About PICMG
What is PICMG
PICMG is a consortium of companies who collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members of the consortium have a long history of developing leading edge products for these industries.
Founded in 1994, PICMG's original mission was to extend the PCI standard, from the PCI Special Interest Group for use in non-traditional computer markets such as Industrial Automation, Medical, Military and Telecom. With the advent of fabric based transports PICMG specs have continued to evolve. This has resulted in a series of specifications that include CompactPCI®, AdvancedTCA®, AdvancedMC™, CompactPCI Express™, COM Express™ and SHB Express™. Each specification has a unique PICMG identifier. Details on each specification, including those under development can be found in our Specifications Directory. These specifications are represented by many leading edge products from PICMG member companies, details of which can be found in our Product Directory.
Our Purpose
PICMG's purpose is to offer equipment vendors common specifications,
thereby increasing availability and reducing costs and time to market.
Our Structure
PICMG is headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The organization is led
by a group of elected officers and is comprised
of two levels of membership and
an Affiliate level for specification subscriptions. Technical subcommittees,
under the direction of the Technical Officer, are responsible for the development
of PICMG specifications. PICMG is committed to open specifications, available
to all and developed by member companies who represent a broad cross-section
of the marketplace. To enable participation by companies both large and
small, we have maintained an accessible dues structure.
Bylaws
PICMG is incorporated as a not-for-profit, tax exempt organization. The group's Bylaws are available for download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Officers
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Name | Title |
| Joe Pavlat | President and Chairman | |
| Dick Somes | Vice President & Technical Director | |
| Rob Davidson | Vice President of Marketing | |
| Michael Munroe | Secretary & Treasurer |
Contact Us
There are a number of ways to obtain more information about the activities of PICMG and member companies.
You can contact individual members. See the Executive Members section or the Associate Members section.
For membership information or to obtain PICMG specifications, contact PICMG Headquarters as indicated below:
Inquiry Form: PICMG Inquiry Form Email: info@picmg.org Phone: 1-781-246-9318
(between 8:00am and 5:00pm Eastern US time)Fax: 1-781-224-1239 Mail: PICMG
c/o Virtual, Inc.
401 Edgewater Place, Suite 600
Wakefield, MA 01880
USA