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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


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 15, 2001, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of QLogic Corporation and subsidiaries as of April
1, 2001, and April 2, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended April 1, 2001, and the related financial statement schedule, which
report appears in the April 1, 2001, annual report on Form 10-K of QLogic
Corporation.


KPMG LLP


Orange County, California

September 20, 2001