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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We have audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
the financial statements of Amati Communications Corporation included in this
Form 10-K and have issued our report thereon dated September 30, 1997. Our audit
was made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements
taken as a whole. The schedule listed in the index above is presented for
purposes of complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and is
not part of the basic financial statements. This schedule has been subjected to
the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements
and, in our opinion, fairly states in all material respects the financial data
required to be set forth therein in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole.
 
                                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
San Jose, California
September 30, 1997
