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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-31037) pertaining to the 1997 Key Employees' Stock
Option Plan of RF Micro Devices, Inc., the Nonemployee Directors' Stock Option
Plan of RF Micro Devices, the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of RF Micro Devices,
Inc. and the RF Micro Devices 1992 Stock Option Plan of our report dated April
23, 1999, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of RF Micro
Devices, Inc. included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March
31, 1999.


                                                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Raleigh, North Carolina
June 23, 1999