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PMC-Sierra Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
[July 19, 2007]

PMC-Sierra Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results


SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS), a leading provider of high-speed broadband communications and storage semiconductors, today reported results for the second quarter ending July 1, 2007.

Net revenues in the second quarter of 2007 were $104.7 million compared with $103.7 million in the first quarter of 2007. As announced during the Company's first quarter earnings conference call on April 25th, 2007, PMC-Sierra completed a review of its expanded global distribution arrangement with its largest distributor, Avnet, Inc. As a result of completing this review, PMC-Sierra determined it was appropriate that all future revenues generated through Avnet be reported on a 'sell-through' basis and therefore deferred until inventory is sold to the end customer. The net impact of this adjustment in the second quarter of 2007 was a decrease in reported revenue of $4.2 million, a reduction of $0.8 million in cost of sales, and an increase of $3.4 million in deferred income on the balance sheet.

Net loss in the second quarter of 2007 on a GAAP basis was $22.3 million (GAAP diluted loss per share of $0.10) compared with GAAP net loss of $15.8 million (GAAP diluted loss per share of $0.07) in the first quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2007 was $7.4 million (non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.03) compared with a non-GAAP net income in the first quarter of 2007 of $4.4 million (non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.02).

"In the second quarter, we experienced improvement in our enterprise storage, fiber to the home, and telecom businesses on a sequential basis," said Bob Bailey, chairman and chief executive officer of PMC-Sierra. "We believe the overall business environment is improving as we go into the second half of 2007, and we are executing on our corporate restructuring to improve the Company's operating performance going forward."


Non-GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2007 excludes the following items: (i) $9.6 million in stock-based compensation expense; (ii) $2.2 million reversal of a payroll tax accrual in a foreign jurisdiction; (iii) $9.8 million in amortization of purchased intangible assets; (iv) $3.8 million in costs and charges related to the Company's corporate restructuring announced March 29th, 2007; (v) $8.3 million foreign exchange loss on foreign denominated FIN 48 liabilities, and (vi) $0.3 million income tax effect relating to these non-GAAP adjustments.

For a full reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income, please refer to the schedule on page 6 of this release. The Company believes the additional non-GAAP measures provided are useful to investors for the purpose of financial analysis. Management uses the non-GAAP measures internally to evaluate its in-period operating performance before gains, losses and other charges that are considered by management to be outside of the Company's core operating results. In addition, the measures are used to plan for the Company's future periods. However, non-GAAP measures are neither stated in accordance with, nor are they a substitute for, GAAP measures.

In the second quarter, PMC-Sierra received a prestigious Excellent Partner Award from Hitachi, Ltd., a leading global electronics company. This award, which recognizes superior product technology, service and support provided to Hitachi, was presented to PMC-Sierra at Hitachi's Disk Array System Division in Japan.

The Company made the following product announcements in Q2 2007:

-- SRC 8x6G: we announced the industry's first 8-port PCI-Express 2.0 6Gbps SAS/SATA RAID Controller targeted at the volume server market. This high-performance SAS 2.0 compliant RAID controller is the newest addition to PMC-Sierra's maxSAS(TM) family of SAS silicon products. The device features include an x8 PCI-Express 2.0 port, eight SAS 2.0 ports, DDR2-800 memory controller, hardware acceleration for RAID 5/6 support and other security features critical to enterprise server applications. All of the device's subsystems are tied together with the RoCstar(TM) non-blocking architecture for maximum performance.

-- Gigabit Fiber Access Gateway: we announced the availability of two fiber access gateway solutions, the MSP7150 EPON/GPON gateway SoC for Fiber To The Home (FTTH) and the MSP7140 VDSL2 gateway SoC for Fiber To The Node (FTTN). These SoCs deliver gigabit-per-second line-rate IPV4/V6 routing, Network Address Translation, Quality of Service, encryption and a multi-channel VoIP terminal adaptor, and consume less than 1.5W of power. PMC-Sierra's fiber access gateway solutions provide OEMs and ODMs with a common platform architecture to support multiple high-speed access technologies in various markets.

