■Who is T-Engine Forum?

T-Engine Forum is an NPO to promote the standards in order to streamline realtime embedded systems development, and to develop the universal infrastructure for context-awareness to realize ubiquitous computing environment. Its activity has international scope.

• T-Engine Forum writes the specification of ucode, which is the universal id system to identify “physical objects” and “places” as well as conducts the specification creation, and promotion of utilization of ubiquitous ID architecture which is an application of ucode.
  • Operates Ubiquitous ID Center which is in charge of issuing/managing ucode.
  • Conducts standardization activities toward realizing ubiquitous computing environment, and plays a coordinating role among governmental and international organizations.
    
    
• T-Engine Forum conducts the followings: creation of the specification of real-time OS based on open architecture “T-Kernel,” distribution of its open source code, promotion of the distribution of middleware implemented on T-Kernel, writing specification and promotion of the standard development environment, “T-Engine,” and conducts “The TRON Engineer Certification Examination.”
  
  
• T-Engine Forum membership types and annual fee
  • Executive Committee members
    A-members that pay 3,000,000 yen or more (please pay three shares or more)
  • A-members one share 1,000,000 yen/year (please pay one share or more)
  • B-members one share 100,000 yen/year (please pay one share or more)
  • e-members one share 100,000 yen/year (please pay one share or more)
  • Academic members Free/year
  • Supporting members one share 1,000,000 yen/year (please pay three shares or more)

Table 1　Membership Type / Activity contents