Stock Report: PMC-Sierra Inc. (PMCS) Report Updated: May 20, 2013 | Print This Page

PMC-Sierra, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and supports Internet infrastructure semiconductor solutions. The company offers a portfolio of semiconductor devices that are used in various applications of communications network infrastructure equipment to enable the transportation and storage of large quantities of digital data. Its storage products comprise RAID-on-Chip, controllers, expanders, loop switches, physical layer products, multiplexers, and MIPs processors that enable high-speed communication servers, switches, and storage devices to store, manage, and move large quantities of data. The company’s Mobile products include WinPath processors, other TBD products, UFE family of products, combiner/serializers, baseband, transceivers/framers, and radio modules that are used in wireless base stations, mobile backhaul, and aggregation equipment; and optical products comprise HyPHY family of products, Ethernet products, SONET/SDH framers, cross connects, T1/E1 mappers/framers, and DS-3/E3 mappers/framers. Its optical products are used in optical transport platforms, multi-services provisioning platforms, and edge routers where they gather, process, and transmit disparate traffic to their next destination in the network. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors and independent manufacturers’ representatives to equipment and design manufacturers, who in turn supply their equipment to service providers, carriers, and enterprises worldwide. PMC-Sierra, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.