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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2008
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;33-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">DELAWARE</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">11-2234952</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">80 Arkay Drive<BR>
Hauppauge, New York 11788<BR>
(631)&nbsp;435-6000</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)<BR>
<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">2005 Inducement Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Standard Microsystems Corporation<BR>
80 Arkay Drive<BR>
Hauppauge, New York 11788<BR>
(631)&nbsp;435-6000</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">with copies to:<BR>
Robert J. Raymond, Esq.<BR>
Cleary Gottlieb Steen &#038; Hamilton LLP<BR>
One Liberty Plaza<BR>
New York, NY 10006<BR>
(212)&nbsp;225-2000</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Name of Plan</TD>
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Inducement Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

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<TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" nowrap>value $.10 per share</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">500,000&nbsp;(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$27.36</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">13,680,000</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$537.62</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>Consists of shares of common stock (the &#147;Shares&#148;) of Standard Microsystems
Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Corporation&#148;) to be made available
pursuant to the 2005 Inducement Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;).</td>
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Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also registers such
indeterminate number of Shares that may be necessary to adjust the number
of Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends, recapitalization or similar adjustments or
transactions affecting the outstanding Shares of the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD>With respect to Shares subject to future grant, estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the amount of registration fee in accordance with
Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, and based upon the
average of the high and low prices of the Shares on July 9, 2008 as
reported on the NASDAQ.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The additional shares to be registered by this Registration Statement are of the same class as those
securities covered by the Registrant&#146;s previously filed registration statements on Form S-8 filed on
October&nbsp;6, 2006, file number 333-137896, and July&nbsp;19, 2005, file number 333-126702 (the &#147;Prior Registration
Statements&#148;). This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction (E)&nbsp;to Form S-8 for
the purposes of effecting the registration under the Securities Act of an additional 500,000 Shares pursuant
to awards to be granted under the Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior
Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index are filed with or incorporated by reference as a part of this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Hauppauge, New York on this 10th day of July, 2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Steven J. Bilodeau
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>STEVEN J. BILODEAU, President and
Chief Executive Officer &nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven J. Bilodeau
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven J. Bilodeau<br>
Chairman, President and<br>
Chief Executive Officer<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph S. Durko
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Vice President, Corporate Controller and<br>
Chief Accounting Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and<br>
Accounting Officer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Timothy P. Craig
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Timothy P. Craig<br>
Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter F. Dicks
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter F. Dicks<br>
Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James A. Donahue
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Donahue<br>
Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ivan T. Frisch
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ivan T. Frisch<br>
Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew M. Caggia
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Andrew M. Caggia<br>
Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen C. McCluski
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen C. McCluski<br>
Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 10, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2005 Inducement Stock Option and Restricted
Stock Plan as Amended on September&nbsp;9, 2005
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;26, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to the Plan.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
April&nbsp;30, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Standard
Microsystems Corporation, as amended and restated
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form
 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August&nbsp;31, 2006</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of
Standard Microsystems Corporation
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Form
10-Q filed on September&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen &#038; Hamilton LLP
as to legality of securities being registered
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen &#038; Hamilton LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2008
Registration No. 33-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
11-2234952
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
80 Arkay Drive
Hauppauge, New York 11788
(631) 435-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number of registrant's principal executive offices)
2005 Inducement Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Standard Microsystems Corporation
80 Arkay Drive
Hauppauge, New York 11788
(631) 435-6000
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
with copies to:
Robert J. Raymond, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
(212) 225-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
to be
to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate
Offering Registration
Name of Plan
Registered
Registered (1)
Share
Offering Price
Fee
2005
Inducement Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan
Common Stock, par
value $.10 per share
500,000 (2)
$27.36
13,680,000
$537.62
Total
500,000
13,680,000
$537.62
(1)
Consists of shares of common stock (the "Shares") of Standard Microsystems
Corporation (the "Registrant" or the "Corporation") to be made available
pursuant to the 2005 Inducement Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan
(the "Plan").
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also registers such
indeterminate number of Shares that may be necessary to adjust the number
of Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends, recapitalization or similar adjustments or
transactions affecting the outstanding Shares of the Registrant.
(2)
With respect to Shares subject to future grant, estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the amount of registration fee in accordance with
Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, and based upon the
average of the high and low prices of the Shares on July 9, 2008 as
reported on the NASDAQ.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steon & Hamilton LLP
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Power of Attorney
Table of Contents
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The additional shares to be registered by this Registration Statement are of the same class as those
securities covered by the Registrant's previously filed registration statements on Form S-8 filed on
October 6, 2006, file number 333-137896, and July 19, 2005, file number 333-126702 (the "Prior Registration
Statements"). This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction (E) to Form S-8 for
the purposes of effecting the registration under the Securities Act of an additional 500,000 Shares pursuant
to awards to be granted under the Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior
Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8. Exhibits
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index are filed with or incorporated by reference as a part of this
Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Hauppauge, New York on this 10th day of July, 2008.
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:
/s/  Steven J. Bilodeau
STEVEN J. BILODEAU, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated.
Signature and Title
Date
/s/ Steven J. Bilodeau
Steven J. Bilodeau
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 10, 2008
/s/ Joseph S. Durko
Vice President, Corporate Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
July 10, 2008
/s/ Timothy P. Craig
Timothy P. Craig
Director
July 10, 2008
/s/ Peter F. Dicks
Peter F. Dicks
Director
July 10, 2008
/s/ James A. Donahue
James A. Donahue
Director
July 10, 2008
/s/ Ivan T. Frisch
Ivan T. Frisch
Director
July 10, 2008
/s/ Andrew M. Caggia
Andrew M. Caggia
Director
July 10, 2008
/s/ Stephen C. McCluski
Stephen C. McCluski
Director
July 10, 2008
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
2005 Inducement Stock Option and Restricted
Stock Plan as Amended on September 9, 2005
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's
Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2005
4.2
Amendment to the Plan.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on
April 30, 2008.
4.3
Certificate of Incorporation of Standard
Microsystems Corporation, as amended and restated
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form
 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2006
4.4
Amended and Restated By-Laws of
Standard Microsystems Corporation
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Form
10-Q filed on September 25, 2007
5.1
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
as to legality of securities being registered
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Included in Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney
Filed herewith
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