Microprocessor microcircuits", "microcomputer microcircuits", microcontroller microcircuits, storage integrated circuits manufactured from a compound semiconductor, analogue-to-digital converters, digital-to-analogue converters, electro-optical or "optical integrated circuits" designed for "signal processing", field programmable logic devices, neural network integrated circuits, custom integrated circuits for which either the function is unknown or the control status of the equipment in which the integrated circuit will be used is unknown, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processors, electrical erasable programmable read-only ...[+++]memories (EEPROMs), flash memories or static random-access memories (SRAMs), having any of the following:

"Circuit element" is a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.

ATMEL Rousset, daughter of the US-based company ATMEL Corp, produces various types of semiconductors, in particular flash memories, integrated circuits for chip cards and specific circuits (ASIC and ASSP).

Its activities consist of defining a generic specification for components (e.g., integrated circuit (IC) memory circuits, memory modules, logic circuits, linear circuits, microprocessor circuits, peripheral circuits and passive components) which has been recognized as a de facto industry standard throughout the world; certifying compliance with that specification by individual products; defining a standard ('S/0001') for manufacturers of such components; certifying compliance by individual manufacturers with that standard; monitoring prices paid by member companies for such components; and reporting the resulting benchmark prices to ...[+++] them.

DRAMs are used as volatile memory integrated circuits for the storage of information in electronic digital computing circuits and built in substantial quantities into computers, telecommunication products and other electronic applications.

The products investigated are certain types of microcircuits known as dynamic random access memories (DRAMs) either in - processed wafer of die form, or - assembled and tested, or in - multicombinational forms such as DRAM-modules, of all MOS technologies and all densities irrespective of differences in configuration, package or access time.