Microchip Technology to Present at William Blair & Co. 21st Annual Growth Stock Conference

Business Wire, June 27, 2001

Business Editors

CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2001

Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) Wednesday announced that the company will present at the William Blair & Co. 21st Annual Growth Stock Conference in Chicago on Thursday, June 28, 2001 at 3 p.m (Central Daylight Time).

The live presentation will be available on the web at www.microchip.com. The archived webcast of the presentation will be available for a period of seven days following the presentation.

Microchip Technology Inc. manufactures the popular PICmicro(R) field-programmable RISC microcontrollers, which serve 8- and 16-bit embedded control applications, and a broad spectrum of high-performance linear and mixed-signal, power management and thermal management devices.

The company also offers complementary microperipheral products including interface devices; microID(TM) RFID devices; serial EEPROMs; and the patented KEELOQ(R) security devices. This synergistic product portfolio targets thousands of applications and a growing demand for high-performance designs in the automotive, communications, computing, consumer and industrial control markets.

The company's quality systems are ISO 9001 (1994 version) and QS9000 (1998 version) certified. Microchip is headquartered in Chandler with design facilities in Mountain View, Calif. and Bangalore, India; semiconductor fabrication facilities in Tempe and Chandler, Ariz. and Puyallup, Wash.; and assembly and test operations near Bangkok, Thailand.

Microchip employs approximately 2,950 people worldwide and has sales offices throughout Asia, Europe, Japan and the Americas. More information on the company can be found at www.microchip.com.

The Microchip logo and name, PICmicro(R) and KEELOQ(R) are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. microID(TM) and PICDEM.net(TM) are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. All rights reserved.