CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Published on March 12, 2003
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 International
Employee Stock Purchase 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
March 12, 2003