CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Published on March 26, 1998
EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE
The Board of Directors
SCM Microsystems, Inc.:
The audits referred to in our report dated February 13, 1998, included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1997, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, included in the
registration statement. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial
statement schedule, 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 consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to our
firm under the headings "Selected Consolidated Financial Data" and "Experts" in
the registration statement.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Mountain View, California
March 25, 1998