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Form: S-8

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

September 17, 2002

CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

Published on September 17, 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 1997
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and 2001 Employee Stock Purchase 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
September 12, 2002