[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27279-27280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12968]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--VSI Alliance
Notice is hereby given that, on March 21, 1997, pursuant to
Sec. 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the VSI Alliance (``VSI'')
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership.
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, the following organizations have joined VSI: Actel
Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA; Adaptec, Inc., Milpitas, CA; Advancel Logic
Corporation, San Jose, CA; ADVANTEST Corporation, Gunma, JAPAN;
Advanced Hardware Architectures, Inc., Pullman, WA; Alcatel Mietec,
Brussels, BELGIUM; Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA; American
Microsystems, Inc., Pocatello, ID; Ando Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
JAPAN; Aptix Corporation, San Jose, CA; Aristo Technology, Cupertino,
CA; Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; ASPEC
Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Beijing Intelligent Electronics Co.,
Ltd., Beijing, CHINA; CAE Plus, Inc., Austin, TX; Caesium, Inc., Santa
Clara, CA; Cast, Inc., Pomona, NY; CAD Framework Initiative, Inc.,
Austin, TX; Chip Express Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; Chronology
Corp., Redmond, WA; Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA; COMPASS Design
Automation, Inc., San Jose, CA; CompCore Multimedia, Inc., Santa Clara,
CA; CoWare, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; Cygnus Solutions, Mountain View, CA;
Cypress Semiconductor, Inc., Bloomington, MN; Diagonal Systems,
Mountain View, CA; DSP Group, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Duet Technologies,
Inc., San Jose, CA; Easics, NV, Leuven, BELGIUM; ECSI--European CAD
Standardization, Gieres, FRANCE; Hewlett-Packard, HPPEsof Division,
Santa Rosa, CA; Escalade, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Excellent Design,
Inc., Kanagawa, JAPAN; Exemplar Logic, Inc., Alameda, CA; Fuji Facom
Corp., Tokyo, JAPAN; GEC Plessey Semiconductors, Plymouth, ENGLAND;
GigaLex Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; Hitachi Ltd., Semiconductor & IC
Division, Tokyo, JAPAN; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.,
Ichon, KOREA; IK Technology Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Ikos Systems,
Inc., Cupertino, CA; Integrated Silicon Systems, Ltd., Belfast,
NORTHERN IRELAND; iReady Corporation; San Jose, CA; Innovative
Semiconductors, Inc., Mountain View, CA; Kawasaki Steel Corporation;
Chiba, JAPAN; LG Semicon Co., Ltd., San Jose, CA; Lockheed Martin
Advanced Technology, Camden, NJ; Logic Research Corporation, Fukuoka,
JAPAN; LogicVision, Inc., San Jose, CA; LSI Systems, Inc., Kanagawa,
JAPAN; LTX Corporation, Westwood, MA; Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; MIPS Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA;
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Hyogo, JAPAN; National Semiconductor
Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; NEC Corporation, Kanagawa, JAPAN; Neuw
Intellectual Property Corporation, Oldham, ENGLAND; Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone Corp., Kanagawa, JAPAN; NKK Corporation, Kanagawa, JAPAN;
Nordic VLSI ASA, Tiller, NORWAY; Nortel
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Semiconductors, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA; OKI Electric Industry Co.,
Ltd., LSI CAD, Tokyo, JAPAN; OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Telecom,
Tokyo, JAPAN; Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; The Open
Microprocessor Systems Init, Brussels, BELGIUM; PALMCHIP Corporation,
San Jose, CA; Philips Semiconductors, ASIC Design, Sunnyvale, CA;
Phoenix Technologies, Ltd., San Jose CA; PrarieComm, Inc., Arlington
Heights, IL; Quickturn Design Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA; ROHM
Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JAPAN; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyunggi-do,
KOREA; SanCraft, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; SAND Microelectronics, Inc.,
Santa Clara, CA; SANYO Electric Corp., Ltd., Semiconductor, Gunma,
JAPAN; Sebring Systems, San Jose, CA; Seiko Espson Corporation, Nagano-
ken, JAPAN; SGS Thomson Microelectronics, Bristol, ENGLAND; Sharp
Corporation, Nara, JAPAN; SICAN GmbH, Hannover, GERMANY; Siemens AG,
Munich, GERMANY; Sierra Research & Technology, Inc., Westlake Village,
CA; Silicon & Software Systems, Dublin, IRELAND; SIS Microelectronics,
Inc., Longmont, CO; Smartech Oy, Tampere, FINLAND; Spinnaker Systems,
Inc., Tokyo, JAPAN; Summit Design, Inc., Beaverton, OR; Symbios Logic,
Inc., Fort Collins, CO; Synchronicity, Inc., Boston, MA; Technical Data
Freeway, Inc., Concord, MA; Thine Microsystems, Inc., Tokyo, JAPAN;
Texas Instruments, Inc., Semiconductor, Waltham, MA; Tower
Semiconductor, Ltd., San Jose, CA; Trimble Navigation Limited,
Sunnyvale, CA; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Hsin-Chu, TAIWAN;
Vantis, Sunnyvale, CA; Victor Co., of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN;
Viewlogic Systems, Inc., Rockville, MD; VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe,
AZ; VLSI Libraries, Inc., San Jose, CA; The Western Design Center,
Inc., Mesa, AZ; Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA; Yokogawa Electric
Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; and Zycad Corporation, Gatefield Division,
Fremont, CA.
No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned
activities of VSI. Membership remains open and VSI intends to file
additional notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On November 29, 1996, VSI 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
March 4, 1997 (62 FR 9812).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-12968 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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