The Electronic Industries Alliance's board of directors has approved a plan that would split the assets of the trade goup coalition across five distinct organizations.

The Electronic Industries Alliance's board of directors has approved a plan that would split the assets of the trade goup coalition across five distinct organizations. Under the plan, EIA will distribute its assets equally among its four current member associations--the Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association; the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA); the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association; and the Telecommunications Industry Association--and the Consumer Electronics Association, a former member of EIA. EIA, whose 1,300 members include most of the major electronics companies, will turn over its standards and technology efforts to the ECA. Jedec will continue to represent makers of active compo nents. The two groups write many of the standards used to define component package styles.