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.


                                                 /s/ KPMG LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
December 4, 2000