EXHIBIT 23.1



                            CONSENT OF KOST, FORER & GABBAY,
            A MEMBER OF ERNST & YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 1998 Non-Officer Employee Stock Plan
of DSP Group, Inc. of our report dated January 23, 2000 (except for Note 9,
as to which the date is March 1, 2000), with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of DSP Group, Inc. incorporated by reference in its
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999 and the
related financial statement schedules included therein, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.




                                                    KOST FORER & GABBAY,
                                 a member of Ernst & Young International


Tel Aviv, Israel
April 18, 2000