-- Tachyon SPC 8x6G: this device is an 8-port 6Gbps SAS/SATA Protocol Controller targeted at enterprise-class external tiered storage systems. This high performance SAS 2.0 compliant protocol controller is the newest addition to PMC-Sierra's Tachyon(R) controller family. The device supports SSP, SMP, STP and direct attached SATA protocols and supports 1024 end devices for high density storage arrays. Together with the maxSAS product family, the SPC 8x6G enables customers to build complete high-performance, scalable end-to-end native SAS/SATA enterprise system architectures.

Second Quarter 2007 Conference Call

Management will review the second quarter 2007 results and provide guidance for the third quarter of 2007 during a conference call at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time/4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on July 19, 2007. The conference call webcast will be accessible under the Financial Events and Calendar section at http://investor.pmc-sierra.com/. To listen to the conference call live by telephone, dial 416-915-8321 approximately ten minutes before the start time. A telephone playback will be available after the completion of the call and can be accessed at 719-457-0820 using the access code 1234034. A replay of the webcast will be available for five business days.

Third Quarter 2007 Conference Call

PMC-Sierra is planning on releasing its results for the third quarter of 2007 on October 18th. A conference call will be held on the day of the release to review the quarter and provide an outlook for the fourth quarter of 2007.

Safe Harbor Statement

PMC-Sierra's forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from these projections. The Company's SEC filings describe more fully the risks associated with the Company's business including PMC-Sierra's limited revenue visibility due to variable customer demands, market segment growth or decline, orders with short delivery lead times, customer concentration, and the uncertain timing of expense reductions associated with corporate restructurings and their related impact on PMC's business. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update the forward-looking statements.

About PMC-Sierra

PMC-Sierra(TM) 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. 2007. All rights reserved. PMC and Tachyon are registered trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. in the United States and other countries. PMC-SIERRA, PMCS, maxSAS, RoCstar 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.

             PMC-Sierra, Inc.
     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
      (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
              (unaudited)
             Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended
          ----------------------------- -------------------
           Jul 1,  Apr 1,  Jul 2,  Jul 1,  Jul 2,
           2007   2007   2006   2007   2006
Net revenues     $104,692 $103,665 $118,780 $208,357 $206,561
Cost of revenues    37,650  37,571  43,560  75,221  70,185
          --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Gross profit     67,042  66,094  75,220  133,136  136,376
Other costs and
expenses:
Research and
 development     41,635  44,524  41,587  86,159  75,336
Selling, general
 and administrative  25,171  26,698  27,174  51,869  46,767
Amortization of
 purchased
 intangible assets   9,836   9,835   9,934  19,671  12,044
In-process research
 and development      -     -  20,500     -  35,300
Restructuring costs
 and other charges   3,786   6,894     -  10,681   (738)
          --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Loss from operations (13,386) (21,857) (23,975) (35,244) (32,333)
Other income
(expense):
Interest income,
 net          2,472   1,837   1,267   4,309   4,833
Foreign exchange
 loss         (7,926)   (996)  (3,378)  (8,922)  (3,365)
Amortization of
 debt issue costs    (242)   (242)   (242)   (484)   (484)
Loss on
 investments, net     -     -  (3,118)    -  (1,269)
          --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Loss before
(provision for)
recovery of income
taxes        (19,082) (21,258) (29,446) (40,341) (32,618)
(Provision for)
recovery of income
taxes         (3,177)  5,435  (2,388)  2,258  (13,549)
          --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Net loss       $(22,259) $(15,823) $(31,834) $(38,083) $(46,167)
          ========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Net loss per common
share - basic and
diluted       $ (0.10) $ (0.07) $ (0.16) $ (0.18) $ (0.24)
Shares used in per
share calculation -
basic and diluted  215,688  213,881  203,067  214,785  195,143


