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(b) After Section 4.2(a), the parties shall proceed through
Sections 4.1(c) through 4.1(g) mutatis mutandis.
Article 5. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
Section 5.1. Design Methodology. The parties shall compare and
evaluate both parties' existing design tools (e.g., CAD tools) and
methodologies to assess their relative effectiveness for jointly designing the
JV Products. If the parties agree, they will adopt an appropriate common
design tool and methodology for the purpose of jointly designing the JV
Products. If necessary, both parties shall jointly modify an existing design
tool (including libraries) or develop a new design tool considering the
features of the newly-developed 0.5-micron JV Process or [CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION] JV Process, as the case may be.
Section 5.2. Design Interface. The parties shall decide and
adopt machine-readable interface formats of design data (circuit data, layout
data and test data) for the purpose of transferring the design data to JV and
sharing the design results between both parties.
Section 5.3. Design Steps of JV Products. The design steps of
the JV Products shall be as follows:
(a) The parties shall develop the catalog specification of each
JV Product.
(b) The parties shall develop the architectural features and
functional and electrical characteristics of each JV Product. These internal
detailed specifications shall be determined by taking into account the
performance of the wafer sort tool and reliability assurance tool, customers'
requirements, the design and evaluation tool and the final test tool.
(c) Based upon such architectural, functional and electrical
characteristics, the parties shall generate and verify the circuit and physical
layout pattern of the JV Product.
(d) Based upon such circuit, the parties shall generate the
test specification and the test program conforming with such test specification.
(e) The parties shall conduct a test run of the JV Product on
the relevant JV Process and evaluate the results thereof.
(f) If a test run does not succeed, the relevant device design
team shall discuss the failure with the relevant process design team, apply the
necessary design changes or process adjustments and repeat the test run.
(g) Once both parties have confirmed the successful completion
of the JV Product, the parties shall decide which party is responsible for
taking the lead in transferring the confirmed design data, including
documentation thereof, to JV. A complete
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Source: ADVANCED MICRO DEVIC, 10-K, March 07, 1994