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                                                     IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION


                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Ibis Technology Corporation:

     The audits referred to in our report dated January 31, 1997, included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, included in
the annual report on Form 10-K. The financial statement schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion,
such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(No. 333-1174) on Form S-1, (No. 33-78440) on Form S-3, (No. 333-9237) on Form
S-3, (No. 333-9239) on Form S-8 and (No. 33-81452) on Form S-8 of Ibis
Technology Corporation of our report dated January 31, 1997, relating to the
balance sheets of Ibis Technology Corporation as of December 31, 1995 and 1996,
and the related statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit), and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ending December 31,
1996, which report appears in the December 31, 1996 annual report on 10-K of
Ibis Technology Corporation.

                                             KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
March 28, 1997