PMC-Sierra, Inc. ("PMC") (Nasdaq:PMCS), the network semiconductor innovator, today announced that it was named Company of the Year at the 2011 Technology Impact Awards hosted by the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) on Thursday, June 9, 2011. The award recognizes PMC's technology and product excellence, financial performance and leadership in BC's technology community.

"As one of BC's largest and most profitable technology companies, PMC is a leader in our industry," said Pascal Spothelfer, president and CEO of BCTIA. "On behalf of the BCTIA, I would like to congratulate PMC on its contribution to technology innovation and to our local community."

"PMC is proud to accept the Company of the Year Award as it is the result of our long history of technology innovation and leadership in BC," said Colin Harris, PMC's chief operating officer. "As one of BC's biggest tech companies, PMC continues to recruit and hire local engineering talent to help achieve our mission to transform networks that connect, move and store digital content."

For more information about the Technology Impact Awards, visit: www.thetias.com.

About PMC

PMC (Nasdaq:PMCS) is the semiconductor innovator transforming networks that connect, move and store digital content. Building on a track record of technology leadership, we are driving innovation across storage, optical and mobile networks. Our highly integrated solutions increase performance and enable next generation services to accelerate the network transformation. For more information visit: www.pmc-sierra.com.

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