Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:

) today announced financial results for the quarter ended December 26, 2010. Revenue for the period was $870.7 million, gross margin was $407.4 million (46.8%), and net income was $221.9 million, or $1.78 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $805.9 million, gross margin of $377.3 million (46.8%), and net income of $193.7 million, or $1.55 per diluted share, for the September 2010 quarter. Shipments for the December 2010 quarter were $892 million compared to $808 million during the September 2010 quarter. The Company's ongoing results for the December 2010 quarter exclude certain benefits for research and development tax credits. The Company's ongoing results for the September 2010 quarter exclude certain benefits for restructuring activities and asset impairments. Management uses the presentation of ongoing operating income, ongoing operating expenses, ongoing operating margin, ongoing net income, and ongoing net income per diluted share to evaluate the Company's operating and financial results. The Company believes the presentation of ongoing results is useful to investors for analyzing business trends and comparing performance to prior periods, along with enhancing the investor's ability to view the Company's results from management's perspective. A table presenting a reconciliation of ongoing net income, ongoing operating income, ongoing operating expenses, and ongoing operating margin results to results under U.S. GAAP is included at the end of this press release and on the Company's web site at http://investor.lamrc.com.