Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01024:front:0:p158
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Character Range: 459664–462744

modified for the "use" of equipment specified by 3A225.
3. D. 202. "Software" or encryption keys/codes specially designed to enhance or release the performance characteristics of equipment not controlled in 3A225. so that it meets or exceeds the characteristics specified by 3A225.
3. D. 203. "Software" specially designed to enhance or release the performance characteristics of equipment controlled in 3A225.
3. D. 901. "Software" specially designed for the "use" of equipment specified by 3B901.
3. D. 902. "Software" designed to extract 'GDSII' or equivalent standard layout data and perform layer-to-layer alignment from Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images, and generate multi-layer 'GDSII' data or the circuit netlist.
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 3D902, 'Graphic Design System II' ('GDSII') is a database file format for data exchange of integrated circuit artwork or integrated circuit layout artwork.
3. E.  Technology
3. E. 001. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" or "production" of equipment, materials or "software" specified by 3A, 3B, 3C or 3D201. to 3D203.;
Note 1: 3E001. does not apply to "technology" for equipment or components specified by 3A003.
Note 2: 3E001. does not apply to "technology" for integrated circuits specified by 3A001.a.3. to 3A001.a.12., having all of the following:
a. Using "technology" at or above 0.130 µm; and
b. Incorporating multi‑layer structures with three or fewer metal layers.
Note 3: 3E001. does not apply to 'Process Design Kits' ('PDKs') unless they include libraries implementing functions or technologies for items specified by 3A001.
 Technical Note:
For the purposes of 3E001. Note 3, a 'Process Design Kit' ('PDK') is a software tool provided by a semiconductor manufacturer to ensure that the required design practices and rules are taken into account in order to successfully produce a specific integrated circuit design in a specific semiconductor process, in accordance with technological and manufacturing constraints (each semiconductor manufacturing process has its particular 'PDK').
3. E. 002. "Technology" according to the General Technology Note other than that specified by 3E001 for the "development" or "production" of a "microprocessor microcircuit", "microcomputer microcircuit" or microcontroller microcircuit core, having an arithmetic logic unit with an access width of 32 bits or more and any of the following features or characteristics:
a. A 'vector processor unit' designed to perform more than two calculations on 'floating‑point' vectors (one‑dimensional arrays of 32‑bit or larger numbers) simultaneously;
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 3E002.a., a 'vector processor unit' is a processor element with built-in instructions that perform multiple calculations on 'floating-point' vectors (one-dimensional arrays of 32-bit or larger numbers) simultaneously, having at least one vector arithmetic logic unit and vector registers of at least 32 elements each.
b. Designed to perform more than four 64‑bit or larger 'floating‑point' operation