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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION           ---------------------
                      WASHINGTON, DC 20549                   S.E.C. USE ONLY
                         FORM 144                            ---------------------
              NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES          Document Sequence No.
            PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
                            ACT OF 1933                      ---------------------
                                                             CUSIP Number
            ATTENTION: TRANSMIT FOR FILING THREE COPIES
                   OF THIS FORM CONCURRENTLY WITH            ---------------------
            EITHER PLACING AN ORDER WITH A BROKER TO         Work Location
                 EXECUTE A SALE OR EXECUTING A SALE
                  DIRECTLY WITH A MARKET MAKER.              ---------------------
  
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  1(a) Name of Issuer                (b) I.R.S. Ident. No.  (c) S.E.C. File No.
       Standard Microsystems             11-2234952             0-7422
       Corporation
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  1(d) Address of Issuer                                    (e) Telephone No.
       Street              City          State  Zip Code        -------------
       80 Arkay Drive      Hauppauge      NY     11788          Area   Number
                                                                Code
                                                                631    435-6000
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(a) Name of Person For Whose Account   (b) Social Security  (c) Relationship
       the Securities are to be Sold          No. or I.R.S.        to Issuer
                                              Ident. No.
       Robert M. Brill                                             Director
  
   (d) Address
       Street              City          State  Zip Code
       500 N. Broadway
       Suite 144           Jericho        NY     11753
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  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  3(a)                  (b)                                                           (c)                  (d)
   Title of the         Name and Address of Each Broker           S.E.C. USE ONLY     Number of Shares     Aggregate
   Class of             Through Whom the Securities Are to be     ---------------     or Other Units       Market
   Securities           Offered or Each Market Maker Who is       Broker-Dealer       to be Sold           Value
   to be Sold           Acquiring the Securities                  File Number         (See Instr. 3(c))    (See Instr. 3(d))
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  <S>                   <C>                                       <C>                 <C>                  <C>
  Common Stock          Grodsky Associates                                            25,000               $613,750
                        76 So. Orange Avenue                                                               as of 04/30/02
                        South Orange NJ  07079
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  <CAPTION>
   (e)                      (f)                    (g)
   Number of Shares         Approximate            Name of Each
   or Other Units           Date of Sale           Securities
   Outstanding              (See Instr. 3(f))      Exchange
   (See Instr. 3(e))        (Mo., Day, Yr.)        (See Instr. 3(g))
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  <S>                       <C>                    <C>
  15,956,971                05/01/02               NASDAQ National Market
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  </TABLE>
  
                                TABLE I AND TABLE II
  
                           TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
      FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE
                           SECURITIES TO BE SOLD AND WITH
              RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE PURCHASE
                       PRICE OR OTHER CONSIDERATION THEREFOR:
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  
                                                      Name of Person From
                                                      Whom Acquired             Amount of
  Title of       Date You    Nature of Acquisition    (If gift, also give       Securities        Date of
  the Class      Acquired    Transaction              date donor acquired)      Acquired          Payment     Nature of Payment
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>            <C>         <C>                      <C>                       <C>               <C>         <C>
  Common Stock   5/01/02     Stock option exercise    Issuer                    25,000            5/01/02     Cash
                                                                                                              (cashless exercise)
  
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  </TABLE>
  <PAGE>
  
               TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS
        FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO ALL SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
                             SOLD DURING THE PAST THREE
        MONTHS BY THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD:
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Name and          Title of        Date        Amount of
  Address of       Securities        of         Securities         Gross
  Seller              Sold          Sale          Sold            Procceds
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  REMARKS:
  
                                                             May 1, 2002
                                                          ----------------
                                                          (Date of Notice)
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the  securities to which this notice relates are to
  be sold hereby  represents  by signing  this notice that he does not know of any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the  issuer  of the  securities  to be  sold  which  has  not  been  publicly
  disclosed.
  
  
                                                        /s/ Robert M. Brill
                                                      ------------------------
                                                             (Signature)
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION           ---------------------
                      WASHINGTON, DC 20549                   S.E.C. USE ONLY
                         FORM 144                            ---------------------
              NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES          Document Sequence No.
            PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES
                            ACT OF 1933                      ---------------------
                                                             CUSIP Number
            ATTENTION: TRANSMIT FOR FILING THREE COPIES
                   OF THIS FORM CONCURRENTLY WITH            ---------------------
            EITHER PLACING AN ORDER WITH A BROKER TO         Work Location
                 EXECUTE A SALE OR EXECUTING A SALE
                  DIRECTLY WITH A MARKET MAKER.              ---------------------
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(a) Name of Issuer                (b) I.R.S. Ident. No.  (c) S.E.C. File No.
       Standard Microsystems             11-2234952             0-7422
       Corporation
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(d) Address of Issuer                                    (e) Telephone No.
       Street              City          State  Zip Code        -------------
       80 Arkay Drive      Hauppauge      NY     11788          Area   Number
                                                                Code
                                                                631    435-6000
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(a) Name of Person For Whose Account   (b) Social Security  (c) Relationship
       the Securities are to be Sold          No. or I.R.S.        to Issuer
                                              Ident. No.
       Robert M. Brill                                             Director
  
   (d) Address
       Street              City          State  Zip Code
       500 N. Broadway
       Suite 144           Jericho        NY     11753
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  3(a)                  (b)                                                           (c)                  (d)
   Title of the         Name and Address of Each Broker           S.E.C. USE ONLY     Number of Shares     Aggregate
   Class of             Through Whom the Securities Are to be     ---------------     or Other Units       Market
   Securities           Offered or Each Market Maker Who is       Broker-Dealer       to be Sold           Value
   to be Sold           Acquiring the Securities                  File Number         (See Instr. 3(c))    (See Instr. 3(d))
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock          Grodsky Associates                                            25,000               $613,750
                        76 So. Orange Avenue                                                               as of 04/30/02
                        South Orange NJ  07079
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (e)                      (f)                    (g)
   Number of Shares         Approximate            Name of Each
   or Other Units           Date of Sale           Securities
   Outstanding              (See Instr. 3(f))      Exchange
   (See Instr. 3(e))        (Mo., Day, Yr.)        (See Instr. 3(g))
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  15,956,971                05/01/02               NASDAQ National Market
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  TABLE I AND TABLE II
  
                           TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
      FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE
                           SECURITIES TO BE SOLD AND WITH
              RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE PURCHASE
                       PRICE OR OTHER CONSIDERATION THEREFOR:
  Name of Person From
                                                      Whom Acquired             Amount of
  Title of       Date You    Nature of Acquisition    (If gift, also give       Securities        Date of
  the Class      Acquired    Transaction              date donor acquired)      Acquired          Payment     Nature of Payment
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock   5/01/02     Stock option exercise    Issuer                    25,000            5/01/02     Cash
                                                                                                              (cashless exercise)
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS
        FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO ALL SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
                             SOLD DURING THE PAST THREE
        MONTHS BY THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD:
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Name and          Title of        Date        Amount of
  Address of       Securities        of         Securities         Gross
  Seller              Sold          Sale          Sold            Procceds
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  REMARKS:
  
                                                             May 1, 2002
                                                          ----------------
                                                          (Date of Notice)
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the  securities to which this notice relates are to
  be sold hereby  represents  by signing  this notice that he does not know of any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the  issuer  of the  securities  to be  sold  which  has  not  been  publicly
  disclosed.
  
                                                        /s/ Robert M. Brill
                                                      ------------------------
                                                             (Signature)