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Form: S-3

Registration statement for specified transactions by certain issuers

January 16, 1997

CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Published on January 16, 1997



EXHIBIT 23.2

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated

We consent to the use of our report incorporated herein by reference and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.

KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
January 16, 1997