--- title: 'Membership' date: 2021-07-17 type: home layout: single promo-h1: OpenPOWER Foundation promo-p1: Create the Future with POWER promo-cta: Join us article-1: header: OpenPOWER lead-1: A Technical Workgroup (TWG) p-1: is a workgroup that provides technical specifications and will help define next-generation of the specifications, definitions, and the compliance of these specifications with primary output being specification documents. lead-2: A Special Integration Group (SIG) p-2: is a workgroup that provides an implementation of technical specifications with the goal to produce reference designs. A SIG will normally provide a reference design, a finished product, or help maintain project for direct usage. article-2: header: OpenPOWER lead-1: Industry Proven p-1: By open sourcing and developing on the POWER ISA - one of the most sophisticated processor architectures available - the OpenPOWER Foundation is democratizing access and extending the reach of the RISC-based architecture. lead-2: Open for All p-2: With more than 350 members collaborating regularly, the entire semiconductor industry - from global organizations with deep expertise to individual creators with a new lens - can innovate with choice and build and develop across the full Hardware and Software stack.