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To: Jdaasoc who wrote (40500)	4/20/2000 2:05:00 PM
From: Manx	Respond to of 93625

Thursday April 20 1:38 PM ET U.S. Trade Commission Probes Japan's Hitachi, Sega WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said on Thursday it was investigating whether computer chips used in video game consoles and other electronic products sold by two Japanese companies have infringed on patents held by California-based Rambus Inc.(NasdaqNM:RMBS - news) Rambus, which develops designs to speed up computer memory chips, has asked the ITC to block shipments of memory chips sold in the United States by Hitachi Ltd. (6501.T) and Sega Enterprises Ltd. (7964.T), that it alleges infringe on Rambus patents. In a statement, the ITC said its investigation would focus on imports of so-called synchronous dynamic random access memory devices (SDRAMs) and microprocessor chips that are used in computers and other electronic products, including some video game consoles. The companies targeted include Hitachi Ltd. of Tokyo and Hitachi Semiconductor Inc. of San Jose, California, as well as Sega Enterprises Ltd. of Tokyo and San Francisco-based Sega of America Inc. ``By instituting this investigation, the ITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case,' the commission's statement said. ``The ITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time.' Officials from the Japanese companies were not immediately available to comment on the investigation.