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Federal Register: July 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 142)NoticesPage 39901From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--``Advanced Micro Devices, Inc./Objectspace, Inc.''

Notice is hereby given that, on December 19, 1997, pursuant to 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Advanced Micro Devices, Inc./ ObjectSpace, Inc. (``Consortium'') has filedwritten 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 filedfor the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, the identities of the parties are: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX; ObjectSpace, Inc. Dallas, TX.

The Consortium's are of planned activity is to develop and demonstrate a distributed computing infrastructure and applications software for defining and deploying software agents to improve the overall factory effectiveness of semiconductor factories. The activities of this Joint Venture project will be partially funded by an award from the Advanced Technology Program, National Standards and Technology, and The Department of Commerce.

Membership in the Consortium will remain open and the Consortium will file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

FR Doc. 98-19739Filed7-23-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4410-11-M

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