As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
                                               June 2, 1998
                                Registration No. 333-_______
                              
             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C. 20549
                    ____________________
                          FORM S-8
                   REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                            Under
                 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                 __________________________
                       EMC CORPORATION
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   Massachusetts                                  04-2680009
(State or other jurisdiction                   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)            Identification No.)


           EMC Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan
                  (Full title of the plan)
                  _________________________

                      35 Parkwood Drive
               Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
                  _________________________
                              
                    Paul T. Dacier, Esq.
             Vice President and General Counsel
                       EMC Corporation
                      171 South Street
               Hopkinton, Massachusetts  01748
                       (508) 435-1000
                  _________________________
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of
                     Agent for Service)

               CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                              
Title of Each Class  Amount to     Proposed      Proposed      Amount of
of Securities to be     be         Maximum        Maximum    Registration
    Registered      Registered  Offering Price   Aggregate        Fee
                                 Per Share(1)    Offering
                                                 Price(1)
Common Stock, $.01   3,500,000      $41.10      $143,850,000   $42,436(3)
par value per share  shares(2)


 (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the
average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock
on the New York Stock Exchange on June 1, 1998.
(2)  This registration statement also relates to 24,721,660
shares of Common Stock previously registered and remaining
unissued under Registration Statements on Form S-8
(Registration  Nos. 33-71598, 33-63665 and 333-31471), which
as indicated below are incorporated by reference herein.
(3)  In accordance with Instruction E of Form S-8, the
registration fee is being paid with respect to the
additional securities only.

                           PART II

      EMC Corporation (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates
by  reference  the contents of the Registrant's Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-71598, 33-63665
and 333-31471).

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number              Title of Exhibit

4.1                 EMC Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan,
                    as amended to date.

5.1                 Opinion of Ropes & Gray.
     
24.1                Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

24.2                Consent of Ropes & Gray (contained
                    in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1
                    to this Registration Statement).

25.1                Power of Attorney (included in Part II
                    of this Registration Statement under the
                    caption "Signatures").

                              
                         SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act  of
1933,  the  Registrant  certifies  that  it  has  reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing  on  Form  S-8 and has duly caused this  Registration
Statement  to  be  signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,
thereunto   duly  authorized,  in  the  Town  of  Hopkinton,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 2nd day of June, 1998.


                              EMC Corporation


                              By: /s/ William J. Teuber, Jr.
                              Name: William J. Teuber, Jr.
                              Title: Vice President and
                              Chief Financial Officer
                              (Principal Accounting Officer)

      Each  person whose signature appears below constitutes
and  appoints  Michael C. Ruettgers, Colin G.  Patteson  and
Paul T. Dacier, and each of them singly, his or her true and
lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent  with  full  power   of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and  in  his
or  her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign   any  and  all  amendments  (including  post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed  by  EMC Corporation, and to file the same,  with  all
exhibits   thereto,  and  other  documents   in   connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
granting  unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full  power
and authority to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to  all intents and purposes as he or she might or could  do
in  person,  hereby ratifying and confirming all  that  said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents, or  their  substitutes,  may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act  of
1933,  this  Registration Statement has been signed  by  the
following  persons  in  the  capacities  and  on  the  dates
indicated.


    Signatures                   Title                  Date

/s/ Richard J. Egan       Chairman of the Board      June 2, 1998
    Richard J. Egan        (Principal Executive
                           Officer) and Director

/s/ Michael C. Ruettgers   President and Chief       June 2, 1998
    Michael C. Ruettgers    Executive Officer
                            and Director

/s/ Colin G. Patteson      Senior Vice President,    June 2,1998
    Colin G. Patteson       Chief Administrative
                            Officer and Treasurer
                            (Principal Financial
                            Officer)

/s/ William J. Teuber, Jr.  Vice President and       June 2, 1998
    William J. Teuber, Jr.   Chief Financial
                             Officer (Principal
                             Accounting Officer)

/s/ Michael J. Cronin       Director                 June 2, 1998
    Michael J. Cronin


/s/ John F. Cunningham      Director                 June 2, 1998
    John F. Cunningham


/s/ John R. Egan            Director                 June 2, 1998
    John R. Egan


/s/ Maureen E. Egan         Director                 June 2, 1998
    Maureen E. Egan


/s/ W. Paul Fitzgerald      Director                 June 2, 1998
    W. Paul Fitzgerald


/s/ Joseph F. Oliveri       Director                 June 2, 1998
    Joseph F. Oliveri


                        EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number    Title of Exhibit                            Page

4.1       EMC Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan,       9
          as amended to date.

5.1       Opinion of Ropes & Gray.                      17

24.1      Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.           18

24.2      Consent of Ropes & Gray (contained in the     17
          opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this
          Registration Statement).

