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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts" and
"Selected Financial Data" in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related
Proxy Statement/Prospectus of Level One Communications, Incorporated for the
registration of Intel Corporation common stock and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated January 11, 1999, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Intel Corporation included in
and/or incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 26, 1998, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
in its Annual Report to Stockholders.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

San Jose, California
July 6, 1999