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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2

                    CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
SCM Microsystems, Inc.:

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of SCM Microsystems, Inc. filed on or about July 24, 2000, of our
reports dated February 23, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of
SCM Microsystems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and
comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the
two-year period ended December 31, 1998, and the related financial statement
schedule, which reports are included in the December 31, 1999 annual report on
Form 10-K of SCM Microsystems Inc.

                                       KPMG LLP


Mountain View, California
July 24, 2000