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PMC-Sierra is a global fabless semiconductor company with offices worldwide that develops and sells semiconductor devices into the storage, communications, optical networking, printing, and embedded computing marketplaces. , both Skyworks Solutions and Microsemi are attempting to acquire PMC-Sierra. == History == Sierra Semiconductor was originally founded in 1984 in San Jose, California by James Diller.〔 It received funding on January 11, 1984 from Sequoia Capital, and went public in 1991. Pacific Microelectronics Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, was spun off from Microtel Pacific Research (the research arm of BC TEL at the time) to develop Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and later SONET integrated circuits (chips). With investment from Sierra Semiconductor, PMC was established in 1992 as a private company focused on providing networking semiconductors, and became a wholly owned, independently operated subsidiary of Sierra Semiconductor in 1994. Microtel is a part of Verizon Communications. In August 1996, Sierra Semiconductor announced its decision to exit the personal computer modem chipset business, to restructure its other non-networking products and focus on its networking products. 150 employees were made redundant.〔 In late 1996, it acquired Bipolar Integrated Technology in Beaverton, Oregon, for about $10 million to enter the Ethernet business. The headquarters was moved to Burnaby, and in June 1997, PMC Sierra overtook its parent, Sierra Semiconductor, changing its name to ''PMC-Sierra''.〔 It acquired Integrated Telecom Technology Inc., San Jose, for $55 million in cash and stock in 1998.〔 Between 2001 and 2007 the company was reported as having multiple rounds of redundancy. In 2001, 350 employees, or 24% of total workforce, were made redundant.〔〔 Then in January 2003, 176 employees were made redundant〔 and in June 2005, 89 employees were made redundant.〔 In August 2006, 30 to 40 employees were made redundant.〔 In 2007 two rounds of redundancy happened, first in March 2007, 175 employees were made redundant〔 and then in December 2007, 18 employees were made redundant.〔 In July 2015, roughly 200 employees were made redundant as part of a restructuring measure.〔 In May 2006, PMC-Sierra acquired Passave, Inc., a developer of system-on-chip semiconductors for the fiber to the home access market in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $300 million. Passave was headquartered in Boston and had a development center in Tel Aviv, Israel.〔 On October 22, 2010, PMC-Sierra acquired Wintegra Inc. for $240 million. Wintegra had 165 employees with the majority of its development team located in Raanana, Israel, and Austin, Texas.〔 A further acquisition was made on the 29th of May 2013 when PMC acquired IDT’s Enterprise Flash Controller Business.〔 On September 4, 2014 PMC Licenses HP Smart Array Intellectual Property to Accelerate Growth in Server Storage Solutions.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PMC-Sierra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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