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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors
QLogic Corporation:
 
     The audits referred to in our report dated May 9, 1997 included the related
financial statement schedule as of March 30, 1997 and for each of the years in
the three-year period ended March 30, 1997. This financial statement schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, 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 consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of our reports included herein.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
June 25, 1997