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                                                                      Exhibit 23


               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. of our report dated July 30, 1999, included
in the Annual Report to Shareholders of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

Our audits also included the consolidated financial statement schedule of
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. listed in Item 14(a). This schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule
referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 Nos. 33-57849, 33-72186, 33-54026, 33-44485, 33-37470, 33-37469,
33-34728, 33-34519, 33-25639 and 33-22147) pertaining to the 1993 Incentive
Stock Option Plan, the 1983 Supplemental Nonemployee Stock Option Plan, the 1987
Supplemental Stock Option Plan, the 1987 Employee Stock Option Participation
Plan, and the 1988 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan of our report dated
July 30, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
incorporated herein by reference, and our report included in the preceding
paragraph with respect to the consolidated financial statement schedule included
in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

                                       /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

San Jose, California
September 22, 1999