UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K


                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF
                         THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) - June 14, 2004


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                        STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



          DELAWARE                       0-7422                11-2234952
(State or other jurisdiction of     (Commission File        (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)          Number)           Identification No.)



                    80 Arkay Drive, Hauppauge, New York   11788
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
                                 (631) 435-6000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)  Exhibits - The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Report:

99.1 - Press release of Standard  Microsystems  Corporation dated June 14, 2004,
reporting  Standard  Microsystems  Corporation  financial  results for the first
quarter of fiscal 2005.


ITEM 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On June 14,  2004,  Standard  Microsystems  Corporation  issued a press  release
announcing  its financial  results for the first quarter  fiscal 2005. A copy of
the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.  The  information in Exhibit 99.1
attached  hereto  shall not be deemed  "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                        STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION

                                  (Registrant)



Date:  June 15, 2004                     By:   /s/ ANDREW M. CAGGIA
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                                               Andrew M. Caggia
                                               Senior Vice President and
                                               Chief Financial Officer,
                                               and Director
                                               (Principal Financial Officer)


                                 Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.    Description

99.1           Press release of Standard Microsystems Corporation dated June 14,
               2004,  reporting  Standard  Microsystems   Corporation  financial
               results for the first quarter of fiscal 2005.