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2010</font></div>
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STATES</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C.&#160;&#160;20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.</font></div>
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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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      or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div>
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      Employer Identification No.)</font></div>
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Hatamar Street</font></div>
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Box 527</font></div>
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20692, Israel</font></div>
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of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></div>
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AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</font></div>
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2003 ISRAELI SHARE OPTION PLAN)</font></div>
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title of the plan)</font></div>
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&amp; Associates</font></div>
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Library Avenue, Suite 204</font></div>
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Box 885</font></div>
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Delaware 19715</font></div>
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address of agent for service)</font></div>
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738-6680</font></div>
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number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div>
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      J. Geffen, Adv.</font></div>
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      Brandes &amp; Co.</font></div>
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      Tuval Street</font></div>
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      67897, Israel</font></div>
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      972 3-623-5000</font></div>
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      972 3-623-5005</font></div>
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      J. Glusband, Esq.</font></div>
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      Ledyard &amp; Milburn LLP</font></div>
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      Wall Street</font></div>
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      212-238-8605</font></div>
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.&#160;&#160;See definition of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.</font></div>
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Accelerated filer <font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings 2, serif">&#163;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Accelerated
filer <font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings 2, serif">S</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Non-accelerated
filer <font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings 2, serif">&#163;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Smaller
Reporting Company <font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings 2, serif">&#163;</font></font></div><br>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div>
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      of securities to be registered</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: -0.9pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Amount
      to be registered (1)</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Proposed
      maximum offering price per share</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: -0.9pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Proposed
      maximum aggregate offering price</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Amount
      of registration fee (2)</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ordinary
      Shares, par value NIS 0.02 per share</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: -0.9pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2,085,167
      (3)</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$24.73
      (4)</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$51,566,179.91</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$3,676.67</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ordinary
      Shares, par value NIS 0.02 per share</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: -0.9pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">14,833
      (5)</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$24.73
      (4)</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$366,820.09</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$26.16</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Total&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: -0.9pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2,100,000</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">N/A</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$51,933,000</font></div>
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 17.1pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$3,702.83</font></div>
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      share (the "Ordinary Shares") that may be offered or issued pursuant to
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      proposed maximum offering price per share is calculated based on the
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Shares for issuance under the Registrant's 2003 Amended and Restated Equity
Incentive Plan (f/k/a 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan).</font></div>
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previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets 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 Yokneam, Israel on
December 1, 2010.</font></div>
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forms_8.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1,
2010
Registration
No. 333-________
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.  20549
__________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________
EZCHIP
SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Israel
Not
      Applicable
(State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
1
Hatamar Street
PO
Box 527
Yokneam
20692, Israel
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
2003
AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(f/k/a
2003 ISRAELI SHARE OPTION PLAN)
(Full
title of the plan)
Puglisi
& Associates
850
Library Avenue, Suite 204
P.O.
Box 885
Newark,
Delaware 19715
(Name and
address of agent for service)
Tel.  (302)
738-6680
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Tuvia
      J. Geffen, Adv.
Naschitz,
      Brandes & Co.
5
      Tuval Street
Tel-Aviv
      67897, Israel
Tel:
      972 3-623-5000
Fax:
      972 3-623-5005
Steven
      J. Glusband, Esq.
Carter
      Ledyard & Milburn LLP
2
      Wall Street
New
      York, NY 10005
Tel:
      212-238-8605
Fax:
      212-732-3232
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.  See definition of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large
Accelerated filer
£
Accelerated
filer
S
Non-accelerated
filer
£
Smaller
Reporting Company
£
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities to be registered
Amount
      to be registered (1)
Proposed
      maximum offering price per share
Proposed
      maximum aggregate offering price
Amount
      of registration fee (2)
Ordinary
      Shares, par value NIS 0.02 per share
2,085,167
      (3)
$24.73
      (4)
$51,566,179.91
$3,676.67
Ordinary
      Shares, par value NIS 0.02 per share
14,833
      (5)
$24.73
      (4)
$366,820.09
$26.16
Total
2,100,000
N/A
$51,933,000
$3,702.83
(1)
In
      addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number
      of shares of the Registrant's ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.02 per
      share (the "Ordinary Shares") that may be offered or issued pursuant to
      the Registrant's 2003 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the
      "2003 Incentive Plan") by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or
      similar transactions.
