As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 1996

                                                      Registration No. 33-95886

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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                          TO
                                       FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                              THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                               DSP COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


              Delaware                                     77-0389180
         (State or other jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)


                            20300 Stevens Creek Boulevard
                                Cupertino, California           95014
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

                               DSP Communications, Inc.
                           1995 Director Stock Option Plan
                               (Full title of the Plan)

                                     Davidi Gilo
                                Chairman of the Board
                               DSP COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                            20300 Stevens Creek Boulevard
                             Cupertino, California 95014
                       (Name and address of agent for service)

                                    (408) 777-2700
            (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



                                       Copy to:
                                Donald C. Reinke, Esq.
                                   PEZZOLA & REINKE
                           1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1300
                              Oakland, California  94612

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                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                     Proposed        Proposed
                    Number of        Maximum         Maximum         Amount
Title of             Shares          Offering        Aggregate         of
Securities to         to be            Price         Offering      Registration
be Registered      Registered       per Share(1)     Price(1)          Fee

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Common Stock,        100,000         $48.125         $4,812,500    $1,660
$0.001 par
value per share

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(1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933,
    as amended, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee.
    Computation based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
    registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
    September 9, 1996, which average was $48.125.


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                                       PART II

                  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

    The contents of the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 33-95886), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22,
1995, are incorporated by reference herein.


ITEM 8.     EXHIBITS.

Exhibit Number     Exhibit Description
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     5             Opinion of Pezzola & Reinke as to the legality of the
                   securities being registered.

    23.1           Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

    23.2           Consent of Pezzola & Reinke (contained in the opinion of
                   counsel filed as Exhibit 5 to this Amendment No. 1 to the
                   Registration Statement).

    24             Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of
                   this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement).


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                                      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 City of Cupertino, State of California, on September 12,
1996.

                                       DSP COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
                                        a Delaware corporation



                                       By: /s/ Davidi Gilo
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                                            Davidi Gilo
                                            Chairman of the Board


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                     POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES

    Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Davidi
Gilo, Nathan Hod and Gerald Dogon, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement,
including post-effective amendments, 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 do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he 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 thereof.

    Further, 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.

Signature                    Title                         Date
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/s/ Davidi Gilo              Chairman of the Board         September 12, 1996
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Davidi Gilo                  of Directors

/s/ Nathan Hod               President, Chief Executive    September 12, 1996
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Nathan Hod                   Officer and Director
                             (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Gerald Dogon             Executive Vice President      September 12, 1996
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Gerald Dogon                 and Chief Financial Officer
                             (Principal Financial
                             & Accounting Officer)

/s/ Lewis S. Broad           Director                      September 12, 1996
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Lewis S. Broad


/s/ Avraham Fischer          Director                      September 12, 1996
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Avraham Fischer


/s/ Andrew W. Schonzeit      Director                      September 12, 1996
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Andrew W. Schonzeit


/s/ Shigeru Iwamoto          Director                      September 12, 1996
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Shigeru Iwamoto


/s/ Neill H. Brownstein      Director                      September 12, 1996
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Neill H. Brownstein

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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number     Exhibit Description
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  5                Opinion of Pezzola & Reinke as to the legality of the
                   securities being registered.

 23.1              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

 23.2              Consent of Pezzola & Reinke (contained in the opinion of
                   counsel   filed as Exhibit 5 to this Amendment No. 1 to the
                   Registration Statement).

 24                Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this
                   Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement).


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