ESD联盟是该行业的网络中心，并举办与行业和社区利益相关的教育和其他活动。这些活动包括从重要主题的演讲到小组讨论和对企业家的采访。

该联盟还寻求与成员公司，企业和社区领导人以及政府机构的合作机会，以提供一个讨论，辩论和想法产生的平台，以改善整个半导体生态系统。

会员公司可以访问详细的季度电子设计市场数据报告（以前称为市场统计服务-MSS-报告），并被鼓励通过参加ESD联盟委员会来帮助推动整个行业的解决方案。此外，会员可免费参加大多数ESD联盟活动，并享有参加年度Phil Kaufman奖晚宴的首选价格。

ESD联盟委员会着重于共同关心的问题，成员可以开会以影响并紧跟反盗版，出口管制和行业OS路线图等行业计划。通过关注通用性并促进合作，ESD联盟提高了其成员为成员公司服务的客户社区提供的工具，服务和通信的有效性。

有关ESD联盟成员资格或加入ESD联盟的更多信息，请通过[email protected]与执行总监Bob Smith联系 。

ESD Alliance Member Companies

The ESD Alliance was founded in 1989 as the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC) as an association of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies to address common issues, including negotiating with the Design Automation Conference (DAC), a major industry trade show. EDAC then became a co-sponsor of DAC in 1992.

In 1994, EDAC published the first Market Statistics Service (MSS) report, including revenue, reported in confidence, by public and private EDA companies, allowing companies, investors and analysts to track trends in the industry.  In the same year, the Consortium began presenting the annual Phil Kaufman Award, honoring individuals who have made an outstanding impact on the industry.

EDAC continued its support of industry events in 1998 by becoming a co-sponsor of the Design And Test in Europe (DATE) conference.

The unified industry voice was instrumental in achieving simplified EDA export regulations with Wassenaar Plenary approval and publication in the US export regulations in 2004. This was followed in 2005 by Wassenaar approval of an export exemption for encryption of semiconductor device design data, with US Department of Commerce approval following in 2006.

Also in 2004, the first Operating System (OS) Roadmap was published, greatly simplifying the selection and cost associated with supporting numerous operating systems by both EDA vendors and customers.

Responding to changes in the industry, including the increasing importance of Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP) and System on Chip (SoC), EDAC renamed itself as the Electronic System Design Alliance in 2016.

在2018年，认识到半导体设计和制造日益集成的情况，ESD联盟成为了SEMI技术社区。

有关更详细的时间表，请访问ESDA背景页面。