EXHIBIT 23(b)



                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.:


         We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated April 30, 2002, except
for Notes 12 and 13 which are as of June 25, 2002, on the consolidated financial
statements of Alpha Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2002 and
April 1, 2001 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31,
2002.



/s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
October 4, 2002