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Form: S-8

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

July 19, 2002

CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

Published on July 19, 2002

EXHIBIT 23.2


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Microchip Technology Incorporated pertaining to the PowerSmart, Inc.
1998 Stock Incentive Plan of our report dated April 30, 2001, with respect to
the consolidated balance sheet of Microchip Technology Incorporated as of March
31, 2001 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders'
equity, cash flows and comprehensive income for each of the years in the
two-year period ended March 31, 2001.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
July 19, 2002