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PICMG’s charter is to develop completely open industry standards for the “non-desktop,” specialized computer market. Our open standards are sometimes described as “COTS” (Commercial off the Shelf) or “MOSA” (Modular Open Standards Architectures) technologies. Anyone can use or build to PICMG standards, and no licenses or royalties are necessary for either use or manufacture.

Any interested individual or company can join PICMG, a non-profit financed largely through membership dues, and play an important role. Suppliers and users of industrial, telecommunications, data acquisition, mil/aero, transportation, user interface, and security equipment are encouraged to join the community of designers, integrators, and users of PICMG technologies. PICMG is a “flat” organization that encourages collaboration and is not controlled by any single company or small group of companies. Robust Intellectual Property policies and formal Policies and Procedures ensure fair, transparent, and open technology development processes. PICMG is governed by the entire Executive Membership, who act as the Board of Directors (see GOVERNANCE).

In a mere 25 years of existence, PICMG has published, developed, maintained, and expanded more than 50 individual specifications grouped in nine broad product families. These specs address a broad range of applications ranging from small single board computers to large, highly reliable platforms for critical telecommunications infrastructure that can process up to 10 terabits/second of data in a single chassis. Groups who develop these standards are interested in accomplishing a goal quickly, and bureaucracy and politics are almost always kept to a minimum. Participating companies also benefit from knowledge of the standard prior to its release, resulting in the accelerated development of compliant and leading-edge products.

The large and technically diverse membership brings a huge talent and experience base for problem solving that is beyond the reaches of even most of the largest companies in the computer industry. PICMG member skills include mechanical and thermal design, electronics and processor design, high speed signaling, simulation, and layout, ruggedization, data acquisition, software, high reliability system design, packaging, system integration, and many more.

There are four levels of membership:

Executive Members have the rights of full participation in standards development activities, may propose new standards work, and provide full governance of the organization, functioning as the Board of Directors. Associates must agree to abide by PICMG’s governance documents, including the Intellectual Property Policy.

Associate Membership have the privilege of participating in all standards development activities and Associates have full participation and voting rights relative to those standards. Associates must agree to abide by PICMG’s governance documents, including the Intellectual Property Policy.

Affiliate Membership is a document subscription service for those who only need that level of information.

University Membership. Contact [email protected] for details


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You have selected the University membership level.

  • Access to 5 PDF specifications per year
  • Can propose issues for discussion at meetings
  • Permitted to use PICMG name and logo in literature and trade shows
  • May participate in technical committees and vote on spec ratification
  • Able to submit products to Member Product Directory
  • May submit PICMG related press releases and articles to picmg.org
  • Company listing/logo/link on PICMG Site
  • May vote on all matters put to a general vote when meeting attendance eligibility requirements are met
  • May chair technical committees

The price for membership is $1,500.00 now.

Membership expires after 1 Year.

You have selected the Affiliate membership level.

  • One PDF copy of latest version of any 2 PICMG specifications
  • May purchase electronic, watermarked copies of any specification
  • Annual Dues: $1,000

The price for membership is $1,000.00 now.

Membership expires after 1 Year.

You have selected the Associate membership level.

  • One PDF copy of latest version of any 5 PICMG specifications
  • May purchase electronic, watermarked copies of any specification
  • May propose issues for discussion at Executive Members meetings
  • Permitted to use PICMG name and logo in literature and trade shows
  • May participate in technical committees
  • May vote on specification ratification
  • Company listing on the PICMG website
  • May access the Members-Only website
  • May submit products at no charge to the Member Product Directory
  • May submit PICMG related press releases and articles to picmg.org
  • Annual Dues: $2,250

The price for membership is $2,250.00 now.

Membership expires after 1 Year.

You have selected the Executive membership level.

  • All Associate Member privileges, plus...
  • Unlimited PDF specifications
  • May participate in marketing steering committee
  • May sponsor technical subcommittees
  • May vote on all matters put to a general vote when meeting attendance eligibility requirements are met
  • Eligible to chair technical committees
  • May submit products at no charge to the Member Product Directory
  • May submit PICMG related press releases and articles to picmg.org
  • Company listing, logo, and link on website
  • Annual Dues: $3,000

The price for membership is $3,000.00 now.

Membership expires after 1 Year.

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Membership Terms and Conditions

BY SUBMITTING THIS application, the applicant acknowledges and agrees that, when accepted by PICMG, this application represents a binding contract between the parties and commits the applicant comply with all the terms and conditions of PICMG’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the PICMG Policies and Procedures for Specification Development, the PICMG Intellectual Property Policy, and such rules and policies as the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt; and adhere to trademark guidelines and usage policies, as well as trademark license agreements.

To contact any of the Officers or our administration team, please email [email protected] with your specific question or request.

There are three main governing documents:

  1. The Bylaws. These define how the organization is to be run and the duties of officers and members. Review Bylaws
  2. The Intellectual Property Policy. This Policy defines the responsibilities of anyone from a member company engaged in a standards development committee. It is designed to identify intellectual property early in the development process and procure licensing commitments, should that be appropriate. Members are required to identify IP they are personally aware of during the standard development process. The development committee can choose to incorporate it or not. IP that the owner is unable or unwilling to license under RAND (Reasonable and Non Discriminatory) terms is rejected. All PICMG members are required to offer RAND licensing of their IP to anyone if it is included in a standard. We do not expect any single member individual to know their company’s entire IP portfolio, but should some be discovered at some future date, the RAND licensing requirement ensures that implementers can’t suddenly be left out in the cold. Review IPR Policy

PICMG does not get involved in any actual licensing negotiations, but ensures that it is done. IP declarations are reviewed at several stages of the development process and again when the final ratification vote is taken.

  1. Policies and Procedures. This document defines the PICMG standards development process, which is very structured. It includes such things as technical committee officers and their duties, voting rules, disclosure rules, and the entire standards development process from beginning to end. Review Policies and Procedures

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Upon successful completion of your membership application, you will receive an email with a discount code entitling you to the specifications that come along free with your membership.


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