<s>
The	O
SPMT	O
Consortium	B-Application
is	O
a	O
coalition	O
of	O
companies	O
involved	O
in	O
designing	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
,	O
integrated	O
circuits	O
,	O
and	O
semiconductor	B-Architecture
IP	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SPMT	O
Consortium	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2009	O
by	O
ARM	O
Holdings	O
,	O
Hynix	O
Semiconductor	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
LG	O
Electronics	O
,	O
Samsung	O
Electronics	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
and	O
Silicon	O
Image	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Consortium	B-Application
is	O
managed	O
by	O
SPMT	O
,	O
LLC	O
,	O
the	O
entity	O
responsible	O
for	O
licensing	O
the	O
SPMT	O
memory	O
interface	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SPMT	O
Consortium	B-Application
is	O
divided	O
into	O
three	O
levels	O
of	O
membership	O
:	O
Promoters	O
(	O
Founders	O
)	O
,	O
Contributors	O
,	O
and	O
Members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Promoters	O
(	O
Founders	O
)	O
:	O
Define	O
,	O
implement	O
and	O
promote	O
Serial	B-General_Concept
Port	I-General_Concept
Memory	I-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
for	O
broad	O
market	O
adoption	O
as	O
an	O
industry	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SPMT	O
Consortium	B-Application
assesses	O
an	O
annual	O
fee	O
from	O
all	O
members	O
to	O
help	O
fund	O
the	O
marketing	O
,	O
administration	O
and	O
licensing	O
activities	O
of	O
the	O
Consortium	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
18	O
,	O
2009	O
-	O
SPMT	O
Consortium	B-Application
announced	O
.	O
</s>
