6-596: The HSA Foundation is a not-for-profit engineering organization of industry and academia that works on the development of the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA), a set of royalty-free computer hardware specifications, as well as open source software development tools needed to use HSA features in application software. The HSA Foundation aims to develop and define features and interfaces for various types of computer processors, including CPUs , graphics processors , DSPs ; as well as
12-426: A NPO as they are not formed explicitly for the public good as an NPO must be, and NFPOs are considered "recreational organizations", meaning that they do not operate with the goal of generating revenue as opposed to NPOs. An NFPO does not have the same obligation as an NPO to serve the public good, and as such it may be used to apply for tax-exempt status as an organization that serves its members and does not have
18-437: Is a legal entity that does not distribute surplus funds to its members and is formed to fulfill specific objectives. An NFPO does not earn profit for its owners, as any revenue generated by its activities must be put back into the organization. While not-for-profit organizations and non-profit organizations (NPO) are distinct legal entities, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. An NFPO must be differentiated from
24-726: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Bologna , and the not-for-profit engineering organization Linaro . The HSA Foundation has itself joined the Linux Foundation . HSA Foundation engineering works with upstream projects on a set of requirements that are determined by the Technical Steering Committee. Not-for-profit A not-for-profit or non-for-profit organization ( NFPO )
30-579: The memory systems that connect these. The resulting architecture, HSA, aims to make it easier to program parallel systems built from heterogeneous combinations of these devices. The HSA Foundation was founded by AMD , ARM Holdings , Imagination Technologies , MediaTek , Qualcomm , Samsung and Texas Instruments . Further members include licensors and licensees of semiconductor intellectual property , developers of CPUs , GPUs , DSPs and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) based upon own and/or licensed technology, academic partners such as
36-602: The goal of generating profit. An example of this is a sports club , which exists for the enjoyment of its members and thus would function well as an NFPO, with revenue being re-invested into improving the organization. These organizations typically file for tax exemption in the United States under section 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code as social clubs. Common ventures for which NFPOs are established include: Charities, as NFPOs, function under
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