Infrared Data Association Crosses the 1 Billion Mark with 297 Million Devices Shipped in 2005

Infrared Data Association Crosses the 1 Billion Mark with 297 Million Devices Shipped in 2005

IrDA Announces New Executive Officer and Committee Leadership

The Infrared Data Association (IrDA – www.irda.org) made several important announcements during its General Meetings in October, held at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan and sponsored by IrDA Members Avago Technologies, ITX E-Globaledge, Vishay and Waseda University. The association announced its newly published Market Report which shows the unprecedented growth of 297 million IrDA enabled devices shipped in the year 2005. IrDA also held its bi-annual election of Officers and Committee Chairs. The elections featured a large majority of candidates from Asia, reflecting the dramatic implementation levels and increases in products, especially handheld devices, coming out in the Asia marketplace (due to increased popularity in lower cost, higher speed and more secure data transfer capabilities). Specific details of actual shipments by global regions, devices and applications are included in the IrDA Market Report and can be obtained from the organization’s web site.

The newly elected Officers within IrDA for the next 2 years are:

IrDA President              Gontaro Kitazumi -ITX E-Globaledge, Japan
Vice President - Asia       Sanjay Krishnan - Avago Technologies,
                            Singapore
Vice President - Europe     John Earley - Supergold Corp., U.K.
Vice President - Americas   Jim Toal - Vishay Optoelectronics, U.S.
Treasurer                   Ron Brown - IrDA
Secretary                   Daphne Terrell - IrDA
The newly elected Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs are:

Marketing Chair             Yoshiaki Uoyama - OI Technologies, Japan
Technical Chair             Joerg Angerstein - Vishay Optoelectronics,
                            Germany
Physical Layer Co-Chair     Wee-Sin Tan - Avago Technologies,
                            Singapore
Protocol Layer Co-Chair     Hitoshi Naoe - Sharp Corporation, Japan
Test and Interoperability
Chair                       Keming Yeh - ACTiSYS Corporation, U.S.
Interop Co-Chair            Tatsuo Iwasaki - OI Technologies, Japan
Test Co-Chair               Yoshiaki Uoyama - OI Technologies, Japan

Mitsuji Matsumoto, Waseda University, was appointed to the newly created position of Senior Executive Advisor for Regulations and Academia. This signifies an important new emphasis on relationships with other standards bodies and added interest in global research and development for IrDA technologies within colleges and Universities.

About IrDA – IrDA (www.irda.org) is an International Organization formed in 1993 to create global, interoperable, low-cost infrared technology specification standards.
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