The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC) is the semiconductor engineering standardization body of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), a trade association that represents all areas of the electronics industry.

JEDEC was founded in 1960 as a joint activity between EIA and NEMA. JEDEC has issued widely used standards for device interfaces, such as computer memory (RAM) standards, including the DDR SDRAM standards. It has over 300 members, including some of the world's largest computer companies.

JEDEC also standardizes chip carriers for electronic components. One of the hot issue is currently the creation of a definition of lead-free packages that would prevent the production of tin-whiskers. JEDEC is working with iNemi on a joint interest group.

External links

• JEDEC.org index
• List of JEDEC member companies
• JEP95, the master JEDEC package list
• INemi, tin whiskers user group of iNemi, a consortium of electronics companies

Standards organizations

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association