, an audio API tuned for embedded systems, standardizing access to features such as 3D positional audio and MIDI playback
• OpenWF, APIs for 2D graphics composition and display control
• StreamInput, an API for consistently handling input devices
• WebCL, a JavaScript binding to OpenCL within a browser

Members

Khronos Group divides its members followingly:^[8]

• Promoter Members – have full working group participation and voting rights, plus the right to designate a Director to the Khronos Board.
• Contributor Members – have full working group participation and voting rights.
• Associate Members – have full working group participation but without working group voting rights. Only available to companies with fewer than 100 employees.
• Academic Members – have full working group participation but without working group voting rights.
• Individual Contributors – Available by invitation only.

Current members as of August 2, 2019,^[update] are:

Promoter members

Contributor members

Associate members

Academic members

Individual Contributors

• PEREY Research & Consulting

Past members

Khronos Group maintains current lists of its members on its website.^[8]

References

External links

• Official website
• Pulli, Kari. "New APIs for Mobile Graphics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2007.