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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

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The Board of Directors
QLogic Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 of QLogic Corporation of our report dated May 10, 2000, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of QLogic Corporation and subsidiaries as of April
2, 2000 and March 28, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended April 2, 2000, and related schedule, which report appears in the
April 2, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of QLogic Corporation, as amended.

KPMG LLP

Orange County, California

August 2, 2000