MMC Networks

MMC Networks designs chips to speed the connections between fiber optic communication lines and electrical circuits.

MMC Networks designs chips to speed the connections between fiber optic communications lines and electrical circuits. The Company's network processors form the core silicon ''engines'' of LAN and WAN switches and routers, and are designed to allow network equipment vendors to rapidly develop high- performance, feature-rich, cost-effective products supporting a broad range of networking functions. MMC Networks’ products include EPIF, XPIF, and GPIF Packet Processors; nPX5400 Gigabit Ethernet switching engine; ATMS 2000 ATM switching engine; and PS 1000 Fast Ethernet switching engine. It was founded in 1992 and is based in Sunnyvale, California with additional offices in Raleigh, North Carolina; Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Netanya, Israel; and Manchester, United Kingdom.