Exhibit 23.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
GENESIS MICROCHIP INCORPORATED.


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 to be filed February 7, 2000 pertaining to the 1997 Non-Employee
Stock Option Plan of our report dated July 9, 1999 on the consolidated financial
statements of the Company as at March 31, 1999 and May 31, 1998 and for the ten
months ended March 31, 1999 and the two years ended May 31, 1998 included in the
March 31, 1999 Form 10-K of the Company.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Toronto, Canada
February 7, 2000