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Net income per common share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2014				2013				2014				2013
Net income attributable to Microchip Technology	$	93,641			$	99,806			$	183,550			$	178,385
Weighted average common shares outstanding	200,629				197,825				200,408				197,388
Dilutive effect of stock options and RSUs	3,767				4,144				3,780				3,908
Dilutive effect of convertible debt	20,888				14,506				20,718				13,075
Weighted average common and potential common shares outstanding	225,284				216,475				224,906				214,371
Basic net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders	$	0.47			$	0.50			$	0.92			$	0.90
Diluted net income per common share attributable to Microchip Technology stockholders	$	0.42			$	0.46			$	0.82			$	0.83

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

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