UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
January
31, 2007
 MICROCHIP
TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
(Exact
Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its
Charter)
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Delaware
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0-21184
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86-0629024
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(State
Or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File No.)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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2355
West Chandler Boulevard, Chandler, Arizona 85224-6199
(Address
Of Principal Executive Offices)
(480)
792-7200
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any
of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17
CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
2.02. Results
of Operations and Financial Condition.
The
information pursuant to Item 2.02 in this report on Form 8-K is being furnished
as contemplated by General Instruction B(2) to Form 8-K and shall not be
deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
Section.
Our
January 31, 2007 press release incorrectly stated that our opening
backlog for the March 2007 quarter was higher than our opening backlog for
the
September 2006 quarter.
As
discussed on our earnings conference call on January 31, 2007, the press release
should have stated that our
opening backlog for the March 2007 quarter was higher than our opening backlog
for the December 2006 quarter.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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Dated:
February 1, 2007
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Microchip
Technology Incorporated
(Registrant)
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By: __/s/
Gordon W. Parnell___________________
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Gordon
W. Parnell
Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Accounting and Financial Officer)
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