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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 on
Form S-8 pertaining to the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 2000 Stock
Plan, and the 1999 Stock Option Plan of inSilicon Corporation of our report
dated December 17, 1999, except for Notes 5 and 10, as to which the date is
February 11, 2000 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
inSilicon Corporation for the year ended September 30, 1999, included in the
Company's prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 22, 2000.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
San Jose, California
June 26, 2000
