<s>
The	O
HSA	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
not-for-profit	O
engineering	O
organization	O
of	O
industry	O
and	O
academia	O
that	O
works	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Heterogeneous	B-Architecture
System	I-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
HSA	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
royalty-free	O
computer	O
hardware	O
specifications	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
development	O
tools	O
needed	O
to	O
use	O
HSA	O
features	O
in	O
application	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HSA	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
aims	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
define	O
features	O
and	O
interfaces	O
for	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
computer	O
processors	O
,	O
including	O
CPUs	B-General_Concept
,	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
,	O
DSPs	B-Architecture
;	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
memory	B-General_Concept
systems	O
that	O
connect	O
these	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
architecture	O
,	O
HSA	O
,	O
aims	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
program	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
systems	O
built	O
from	O
heterogeneous	O
combinations	O
of	O
these	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HSA	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
AMD	O
,	O
ARM	O
Holdings	O
,	O
Imagination	O
Technologies	O
,	O
MediaTek	B-Architecture
,	O
Qualcomm	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
and	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
members	O
include	O
licensors	O
and	O
licensees	O
of	O
semiconductor	O
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
developers	O
of	O
CPUs	B-General_Concept
,	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
,	O
DSPs	B-Architecture
and	O
application-specific	O
integrated	O
circuits	O
(	O
ASICs	O
)	O
based	O
upon	O
own	O
and/or	O
licensed	O
technology	O
,	O
academic	O
partners	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Lawrence	O
Livermore	O
National	O
Laboratory	O
and	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Bologna	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
not-for-profit	O
engineering	O
organization	O
Linaro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HSA	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
has	O
itself	O
joined	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
HSA	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
engineering	O
works	O
with	O
upstream	O
projects	O
on	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
requirements	O
that	O
are	O
determined	O
by	O
the	O
Technical	O
Steering	O
Committee	O
.	O
</s>
