CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
Published on May 18, 1999
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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. 86-062904 and No.
333-40791) on Form S-8 of Microchip Technology Incorporated of our report dated
April 20, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Microchip
Technology Incorporated and subsidiaries as of March 31, 1999 and 1998, 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, 1999, which
report appears in the March 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of Microchip
Technology Incorporated.
Phoenix, Arizona
May 17, 1999