Governance | CHIPS Alliance
webCHIPS Alliance is an open-source hardware consortium whose governance structure is relevant to AI safety insofar as it shapes the development of open hardware (chips, RISC-V, etc.) that underlies AI compute infrastructure.
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This page describes the governance structure of the CHIPS Alliance, an open-source hardware consortium. It outlines the roles of the Governing Board, Technical Advisory Council (TAC), and Outreach Committee, along with their current members and responsibilities.
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- •The Governing Board sets overall policy through participation agreements and technical charters for member organizations.
- •The Technical Advisory Council (TAC) facilitates communication among technical projects and implements technical policy within Governing Board direction.
- •TAC meetings are open to all participants, including non-members, promoting transparency in open hardware development.
- •Each hosted open-source project has its own process and community, with flexibility in day-to-day operations.
- •Member organizations include major tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, AMD, and Antmicro.
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In addition to the top-level structure of The CHIPS Alliance, each hosted open source project has its own process, structure, and community. While the Technical Advisory Council (TAC) sets high-level technical policy, projects have a great deal of flexibility in day-to-day operations, and would typically each adopt their own technical charter based on a common template . Governing Board The Governing Board sets overall policy through our participation agreement and technical charter, which describes the membership requirements and responsibilities of participants. Andrew Kahng UC San Diego Bryan Kelly Microsoft Chris Wang VeriSilicon Danny Hua Futurewei Hongbin Zhang ISCAS Matt Cockrell Google Governing Board Chair Peter Gielda Antmicro Prabhu Jayanna AMD Stefano Righi AMI US Holdings Inc Technical Advisory Council (TAC) The role of the Technical Advisory Council, or TAC, is to facilitate communication and collaboration among the CHIPS Alliance Technical Projects. The TAC is responsible for implementing technical policy and procedures within the scope and direction of the policies set by the Governing Board, such as defining and maintaining neutral consensus on the technical vision for CHIPS Alliance projects, shepherding projects through their technical lifecycle, and identifying, recruiting, and engaging prospective projects. The TAC operates openly and transparently, the voting members of the TAC consist of one representative appointed by each Platinum Member and one representative appointed by the technical oversight body (e.g., a technical steering committee) of each TAC Project. TAC meetings are open to all, and both members and non-members may participate. Aaron Cunningham Chair Outreach Committee The Outreach Committee is responsible for organizing the external presence of the CHIPS Alliance. Michael Gielda Chair Emeritus The Governing Board wishes to recognize the following people for their contributions to CHIPS Alliance. Zvonimir Bandic Founder & Governing Board Chair Robert Mains General Manager 2021-2025
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