CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
Published on December 8, 1999
EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Microchip Technology, Inc. of our report dated April 20, 1999,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Microchip Technology, Inc. as of
March 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
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, Inc., and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Experts" therein.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
December 8, 1999