Exhibit 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated:


     We consent to incorporation  by reference in the registration  statement on
Form S-8 of  Microchip  Technology  Incorporated  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
consolidated 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
January 16, 2001