There are three levels at which an individual or company or academic institution can participate in Khronos Group activity, each with its own set of benefits:
- Academic Contributors have full API working group participation but no voting rights.
- Contributors - have full API working group participation and voting rights, and generous marketing benefits.
- Promoters - act as the "Board of Directors" to set the direction of the Group, with final specification ratification voting rights.
Any company is encouraged to join the Khronos Group to participate in the development of open standards for mobile and desktop media technologies.
TAKUMI Corporation is a joint venture of Sanshin Electronics and Kubota Comps, established October 2003. Their "GSHARK Family" OpenGL ES 2D/3D graphics engine IP core is intended for use in mobile handset devices, such as cellular phones and personal digital assistants. The engine offers high performance, as well as compact size and low-power consumption, built-in a geometry engine and high-speed 2D sprite engine. The GSHARK IP core is available for licensing to multimedia digital consumer, entertainment applications and embedded solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.gshark.com.