CONSENTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Published on May 27, 1998
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Independent Auditors' Consent
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The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
33-59686, No. 33-80072, No. 33-81690, No. 33-83196, No. 333-872 and No.
333-40791) on Form S-8 of Microchip Technology Incorporated of our report dated
April 22, 1998, except as to the second and third paragraphs of note 13 which
are as of May 18, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Microchip
Technology Incorporated and subsidiaries as of March 31, 1998 and 1997, and the
related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 1998, which
report appears in the March 31, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of Microchip
Technology Incorporated.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
May 22, 1998