[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Infiniband Trade Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 21, 2000, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), System I/O, Ind. dba 
InfiniBand Trade Association (``InfiniBand'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) 
the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed 
for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery 
of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties are 3Com, Santa Clara, CA; AANetcom, Inc., San Jose, CA; 
Adaptec Inc., Milpitas, CA; Alacrity Communications, Inc., Milpitas, 
CA; American Megatrends Inc., Fremont, CA; Amphenol, Hamden, CT; Analog 
Devices, Newbury, United Kingdom; Ancor Communications Inc., Eden 
Prairie, MN; Auspex Systems, Santa Clara, CA; Chip2Chip, San Jose, CA; 
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA; CMD Technology, Inc., Irvine, CA; Compaq 
Computer Corporation, Houston, TX; Crossroads Systems, Inc., Austin, 
TX; Dell Computer, Round Rock, TX; Diancom, Inc., Cupertino, CA; 
Distributed Processing Technology, Maitland, FL; DotHill Systems Corp., 
Carlsbad, CA; Emulex Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA; Essential--ODS 
Networks, Albuquerque, NM; Fairchild Semiconductor, South Portland, ME; 
FCI Electronics, Inc., Contoocook, NH; Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, 
CA; Force Computers, Neublberg/Munchen, Germany; Foxconn, Dillsburg, 
PA: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., San Jose, CA; Fujitsu 
Limited, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan; Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, 
Bracknell, Berks, United Kingdom; Gadzoox Networks, Inc., Placentia, 
CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Cupertino, CA; Hirose Electric, Simi 
Valley, CA; Hitachi, Ltd., Ebina-shi, Japan; Honeywell International, 
Richardson, TX; HotRail Incorporated, San Jose, CA; IBM Corporation, 
Research Triangle Park, NC; INH Semiconductor, Cedar Park, TX; Intel 
Corporation, Hillsboro, OR; Interphase Corporation, Dallas, TX; IO 
Authority, San Francisco, CA; JNI Corp., San Diego, CA; LSI Logic, 
Colorado Springs, CO; Lucent Technologies Inc., Richardson, TX; 
Marathon Technologies Corp., Boxborough, MA; McData Corporation, 
Broomfield, CO; Mellanox Technologies, Santa Clara, CA; Microsoft 
Corporation, Redmond, WA; Molex Inc., Lisle, IL; Myricom, Inc., 
Arcadia, CA; NEC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Network Appliance Inc., 
Sunnyvale, CA; Network Elements, Inc., Beaverton, OR; Nortel Networks, 
Nepean, Ontario, Canada; Orca Systems, Watertown, MA; PLX Technology, 
Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Qlogic, Costa Mesa, CA; Quantum, Milpitas, CA; 
Seagull Semiconductor, Herzella, Israel; Silicon Graphics, Mt. View, 
CA; Storage Networks, Inc., Waltham, MA; Stratus Computer Systems, 
Maynard, MA; Sun Microsystems, Burlington, MA; Syskonnect, Archern, 
Germany; Tektronix, Beaverton, OR; Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX; 
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada; Western 
Digital, San Jose, CA; and Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are to be a forum for the development of 
specifications and related activities that: (i) support the creation of 
interoperable, scalable and reliable I/O products, computer systems, 
and computer technologies; (ii) are based on a channel-oriented, 
switched fabric communication technique that addresses the needs of a 
broad range of computer systems and computer technologies (including, 
but not limited to, both low-cost, volume-oriented computer systems and 
computer technologies and high-end enterprise class computer systems 
and computer technologies); and (iii) are limited to those elements 
required to enable, promote, or improve communications, 
interoperability, and connectivity between products developed in 
compliance with the specifications. InfiniBand's specific purpose 
includes promoting its specifications as industry-wide standards; 
issuing design guidelines and programming guidelines relating to its 
specifications; presenting activities that promote the use of the 
specifications; and providing for the licensing or publication of the 
specifications on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. InfiniBand's 
specifications may include information directing specific 
implementations only as necessary to enable, promote and/or improve 
communications, interoperability, and connectivity between products 
developed in compliance with the specifications.
    In furtherance of the above stated specific purpose, InfiniBand 
may, among other things, engage in theoretical analysis; 
experimentation; systematic study; research; development; testing; the 
extension of investigative findings or theory of a scientific or 
technical nature into practical application; the collection, exchange 
and analysis of research or production information; and any combination 
of the foregoing.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-15612 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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