Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
KEMET Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 33-60092) on Form S-8 of KEMET Corporation of our report dated September 22, 2004 with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the KEMET Employees’ Savings Plan as of March 30, 2004 and 2003, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the related financial statement schedule, which report appears in the March 30, 2004 annual report on Form 11-K of the KEMET Employees’ Savings Plan.

/S/ KPMG LLP

Greenville, South Carolina

September 22, 2004