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www.pmc-sierra.com - PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS): -0- WHO: PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS) WHAT: PMC-Sierra will exhibit at booth #508 and Galleria exhibit #PG3 at Storage Networking World Fall, October 13 - 16, featuring its 8Gbit/s Fibre Channel and 6Gbit/s SAS/SATA end-to-end storage chipsets for high-performance enterprise and server storage. The company will demonstrate the industry's fastest Fibre Channel controller with

line-rate encryption, the Tachyon(R) QE8e+, as well as the industry's first shipping 6Gbit/s SAS/SATA RAID-on-Chip controller, the SRC 8x6G. PMC-Sierra is a leading provider of enterprise storage system solutions for networked (SAN/NAS) and server storage applications, with a broad portfolio of Fibre Channel and SAS/SATA protocol controllers, encryption protocol controllers, RAID controllers and disk interconnect products. PMC-Sierra's Tachyon protocol controllers, Fibre Channel loop switches, enclosure management controllers and maxSAS(TM) expander switches and multiplexers provide the most comprehensive solution for enterprise-class storage systems. Together, these products are providing end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions to the industry's leading storage OEMs and ODMs. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/storage. WHEN: October 13-16, 2008 WHERE: Gaylord Texan, Grapevine, TX

About Storage Networking World

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About PMC-Sierra

PMC-Sierra(R) is a leading provider of broadband communications and storage semiconductors for metro, access, fiber to the home, wireless infrastructure, storage, laser printers and fiber access gateway equipment. PMC-Sierra offers worldwide technical and sales support, including a network of offices throughout North America, Europe, Israel and Asia. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com.

(C) Copyright PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2008. All rights reserved. PMC and Tachyon are registered trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. in the United States and other countries. PMC-SIERRA, PMCS, maxSAS, StorClad and "Enabling connectivity. Empowering people." are trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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