Exhibit 99.2



                          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C SECTION 1350,
                            AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Artesyn Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 27, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Richard J. Thompson, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, do hereby
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

        (1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13
                (a) or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2)     The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material respects, the financial condition and result of
                operations of the Company.


/s/ Richard J. Thompson
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Richard J. Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
March 26, 2003