<s>
The	B-Library
Khronos	I-Library
Group	I-Library
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
,	O
non-profit	O
,	O
member-driven	O
consortium	B-Application
of	O
170	O
organizations	O
developing	O
,	O
publishing	O
and	O
maintaining	O
royalty-free	O
interoperability	O
standards	O
for	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
,	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
,	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computation	I-Operating_System
,	O
vision	O
acceleration	O
and	O
machine	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Library
Khronos	I-Library
Group	I-Library
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
companies	O
including	O
3Dlabs	O
,	O
ATI	O
,	O
Discreet	B-Application
,	O
Evans	O
&	O
Sutherland	O
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
SGI	O
,	O
and	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Promoter	O
members	O
include	O
AMD	O
,	O
Apple	O
,	O
Arm	B-Architecture
,	O
Epic	O
Games	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Huawei	O
,	O
Nokia	O
,	O
Imagination	O
,	O
intel	O
,	O
NVIDIA	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
Sony	O
,	O
Valve	O
and	O
Verisilcon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
,	O
Khronos	B-Library
first	O
creates	O
an	O
exploratory	O
group	O
to	O
gauge	O
industry	O
interest	O
before	O
creating	O
a	O
working	O
group	O
,	O
which	O
companies	O
can	O
join	O
as	O
members	O
to	O
assist	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
timeline	O
of	O
API	B-General_Concept
Specification	O
ratification	O
and	O
releases	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	B-Library
Khronos	I-Library
Group	I-Library
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Khronos	B-Library
members	O
may	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Khronos	B-Library
API	B-General_Concept
specifications	O
,	O
vote	O
at	O
various	O
stages	O
before	O
public	O
deployment	O
,	O
and	O
accelerate	O
delivery	O
of	O
their	O
platforms	O
and	O
applications	O
through	O
early	O
access	O
to	O
specification	O
drafts	O
and	O
conformance	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
that	O
the	O
standards	O
are	O
consistently	O
implemented	O
and	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
reliable	O
platform	O
for	O
developers	O
,	O
any	O
product	O
that	O
implements	O
a	O
Khronos	B-Library
API	B-General_Concept
standard	O
must	O
pass	O
conformance	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
API	B-General_Concept
Adopter	O
Program	O
enables	O
companies	O
to	O
test	O
their	O
products	O
for	O
conformance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Membership	O
in	O
Khronos	B-Library
Group	I-Library
provides	O
access	O
to	O
an	O
IP	O
framework	O
designed	O
to	O
protect	O
participant	O
IP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Khronos	B-Library
members	O
agree	O
not	O
to	O
assert	O
IP	O
rights	O
against	O
adopters	O
implementing	O
Khronos	B-Library
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IP	O
framework	O
protects	O
Khronos	B-Library
members	O
from	O
exposure	O
to	O
patent	O
lawsuits	O
and	O
reduces	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
IP	O
that	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
licensed	O
from	O
other	O
group	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Promoter	O
:	O
Full	O
working	O
group	O
participation	O
with	O
voting	O
rights	O
,	O
plus	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
designate	O
a	O
Director	O
to	O
the	O
Khronos	B-Library
Board	O
.	O
</s>
