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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Silicon Valley Bancshares:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 2 to the
registration statement on Form S-3 of Silicon Valley Bancshares of our report
dated January 20, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Silicon
Valley Bancshares and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the
related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999,
annual report on Form 10-K of Silicon Valley Bancshares, and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
July 31, 2000
