Exhibit 24.2

                       MONOLITHIC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                             CERTIFICATE OF OFFICER
                 RESOLUTION OF APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT

I, Fu-Chieh Hsu, do hereby certify that I am the duly elected, qualified and
acting President of Monolithic System Technology, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Company") and that the following is a true copy of certain of the
resolutions signed by each member of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation acting by unanimous written consent as of July 31, 2000:

                  RESOLVED: That the officers of the Company are hereby
         authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Company, to cause to
         be prepared and to execute and file with the Commission pursuant to the
         Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Commission
         thereunder, a Registration Statement on Form S-1, including the
         preliminary prospectus included therein, and all schedules and exhibits
         thereto, including the preparation and filing of requests for
         confidential treatment of portions of certain exhibits (the
         "Registration Statement"), relating to the registration in the offering
         of up to the number of shares of common stock (including shares to
         cover the Underwriters' over-allotment option) as shall be approved by
         the Pricing Committee established pursuant to this Consent;

                  RESOLVED FURTHER: That the officers of the Company, or any one
         of them, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed for and on
         behalf of the Company to cause to be prepared such amendments to the
         Registration Statement and such exhibits and schedules thereto as they
         may deem necessary or desirable or as may be required by the
         Commission, to cause such amendment or amendments when duly executed to
         be filed with the Commission, and to do such other acts or things and
         execute such other documents as they deem necessary or desirable to
         cause the Registration Statement, as amended, to comply with the Act
         and the Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder,
         and to become effective under the Act; and

                  RESOLVED: That each of the officers of the Company is hereby
         authorized and directed, in the name of and on behalf of the Company,
         or otherwise, to execute all such instruments, documents and
         certificates and to take all such further and other actions in
         connection with the resolutions hereinabove adopted as they may deem
         necessary, advisable or proper to carry out the intent and accomplish
         the purposes of such resolutions.

         Pursuant to the foregoing resolutions F. Judson Mitchell, Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, and I have been authorized to
exercise all powers of an


                                                                    Exhibit 24.2

agent under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder,
including the power to execute the registration statement on behalf of the
Corporation and its directors.

         In witness whereof, I have executed this Certificate of Officer this
25th day of May 2001.



                                          By /s/ Fu-Chieh Hsu
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                                              Fu-Chieh Hsu