Technology Gateways

Company Overview

PMC-Sierra™ is a leading provider of broadband communications and storage semiconductors for:

Servers and Storage
Wireline
Wireless
FTTH (Fibre To The Home)
Digital Home and Business Solutions
MIPS Processors

The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol and is included in the S&P 500 Index.

Products

Serial attached SCSI (SAS) has replaced cabled parallel SCSI as the interconnect technology of choice while being compatible with existing SATA topologies. SAS can be optimized to ensure better bandwidth utilisation, easier management and network robustness. SAS is gaining popularity in small storage area network (SAN) server environments as it can connect large groups of targets in a small SAN. PMC offer the following products to support this technology:

Fibre Channel and SCSI Controllers
- Tachyon Family
SAS/SATA Expanders and Multiplexers
- QuadSMX family
Fibre Channel Switches and SERDES
- Physical Layer Products
Enclosure management Controllers

Wireline

A convergence of technology and applications has created an increased desire for Ethernet WAN connectivity as it simplifies enterprise network administration due to lower provisioning requirements, especially in bridge and router applications. If the current transport network capacity is enabled to grow then many subscribers will have access to higher bandwidth services. T1/E1 already has a large installed base that continues to grow and efficient supervision and maintenance of these networks is essential. PMC offer the following products to enable these technologies:

Ethernet Mappers, Framers and MAC (Media Access Controllers)
- ARROW famil
- Xenon Family
SONET/SDH Framers
- S/UNI and SPECTRA Family
T1/E1/DS3/E3 Mappers, Framers and LIU’s
- TEMUX/TEMAP Family
- COMET Family
HDLC Controllers

FREEDM Family

Wireless

Operators are increasingly challenged to support a diverse array of emerging broadband, data-oriented mobile services while keeping capital and operational costs to a minimum. Open standards and distributed base station technologies are emerging with major contributions from the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) industry initiative. PMC have the following Products to fit in this technology area:

RF Module Solutions – PALADIN
CPRI/OBSAI Solutions – BRIC and QuadPHY
Wireless Backhaul Infrastructure
- TEMUX, COMET, S/UNI

FTTH

Triple Play services (Voice, Video and High Speed Data) are a way for carriers to increase their revenues. The most flexible medium for providing this service is Fibre with its virtually unlimited bandwidth availability. To make FTTH systems must share a passive optical network to make it cost effective.

PMC offer limited support on these products contact your local sales person at Avent Memec for more detail.

Digital Home and Business Solutions

MIPS Processors

MIPS is an open standard architecture, it is the equivalent of Linux in the operating system world. There are a wealth of device vendors and support tools to make designing with MIPS-Based micros a rewarding experience. PMC offer the following products: