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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
Solectron Corporation

We consent to incorporation herein by reference of our report dated September
14, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Solectron Corporation
and subsidiaries as of August 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended August 31, 1998, and the related schedule, which
report appears in the August 31, 1998, annual report on Form 10-K of Solectron
Corporation, and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.

                                          /s/ KPMG LLP

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Mountain View, California
October 14, 1999