(2)
Calculated
      pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as
      follows: proposed maximum aggregate offering price multiplied by
      .0000713.
(3)
Issuable
      under options and restricted stock units ("RSUs") that may be granted in
      the future under the Registrant's 2003 Incentive
  Plan.
(4)
Pursuant
      to Rule 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
      proposed maximum offering price per share is calculated based on the
      average of the daily high and low sale prices ($24.45 and $25.00) of the
      Ordinary Shares, as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market on November 26,
      2010.
(5)
Issuable
      under RSUs previously granted under the Registrant's 2003 Incentive
      Plan.
(6)
Pursuant
      to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in the case
      of Ordinary Shares purchasable upon exercise of outstanding options, the
      proposed maximum offering price is the exercise price provided for in the
      respective option grant.
___________________________
This
Registration Statement shall become effective immediately upon filing as
provided in Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933.
2
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
The
purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to register an additional
2,100,000
Ordinary
Shares for issuance under the Registrant's 2003 Amended and Restated Equity
Incentive Plan (f/k/a 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan).
In
accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the following documents
previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference and made part of this
Registration Statement:
(a)
Registration
      Statement No. 333-134593 on Form S-8 as filed on May 31, 2006, as amended
      on September 5, 2008;
(b)
Registration
      Statement No. 333-148932 on Form S-8 as filed on January 30, 2008, as
      amended on September 5, 2008; and
(c)
Registration
      Statement No. 333-164330 on Form S-8 as filed on January 14,
      2010.
Item
8.  Exhibits.
4.1           Memorandum
of Association of the Registrant (1)
4.2
Amended
      and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant
  (2)
4.3
Certificate
      of Name Change of the Registrant (translated from Hebrew)
    (3)
4.4           2003
Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (4)
5              Opinion
of Naschitz, Brandes & Co., Advocates
23.1         Consent
of Naschitz, Brandes & Co., Advocates (contained in Exhibit 5)
23.2         Consent
of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young
Global
24           
Power of Attorney (included as part of this Registration Statement)
________________________________________
(1)
Filed
      as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1,
      registration number 33-52676, filed with the Commission, and incorporated
      herein by reference.
(2)
Filed
      as Exhibit 1.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
      ended December 31, 2007, and incorporated herein by
    reference.
(3)
Filed
      as Exhibit 1.3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
      ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Commission on March 30, 2009, and
      incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed
      as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
      ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on March 30, 2007, and
      incorporated herein by reference.
3
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets 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 Yokneam, Israel on
December 1, 2010.
EZCHIP
SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
By:
/s/Eli
Fruchter
Name:           Eli
Fruchter
Title:
Principal
      Executive Officer
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Eli Fruchter and Dror Israel and each of them
severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, and agent each with power to
act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name of such person, in his capacity as a
director or officer of EZchip Semiconductor Ltd., any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 and all instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or their substitutes, may 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 on December 1, 2010, by the following persons in the capacities
indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/Benny
      Hanigal
Benny
      Hanigal
Chairman
      of the Board of Directors
/s/Eli
      Fruchter
Eli
      Fruchter
Principal
      Executive Officer and Director
/s/Dror
      Israel
Dror
      Israel
Chief
      Accounting and Financial Officer
/s/Ran
      Gila
di
Prof.
      Ran Giladi
Director
/s/Karen
      Sarid
Karen
      Sarid
Director
/s/Shai
      Saul
Shai
      Saul
Director
/s/David
      Schlachet
David
      Schlachet
Director
Puglisi
      & Associates
By:
/s/Gregory F. Lavelle
Name:        Gregory
      F. Lavelle
Title:         Managing
      Director
Authorized
      Representative in the United States
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