25.1      Powers of Attorney (included in Part II        5
          of this Registration Statement under the
          caption "Signatures").
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
                                               June 2, 1998
                                Registration No. 333-_______
                              
             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, D.C. 20549
                    ____________________
                          FORM S-8
                   REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                            Under
                 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                 __________________________
                       EMC CORPORATION
   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   Massachusetts                                  04-2680009
(State or other jurisdiction                   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)            Identification No.)

           EMC Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan
                  (Full title of the plan)
                  _________________________

                      35 Parkwood Drive
               Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
                  _________________________
                              
                    Paul T. Dacier, Esq.
             Vice President and General Counsel
                       EMC Corporation
                      171 South Street
               Hopkinton, Massachusetts  01748
                       (508) 435-1000
                  _________________________
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of
                     Agent for Service)

               CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                              
Title of Each Class  Amount to     Proposed      Proposed      Amount of
of Securities to be     be         Maximum        Maximum    Registration
    Registered      Registered  Offering Price   Aggregate        Fee
                                 Per Share(1)    Offering
                                                 Price(1)
Common Stock, $.01   3,500,000      $41.10      $143,850,000   $42,436(3)
par value per share  shares(2)

 (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the
average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock
on the New York Stock Exchange on June 1, 1998.
(2)  This registration statement also relates to 24,721,660
shares of Common Stock previously registered and remaining
unissued under Registration Statements on Form S-8
(Registration  Nos. 33-71598, 33-63665 and 333-31471), which
as indicated below are incorporated by reference herein.
(3)  In accordance with Instruction E of Form S-8, the
registration fee is being paid with respect to the
additional securities only.

                           PART II

      EMC Corporation (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates
by  reference  the contents of the Registrant's Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-71598, 33-63665
and 333-31471).

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number              Title of Exhibit

4.1                 EMC Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan,
                    as amended to date.

5.1                 Opinion of Ropes & Gray.
     
24.1                Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

24.2                Consent of Ropes & Gray (contained
                    in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1
                    to this Registration Statement).

25.1                Power of Attorney (included in Part II
                    of this Registration Statement under the
                    caption "Signatures").

                              
                         SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act  of
1933,  the  Registrant  certifies  that  it  has  reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing  on  Form  S-8 and has duly caused this  Registration
Statement  to  be  signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,
thereunto   duly  authorized,  in  the  Town  of  Hopkinton,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 2nd day of June, 1998.

                              EMC Corporation

                              By: /s/ William J. Teuber, Jr.
                              Name: William J. Teuber, Jr.
                              Title: Vice President and
                              Chief Financial Officer
                              (Principal Accounting Officer)

      Each  person whose signature appears below constitutes
and  appoints  Michael C. Ruettgers, Colin G.  Patteson  and
Paul T. Dacier, and each of them singly, his or her true and
lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent  with  full  power   of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and  in  his
or  her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign   any  and  all  amendments  (including  post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed  by  EMC Corporation, and to file the same,  with  all
exhibits   thereto,  and  other  documents   in   connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
granting  unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full  power
and authority to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to  all intents and purposes as he or she might or could  do
in  person,  hereby ratifying and confirming all  that  said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents, or  their  substitutes,  may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act  of
1933,  this  Registration Statement has been signed  by  the
following  persons  in  the  capacities  and  on  the  dates
indicated.

    Signatures                   Title                  Date

/s/ Richard J. Egan       Chairman of the Board      June 2, 1998
    Richard J. Egan        (Principal Executive
                           Officer) and Director

/s/ Michael C. Ruettgers   President and Chief       June 2, 1998
    Michael C. Ruettgers    Executive Officer
                            and Director

/s/ Colin G. Patteson      Senior Vice President,    June 2,1998
    Colin G. Patteson       Chief Administrative
                            Officer and Treasurer
                            (Principal Financial
                            Officer)

/s/ William J. Teuber, Jr.  Vice President and       June 2, 1998
    William J. Teuber, Jr.   Chief Financial
                             Officer (Principal
                             Accounting Officer)

/s/ Michael J. Cronin       Director                 June 2, 1998
    Michael J. Cronin

/s/ John F. Cunningham      Director                 June 2, 1998
    John F. Cunningham

/s/ John R. Egan            Director                 June 2, 1998
    John R. Egan

/s/ Maureen E. Egan         Director                 June 2, 1998
    Maureen E. Egan

/s/ W. Paul Fitzgerald      Director                 June 2, 1998
    W. Paul Fitzgerald

/s/ Joseph F. Oliveri       Director                 June 2, 1998
    Joseph F. Oliveri

                        EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number    Title of Exhibit                            Page

4.1       EMC Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan,       9
          as amended to date.

5.1       Opinion of Ropes & Gray.                      17

24.1      Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.           18

24.2      Consent of Ropes & Gray (contained in the     17
          opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this
          Registration Statement).

25.1      Powers of Attorney (included in Part II        5
          of this Registration Statement under the
          caption "Signatures").