Pericom Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high performance digital, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and frequency control products (FCPs) used in electronic systems worldwide. The company’s products are used for the transfer, routing, and timing of digital and analog signals within and between computer, networking, datacom, and telecom systems. It offers SiliconConnect family products, including PCI and PCI-X bridges, PCI express bridges, packet switches, PCI express serial bridges, and PCI express and USB3 redrivers, as well as low-voltage differential signaling products comprising drivers, receivers, and transceivers; SiliconSwitch family products comprising application specific standard product, analog, and digital switches; SiliconInterface family products consisting of redrivers/signal conditioners, universal level shifters, lower balanced drives, and application specific logic functions; and SiliconClock and HiFlex Clock family products, such as clock generators, clock fanout buffers/converters, zero delay buffers, zero-delay clock drivers, jitter cleaners, and programmable skew clocks. The company also provides microprocessor supervisory and real time clock circuits; mixed-signal IC for small home appliances; and power switches and low dropout regulators. Its FCPs include crystals that resonate at a frequency; and crystal oscillators used in various electronic devices. The company’s ICs and FCPs are used in notebook computers, servers, network switches and routers, storage area networks, digital televisions, cell phones, GPS, and digital media players. It markets and distributes its products through a network of independent sales representatives and distributors to original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers in the computer, networking, telecommunications, and consumer markets. Pericom Semiconductor Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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