9 ELECTRIC OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NAMELY, SEMICONDUCTORS, ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, MICROCIRCUITS, INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, MICROPROCESSORS, MICROCONTROLLERS, MEMORY CIRCUITS AND ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING SUCH COMPONENTS; APPARATUS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING AND TESTING SUCH COMPONENTS; MASK WORKS, SOFTWARE, BLANK MEMORY CARDS AND PROGRAMS FOR USE IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, OR OPERATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS