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                                                                  Exhibit 3.1

                      RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                                ZORAN CORPORATION
           (Pursuant to Section 245 and 242 of the General Corporation
                         Law of the State of Delaware)

     ZORAN CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

     1.   The name of the corporation is Zoran Corporation.

     2.   The date of filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with
          the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was November 24, 1986.

     3.   This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and
          further amends the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation as
          herein set forth in full:

                                    ARTICLE I

                                      NAME

     The name of the corporation is Zoran Corporation (the "Corporation").

                                   ARTICLE II

                                REGISTERED OFFICE

     The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of
Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New
Castle, and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of
Delaware at such address is The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.

                                   ARTICLE III

                                     PURPOSE

     The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity
for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                                  CAPITAL STOCK

     (A) The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares,
designated "Common Stock" and "Preferred Stock," respectively. The number of
shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued is 55,000,000 shares, $.001 par
value per share, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized to be
issued is 3,000,000 shares, $.001 par value per share.

     (B) The Preferred shares authorized by this Certificate of Incorporation
may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is
authorized to determine, alter or eliminate any or all of the rights,
preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly
unissued series of Preferred Stock, and to fix, increase or decrease the number
of shares comprising any such series and the designation thereof, or any of
them, and to provide for the rights and terms of redemption or conversion of the
shares of any such series.

                                    ARTICLE V

                                     BYLAWS

     In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute,
the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, repeal or otherwise
alter the Bylaws without any action on the part of the stockholders; provided,
however, that any Bylaws made by the Board of Directors and any and all powers
conferred by any of said Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed by the
stockholders, subject to the requirements of this Certificate of Incorporation
with respect to such stockholder approval.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                    DIRECTORS

     To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall
not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Neither any amendment nor
repeal of this Article VI, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate
of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VI shall eliminate or reduce the
effect of this Article VI in respect to any matter occurring, or any cause of
action, suit or claim that, but for this Article VI, would accrue or arise,
prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

                                    ZORAN CORPORATION


                                    By:
                                          Levy Gerzberg
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer