EXHIBIT 99.1

NEWS FOR RELEASE: 10-29-2004                              CONTACT:  Lee Brown
                                                          719-481-7213
                                                          lbrown@ramtron.com

                    RAMTRON NAMES DIRECTOR DR. WILLIAM HOWARD
                              CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - October 29, 2004 - U.S. semiconductor maker Ramtron
International Corporation (Nasdaq:RMTR) announced today that the company's
board of directors has named Ramtron Director Dr. William Howard as chairman
of the board.  Dr. Howard succeeds Albert Hugo-Martinez, who resigned as
chairman of the board and as director.  Mr. Hugo-Martinez served as chairman
since February 2003 and as a director since 1999.  He advised the board that
the timing of his resignation resulted from potential conflicts of interest
with another board position, stemming from Ramtron's recent entry into the
mixed-signal product market, and the demands on his time from other business
interests.  Ramtron's board has named Director Doris Keitel-Schulz to replace
Mr. Hugo-Martinez on the audit committee.

"We are honored to have Dr. Howard as chairman," commented Ramtron CEO Bill
Staunton.  "His breadth of experience, which spans a number of industries,
will continue to be an invaluable asset to the board.  With his guidance, we
look forward to taking Ramtron through its next stage of profitable growth."

"Ramtron has made tremendous progress over the last two years, as evidenced
by significant improvements in its operating results," said Mr. Hugo-
Martinez. "With the company poised for continued success, I believe the time
is right for me to transition to my other board commitments, as well as
start-up opportunities with which I am involved."

"Albert has been instrumental in navigating Ramtron to its many recent
successes, and we are sorry to see him leave," said Dr. William Howard.  "He
has made many contributions to our company and the board, and we wish him
much success in his many endeavors."

"We have valued Mr. Hugo-Martinez' insights and counsel over the years, and
we have benefited greatly from his leadership," Mr. Staunton added.

Dr. Howard has served as a Ramtron director since July 1994.  Since September
1990, he has been an independent engineering consultant to various entities,
including SEMATECH, the Semiconductor Industry Association and Dow Corning.
From October 1987 until December 1990, he served as a senior fellow at the
National Academy of Engineering while on leave from Motorola.  From 1969 to
1990, Dr. Howard was employed by Motorola, where he most recently served as
corporate senior vice president and director of Research and Development.  He
is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the
Institute of Electrical Engineers and of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.  Dr. Howard is chairman of Thunderbird Technologies,
a privately held company developing new transistor technologies, and a
director of three public companies, Credence Systems, Inc.; BEI Technologies,
Inc.; and Xilinx, Inc.

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Ms. Doris Keitel-Schulz has served as a Ramtron director since 2003.  Ms.
Schulz, a 20-year veteran in the development, manufacture and application of
semiconductor components, is Director of Special Projects within the Memory
Products Group of Infineon Technologies AG (formerly Siemens Semiconductor).
Following a two-year Siemens international trainee program, which included a
visiting scholarship at Stanford University, Ms. Keitel-Schulz joined the
Siemens Semiconductor Group in 1987. There she held various engineering
management positions in CAD, design methodology, memory, and logic design.
Ms. Keitel-Schulz holds a Masters degree in Material Science and Electronics
from the University of Erlangen-Nueremberg.

About Ramtron
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Ramtron International Corporation (NASDAQ: RMTR) is the leading supplier of
nonvolatile ferroelectric semiconductors, including serial and parallel
ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) devices and Processor Companion
devices that integrate a variety of commonly needed discrete analog and
mixed-signal functions for processor-based systems.  Ramtron's patented FRAM
technology allows devices to perform the functions of both RAM and
nonvolatile memory in a single chip.  Its unique benefits are revolutionizing
memory-based designs in a variety of automotive, communications, computing,
consumer, industrial control, medical, and metering applications.
Additionally, Ramtron works with various leading-edge licensees and
manufacturers to bring its technology to market.  For more information,
please visit www.ramtron.com.

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1995:  Statements herein that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" involving risks and uncertainties.  Please refer to Ramtron's
Securities and Exchange Commission filings for a discussion of such risks.

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