UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 11, 2012

INTEL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, California 95054-1549
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(408) 765-8080
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

On December 11, 2012, Intel Corporation (the “Company”) issued $3,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.350% notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”), $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.700% notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”), $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.250% notes due 2042 (the “2042 Notes” and, together with the 2017 Notes, the 2022 Notes and the 2032 Notes, the “Notes”) pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement dated December 4, 2012 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.  The Notes sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement were registered under the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 filed on December 4, 2012 (File No. 333-185253) and were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of March 29, 2006 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of December 3, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) and the third supplemental indenture dated as of December 11, 2012 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor trustee.

The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture are qualified in their entirety by the terms of such agreements, which are filed as Exhibit 1.01 to Form 8-K filed December 6, 2012, Exhibit 4.4 to Form S-3 filed March 30, 2006, Exhibit 4.2.4 to Form 10-K filed February 20, 2008 and Exhibit 4.01 hereto, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.  The foregoing description of the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of 1.350% Note due 2017, form of 2.700% Note due 2022, form of 4.000% Note due 2032 and form of 4.250% Note due 2042, which are filed hereto as Exhibit 4.02, Exhibit 4.03, Exhibit 4.04 and Exhibit 4.05, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)              Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report.

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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

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