CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Published on November 13, 1998
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 related to the registration of shares for the 1997 Nonstatutory Stock Option
Plan of Microchip Technology Incorporated of our report dated April 22, 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 earnings, retained earnings 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
November 10, 1998