To improve designers' productivity, the electronic design industry needs a methodology based on both worldwide standards and open interfaces. Accellera was formed in 2000 through the unification of Open Verilog International and VHDL International to focus on identifying new standards, development of standards and formats, and to foster the adoption of new methodologies.
Accellera's mission is to drive worldwide development and use of standards required by systems, semiconductor and design tools companies, which enhance a language-based design automation process. Its Board of Directors guides all the operations and activities of the organization, and is comprised of representatives from ASIC manufacturers, systems companies and design tool vendors.

Membership

Accellera's members directly influence development of the most important and widely used standards in electronic design. Member companies protect and leverage their investment in design languages through their funding of a proven, effective and responsible organization. In addition, Accellera members have a higher level of visibility in the EDA industry as active participants in Accellera-sponsored activities and as contributors to its decisions which impact the EDA industry.

Technical Committees

The Accellera Board of Directors established the Technical Committee (TC) to develop, update and extend hardware design language (HDL) standards. The TC is comprised of subcommittees that focus on the various standards under development, and report to the TC Chair. In addition, Accellera supports the activities of certain IEEE working groups and cooperates with other standards groups within the EDA industry.