SATURN Development Group
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The '''SATURN Development Group''' was an important industry forum that enabled the specification of chip-to-chip interfaces for the communications industry. It was co-founded in [[1992]] by [[PMC-Sierra]] and [[Sun Microsystems]]. Several significant specifications were completed through its actions including PL-2, [[PL-3]], and [[PL-4]]. Many important semiconductor devices were developed to these specifications. SATURN was also influential in the specification of the [[ATM Forum]]'s physical layer "UTOPIA" standards.
Initial members included [[SynOptics]] and [[Interphase]]. The first meeting was held in April of [[1992]]. By August of [[1993]], the SATURN group had 28 members.
After the formation of the [[Optical Internetworking Forum]] (OIF), two of the SATURN group's interfaces were successfully adopted by OIF. The [[PL-3]] specification became [[SPI-3]] and the [[PL-4]] specification became [[SPI-4.2]]. The existence of the OIF also eliminated the need for the SATURN Development Group, and it was wound down around [[2002]].
==External links==
* [http://www.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/ipv6/mail-archive/Cell-Relay/1993-09/0041.html Early history of SATURN]
* [http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=4561&site=lightreading Light Reading article on PL-4]
* [http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=4849&page_number=8 Light Reading article on PL-5]
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