Applied Micro Circuits Corp (NASDAQ:AMCC)

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. provides semiconductor solutions for the data center, enterprise, telecom, consumer and small medium business markets. It designs, develops and markets integrated circuits, which are essential for the processing, transporting and storing of information worldwide. In the telecom and enterprise markets the company utilizes a combination of design expertise coupled with system level knowledge and multiple technologies to offer integrated circuit products for wireless communications equipment such as wireless access points, wireless base stations, multi-function printers, enterprise and edge switches, blade servers, storage systems, gateways, core switches, routers, metro, long-haul and ultra-long-haul transport platforms. In the consumer markets the company combines optimized software and system-level expertise with integrated semiconductors to deliver comprehensive reference designs and stand-alone semiconductor solutions for wireless communications equipment such as wireless access points, network attached storage, and residential and smart energy gateways. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.