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CONSENT OF KPMG, LLP

Published on January 18, 2001


Exhibit 23.1


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Microchip Technology Incorporated of our report dated April 19,
2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Microchip Technology
Incorporated and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000, and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2000, which report appears
in the March 31, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of Microchip Technology
Incorporated.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
January 16, 2001