[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10025]


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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; Hewlett-Packard 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.
[FR Doc. 01-10025 Filed 4-23-01; 8:45 am]
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