[Federal Register: July 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 142)]
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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 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. 
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. 98-19739 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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