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                                                                   Exhibit 23.2
         
         
         
               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
         
         
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to The Investment Partnership Plan (formerly the Choice Pay
Plan) of Analog Devices, Inc. of our reports (a) dated November 28, 1995, except
for the fifth paragraph of Note 4 as to which the date is December 18, 1995,
with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Analog
Devices, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended
October 28, 1995, and (b) dated April 26, 1996, with respect to the financial
statements of The Investment Partnership  Plan (formerly the Choice Pay Plan)
included in the Plan's Annual Report (Form 11-K), for the year ended December
31, 1995, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
         
         
         
                                            ERNST & YOUNG LLP
         
         
         
Boston, Massachusetts
July 15, 1996
         
         

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