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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. WEBINARS

New Webinar:
Architectures for Next Generation Base Stations 
December 8, 2005 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET

Mobile operators are facing intensifying competition and increasing consumer demand for innovative services and applications. To meet these challenges, they must deploy flexible, manageable and scalable next generation wireless networks capable of supporting a diverse array of existing and emerging technologies, from existing voice-centric 2G and 3G standards to emerging 3.5G and WiMAX standards that embrace the movement to wireless “triple play.”

To support their operator customers, wireless infrastructure vendors are in turn being challenged to deliver even more cost-effective base stations that enable next generation networks with more sophisticated technologies, more flexible support of multiple radio standards and more capacity to meet increasing traffic demands. Employing new platform-based, future-proof base station architectures will be a crucial aspect of successfully meeting this next wave of wireless network evolution. MORE

A Primer on Encryption and Security Algorithms
December 15, 2005 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET

Increased security concerns in wireless local area networks (WLANs) and enterprise storage systems have brought data encryption to the fore. This webinar provides a primer on encryption and security algorithms and their applications. MORE

For more information about upcoming webinars, please email webinars@pmc-sierra.com.

2. COMMUNICATION HIGHLIGHTS

11/28/05
PMC-Sierra Introduces New Secure Network Storage and Media Server Solutions for Home and Enterprise

MSP220x family provides a highly integrated, cost-optimized solution for wireline and wireless Network Storage and Networked Entertainment products • Click Here to read

10/24/05
PMC-Sierra Announces Next-Generation Packet Processor Family and Framer Solution for Converged IP Networks

New FREEDM LE and TEMUX Devices Enable Scalable and Feature-Rich Multi-Service Architectures for Router, VoIP and Wireless Applications

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PMC-Sierra Introduces Industry's Most Highly Integrated Eight-Channel Combined T1/E1/J1 Framer and LIU for IP Routers and Wireless Infrastructure

OCTAL T1/E1/J1 framer and LIU increases integration, improves reliability and lowers system costs • Click Here to read

3. ENTERPRISE STORAGE HIGHLIGHTS

PMC-Sierra Demonstrates at SNW Fall 2005

PMC-Sierra exhibited at Storage Networking World in Orlando, FL on Oct. 25-26, 2005. SNW attracts key decision makers for storage technology by producing the most education-oriented conference program in the market. Hurricane Wilma pre-empted normal planning activities in the week leading up to the show, but the storm passed within 100 miles of Orlando, bringing only heavy wind and rain. At the Expo, PMC-Sierra displayed its SAS/SATA Enterprise Storage Solutions with its maxSAS™ Chip Family, focusing on the SXP 24x3GSec 24-port SAS Zoning Expander Evaluation Board and the SPS 3GT Active/Active Multiplexer Dongle Board.

10/18/05
PMC-Sierra Extends maxSAS™ Family with Enterprise-Class SATA Multiplexers for Tiered Storage Systems

Intelligent SPS 3G and SPS 3GT SATA Active/Active Multiplexers and in-Production SAS Expander Switches Enable Deployment of Low-Cost SATA HDD-Based Enterprise Storage Systems • Click here to read

4. CORPORATE HIGHLIGHTS

10/30/05
PMC-Sierra to Acquire Storage Semiconductor Business from KKR and Silver Lake Partners

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10/19/05
PMC-Sierra Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results

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5. NEW WHITE PAPERS

PMC-Sierra has a selection of white papers on a wide range of topics in the following subject areas: • Microprocessors • Networking • SERDES • Storage • Wireless • VoIP To access the PMC-Sierra White Paper Library click here. Registration Required

