Get ready for some gut-busting laughs, thanks to those crazy guys and gals over at Intel.

The Santa Clara computer-chip giant has signed on as a sponsor of “The Tonight Show with comedian Conan O’Brien.” According to the company, “this partnership leverages O’Brien’s unique ability to humorously convey to his viewers Intel’s unique personality, cutting-edge technology and futuristic innovations.”

Wait. Stop yukking. We haven’t gotten to the punch line yet.

While the chipmaker is passionate about technology, it notes in a press release, “there is also a funny, quirky side to Intel people – and we want to share that.”

Grab some chips and dip, set up the TV trays and turn on the tube to the silly side of Silicon Valley. Imagine what fun Conan could have with Intel’s 8-MB smart caches, SSE4 instruction sets and processor prefetching algorithms. Sounds like a real knee-slappin good time.

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