PLX Technology, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells interconnect semiconductor products worldwide. The company offers semiconductor devices, such as PCI Express switches that allow aggregation of multi-channel Ethernet, fiber channel, graphics, and SAS cards to the host; and PCI Express bridges, which allow devices with other standards to be used in systems that need to interoperate with PCI Express. Its products also comprise universal serial bus (USB) interface chips, which are used by computer peripherals and consumer products to interoperate through an external cabled connection. In addition, the company provides direct attached storage products, which allow external storage peripherals to connect to a personal computer (PC) through either a USB or external Serial ATA connection; network attached storage products that provide storage to a local area network; and PCI bridges consisting of general purpose bridges that translate and extend the PCI bus. Its semiconductor devices accelerate and manage the transfer of data in microprocessor-based systems, including networking and telecommunications, enterprise storage, servers, PCs, PC peripherals, consumer electronics, imaging, and industrial products. The company markets its products through direct and indirect sales force, manufacturers, and distributors to electronics manufacturers. PLX Technology, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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