Registration Statement No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        --------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        --------------------------------

                             Conexant Systems, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                        --------------------------------

                   Delaware                      25-1799439
           (State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer
           incorporation or organization)      Identification No.)

            4311 Jamboree Road
          Newport Beach, California                92660-3095
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)      (Zip Code)

                        --------------------------------

              Conexant Systems, Inc. 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                        --------------------------------

                            DENNIS E. O'REILLY, ESQ.
                     Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                  and Secretary
                             Conexant Systems, Inc.
                               4311 Jamboree Road
                      Newport Beach, California 92660-3095
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                        --------------------------------

                                 (949) 483-4600
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                        --------------------------------

                                    Copy to:
                              PETER R. KOLYER, ESQ.
                             Chadbourne & Parke LLP
                              30 Rockefeller Plaza
                            New York, New York 10112
                                 (212) 408-5100

                        --------------------------------

                         Calculation of Registration Fee
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
                                          Amount to be      Proposed maximum offering  Proposed maximum aggregate    Amount of
 Title of securities to be registered   registered (1)        price per unit (2)        offering price (2)         registration fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                    <C>                 <C>                       <C>                          <C>
 Common Stock, par value $1 per share
 (including the associated Preferred
 Share Purchase Rights)..............     15,000,000 shares       $28.84375                  $432,656,250               $114,222
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
(1)  The shares of Common Stock set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee
     table and which may be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement
     include, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
     (the "Securities Act"), such additional number of shares of the
     Registrant's Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any stock
     splits, stock dividends or similar events.

(2)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant
     to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high
     and low prices of the Common Stock on October 18, 2000, as reported on The
     Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. National Market System.

                                   ---------

         Pursuant to Rule 429 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
     Securities Act, the prospectus that is part of this Registration Statement
     will be used in connection with the offer and sale of Common Stock of the
     Registrant previously registered under the Registrant's Registration
     Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-91347).





<PAGE>


                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement
hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-91347) filed by the Company on November 19, 1999,
relating to the Conexant Systems, Inc. 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan (the
"Plan"), except as expressly modified herein.

On July 20, 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to
the Plan to increase by 15,000,000 shares the number of shares of Common Stock
of the Company available for issuance or delivery under the Plan. This
Registration Statement registers such 15,000,000 additional shares of Common
Stock.





<PAGE>


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference and
made a part hereof:

     (a)  Annual Report on Form 10-K of Conexant Systems, Inc. (the "Company")
          for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999 (including the portions
          of the Company's Proxy Statement for its 2000 Annual Meeting of
          Shareowners that are incorporated therein by reference);

     (b)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          December 31, 1999;

     (c)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          March 31, 2000;

     (d)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          June 30, 2000;

     (e)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 4, 2000, as
          amended by the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated
          January 11, 2000;

     (f)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 2000;

     (g)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 10, 2000;

     (h)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 3, 2000;

     (i)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 12, 2000;

     (j)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 17, 2000;

     (k)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 23, 2000;

     (l)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 30, 2000;

     (m)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 13, 2000;

     (n)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 27, 2000;




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     (o)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 29, 2000;

     (p)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 19, 2000;

     (q)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2000;

     (r)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 14, 2000;

     (s)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 22, 2000;

     (t)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 28, 2000; and

     (u)  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in Item 11 of
          the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended
          (File No. 000-24923), dated December 1, 1998, as amended by Part II,
          Item 2 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
          ended December 31, 1999.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration
Statement, except as so modified or superseded.

Item 8. Exhibits.

  4.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed as Exhibit
        3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
        June 30, 2000, is incorporated herein by reference.

  4.2   Amended By-Laws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's
        Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-68755), are
        incorporated herein by reference.

  4.3   Specimen certificate for the Company's Common Stock, par value $1 per
        share, filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on
        Form 10 (File No. 000-24923), is incorporated herein by reference.




                                      II-2


<PAGE>


  4.4   Rights Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1998, by and between the
        Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent,
        filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8
        (Registration No. 333-68755), is incorporated herein by reference.

  4.5   First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 9, 1999, filed
        as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
        quarter ended December 31, 1999, is incorporated herein by reference.

  4.6   Conexant Systems, Inc. 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan, as amended.

  5     Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., Associate General Counsel
        and Assistant Secretary of the Company, as to the legality of any newly
        issued shares of Common Stock of the Company covered by this
        Registration Statement.

  23.1  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.

  23.2  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.

  23.3  Consent of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., contained in her opinion
        filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.

  23.4  Consent of Chadbourne & Parke LLP.

  24    Power of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration
        Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of the Company,
        set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement.




                                      II-3


<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Newport Beach, State of California, on the 19th day
of October, 2000.

                                       CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.