As a supplement to the Company's consolidated financial statements
presented on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis,
the Company provides additional non-GAAP measures for net income and
       net income per share in its press release.
A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's
performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes
or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the
  most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in
 accordance with GAAP. The Company believes that the additional non-
 GAAP measures are useful to investors for the purpose of financial
analysis. Management uses these measures internally to evaluate the
 Company's in-period operating performance before gains, losses and
other charges that are considered by management to be outside of the
Company's core operating results. In addition, the measures are used
  for planning and forecasting of the Company's future periods.
However, non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, nor are they a
substitute for, GAAP measures. Other companies may use different non-
       GAAP measures and presentation of results.
             PMC-Sierra, Inc.
    Reconciliation of GAAP net loss to Non-GAAP net income
      (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
              (unaudited)
                      Three Months Ended
                        July 1, 2007
                         Non-
                         GAAP
                    Reported  Items  Non-GAAP
                    ------------------------------
Net revenues               104,692    -   104,692
Cost of revenues             37,650  (532)(1) 37,118
                    --------- -------  ---------
Gross profit               67,042  (532)   67,574
Operating expenses:
Research and development         41,635 (4,400)(1) 37,235
Selling, general and administrative   25,171 (2,500)(3) 22,671
Amortization of purchased intangible
 assets                  9,836 (9,836)     -
In-process research and development      -    -      -
Restructuring costs and other charges   3,786 (3,786)(4)    -
                    --------- -------  ---------
                                 -
(Loss) income from operations      (13,386) 21,054    7,668
Other income (expense):
Interest income, net           2,472    -    2,472
Foreign exchange gain (loss)       (7,926) 8,307 (5)   381
Amortization of debt issue costs      (242)   -    (242)
Loss on investments, net           -    -      -
                    --------- -------  ---------
(Loss) Income before (provision for)
recovery of income taxes        (19,082) 29,361   10,279
(Provision for) recovery of income
taxes                  (3,177)  261 (6) (2,916)
                    --------- -------  ---------
Net (loss) income            (22,259) 29,622    7,363
                    ========= =======  =========
Net (loss) income per common share -
basic                 $ (0.10)      $  0.03
Net (loss) income per common share -
diluted                $ (0.10)      $  0.03
Shares used in per share calculation -
basic                  215,688       215,688
Shares used in per share calculation -
diluted                 215,688       218,077
                       Three Months Ended
                        July 2, 2006
                         Non-GAAP
                    Reported  Items  Non-GAAP
                    ------------------------------
Net revenues               118,780    -   118,780
Cost of revenues             43,560  (6,165)(2) 37,395
                    --------- --------  ---------
Gross profit               75,220  (6,165)   81,385
Operating expenses:
Research and development         41,587  (4,042)(1) 37,545
Selling, general and administrative   27,174  (5,492)(1) 21,682
Amortization of purchased intangible
 assets                  9,934  (9,934)     -
In-process research and development   20,500 (20,500)     -
Restructuring costs and other charges     -    -      -
                    --------- --------  ---------
(Loss) income from operations      (23,975) 46,133   22,158
Other income (expense):
Interest income, net           1,267    -    1,267
Foreign exchange gain (loss)       (3,378)  3,295 (5)   (83)
Amortization of debt issue costs      (242)    -    (242)
Loss on investments, net         (3,118)  3,118      -
                    --------- --------  ---------
(Loss) Income before (provision for)
recovery of income taxes        (29,446) 52,546   23,100
(Provision for) recovery of income taxes (2,388) (1,307)(6) (3,695)
                    --------- --------  ---------
Net (loss) income            (31,834) 51,239   19,405
                    ========= ========  =========
Net (loss) income per common share -
basic                 $ (0.16)      $  0.10
Net (loss) income per common share -
diluted                $ (0.16)      $  0.09
Shares used in per share calculation -
basic                  203,067       203,067
Shares used in per share calculation -
diluted                 203,067       214,600
(1) Stock based compensation
(2) $5.4 million purchase accounting adjustment related to inventory,
$0.3 million in acquisition-related contractor costs, and $0.5
million stock-based compensation
(3) $4.7 million stock based compensation and $2.2 million reversal of
a payroll tax accrual in a foreign jurisdiction
(4) $3.6 million additional severance and $0.2 million asset write-
downs
(5) Foreign exchange loss on liability for unrecognized tax benefits
(6) Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments


