Christina Slape, MIPI Senior Communications Manager
With the highest number of attendees since in-person member meetings resumed post-pandemic, MIPI Alliance Member Meeting #67, held earlier this month in Taipei, Taiwan, welcomed 133 participants from 44 member companies to collaborate in working sessions among 13 MIPI groups and the Board of Directors. In conjunction with the meeting, MIPI held an I3C Plugfest that also saw record participation, and a Demo Day that featured 14 companies and three education sessions, drawing more than a hundred attendees.
Meeting Kicks Off With Updates on Specifications, Key Initiatives
On the Monday of every member meeting, MIPI working group leaders and the board of directors convene for a Technical Steering Group (TSG) session. This year’s TSG agenda included discussions on the specification roadmap, the creation of a library of system models, development of a comprehensive software strategy, a recap of Marketing Steering Group (MSG) activities, an update on IoT Embedded Systems Interest Group (IoT-ES IG) focus areas, and inputs into the Specification Requirements Proposal (SRP) process.
The following day, meeting #67 officially launched with an Opening Plenary that featured presentations from Sanjiv Desai, MIPI Alliance chair; a keynote address from Pingchun (Ben) Lin, senior director, high-speed interface IP development at MediaTek; and updates from Edo Cohen, co-chair of the A-PHY Working Group; and James Goel, chair of the TSG.
After recognizing the many MIPI member companies based in Taiwan and new Contributor members joining the meeting, Sanjiv Desai briefed attendees on the week’s events, recent and upcoming specification releases, and upcoming industry and MIPI education. He also thanked the nearly 40 members who contributed to MIPI education through webinars, technical articles and industry events over the past year.
The keynote address, “Technologies for Mobile and Automotive,” by Ben Lin of MediaTek, focused on the evolution of technology and the impact of AI, particularly for mobile and on the in-vehicle user experience. Continuing on the automotive theme, Edo Cohen shared the latest developments with MIPI A-PHY, including its growing ecosystem, the recent adoption of v2.0 of the specification, the release of a Reference Compliance Test Suite and the next steps in the A-PHY Compliance Program. Closing out the Opening Plenary, James Goel shared specification development timelines from each working group and progress on the initiatives discussed during the previous day’s TSG meeting.
Download the Opening Plenary presentation »
(MIPI members)
Plugfest Collaboration Advances I3C
On Monday and Tuesday, 9-10 September, the MIPI I3C Working Group hosted an I3C®/I3C Basic℠ & MIPI Debug for I3C℠ Plugfest, offering implementers the opportunity for initial to advanced interoperability testing in a confidential environment. Twenty-seven participants representing 10 companies (six Contributors and four Adopter members) provided a mix of controller and target devices, and protocol analyzers.
Demo Day Showcases MIPI Solutions
A highlight of the meeting week was MIPI Demo Day on Wednesday, 11 September, which welcomed 120 attendees to tour member demos leveraging MIPI specifications and to attend MIPI education presented by working group chairs and technical experts.
Participating companies included Acute Technology Inc.; Binho LLC; Genesys Logic Inc.; Introspect Technology; Keysight Technologies Inc.; Microchip Technology; Mixel, Inc.; Motorcomm Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.; Prodigy Technovations Pvt. Ltd.; Protocol Insight, LLC; Soliton Technologies Private Limited; Synopsys, Inc.; Tektronix, Inc.; and Teledyne LeCroy.
Education sessions presented during the Demo Day focused on recent developments with MIPI I3C®, MIPI CSI‑2® and MIPI A‑PHY®. The following presentations from MIPI Demo Day Taipei are available to download:
- A Preview of the Upcoming MIPI I3C v1.2 and Techniques for Testing and Debugging I3C Implementations
Presented by Michele Scarlatella and Jonathan Georgino - The Latest Developments with the MIPI A-PHY Specifications, Reference Compliance Test Suite and Compliance Program
Presented by Edo Cohen, Raj Kumar Nagpal, Kevin Kershner and Yash Pathak - What’s New and What’s Next with MIPI CSI-2
Presented by Tom Kopet
Members Connect at Casual Social Reception
Attendees were invited to take a midweek break for a casual evening reception on the 36th floor of the Taipei Marriott Hotel to enjoy the city views, drinks, canapés and conversation with their colleagues.
MIPI’s next member meeting will be held 24-28 March 2025, in Boston. Adopter members can learn more about attending the meeting by participating in the February-April trial period of the Contributor Trial Membership Program.
