The (Formerly ) was an industry research, development, and standards body for electronics in Japan. It was merged with

EIAJ Founded in 1948, the Electronic Industries Association of Japan (EIAJ) was one of two Japanese electronics trade organizations that were merged into the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). Prior to the me ...

to form

JEITA The is a Japanese trade organization for the electronics and IT industries. It was formed in 2000 from two earlier organizations, the Electronic Industries Association of Japan and the Japan Electronic Industries Development Association. Histor ...

on November 1, 2000. JEIDA was similar to

SEMATECH SEMATECH (from Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology) is a not-for-profit consortium that performs research and development to advance chip manufacturing. SEMATECH has broad engagement with various sectors of the R&D community, including chipma ...

of the US, ECMA of Europe. JEIDA developed a number of standards, including the

JEIDA memory card The JEIDA memory card standard is a popular memory card standard at the beginning of memory cards appearing on portable computers. JEIDA cards could be used to expand system memory or as a solid-state storage drive. History Before the advent ...

, and the

Exif Exchangeable image file format (officially Exif, according to JEIDA/JEITA/CIPA specifications) is a standard that specifies formats for images, sound, and ancillary tags used by digital cameras (including smartphones), scanners and other system ...

graphical file format.

History

in 1967, Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. has first appeared in

Shibuya Shibuya ( 渋谷区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1 ...

, Tokyo, Japan. in 1989, Ryoko Communications Association Co., Ltd. was Re-branded into Japan Electronic Industries Development Association. in 2000, JEIDA became a Pending merger with

and was Reorganized into

External links

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