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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23


               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. of our report dated August 7, 1996, included
in the 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

Our audits also included the consolidated financial statement schedule of Maxim
Integrated Products, Inc. listed in Item 14(a). This schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based in our audits. In our opinion, the consolidated financial
statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 Nos.33-57849, 33-72186, 33-54026, 33-44485, 33-37470, 33-37469,
33-34728 and 33-34519) pertaining to the 1993 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the
1983 Supplemental Nonemployee Stock Option Plan, the 1987 Supplemental Stock
Option Plan, the 1987 Employee Stock Option Participation Plan, and the 1988
Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan of our report dated August 7, 1996, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements incorporated herein by
reference, and our report included in the preceding paragraph with respect to
the consolidated financial statement schedule included in this Annual Report
(Form 10-K) of Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

                                                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

San Jose, California
September 23, 1996