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Moret sur Loing, FRANCE has been

added as a party to this venture.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group research project.

Membership in this group research

project remains open, and ALABC

intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On June 15, 1992, ALABC filed its

original notification pursuant to section

6(a) of the Act. The Department of

Justice published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the

Act on July 29, 1992 (57 FR 33522).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on December 28, 2000.

A notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the

Act on March 23, 2001 (66 FR 16294).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—International SEMATECH,

Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 9, 1998, pursuant to section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

International 300MM Initiative, Inc.

(which has changed its name to

International SEMATECH, Inc.) has

filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership and project status. The

notifications were filed for the purpose

of extending the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Specifically,

Digital Equipment Cooperation,

Hudson, MA; Hewlett-Packard

Company, Palo Alto, CA; National

Semiconductor Cooperation, Santa

Clara, CA; Rockwell International,

Newport Beach CA; and Siemens

Microelectronics, Inc., Cupertino, CA

have been added as parties to this

venture. Also, International 300MM

Initiative, Inc., Austin, TX; LG Semicon

Co., Ltd., Cheongju, REPUBLIC OF

KOREA; Samsung Electronics Company,

Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; and

Siemens Components Inc., Cupertino,

CA have been dropped as parties to this

venture. As of February 9, 1998, the

current list of parties to this venture is

as follows: Advanced Micro Devices,

Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Digital Equipment

Cooperation, Hudson, MA; HewlettPackard Company, Palo Alto, CA;

Hyundai Electronics Industries Co.,

Ltd., Kyoungki-do, REPUBLIC OF

KOREA; International Business

Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY;

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA;

Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murry Hill,

NJ; Motorola, Inc., Shaumburg, IL;

National Semiconductor Corporation,

Santa Clara, CA; Philips

Semiconductors, International BV,

Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS;

Rockwell International, Newport Beach,

CA; SGS–THOMSON Microelectronics,

Crolles Cedex, FRANCE; Siemens

Microelectronics, Inc., Cupertino, CA;

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TAIWAN;

and Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX.

The nature and objectives of the

venture continues to be to work with its

member companies, suppliers,

universities and national laboratories to

develop equipment, materials,

processes, facilities, software and

systems for cost-effective advanced

semiconductor manufacturing. The

scope of the International SEMATECH,

Inc. joint venture will be expanded by

transferring certain programs in

advanced semiconductor manufacturing

technology from its parent, SEMATECH,

Inc. to International SEMATECH, Inc. In

addition to the existing 300MM

program, these programs include

lithography; environmental safety and

health standards; and certain Equipment

Productivity Improvements Teams

(‘‘EPIT’’) projects and manufacturing

methods.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group research project.

Membership in this group research

project remains open, and International

SEMATECH, Inc. intends to file

additional written notification

disclosing all changes in membership.

On August 15, 1996, International

300MM Initiative, Inc. filed its original

notification pursuant to section 6(a) of

the Act. The Department of Justice

published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the

Act on September 17, 1996 (61 FR

48982).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—SEMATECH, Inc. d/b/a

International SEMATECH

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 19, 2001, pursuant to section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

SEMATECH, Inc. (which is doing

business as International SEMATECH)

has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership and project status. The

notifications were filed for the purpose

of extending the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Specifically,

CONEXANT Systems, Inc., Newport

Beach, CA; Hyundai Electronics

Industries Company, Ltd., Kyoungki-do,

REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Infineon

Technologies, Munich, GERMANY;

Philips Semiconductors International

BV, Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS;

STMicroelectronics, Geneva,

SWITZERLAND; and Taiwan

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Company, Ltd. Hsin-Chu, TAIWAN

have been added as parties to this

venture. Also, Digital Equipment

Corporation, Hudson, MA; National

Semiconductor Corporation, Santa

Clara, CA; and Rockwell International,

Newport Beach, CA have been dropped

as parties to this venture. The current

list of parties to the venture is as

follows: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,

Sunnyvale, CA; CONEXANT Systems,

Inc., Newport Beach, CA; HewlettPackard Company, Palo Alto, CA;

Hyundai Electronics industries

Company, Ltd., Kyoungki-do,

REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Infineon

Technologies, Munich, GERMANY;

International Business Machines

Corporation, Armonk, NY; Intel

Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; Lucent

Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ;

Motorola, Inc., Shaumburg, IL; Philips

Semiconductors International BV,

Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS;

STMicroelectronics, Geneva,

SWITZERLAND; Taiwan

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TAIWAN;

and Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX.

The scope of the venture has

expanded by conducting programs that

were previously performed by its

subsidiary, specifically programs in