                                       By /s/ Dwight W. Decker
                                         ---------------------------------
                                         (Dwight W. Decker, Chairman and
                                              Chief Executive Officer)




                                      II-4


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints
DENNIS E. O'REILLY, JASMINA THEODORE BOULANGER 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 full power of substitution and
resubstitution) (1) to sign for him and in his name and in the capacity or
capacities indicated below any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement to be filed by
Conexant Systems, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and (2) any subsequent registration statement to
be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, 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, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed on the 19th day of October, 2000 by the
following persons in the capacities indicated:

           Signature                                      Title
           ---------                                      -----

                                              Chairman of the Board and Chief
    /s/ Dwight W. Decker                      Executive Officer (principal
   ------------------------------             executive officer) and Director
        Dwight W. Decker

    /s/ Donald R. Beall
   ------------------------------                        Director
        Donald R. Beall


   ------------------------------                        Director
        Richard M. Bressler

    /s/ F. Craig Farrill
   ------------------------------                        Director
        F. Craig Farrill




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<PAGE>



    /s/ Jerre L. Stead
   ------------------------------                        Director
        Jerre L. Stead


                                              Senior Vice President and Chief
    /s/ Balakrishnan S. Iyer                  Financial Officer (principal
   ------------------------------             financial officer)
        Balakrishnan S. Iyer


    /s/ Steven M. Thomson                     Vice President and Controller
   ------------------------------             (principal accounting officer)
        Steven M. Thomson




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
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Number                                                                      Page
------                                                                      ----


4.1       Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed
          as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
          10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, is incorporated
          herein by reference.

4.2       Amended By-Laws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
          No. 333-68755), are incorporated herein by reference.

4.3       Specimen certificate for the Company's Common Stock, par
          value $1 per share, filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 000-24923), is
          incorporated herein by reference.

4.4       Rights Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1998, by and
          between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services,
          L.L.C., as rights agent, filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
          No. 333-68755), is incorporated herein by reference.

4.5       Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., Associate
          General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company, as
          to the legality of any newly issued shares of Common Stock
          of the Company covered by this Registration Statement.

4.6       Conexant Systems, Inc. 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan, as
          amended.

5         Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., Associate General
          Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company, as to the
          legality of any newly issued shares of Common Stock of the
          Company covered by this Registration Statement.

23.1      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.

23.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
          accountants.

23.3      Consent of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., contained in
          her opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration
          Statement.

23.4      Consent of Chadbourne & Parke LLP.

24        Power of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this
          Registration Statement on behalf of certain directors and
          officers of the Company, set forth on the signature page of
          this Registration Statement.
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Registration Statement No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        --------------------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        --------------------------------

                             Conexant Systems, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                        --------------------------------

                   Delaware                      25-1799439
           (State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer
           incorporation or organization)      Identification No.)

            4311 Jamboree Road
          Newport Beach, California                92660-3095
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)      (Zip Code)

                        --------------------------------

              Conexant Systems, Inc. 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan
                            (Full title of the plan)

                        --------------------------------

                            DENNIS E. O'REILLY, ESQ.
                     Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                  and Secretary
                             Conexant Systems, Inc.
                               4311 Jamboree Road
                      Newport Beach, California 92660-3095
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                        --------------------------------

                                 (949) 483-4600
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                        --------------------------------

                                    Copy to:
                              PETER R. KOLYER, ESQ.
                             Chadbourne & Parke LLP
                              30 Rockefeller Plaza
                            New York, New York 10112
                                 (212) 408-5100

                        --------------------------------

                         Calculation of Registration Fee
====================================================================================================================================
                                          Amount to be      Proposed maximum offering  Proposed maximum aggregate    Amount of
 Title of securities to be registered   registered (1)        price per unit (2)        offering price (2)         registration fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par value $1 per share
 (including the associated Preferred
 Share Purchase Rights)..............     15,000,000 shares       $28.84375                  $432,656,250               $114,222
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)  The shares of Common Stock set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee
     table and which may be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement
     include, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
     (the "Securities Act"), such additional number of shares of the
     Registrant's Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any stock
     splits, stock dividends or similar events.

(2)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant
     to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high
     and low prices of the Common Stock on October 18, 2000, as reported on The
     Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. National Market System.

                                   ---------

         Pursuant to Rule 429 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
     Securities Act, the prospectus that is part of this Registration Statement
     will be used in connection with the offer and sale of Common Stock of the
     Registrant previously registered under the Registrant's Registration
     Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-91347).
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement
hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-91347) filed by the Company on November 19, 1999,
relating to the Conexant Systems, Inc. 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan (the
"Plan"), except as expressly modified herein.

