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Form: S-8

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

July 3, 2014




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 Supertex, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan of our reports dated May 30, 2014, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Microchip Technology Incorporated and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Microchip Technology Incorporated included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
July 1, 2014