EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
QLogic Corporation:

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-75814, 333-13137, 333-66407, 333-42880, 333-55058, 333-70112, 333-112572, 333-134877 and 333-155220) of QLogic Corporation of our reports dated May 21, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of QLogic Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 29, 2009 and March 30, 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 29, 2009, and the related financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of March 29, 2009, which reports appear in the March 29, 2009, annual report on Form 10-K of QLogic Corporation.

     Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in the Company’s method of accounting for uncertainty in income taxes in fiscal 2008.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Irvine, California
May 21, 2009