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===Intel jingle===
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The D{{music|b}}–D{{music|b}}–G{{music|flat}}–D{{music|flat}}–A{{music|flat}} [[xylophone]]/[[marimba]] [[jingle]], known as the "Intel Spiral" or "Intel Bong",<ref name="bong">{{Cite web|url=https://timeline.intel.com/1995/the-intel-bong|title=The Intel Bong|website=Explore Intel's history|publisher=Intel Corporation|access-date=May 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://au.pcmag.com/chipsets-processors/68384/intel-is-changing-its-logo-and-iconic-five-note-bong-sound|title=Intel Is Changing Its Logo and Iconic, Five-Note Bong Sound|author=Michael Kan|magazine=[[PCMag]]|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref> used in Intel advertising was produced by [[Musikvergnuegen]] and written by [[Walter Werzowa]], once a member of the Austrian 1980s sampling band [[Edelweiss (band)|Edelweiss]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Paul Morley|title=Boot me up, Dessie|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4774366-111639,00.html|work=[[The Observer]]|location=London|date=October 19, 2003|access-date=January 17, 2009|author-link=Paul Morley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205232833/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4774366-111639,00.html|archive-date=February 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Intel jingle was made in 1994 to coincide with the launch of the Pentium. It was modified in 1999 to coincide with the launch of the [[Pentium III]], although it overlapped with the 1994 version which was phased out in 2004. Advertisements for products featuring Intel processors with prominent MMX branding featured a version of the jingle with an embellishment (shining sound) after the final note.

The jingle was remade a second time in 2004 to coincide with the new logo change.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Again, it overlapped with the 1999 version and was not mainstreamed until the launch of the Core processors in 2006, with the melody unchanged.

Another remake of the jingle debuted with Intel's new visual identity.<ref name="Intel 2020 logo" /> The company has made use of numerous variants since its rebranding in 2020 (while retaining the mainstream 2006 version).

In 2017, the [[United States Copyright Office]] registered a copyright claim to the 1994 [[sound recording]] of the "Intel Spiral", as it "contained a perceptible and sufficient amount of creative production authorship." However, registration was refused for the underlying [[musical composition]], a [[perfect octave]] followed by a four-note arpeggio, as it was below the [[threshold of originality]].<ref name="usco-reconsideration">{{cite web|url=https://copyright.gov/rulings-filings/review-board/docs/intel-spiral.pdf|title=Re: Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register Intel Spiral|last=Weston|first=Chris|date=January 23, 2017|publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]]|access-date=May 20, 2025}}</ref>