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Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Auditors
The audits referred to in our report dated July 31, 2000, included the related
financial statement schedule as of July 1, 2000, and for each of the years in
the three-year period ended July 1, 2000, included in the annual report on Form
10-K of Applied Science and Technology, Inc. The financial statement schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on the financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the
basic consolidated financial statements as a whole, presents fairly the
information set forth therein.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on
Form S-3 (Nos. 333-30506, 333-89663 and 333-71467) of Applied Science and
Technology, Inc. of our report dated July 31, 2000, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Applied Science and Technology, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
July 1, 2000 and June 26, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders equity, and cash flows for each of years in the three-
year period ended July 1, 2000 , which report appears in the July 1, 2000 annual
report on Form 10-K of Applied Science and Technology Inc.
KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
September 26, 2000
