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Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

November 10, 2011

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Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and International Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Microchip Technology Incorporated of our reports dated May 31, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Microchip Technology Incorporated and subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Microchip Technology Incorporated and subsidiaries included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
November 10, 2011