CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Published on October 30, 1998
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
SCM Microsystems, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
dated October 30, 1998, on Form S-8 relating to the 1997 Stock Plan of SCM
Microsystems, Inc. of our report dated February 13, 1998, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of SCM Microsystems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1996 and 1997, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, which report appears in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of SCM Microsystems, Inc. for the year ended December
31, 1997.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Mountain View, California
October 30, 1998