             PMC-Sierra, Inc.
    Reconciliation of GAAP net loss to Non-GAAP net income
      (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
              (unaudited)
                       Six Months Ended
                        July 1, 2007
                         Non-GAAP
                    Reported  Items  Non-GAAP
                    -----------------------------
Net revenues               208,357    -  208,357
Cost of revenues             75,221  (1,049)(1) 74,172
                    -------- --------  ---------
Gross profit               133,136  (1,049)  134,185
Operating expenses:
Research and development         86,159  (8,667)(1) 77,492
Selling, general and administrative   51,869  (7,133)(3) 44,736
Amortization of purchased intangible
 assets                 19,671 (19,671)     -
In-process research and development      -    -     -
Restructuring costs and other charges  10,681 (10,681)(5)   -
                    -------- --------  ---------
                                 -
(Loss) income from operations      (35,244) 47,201   11,957
Other income (expense):
Interest income, net           4,309    -   4,309
Foreign exchange gain (loss)       (8,922)  9,286 (7)  364
Amortization of debt issue costs      (484)    -    (484)
(Loss) Gain on investments          -    -     -
                    -------- --------  ---------
(Loss) Income before (provision for)
recovery of income taxes        (40,341) 56,487   16,146
(Provision for) recovery of income taxes  2,258  (6,641)(9) (4,383)
                    -------- --------  ---------
Net (loss) income            (38,083) 49,846   11,763
                    ======== ========  =========
Net (loss) income per common share -
basic                  $(0.18)       $0.05
Net (loss) income per common share -
diluted                 $(0.18)       $0.05
Shares used in per share calculation -
basic                  214,785       214,785
Shares used in per share calculation -
diluted                 214,785       216,731
                       Six Months Ended
                        July 2, 2006
                         Non-GAAP
                    Reported  Items   Non-GAAP
                   -------------------------------
Net revenues               206,561    -   206,561
Cost of revenues             70,185  (9,861) (2) 60,324
                    -------- --------  --------
Gross profit               136,376  (9,861)  146,237
Operating expenses:
Research and development         75,336  (6,536) (1) 68,800
Selling, general and administrative   46,767  (8,698) (4) 38,069
Amortization of purchased intangible
 assets                 12,044 (12,044)     -
In-process research and development   35,300 (35,300)     -
Restructuring costs and other charges   (738)   738 (6)   -
                    -------- --------  --------
(Loss) income from operations      (32,333) 71,701   39,368
Other income (expense):
Interest income, net           4,833    -    4,833
Foreign exchange gain (loss)       (3,365)  3,182 (7)  (183)
Amortization of debt issue costs      (484)    -    (484)
(Loss) Gain on investments        (1,269)  1,269 (8)   -
                    -------- --------  --------
(Loss) Income before (provision for)
recovery of income taxes        (32,618) 76,152   43,534
(Provision for) recovery of income
taxes                  (13,549)  5,767 (10) (7,782)
                    -------- --------  --------
Net (loss) income            (46,167) 81,919   35,752
                    ======== ========  ========
Net (loss) income per common share -
basic                  $(0.24)        $0.18
Net (loss) income per common share -
diluted                 $(0.24)        $0.17
Shares used in per share calculation -
basic                  195,143       195,143
Shares used in per share calculation -
diluted                 195,143       205,637
Non-GAAP adjustments consist of:
(1) Stock based compensation
(2) $8.2 million purchase accounting adjustment related to inventory,
$0.8 million in acquisition-related contractor costs, and $0.9
million stock-based compensation
(3) $9.3 million stock based compensation and $2.2 million reversal of
a payroll tax accrual in a foreign jurisdiction
(4) $0.2 million relocation expenses and $8.5 million stock-based
compensation
(5) $8.1 million additional severance, $0.6 million writedown of
assets and $2.0 million provision for excess facilities
(6) $0.7 million reduction in restructuring comprised of $2.3 million
reversal of provision for excess facilities and $1.6 million
severance
(7) Foreign exchange loss on liability for unrecognized tax benefits
(8) Net loss on investment includes $3.2 million write-down, offset by
$1.9 million gains on sales of investments.
(9) Provision for income taxes includes $4.0 million additional
recovery of prior years' income taxes and $2.6 million income tax
effect of non-GAAP adjustments
(10) Recovery of income taxes consist of $7.0 million withholding and
other taxes on repatriation of funds; and $1.3 million income tax
effect of these non-GAAP adjustments


