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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

        As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this registration statement of our report dated
May 2, 2001, included in the Sanmina Corporation and Subsidiaries Form 8-K dated
May 14, 2001 for the year ended September 30, 2000, and to all references to our
firm included in this registration statement. Our report dated October 20, 2000
included in Sanmina Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
2000 is no longer appropriate since restated financial statements have been
presented giving effect to a business combination accounted for as a
pooling-of-interests.

/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

San Jose, California

May 11, 2001