PMC-Sierra introduce WinPath4, the industry’s first backhaul processor that enables mobile operators to scale capacity in their backhaul networks while transitioning to Layer 3 Packet Transport Networks. As the newest member of PMC’s leading WinPath backhaul processor family, WinPath4 eliminates network bottlenecks caused by the growing deployment of 4G LTE.

PMC have today introduced the industry’s first low-profile, 24-port, PCIe Gen3 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapter, enabling new dense architectures for scale-out or space-limited data centres. With 24-port native connectivity, the Adaptec 78165 triples storage connectivity by replacing up to three eight-port RAID adapters, and more than doubles the performance of competing solutions, significantly reducing cost and power.

PMC-Sierra announce that they have completed the purchase of Integrated Device Technology’s Enterprise Flash Controller business, including the world’s first NVM Express flash controller. With the addition of these controllers, PMC is positioned for leadership in the rapidly growing market for enterprise flash controllers.

PMC-Sierra today announced that PMC has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Integrated Device Technology's Enterprise Flash Controller Business and certain PCI Express Switch assets for $100 million, subject to certain purchase price adjustments.

PMC today announced further expansion of its Adaptec storage product line with the industry’s first high performance, high density, low profile encrypted PCIe Gen3 host bus adapter (HBA) family. This product line is capable of executing over one million input/output operations per second with 6.6 GB/sec sustained throughput, provides 256 bit AES encryption, and offers up to 16 ports.

PMC announced today that the Company will exercise its right under the corresponding indenture (the indenture) to redeem all of the Company's 2.25% senior convertible notes due 2025 (the notes). The redemption will take place on October 20, 2012, at one hundred per cent of the outstanding principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest.

PMC announced today the introduction of PM5442 META 120G, the industry's highest port density 10G, 40G and 100G converged Carrier Ethernet and OTN Framer solution. With cloud computing, streaming video and mobile data applications doubling network traffic every 18 months, Carrier Ethernet Switch and Router interconnects demand high-density 10, 40, and 100Gbps interface cards. As part of PMC's powerful portfolio of Metro OTN solutions, the PM5442 ...

PMC has today unveiled the industry’s first PCIe Gen3 high port-count 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters. The Adaptec Series 7 y unveiled family represents the first RAID adapters to take full advantage of PCIe Gen3 bandwidth, providing unmatched performance for a broad range of enterprise and cloud

PMC has announced its 12Gb/s SAS Flash manager for the next wave of enterprise solid state drives. With this introduction, PMC has delivered the industry’s first end-to-end 12Gb/s SAS solution, from the protocol controller to the SSD controller (see figure 1). PMC’s PM8304 SFM-12G enables more than 300,000 I/Os per second in a 2.5” SAS SSD, more than double the performance of today’s 6Gb/s SAS SSDs.

PMC has announced the industry’s lowest power and most integrated radio transceiver chipset for macro basestation designs. PMC’s new UniTRX chipset replaces up to 14 discrete devices, and reduces both board space and power by more than 50 percent for equivalent multi-standard basestation radio designs.

PMC-Sierra, Inc. has announced the Company has acquired Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.’s 12Gb/s SAS expander technology. PMC expects the acquisition will strengthen its SAS design footprint with leading server OEMs. Combined with PMC’s 12Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (RoC) products, Maxim’s expander technology enables PMC to offer end-to-end 12Gb/s SAS solutions tailored for server platforms.

PMC-Sierra, Inc., has announced that its GPON products are certified by the new Broadband Forum GPON ONU Certification Program. The program is the industry’s first to verify that GPON products adhere to the ITU-T GPON standard and Broadband Forum specifications. This paves the way for interoperability, which enables service providers to cost effectively expand their high-speed broadband services. PMC’s PAS740X GPON ONT SoCs achieved full cert...

PMC-Sierra a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement de la Série 6Q d'Adaptec avec mise en cache SSD maxCache 2.0, conçue pour rehausser les performances des applications dans les centres de données et le cloud computing. Utilisant des SSD pour mettre en cache les données les plus fréquemment consultées, maxCache 2.0 emploie un algorithme de chemin acquis intelligent pour améliorer radicalement les performances des matrices mettant en œuvre des...

PMC-Sierra, Inc.,has announced the Adaptec Series 6Q with maxCache 2.0 SSD caching designed to accelerate data centre and cloud computing application performance. Using solid state drives (SSDs) to cache frequently accessed data, maxCache 2.0 employs an intelligent, learned-path algorithm to radically improve performance of HDD-based arrays. PMC’s second-generation SSD caching solution, maxCache 2.0, adds support for write caching to expand the...

PMC-Sierra, Inc.,or PMC, the semiconductor innovator transforming storage, optical and mobile networks, has reported results for the second quarter ended June 26, 2011.

PMC-Sierra announced the industry's most advanced multi-port EPON OLT System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions that address the need to increase network functionality, improve reliability and reduce power consumption. The PAS5400 devices integrate four 1Gb/s EPON MACs and are scalable to enable high-density OLT equipment (see Figures 1-2). The new family of four-port devices integrates the most advanced PON capabilities on the market, including: integrated...

PMC-Sierra today announced the industry’s most advanced 40Gb/s System-on-Chip (SoC) solution for coherent optical networking. The PM6373 POLO 40G’s innovative technology enables volume deployments of 40Gb/s coherent for metro, regional and long-haul network build-outs. This advanced SoC architecture doubles line card density and reduces power consumption by more than 50 percent when compared to 40G non-coherent network deployments.

PMC-Sierra, Inc has announced that FiberHome, one of China’s leading fiber-optic communications equipment providers, has selected PMC-Sierra’s HyPHY chipset for its FONST Series family of WDM optical transmission solutions.

PMC-Sierra, Inc. has announced the industry’s most advanced EPON ONU devices with integrated Optical Analog Front End (OAFE) technology optimized for the rapidly-growing Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) market segment. PMC-Sierra’s PAS6500 family consists of three devices – the PAS6502 System-on-Chip (SoC) for data and voice-over-IP (VoIP) Single-Family Units (SFUs), the PAS6500 SoC for data SFUs, and the PAS6501 SoC for Multiple Dwelling Units (MD...

PMC-Sierra, Inc. has announced 10G-EPON OLT devices – the PAS8301, PAS8311, PAS8401 and PAS8411 - with industry-leading traffic management, packet processing, on-chip redundancy and the industry’s most advanced optical diagnostic technologies. PMC-Sierra’s 10G-EPON OLT family complies with IEEE 802.3av specifications and China carrier specifications for both asymmetric and symmetric 10G-EPON modes. The devices provide the highest network re...