EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                           (1995 Stock Incentive Plan)
                            (1996 Stock Option Plan)
                            (1997 Stock Option Plan)


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer
and/or director of SEQUENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., does hereby constitute and
appoint KARL C. POWELL, JR. and ROBERT S. GREGG, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney and agent to do any and all acts and things and to
execute in his or her name (whether on behalf of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
or as an officer or director of said Company, or otherwise) any and all
instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable in
order to enable Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. to comply with the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of Common Stock of Sequent
Computer Systems, Inc. issuable pursuant to the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, 1996
Stock Option Plan and 1997 Stock Option Plan, including specifically, but
without limitation thereto, power and authority to sign his or her name (whether
on behalf of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. or as an officer or director of said
Company, or otherwise) to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any amendment
thereto (including any post-effective amendment) or application for amendment
thereto in respect to such Common Stock or any exhibits filed therewith; and to
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and the undersigned
does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney and agent shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

DATED: February 16, 1998.



                                            KARL C. POWELL, JR.
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                                            Karl C. Powell, Jr.

                                            ROBERT S. GREGG
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                                            Robert S. Gregg

                                            JOHN McADAM
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                                            John McAdam

                                            STEVE S. CHEN
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                                            Steve S. Chen

                                            MICHAEL S. SCOTT MORTON
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                                            Michael S. Scott Morton

                                            ROBERT W. WILMOT
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                                            Robert W. Wilmot