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                                                              EXHIBIT 10(iii)(L)


                           DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION


                                  AMENDMENT TO
                       AGREEMENT, DATED MAY 20, 1999, WITH
                                   CHAO C. MAI



                  RESOLVED, that, a "Change in Control" as defined in Section
         1.3 thereof having not occurred, the May 1999 Agreement between the
         Corporation and Mr. Chao C. Mai, be, and the same hereby is, amended,
         pursuant to Section 6.1 thereof, effective immediately, by: (i) the
         insertion of the word "or" immediately preceding clause (iv) in Section
         1.3 and the deletion of clause (v) of Section 1.3; (ii) the insertion
         of the words "after a Change in Control" between the words "die" and
         "prior" in the first line of Section 5.1; and (iii) the deletion of the
         last sentence of Section 7.9; and, further, by the adoption of this
         resolution, said amendments shall have the same force and effect as if
         set forth in a separately executed amendment to said May 1999
         Agreement.


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                                  AMENDMENT TO
                       AGREEMENT, DATED MAY 20, 1999, WITH
                                MICHAEL L. BOLAN



                  RESOLVED, that, a "Change in Control" as defined in Section
         1.3 thereof having not occurred, the May 1999 Agreement between the
         Corporation and Mr. Michael L. Bolan, be, and the same hereby is,
         amended, pursuant to Section 6.1 thereof, effective immediately, by:
         (i) the insertion of the word "or" immediately preceding clause (iv) in
         Section 1.3 and the deletion of clause (v) of Section 1.3; (ii) the
         insertion of the words "after a Change in Control" between the words
         "die" and "prior" in the first line of Section 5.1; and (iii) the
         deletion of the last sentence of Section 7.9; and, further, by the
         adoption of this resolution, said amendments shall have the same force
         and effect as if set forth in a separately executed amendment to said
         May 1999 Agreement.


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                                  AMENDMENT TO
                       AGREEMENT, DATED MAY 20, 1999, WITH
                                  ALAN P. HALE



                  RESOLVED, that, a "Change in Control" as defined in Section
         1.3 thereof having not occurred, the May 1999 Agreement between the
         Corporation and Mr. Alan P. Hale, be, and the same hereby is, amended,
         pursuant to Section 6.1 thereof, effective immediately, by: (i) the
         insertion of the word "or" immediately preceding clause (iv) in Section
         1.3 and the deletion of clause (v) of Section 1.3; (ii) the insertion
         of the words "after a Change in Control" between the words "die" and
         "prior" in the first line of Section 5.1; and (iii) the deletion of the
         last sentence of Section 7.9; and, further, by the adoption of this
         resolution, said amendments shall have the same force and effect as if
         set forth in a separately executed amendment to said May 1999
         Agreement.








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                             SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE


         I, Marla K. Suggs, Corporate Secretary of Dallas Semiconductor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do hereby certify that the attached
resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, at a
meeting duly called and held on November 18, 2000, at which a quorum was present
and voting throughout, and that said resolutions are still in full force and
effect and have not in anywise been amended, modified or rescinded:

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on
this, the 5th day of February, 2001.


                                      /s/ Marla K. Suggs
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                                      Marla K. Suggs
                                      Corporate Secretary