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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated:
We consent to incorporation by reference herein of our report dated April
19, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Microchip Technology
Incorporated and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2000, which report appears in
the March 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Microchip Technology
Incorporated, and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
/s/ KPMG
Phoenix, Arizona
December 4, 2000
