CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
Published on March 22, 2000
EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Microchip Technology Incorporated of our report dated April 20,
1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Microchip Technology
Incorporated as of March 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated
statements of income, cash flows and stockholders' equity 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
and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" therein.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
March 22, 2000