Exhibit 23.2

                              [LETTERHEAD OF KPMG]

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Microchip Technology Incorporated:

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  registration  statement on
Form S-8 of Microchip  Technology  Incorporated  pertaining to the  Supplemental
Retirement  Plan of our  report  dated  April  30,  2001,  with  respect  to the
consolidated balance sheet of Microchip Technology  Incorporated as of March 31,
2001 and the related consolidated  statements of income,  stockholders'  equity,
cash flows and comprehensive income for each of the years in the two-year period
ended March 31, 2001.

                                             /s/ KPMG LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
December 2, 2002