PMC is a semiconductor and software solution provider dedicated to leading big data's connection, delivery and storage. PMC was founded in 1984 and became a Nasdaq listed company in 1991. Today, PMC has 1500 people worldwide and is headquartered in Silicon Valley. PMC's products cover two areas: telecommunications and storage. In the field of telecommunications, its highly integrated OTN processor / framer and other telecom solutions are mainly used in the backbone-metro network.
At the same time, its radio frequency transceiver scheme can be used in the widely deployed 4G LTE network. In the field of storage, PMC, adhering to its long-standing technological advantages in the field of high-speed transmission, has developed and launched the highest performance and highest density controller and extender chips in the industry, which have been recognized and used by a number of storage system and server manufacturers. In addition, PMC expanded its business beyond board-level solutions beyond chips through the acquisition of well-known manufacturer Adaptec in 2010, and combined its superior software stack with PMC's high-performance chips to launch a series of RAID array cards and HBA products aimed at large data centers and standard server manufacturers.