EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
     on Form S-8 (No. 33-61907)  pertaining to the 1981 Employee Incentive Stock
     Option  Plan,  1987  Stock  Option  Plan,  1995  Stock  Option  Plan,  1995
     Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, and 1995 Employee Stock Purchase
     Plan  and in  the  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-8  (No.  333-10257)
     pertaining to the 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and 1995 Non-Employee
     Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended, and in the Registration Statement
     on Form S-8 (No.  333-44959)  pertaining  to the 1995 Stock Option Plan, as
     amended, and 1995 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended and
     the 1995 Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan, as amended,  of California  Micro
     Devices Corporation of our report dated April 29, 1998, with respect to the
     financial  statements and schedule of California Micro Devices  Corporation
     included  in this  Annual  Report  (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31,
     1998.

                                             /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


        San Jose, California
        June 17, 1998

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