[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9812-9813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5249]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993; VSI Alliance
Notice is hereby given that, on November 29, 1996, pursuant to
Sec. 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq.. (``the Act''), the VSI Alliance
(``VSI'') 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 Sec. 6(b) of
the Act, the identities of the parties are: Advanced RISC Machines
Ltd., Cambridge, ENGLAND; Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JAPAN; Mentor Graphics Corporation,
Wilsonville, OR; Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN;
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Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA; and Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki,
JAPAN.
VSI's area of planned activity is to define, develop, ratify, test
and promote open interface specifications which will facilitate the
mix-and-match of intellectual property blocks from different sources
onto a single silicon chip--much like combining various integrated
circuits or other components onto a printed circuit board. By defining
``Virtual Socket Interfaces'' (hence the name ``VSI''), VSI hopes to
enable the use or reuse of intellectual property blocks from different
sources in the design of ``systems-chips'', thereby shortening the
design cycle and promoting the growth of the systems-chips industry.
These open specifications will be designed to allow the mix-and-match
of system-level-module intellectual property (including analog,
digital, mixed signal and software intellectual property), as it
relates to the design and development of systems-chips.
Membership in the VSI Alliance will be open to any individual or
entity that is interested in supporting the objectives and goals of VSI
and subscribes to its bylaws and membership agreements.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-5249 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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