CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,092,751	$ 607,815
Short-term investments	353,284	1,351,054
Accounts receivable, net	290,183	273,937
Inventories	306,815	279,456
Prepaid expenses	41,992	34,717
Deferred tax assets		71,045
Assets held for sale	0	13,989
Other current assets	11,688	32,604
Total current assets	3,096,713	2,664,617
Property, plant and equipment, net	609,396	581,572
Long-term investments	118,549	383,326
Goodwill	1,012,652	571,271
Intangible assets, net	606,349	504,417
Long-term deferred tax assets	14,831
Long-term deferred tax assets		0
Other assets	109,025	75,510
Total assets	5,567,515	4,780,713
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Accounts payable	79,312	86,866
Accrued liabilities	119,265	100,978
Deferred income on shipments to distributors	183,432	166,128
Total current liabilities	382,009	353,972
Senior convertible debentures	1,234,733	1,174,036
Junior convertible debentures	196,304	190,870
Long-term line of credit	1,052,000	461,952
Long-term income tax payable	111,061	114,336
Long-term deferred tax liability	399,218
Long-term deferred tax liability		381,192
Other long-term liabilities	41,271	43,329
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; authorized 5,000,000 shares; no shares issued or outstanding	0	0
Common stock, $0.001 par value; authorized 450,000,000 shares; 227,416,789 shares issued and 204,081,727 shares outstanding at March 31, 2016; 218,789,994 shares issued and 202,080,306 shares outstanding at March 31, 2015	204	202
Additional paid-in capital	1,391,553	999,515
Common stock held in treasury: 23,335,062 shares at March 31, 2016; 16,709,688 shares at March 31, 2015	(820,066)	(515,679)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(3,357)	11,076
Retained earnings	1,582,585	1,549,540
Microchip Technology stockholders' equity	2,150,919	2,044,654
Noncontrolling interests	0	16,372
Total equity	2,150,919	2,061,026
Total liabilities and equity	$ 5,567,515	$ 4,780,713