As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2003
                                                      Registration No. 333-70040

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

                                   to Form S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         DELAWARE                                     95-2095071
(State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                  Identification Number)

                            2900 Semiconductor Drive
                                 P.O. Box 58090
                       Santa Clara, California 95052-8090
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
        Registrant's telephone number including area code: (408) 721-5000
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                             STOCK OPTION GRANTED TO
                DANIEL MEACHAM, BERNARD XAVIER, and IBRAHIM YAYLA
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                             JOHN M. CLARK III, Esq.
                     Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                  and Secretary
                       NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
                      2900 Semiconductor Drive, P.O. 58090
                           Santa Clara, CA 95052-8090
                                 (408) 721-5000

           (Name, address and telephone number, of agent for service)




                            DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES

     Pursuant to the  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8, No.  333-70040  (the
"Registration  Statement"),   National  Semiconductor  Corporation,  a  Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),  registered  799,339  shares of its Common Stock,
$0.50 par value per share ("Common Stock"), issuable under stock options granted
to Daniel  Meacham,  Bernard Xavier and Ibrahim Yayla  (collectively,  "innoCOMM
founders")  under an  agreement  entered  into by the Company  and the  innoCOMM
founders as part of the  consideration  for the  purchase of innoCOMM  Wireless,
Inc. The options have now expired  without being exercised and no shares will be
issued  under the  Registration  Statement.  The  Company  hereby  removes  from
registration under the Registration Statement the 799,339 shares of Common Stock
which remain unissued.




                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Company  certifies that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe that it meets all
the  requirements for filing this  Post-Effective  Amendment to the Registration
Statement  on Form S-8  (Registration  No.  333-70040)  and has duly caused this
Post-Effective  Amendment  to the  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Santa Clara, California
on March 7, 2003.

                                            NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION


                                            By    \S\ BRIAN L. HALLA*
                                                  Brian L. Halla
                                                  Chairman of the Board, and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been
signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities  indicated on March 7,
2003.

\S\ BRIAN L. HALLA*                 Chairman of the Board, President,
(Brian L. Halla)                    Chief Executive Officer and Director
                                    (Principal Officer)

\S\ LEWIS CHEW*                     Senior Vice President, Finance and
(Lewis Chew)                        Chief Financial Officer
                                    (Principal Financial Officer)

\S\ ROBERT E. DEBARR*               Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
(Robert E. DeBarr)

                                    Director
(Steven R. Appleton)

\S\ GARY P. ARNOLD*                 Director
(Gary P. Arnold)

\S\ RICHARD J. DANZIG*              Director
(Richard J. Danzig)

\S\ ROBERT J. FRANKENBERG*           Director
(Robert J. Frankenberg)

\S\ E. FLOYD KVAMME*                Director
(E. Floyd Kvamme)

\S\ MODESTO A. MAIDIQUE*            Director
(Modesto A. Maidique)

\S\ EDWARD R. MCCRACKEN*            Director
(Edward R. McCracken)


*By:     \S\ JOHN M. CLARK III
         John M. Clark III