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Form: S-4/A

Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

December 6, 2000

CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

Published on December 6, 2000



EXHIBIT 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of Microchip Technology Incorporated of our report dated
January 20, 2000, except as to Note 13 which is as of February 1, 2000,
relating to the financial statements, which appears in TelCom Semiconductor,
Inc's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. We also
consent to the reference to us under the headings "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

December 5, 2000
San Jose, California