Delivering PSTN Service Quality with ATAs ATA Application within the Home In the long run, end-to-end VoIP and voice over wireless networks will enable services that are superior in many ways to the PSTN. As a result, VoIP has the potential to entirely displace traditional circuit-switched telephony. However, the reliability, ubiquity, and assured voice quality of the PSTN are tough to match. With Analog Telephone Adaptors (ATAs), service providers can deliver a VoIP service with very PSTN-like attributes that uses the ubiquitous POTS phones found in every household today. The rollout of ATAs is the first evolutionary stage in the replacement of the PSTN with VoIP, to be followed by IP phones, router gateways, and an array of integrated voice services. This white paper explains the ATA and describes some of the essential building blocks, measures, and features that enable an ATA to replicate PSTN service quality levels. It provides important guidance on ATA design and voice quality in VoIP networks. PMC-2052256, Issue 1 Ethernet Transport over PDH Networks with Virtual Concatenation Virtual concatenation and LCAS were originally defined for SONET/SDH signals and G.709 OTN signals. Asynchronous hierarchy (DSn) and PDH signals lacked the overhead bandwidth required for the virtual concatenation and LCAS overhead channel. DSn and PDH signals are still leased by carriers as the means of accessing their enterprise customers through another carrier’s network. Aside from the ubiquitous availability of DSn/PDH connectivity, there are regulatory conditions in the United States that give DSn connectivity a price advantage for this application. When the virtual concatenation of DSn and PDH signals was requested by multiple carriers, modified signal frame formats were defined to create the required overhead channel. These frame formats, defined in ITU-T Recommendation G.7043, are the topic of this white paper. This white paper also covers the mapping of GFP payloads into these signals, as defined in new ITU-T Recommendation G.8040. PMC-2050380, Issue 1 Managing Access Control Through SAS Zoning Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is gaining popularity in small storage area network (SAN) server environments. SAS has gained significant interest as a mechanism for connecting large groups of targets in small SAN or in cluster or blade server environments and allowing these servers to share resources across their targets. With SAS's rise in popularity comes the need to segregate and manage device traffic by zones in a similar fashion to what is already done in larger Fibre Channel networks or Ethernet using virtual LANs. This paper discusses how SAS zoning, as proposed to the T10 Technical Committee of the INCITS SAS 2 working group, can meet these zoning and access control needs. PMC-2051469 Issue 1

6. EVENTS AND TRADESHOWS

Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
January 5-8, 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada
LV Hilton Suite # H11121
EVENT WEBSITE

7. PMC-SIERRA IN THE NEWS

Delivering PSTN Service Quality with ATAs
As broadband services roll out to an ever-larger share of households, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) replacement services based upon VoIP and broadband access become pervasive. Service providers - both incumbents and new competitors - are using Analog Terminal Adaptors (ATAs) to rapidly deliver derived voice service to "the broadband masses." For ATAs to successfully deliver PSTN telephone service, the devices must be designed with some of the essential building blocks and features that will enable them to replicate PSTN service quality levels.

Learn more about how quality is a key requirement for successful deployment of VoIP services in an article written by PMC-Sierra Product Marketing Leader Trevor Nonay and Technical Advisor Duncan Bees, featured in the Blueprint section of Converge! Network Digest.

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STORAGE CONTROL: PMC chip takes on Broadcom in home storage
EE Times

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connectivityZONE: PMC-Sierra takes on the consumer marketplace with an aggressive NAS product line
analogZONE

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Where are the top CEOs?
Electronic Business Online

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PMC's Acquisition Of Agilent Unit Seen As Positive
Forbes.com

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PMC-Sierra Unveils Latest Packet Processors, Framers for Converged Networks
Converge! Network Digest

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PMC Intros Octal Framer
Light Reading

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PMC Extends maxSAS
Byte and Switch

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8. RESOURCES

PMC-Sierra's Chinese, Japanese and Korean Language Websites At Your Fingertips

PMC-Sierra offers you the ability to search for product information, documentation and more in 3 languages - Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

To find out more, visit:
Chinese | Japanese | Korean

Environmental (RoHS)

Visit our Environmental (RoHS) web site to learn more about our environmentally friendly products.

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PMC-Sierra's Product Families

• Laser and Multi-Function Printer Chips VIEW
• STORAGE Chips VIEW
• Voice over IP Chips VIEW
• Wireless and BSC/BTS Chips VIEW
• Networking Chips VIEW
• Microprocessors VIEW
• SERDES and Retimer Chips VIEW