SEMTECH CORP (Form: 3, Received: 04/17/2023 18:02:50)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Walsh Paul V Jr

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 4/14/2023

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

SEMTECH CORP [SMTC]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

200 FLYNN RD.

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

CAMARILLO, CA 93012

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	0	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)*
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:
On April 14, 2023 Mr. Walsh was appointed to the company's Board of Directors. He holds no shares of company stock at the time of his appointment.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Walsh Paul V Jr 200 FLYNN RD. CAMARILLO, CA 93012	X

Signatures
/s/Paul V. Walsh Jr. by Charles B. Ammann under Power of Attorney dated April 10, 2023 (Copy On File)		4/17/2023
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, Paul V. Walsh, Jr., hereby constitutes and appoints Emeka Chukwu and Charles B. Ammann and each of them, jointly and severally, his lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") and the rules thereunder, or any other appropriate form, and all amendments thereto with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, relating to his holdings or beneficial ownership of securities issued by Semtech Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or lawfully cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact and agents, solely by virtue of serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings or beneficial ownership of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in- fact.

/s/Paul V. Walsh Jr.
                April 10, 2023
Paul V. Walsh, Jr.