             PMC-Sierra, Inc.
        CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
              (in thousands)
              (unaudited)
                       Jul 1,    Dec 31,
                       2007      2006
ASSETS:
Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents, and short-
 term investments             $ 298,274   $ 258,914
 Accounts receivable, net           36,865     37,303
 Inventories, net               28,511     34,505
 Prepaid expenses and other current
 assets                    17,485     16,186
 Deferred tax assets              3,671      978
                     ------------- --------------
  Total current assets            384,806    347,886
Goodwill                    398,418    395,943
Intangible assets, net             208,143    223,629
Deferred tax assets               41,402      397
Property and equipment, net           18,050     18,904
Investments and other assets          12,964     14,653
Deposits for wafer fabrication capacity     5,145     5,145
                     ------------- --------------
                      $1,068,928   $1,006,557
                     ============= ==============
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Current liabilities:
 Accounts payable             $  18,479   $  19,074
 Accrued liabilities              52,969     51,199
 Income taxes payable                -      722
 Deferred income taxes             2,792     2,042
 Liability for unrecognized tax benefit    63,044     58,706
 Accrued restructuring costs          14,912     12,657
 Deferred income                15,467     11,340
                     ------------- --------------
  Total current liabilities         167,663    155,740
Long-term obligations              1,065       -
2.25% Senior convertible notes due
October 15, 2025               225,000    225,000
Deferred taxes and other tax liabilities    12,461     10,612
Liability for unrecognized tax benefit     87,683     42,045
PMC special shares convertible into
2,099 (2006 - 2,099) shares of common
stock                      2,732     2,732
Stockholders' equity
 Capital stock and additional paid in
 capital                  1,360,479   1,327,808
 Accumulated other comprehensive income
 (loss)                    1,448     (1,127)
 Accumulated deficit             (789,603)   (756,253)
                     ------------- --------------
  Total stockholders' equity         572,324    570,428
                     ------------- --------------
                      $1,068,928   $1,006,557
                     ============= ==============


             PMC-Sierra, Inc.
     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
              (in thousands)
              (unaudited)
                          Six Months Ended
                         --------------------
                         Jul 1,   Jul 2,
                          2007    2006
Cash flows from operating activities:
 Net loss                    $(38,083) $ (46,167)
 Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
 (used in) provided by operating activities:
  Stock-based compensation            19,062   15,924
  Depreciation and amortization          28,557   19,382
  In-process research and development         -   35,300
  Gain on investments                 -   1,243
  Loss on disposal of property and equipment     490     -
  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
   Accounts receivable               438  (13,151)
   Inventories                  5,994   (4,988)
   Prepaid expenses and other current assets    327  (16,588)
   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     410   (2,158)
   Deferred taxes and income taxes payable    12,218   13,019
   Accrued restructuring costs          2,406   (4,428)
   Deferred income                4,127   1,483
                         --------- ----------
    Net cash (used in) provided by operating
    activities                 35,946   (1,129)
                         --------- ----------
Cash flows from investing activities:
 Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired    -  (413,781)
 Proceeds from sales and maturities of short-
 term available-for-sale investments          -  181,450
 Proceeds from sale of investments and other
 assets                        -   5,440
 Purchases of property and equipment        (4,436)  (5,113)
 Purchase of intangible assets           (5,759)  (1,747)
                         --------- ----------
    Net cash used in investing activities   (10,195) (233,751)
                         --------- ----------
Cash flows from financing activities:
 Proceeds from issuance of common stock      13,609   20,793
                         --------- ----------
    Net cash provided by financing activities  13,609   20,793
                         --------- ----------
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash
equivalents                    39,360  (214,087)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the
period                      258,914  405,566
                         --------- ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period   $298,274 $ 191,479
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