EXHIBIT 23.1

                               CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

To the Board of Directors
Sanmina-SCI Corporation:

      We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference into the Company's
previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-108942,
333-104692, 333-100236, 333-87946, 333-84704, 333-83110, 333-75616, 333-64294,
333-39930, 333-79259, 333-23565, 33-66554, and 33-90244) and Form S-3 (No.
333-61042) of our report dated November 21, 2003, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Sanmina-SCI Corporation as of September 27, 2003
and September 28, 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
comprehensive income (loss), stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended September 27, 2003, and the related
financial statement schedule, which report appears in the September 27, 2003
annual report on Form 10-K of Sanmina-SCI Corporation. Our report dated November
21, 2003, contains an explanatory paragraph describing the Company's change in
accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets.

                                            /s/ KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California
December 5, 2003