NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP &lt;NSM> 3RD QTR LOSS

  March Eight
      Shr loss 31 cts vs loss 47 cts
      Net loss 25.6 mln vs loss 39.4 mln
      Sales 398.1 mln vs 322.3 mln
      Avg shrs 91.6 mln vs 90.0 mln
      Nine mths
      Shr loss 44 cts vs loss one dlr
      Net loss 32.7 mln vs loss 84.4 mln
      Sales 1.36 billion vs 1.08 billion
      Avg shrs 91.2 mln vs 89.6 mln
      NOTE: Twelve and 40-week periods.
      Prior year results restated for change in method of
  recognizing revenue on distributor shipments.  Quarter net loss
  originally reported as 32.0 mln dlrs or 38 cts shr on sales of
  328.9 mln dlrs and nine mth loss as 120.3 mln dlrs or 1.40 dlrs
  shr on sales of 1.11 billion dlrs.
      Prior nine mths net includes 51.2 mln dlr gain from
  cumulative effect of accounting change.
      Prior year net includes extraordinary credits of 1,100,000
  dlrs in quarter and 3,300,000 dlrs in nine mths.
      Current year net both periods includes 15.0 mln dlr pretax
  charge from previously-announced restructuring of Datachecker
  Systems and Semiconductor Group manufacturing operations.
  

