1 EXHIBIT 23.3 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Patriot Scientific Corporation San Diego, California We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated December 17, 1996 relating to the financial statements of Metacomp, Inc., which is contained in that Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the Prospectus. /s/ HARLAN & BOETTGER, LLP San Diego, California June 21, 1999