UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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): September 26, 2008 (September 22, 2008)

PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

California

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-27026	77-0254621
(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3345 North First Street, San Jose, California 95134

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(408) 435-0800

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 22, 2008, Mr. Millard (Mel) Phelps notified Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”) that he would not stand for re-election as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Phelps is not standing for re-election due to reasons unrelated to the Company.

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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.

PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

By:/s/ Alex Hui                               

Alex Hui

Chief Executive Officer

Date: September 26, 2008

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