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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to the Hypercom Corporation 2000 Broad-Based Stock Incentive
Plan of Hypercom Corporation of our report dated March 24, 2000, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of Hypercom Corporation included in its
Transition Report (Form 10-K) for the six month period ended December 31, 1999
and our report dated March 24, 2000 on the financial statement schedule included
therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
August 4, 2000
