Thank you for your interest in joining the UALink Consortium! 

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Two levels of Membership have been defined for participation in UALink, with both levels receiving recognition on the public website.

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Contributor Membership

Contributor Membership with UALink allows your company to enjoy all of the benefits of the Adopter class plus: 

• Participate in the Technical Working Groups

• Influence the direction of the technology

• Access the intermediate (dot level) specifications

 

Annual dues to participate at the Contributor level are:

$15,000 plus first year sign-up fee of $10,000

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Adopter Membership

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Adopter Membership with UALink allows your company to: 

• Access the Final Specifications (ex: 1.0, 2.0, etc., but not intermediate level specifications)

• Implement with the IP protections as outlined in the Participation Agreement

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Annual dues to participate at the Adopter level are:

$3,000 plus first year sign-up fee of $2,000​

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To Join UALink: 

Download the UALink Membership Participation Agreement and please send the completed agreement to UALink Administration (admin@ualinkconsortium.org) for countersignature and invoicing. For more information on Promoter Membership with the Consortium, please continue below.

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The UALink Consortium incorporated during the fourth quarter of 2024. Incorporation documents outlining the rights, privileges, and obligations of UALink Consortium Membership can be downloaded here.

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Is your company interested in serving on the UALink Board of Directors? Continue below for an exciting opportunity!

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Promoter Membership

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The governing Board of Directors for the UALink Consortium is called the UALink Promoters Group. There are nine (9) current UALink Promoter companies including Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Astera Labs, Cisco Systems, Inc., Google LLC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Intel Corporation, Meta Platforms, Inc., and Microsoft Corp.

 

The UALink Board of Directors has increased the number of Promoter positions from nine (9) to twelve (12), resulting in up to three (3) open Board seats for election by the existing Board of Directors. The election process will begin with a Call for Nominations. Upon election, the new Board seats will become active January 1, 2025. 

 

The process for the election is:

• Any UALink Contributor Member in good standing, that has executed the final Participation Agreement may nominate themselves.

• To nominate, the Board Nomination Questionnaire needs to be completed and submitted to UALink Administration before, Friday, November 22, 2024 at 5:00pm (Pacific Time) to admin@ualinkconsortium.org.

• The current UALink Board of Directors will hold an initial vote to determine the top candidates based on the submitted nomination forms.

• The top candidates will have 10-minute interviews on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 with the current Board of Directors. The interview will be conducted virtually over video with the candidate and may include one additional person from their company. The time of the interview will be communicated closer to the interview date

• A final vote will be held by the current Promoters and the result will be communicated to the final nominees before Friday, December 13, 2024.

• A press release will be released shortly thereafter announcing the additional Promoter companies elected.​​​

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