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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

         CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
Dallas Semiconductor Corporation:

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
on Form S-4 of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. of our report dated January 12,
2001 except for Note 7 which is as of January 28, 2001, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheet of Dallas Semiconductor Corporation as of December
31, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders'
equity and cash flows for the year then ended, which report appears in the
December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Dallas Semiconductor
Corporation, and to the references to our firm under the headings "Selected
Historical Consolidated Financial Data of Dallas Semiconductor" and "Experts" in
the prospectus.

                                          /s/ KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas
February 22, 2001