EXHIBIT 23.2

                          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 International
Employee Stock Purchase 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, which report appears in the March 31, 2002
annual report on Form 10-K of Microchip Technology Incorporated.

                                        /s/ KPMG LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
March 10, 2003