SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                AMENDMENT NO. 3
                                      TO
                                SCHEDULE 13E-3
                       RULE 13E-3 TRANSACTION STATEMENT
                          (PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(e)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)


                              AST RESEARCH, INC.

                             (Name of the Issuer)

                         SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD

                              AST RESEARCH, INC.

                      (Name of Persons Filing Statement)

                    COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
                       (INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED RIGHTS)

                        (Title of Class of Securities)


                                   001907104

                     (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                               
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        Jae Chang Lee, Esq.                       Randall G. Wick, Esq.
    Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.                   AST Research, Inc.
      Samsung Main Building                        16215 Alton Parkway
  250, 2-Ka, Taepyung-Ro, Chung-Ku              Irvine, California 92718
         Seoul, Korea 100-742                       (714) 727-7777
         011-82-2-727-7100

  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
           and Communications on Behalf of Persons Filing Statement)
 

                                  COPIES TO:
                                                               
     Thomas D. Magill, Esq.           Henry Lesser, Esq.                   Gary J. Singer, Esq.
  Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP        Irell & Manella LLP                  O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Jamboree Center, 4 Park Plaza  333 South Hope Street, Suite 3300   610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1700
  Irvine, California 92614        Los Angeles, California 90071       Newport Beach, California 92660
      (714) 451-3800                    (213) 620-1555                          (714) 760-9600


 

 
     This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Rule 13e-3 Transaction
Statement on Schedule 13E-3 dated April 21, 1997 (the "Schedule 13E-3") of
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a Korean corporation ("Purchaser"), and AST
Research, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), filed in connection with
the tender offer by Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of common
stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock") and the
associated preferred stock purchase rights (the "Rights" and together with the
Common Stock, the "Shares") issued pursuant to the Company's Amended and
Restated Rights Agreement, dated January 28, 1994, between the Company and
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as Successor Rights Agent, as amended
by the First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of March 1, 1995, and the
Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of April 15, 1997, not owned by
Samsung or its affiliates at $5.40 per Share, net to the seller in cash, as set
forth in the Offer to Purchase dated April 21, 1997 (the "Offer to Purchase")
and the related Letter of Transmittal.

     Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the 
meanings given such terms in the Schedule 13E-3.

Item 4.   TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION

     Item 4(a) is hereby amended and supplemented by addition of the following 
information thereto:

     A copy of Purchaser's press release announcing that the Offer has been
extended and that the Offer and withdrawal rights will now expire at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on Tuesday, June 17, 1997, unless further extended, is filed
as Exhibit (a)(10) to Purchaser's Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1
dated April 21, 1997, as amended (the "Schedule 14D-1"), and is incorporated
herein by reference.

Item 17.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS

     Item 17 is hereby amended and supplemented by addition of the following 
exhibit thereto:

        (d)(10)  Press release, dated May 19, 1997, issued by Purchaser 
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(10) to the Schedule 14D-1.)


 
                                  SIGNATURES

         After due inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of
the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.

                              AST RESEARCH, INC.


                              By:    /s/ Won Suk Yang
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                              Name:  Won Suk Yang
                              Title: Senior Vice President of Finance, 
                                     Acting Chief Financial Officer 

                              SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

                              By:    /s/ Jae Chang Lee
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                              Name:  Jae Chang Lee
                              Title: Director/General Legal Counsel


Dated: May 19, 1997


 
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Exhibit No.            Description of Exhibit
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(d)(10)                Press release, dated May 19, 1997, issued by Purchaser  
                       (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(10) to
                       the Schedule 14D-1.)