On July 20, 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to
the Plan to increase by 15,000,000 shares the number of shares of Common Stock
of the Company available for issuance or delivery under the Plan. This
Registration Statement registers such 15,000,000 additional shares of Common
Stock.
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference and
made a part hereof:

     (a)  Annual Report on Form 10-K of Conexant Systems, Inc. (the "Company")
          for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999 (including the portions
          of the Company's Proxy Statement for its 2000 Annual Meeting of
          Shareowners that are incorporated therein by reference);

     (b)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          December 31, 1999;

     (c)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          March 31, 2000;

     (d)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          June 30, 2000;

     (e)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 4, 2000, as
          amended by the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated
          January 11, 2000;

     (f)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 2000;

     (g)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 10, 2000;

     (h)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 3, 2000;

     (i)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 12, 2000;

     (j)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 17, 2000;

     (k)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 23, 2000;

     (l)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 30, 2000;

     (m)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 13, 2000;

     (n)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 27, 2000;

                                      II-1
(o)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 29, 2000;

     (p)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 19, 2000;

     (q)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2000;

     (r)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 14, 2000;

     (s)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 22, 2000;

     (t)  The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 28, 2000; and

     (u)  The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in Item 11 of
          the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended
          (File No. 000-24923), dated December 1, 1998, as amended by Part II,
          Item 2 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
          ended December 31, 1999.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration
Statement, except as so modified or superseded.

Item 8. Exhibits.

  4.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed as Exhibit
        3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
        June 30, 2000, is incorporated herein by reference.

  4.2   Amended By-Laws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's
        Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-68755), are
        incorporated herein by reference.

  4.3   Specimen certificate for the Company's Common Stock, par value $1 per
        share, filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on
        Form 10 (File No. 000-24923), is incorporated herein by reference.

                                      II-2
4.4   Rights Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1998, by and between the
        Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent,
        filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8
        (Registration No. 333-68755), is incorporated herein by reference.

  4.5   First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of December 9, 1999, filed
        as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
        quarter ended December 31, 1999, is incorporated herein by reference.

  4.6   Conexant Systems, Inc. 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan, as amended.

  5     Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., Associate General Counsel
        and Assistant Secretary of the Company, as to the legality of any newly
        issued shares of Common Stock of the Company covered by this
        Registration Statement.

  23.1  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.

  23.2  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.

  23.3  Consent of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., contained in her opinion
        filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.

  23.4  Consent of Chadbourne & Parke LLP.

  24    Power of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this Registration
        Statement on behalf of certain directors and officers of the Company,
        set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement.

                                      II-3
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Newport Beach, State of California, on the 19th day
of October, 2000.

                                       CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.

                                       By /s/ Dwight W. Decker
                                         ---------------------------------
                                         (Dwight W. Decker, Chairman and
                                              Chief Executive Officer)

                                      II-4
POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints
DENNIS E. O'REILLY, JASMINA THEODORE BOULANGER 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 full power of substitution and
resubstitution) (1) to sign for him and in his name and in the capacity or
capacities indicated below any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement to be filed by
Conexant Systems, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and (2) any subsequent registration statement to
be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, 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, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed on the 19th day of October, 2000 by the
following persons in the capacities indicated:

           Signature                                      Title
           ---------                                      -----

                                              Chairman of the Board and Chief
    /s/ Dwight W. Decker                      Executive Officer (principal
   ------------------------------             executive officer) and Director
        Dwight W. Decker

    /s/ Donald R. Beall
   ------------------------------                        Director
        Donald R. Beall

   ------------------------------                        Director
        Richard M. Bressler

    /s/ F. Craig Farrill
   ------------------------------                        Director
        F. Craig Farrill

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/s/ Jerre L. Stead
   ------------------------------                        Director
        Jerre L. Stead

                                              Senior Vice President and Chief
    /s/ Balakrishnan S. Iyer                  Financial Officer (principal
   ------------------------------             financial officer)
        Balakrishnan S. Iyer

    /s/ Steven M. Thomson                     Vice President and Controller
   ------------------------------             (principal accounting officer)
        Steven M. Thomson

                                      II-6
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
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Number                                                                      Page
------                                                                      ----

4.1       Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed
          as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
          10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, is incorporated
          herein by reference.

4.2       Amended By-Laws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
          No. 333-68755), are incorporated herein by reference.

4.3       Specimen certificate for the Company's Common Stock, par
          value $1 per share, filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's
          Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 000-24923), is
          incorporated herein by reference.

4.4       Rights Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1998, by and
          between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services,
          L.L.C., as rights agent, filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the
          Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
          No. 333-68755), is incorporated herein by reference.

4.5       Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., Associate
          General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company, as
          to the legality of any newly issued shares of Common Stock
          of the Company covered by this Registration Statement.

4.6       Conexant Systems, Inc. 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan, as
          amended.

5         Opinion of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., Associate General
          Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company, as to the
          legality of any newly issued shares of Common Stock of the
          Company covered by this Registration Statement.

23.1      Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.

23.2      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
          accountants.

23.3      Consent of Jasmina Theodore Boulanger, Esq., contained in
          her opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration
          Statement.

23.4      Consent of Chadbourne & Parke LLP.

24        Power of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign this
          Registration Statement on behalf of certain directors and
          officers of the Company, set forth on the signature page of
          this Registration Statement.