The exponential stability problem is investigated fora class of stochastic recurrent neural networks with time delay and Markovian switching.By using It(o)'s differential formula and the Lyapunov stabifity theory,sufficient condition for the solvability of this problem is derived in telm of linear matrix inequalities,which can be easily checked by resorting to available software packages.A numerical example and the simulation are exploited to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.