CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Published on December 6, 2002
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the Microchip Technology Incorporated Supplemental
Retirement Plan of our report dated April 24, 2002, except for Note 21 as to
which the date is May 22, 2002, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Microchip Technology Incorporated included in its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2002, filed with the Securities Exchange
Commission.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
December 5, 2002