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Form: S-8

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

December 6, 2002

CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

Published on December 6, 2002

Exhibit 23.2

[LETTERHEAD OF KPMG]

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 Supplemental
Retirement 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
December 2, 2002