SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


               Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of
                           The Securities Act of 1934


          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 22, 2001





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




   Colorado                          0-19027                    84-1057605
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(State or other                    (Commission               (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction                       File Number)              Identification No.)
of incorporation)



                      1465 Kelly Johnson Boulevard
                       Colorado Springs, Colorado               80920
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                (Address of principal executive offices)       Zip Code


          Registrant's telephone, including area code: (719) 531-9444


                                 Not applicable
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          Former name or former address, if changed since last report





Item 2: Acquisition or disposition of assets

     On March 13, 2001 Q-DOT Group, Inc. ("Q-DOT") merged with and into the
Company. The Company issued 5,171,731 shares of its common stock to the
stockholders of Q-DOT. The purchase price was based upon the average of the
session ending per share market price of the Company's common stock for the 20
trading days immediately before the closing date. Such average price was $0.7734
per share. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Q-DOT, Inc. ("QI"), Q-DOT
specialized in advanced technology research and development for data
acquisition, signal processing, imaging and data communications. QI's projects
have been supported by conventional government and commercial contracts in
addition to Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts. QI will be
operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company for its government contract
research and development operations. Douglas Mitchell, the President, Chief
Executive Officer and a director of the Company owned 2,513 shares of Q-DOT
common stock (entitling him to 44,386 shares of Simtek common stock pursuant to
the merger) and served as a member of Q-DOT's board of directors. Mr. Mitchell
abstained from the vote of our board of directors with respect to the approval
of the merger.

Item 7: Financial statements, proforma financial information and exhibits

     a)   Financial Statements - The financial statements of Q-Dot will be filed
          by amendment.

     b)   Proforma financial  information - The proforma  financial  information
          will be filed by amendment.

     c)   10.1 - Agreement and Plan of Merger among Simtek Corporation, and
          Q-DOT Group, Inc. and Q-DOT, Inc.



                                    SIGNATURE

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 and hereunto duly authorized.

                                              SIMTEK CORPORATION


March 22, 2001                               By: /s/Douglas Mitchell
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                                                  DOUGLAS MITCHELL
                                                  Chief Executive Officer
                                                  President and Chief Financial
                                                  Officer (acting)