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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints DWIGHT W. DECKER, DENNIS E.
OREILLY and PETER R. KOLYER, and each of them singly, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to them and each of them
(including the full power of substitution and resubstitution) to sign for him
and in his name and in the capacity or capacities indicated below:



| | (1) |  | the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2003 and any and all amendments thereto to be filed by
Conexant Systems, Inc. (the Company) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the Commission); and
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| | (2) |  | the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements
thereto to be filed by the Company with the Commission for the
purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the Securities Act), shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, and the associated preferred share purchase rights, of the
Company to be issued pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization dated as of November 3, 2003 by and among the Company,
Concentric Sub, Inc. and GlobespanVirata, Inc.,
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and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them,





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or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

Signature
    
    Title
    
    Date/s/ Dwight W. Decker
Dwight W. Decker
    
    Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer (principal
executive officer)
    
    November 21, 2003/s/ Donald R. Beall
Donald R. Beall
    
    Director
    
    December 1, 2003/s/ Ralph J. Cicerone
Ralph J. Cicerone
    
    Director
    
    December 1, 2003/s/ F. Craig Farrill
F. Craig Farrill
    
    Director
    
    December 1, 2003/s/ Balakrishnan S. Iyer
Balakrishnan S. Iyer
    
    Director
    
    December 1, 2003/s/ D. Scott Mercer
D. Scott Mercer
    
    Director
    
    December 1, 2003/s/ Jerre L. Stead
Jerre L. Stead
    
    Director
    
    December 1, 2003/s/ J. Scott Blouin
J. Scott Blouin
    
    Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer (principal
financial and accounting officer)
    
    December 1, 2003