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 the 1995 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan,
as amended,  and in the  Registration  Statements  on Form S-8 (Nos.  333-44959,
333-61833)  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 28,  1999,  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, 1999.


                                                         /s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP


San Jose, California
June 14, 1999